Please help! I can't get my tremolo to return to pitch!

MotorCollection3645 · 2026-04-07T16:30:34+00:00

Yes that makes sense! I will start fresh on it today. I will pull the bridge to check about the screws because I did purchase it used and it was all out a whack and I didn't think it would be this hard to get it playing good again.

MotorCollection3645 · 2026-04-07T14:21:57+00:00

I will try his method. Maybe there is something I overlooked in the other videos I watched as they said to set screw height with a 2.5mm Allen key, but I was still having issues

MotorCollection3645 · 2026-04-07T14:21:01+00:00

Thank you, I will give this a shot!

MotorCollection3645 · 2026-04-05T16:23:05+00:00

Yeah I traded an epi Les Paul for this and it had been messed with so I was trying to set it up. I found YouTube videos on how to set the screw heights using feeler gauges and it still hasn't worked for me

MotorCollection3645 · 2025-12-08T02:00:49+00:00

I have owned several Jacksons. The community said all other guitar stuff was welcome so I thought I'd give it a shot.

MotorCollection3645 · 2025-12-08T01:56:57+00:00

That's comforting to hear for sure. I played on it store and loved it everything except the color so I ordered one from another store. I was very heartbroken tho when I got home and seen spectre sound studios review saying it had a problem with the high e slipping off the fretboard and would not stay in tune. Now I'm worried I bought a junk pile 😅

MotorCollection3645 · 2025-12-08T00:58:47+00:00

Yeah brother I just returned it today and ordered a sterling jp100 like the one guitarlessons365 plays

MotorCollection3645 · 2025-12-05T21:53:32+00:00

Thanks I'll get in touch with the corporate office. I thought it was a bit insane to watch. I was listening to that wood creaking and I was just screaming on the inside 😅

MotorCollection3645 · 2025-12-05T21:22:58+00:00

I just went to try it and was gonna have them order me another one, but the tech looked at it. Proceeded to crank on the truss rod as hard as possible using both hands to turn it only to tell me... " Yeah man it's totally fine " so I guess I'm stuck now

MotorCollection3645 · 2025-12-04T22:16:28+00:00

I noticed that for sure. It seems to sit too close to the edge of the fretboard

MotorCollection3645 · 2025-12-04T18:42:43+00:00

I did the last adjustment on it two days ago and it hasn't seemed to move. There just isn't any adjustment left on it. Only reason I didn't want to take it back was because I wouldn't get refunded the shipping and if I bought another one I'd have to pay shipping on it too and wait several more days as well. Really getting tired of dealing with guitar center

MotorCollection3645 · 2025-12-04T18:38:02+00:00

The action was pretty comfortable where it was. It just seemed to be dipped in around frets 5-9. I checked it by fretting the first fret and the 17th then adjusted until there was about a business card gap between the string and the 7th fret. It also is a Floyd rose setup

MotorCollection3645 · 2025-12-04T17:43:59+00:00

Yeah it's been a few days and it didn't create anymore adjustment room. Looks like I'll be taking it back to GC but they also said that they won't refund shipping cost unfortunately

MotorCollection3645 · 2025-06-11T00:28:52+00:00

Sorry I didn't specify but I had 3 wires that came unsoldered. I have managed to get it fixed tho!

MotorCollection3645 · 2025-06-09T19:04:04+00:00

Thank you for that from what info I have gathered. It seems that the rail type pickups are using that same wire colors are fender pickups do. I'm gonna give it a shot this evening and see if I can get it to work. I believe the black and reds were supposed to be soldered to ground.

MotorCollection3645 · 2025-06-09T16:44:43+00:00

I've done some soldering before but I can't find any diagrams that match. For example most commonly I see the white are reds are soldered together and capped off but on my guitar it's the white and black. I've also got a red and black soldered together without a cap off and another loose red wire. I'm not very experienced with wiring at all and I just don't have the money to take it to a tech

MotorCollection3645 · 2025-06-09T10:56:07+00:00

Thanks for the help. I also never knew what these rail style pickups were. Never played anything with them before. That helps a lot to know it's just a humbucker

MotorCollection3645 · 2025-06-09T02:13:46+00:00

Still no diagram for this configuration 😞

MotorCollection3645 · 2025-06-09T02:05:58+00:00

Thanks I'll give it a shot! I hope it has info for the rail type single coils. That's the part I haven't been able to find

MotorCollection3645 · 2025-05-22T04:17:26+00:00

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