jcosta_sr Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Hey all, Last night my trem bar fell out during practice (JTV-69). Should I just push the bar back in place. How do you make sure it woun't fall out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_m Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 The trem bar actually screws in. It does seem upon first looking at it that it just pushes in, but there are threads at the bottom of it, and it screws in similar to a typical Strat trem bar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brue58ski Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 There is also a very tiny hex "set" screw on the side of the trem bar "holder". Your smallest hex wrench (1.5mm I believe) will tighten that. Then your bar won't swing all over and stay in place where you want it. If that's what you want as opposed to it freely swinging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_Watt Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Mine would not screw in properly until I chased the threads (inside of the end of the bar) with the proper metric tap. Now it screws in easily. I insert it all the way and give it two turns to engage the threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snhirsch Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Chalk up another one for World Instrument's inimitable quality control. I do not understand why Line6 doesn't partner with a more capable OEM manufacturer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_Watt Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Based on my JTV69S I would say their quality is excellent! This minor hardware defect I can live with. The important things are done well on my guitar. Neck is straight, frets are level, finish is perfect. I fixed my trem bar in 5 minutes and I have only had it on the guitar a few times since I really don't use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snhirsch Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 I'm generally happy with my JTV69 as well, but ran into the "usual" problems initially: Strings sliding off the ends of the frets when fingered near the top of the neck and a model/mag switch that quickly become intermittent. Solved the first one by swapping in a MightyMite strat neck and the second with a small shim. If you want sophisticated modeling, Line6 is really the only non-Midi game in town. But that still does not excuse the lack of quality control. If I didn't basically like the instrument so much, I wouldn't bother raising issues. The fact that so much is right about it just makes the annoyances that much more obvious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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