Setback

I got the Tremel No installed with no trouble except that ... my tremolo bar snapped off when I screwed it back in.  Crap.  This takes me back to the days when I would routinely snap off the bar while trying to imitate Ritchie Blackmore.  I'd have to take the guitar to Sam Ash and have them drill it out.   The tech would make me feel like an idiot, or at least that's how I remember it.  Maybe I was just embarrassed.

Regardless of what actually happened, I resolved to deal with this myself, and rushed out to buy a cool drill bit called a screw extractor.  It's a cool idea.  One end of the bit is for "burnishing" the exposed part of the screw head.  The other part is a reverse-threaded bit.  One drills in to the stuck screw using this bit, in reverse, resulting in the screw "un-drilling".    Once my drill finishes charging, I'll try it out.




I removed the bridge and detached the block, so I'm ready to go.  I should have bought a vise, but will live without it.