Steinberger T-Trem (AKA Trans-Trem) Repair, Setup & Thoughts

[@thatampguy]

It amazes me that the loss of intervals kept someone up late at night 😂 I love engineers

[@richardleerodgers5303]

TransTrem masterpiece of engineering. A buddy loaned me his years ago I didn't want to give it back

[@simonkormendy849]

I've got a Steinberger, but it's one of the Gibson made Steinberger Spirit GT Pro Deluxe guitars, it is finished in metallic blue and features a Steinberger R-Trem bridge, really nice guitar to play, and it only weighs 4kgs.

[@hyperluminalreality1]

Eddie Van Halen was soldering his string windings in the late 1970's. I read that in an interview in Guitar Player or Guitar for the Practicing Musician in 1984 and did it myself. That Trans Trem is an engineering and machinists marvel. Now I want to build a guitar with standard headstock, quick release locking nut and a Trans Trem. I have seen them since they came out in the 80's, but never realized how interesting they are because because the stigma of little square headless composite guitars when I wanted an SG.

[@ferncottageardentinny]

Good watch and description.

[@tedmich]

Great video Brad! I'll never complain about setting up an OFR again!

[@dcallan812]

Very interesting mechanism thanks for showing the action.

[@mitchthemetalhead2589]

New subscriber here thanks to Lyle @PsionicAudio suggesting your channel on a live chat. I had no idea the T-Trem had the transpose feature, pretty amazing! I’m really enjoying your channel, very knowledgeable and funny! Cheers!

[@BradsGuitarGarage]

Welcome aboard! Lyle's the one that convinced me to make this video!

[@DeeplySceptical]

Select the neck pickup and turn down treble to tune the guitar. As always, learning useful things from your videos. Thanks!

[@maxvockner]

That’s an ingenious trem❤. The simple projects always go fuct. That shape and lube and nut talk 😂😂good job my brain hurts

[@PsionicAudio]

Noice

[@robertbarnes9745]

It wants to know if I want an English translation!

[@halvach1998]

Google translates it as 'Noise' - fail

[@baabaabaa-yp2jh]

Go watch Kath and Kym !! You ll even learn to make gourmet snags! Noice!!

[@JaniceNitti-lb5uk]

Hi Brad, You impressed the hell outa me on this one.Your mechanical knowledge and attention to detail is stellar. You might not be a rocket scientist, but I have no doubt you could be if you wanted!!! You make me want to move to Australia just so you could work on my gear. Absolute best amp repair channel on the internet!!! You are the champion, not Us (-:

[@BradsGuitarGarage]

Wow, thanks! It really means a lot!

[@will5150]

I remember Allan Holdsworth and Vito Bratta playing these.

[@goodun2974]

Steinberger basses were likely more popular than their guitars; I remember seeing Andy West of the (Dixie) Dregs playing one, and Jorge Calderon (Warren Zevon, David Lindley) as well.

[@Satchmoeddie]

If it's sleazy, take it easy. If it's easy, take it twice.

[@Espjr215]

Summer Nights from Van Halen is good example of this bridge in use.

[@BradsGuitarGarage]

That's the one!

[@frankjauernick]

Phenomenal System ! ❤

[@jamesunderhill1603]

Very interesting, good explanation of the workings and it must have been a nightmare to design

[@victorbeebe8372]

Mahalo Brad! Very interesting.

[@joemcgraw5529]

Back in the 80s I read that Eddie Van Halen used a double Locking trem ,I thought he meant he could drop the tuning a half step or whole step by the trem arm and instantly be in a different tuning thats not the case ,but this trem can do that ? so you can bump it down a few steps and be in different tunings? if so thats ingenious !!!

[@robertbarnes9745]

What a truly innovative invention, if that's not redundant. Who knew??

[@siriusamplification]

how cool!

[@Andy_Yates]

What a cool system! I never knew what the Steinberger trem was capable of. It is indeed, quite the engineering marvel. Also it's a bit weird to hear the strings stay in tune on the pitch bends haha. Will this do a flutter like the Floyds?

[@BradsGuitarGarage]

It's still here, let me find out.

[@harmonic3350]

Thanks for this. Been wondering how this worked for decades. And I thought my Floyd was a pain. Too bad they cant lock down a half step.

[@BradsGuitarGarage]

That's a bloody good point, mate. Eb being such a common tuning, I wonder if anyone has machined some custom transposing arms.

[@JoebiWan]

@@BradsGuitarGarage technically speaking you can. The centre notch on the transposing pin is normally E standard and you adjust the main spring tension knob at the back of the guitar so the pin is in line with that centre notch in E standard. So you can essentially use it like a fixed bridge and then just use the trem when you want to by moving the arm out of the centre notch. But you can tune the entire guitar down with the main tension knob so that when you use the trem out of the centre notch the tuning drops to Eb, then in the centre notch you have E standard, 1st notch up is F#, 2nd notch up is G, then 1st notch down is D, 2nd is C & 3rd notch is B. Ned Steinberger is a fkn genius & this by far is the best trem I have ever used. It doesn't do the flutters or the full slack dive bombs etc... but that's not the point 😉

[@musicalintelligence]

I am a local Steinberger fan here in Canada. Where did you get those replacement bearings you said were too loose ? I wanna make sure I don't order from them.

[@mattchase3153]

If only Mesa Boogie had applied their engineering skills to the Transtrem…

[@markspurgin8225]

I have lot of guitars 🎸 but no Stineburger don't think i want one 🤔

[@louiswagner4537]

Could I politely ask what the deal was with the G string being funny? I have a similar issue and no matter how hard I try I cannot get the TransTrem to be bang on standard when transposing up or down. It ALWAYS goes flat! I’ve done everything in terms of preventative maintenance, but I haven’t soldered the strings as of yet. Only ever happens with the G so sounds like it could be similar to the customers. Any ideas?

[@johnbriggs3916]

It's probably the string. Until about the 1970s, the G string was a wound string (hence the classic Telecaster saddles.) It's been suggested that the standard gauges for G strings are actually wrong: try experimenting with different gauge G strings to see if that helps.

[@victorbeebe8372]

Aloha Brad!

[@BradsGuitarGarage]

Konnichiwa, Victor-San!

[@victorbeebe8372]

Good afternoon Brad!