help--on the road in Europe... (Copenhagen, Leipzig, etc.) Broken whammy bar

[jessetrbo]

Does anybody have any recommendation(s) as to where I can go to extract the broken piece of my whammy bar still stuck in my stratocaster trem block?? 

Please PM me.... I'll be in Denmark tomorrow playing the Vega.  Would like to, at the very least, extract the broken piece then hunt for a new whammy arm.  I can pay for services rendered if you personally can take care of this (Kurt Vile LP/CDs?  guest list spot?).

Thanks in advance.  I've linked the tour schedule so if anybody wants to recommend a shop in a corresponding town, I'd greatly appreciate it.

http://www.matadorrecords.com/kurt_vile/

--Jesse Trbovich

[Skrogh]

Well if you are willing to pay, I guess 4Sound i CBH can do it; but I have no idea about how fast they'll be (or what it will cost).   Hit them with a mail, website is http://www.4sound.dk/
...just checked the website, which of cause is in Danish -.-   well... their mail address is: info@4sound.dk


I'd love to help, but I doubt I have the experience to fix it. 

[Skrogh]

Woops I read the date wrong... I hope you find a solution never the less.
Good luck with the tour 

[geertjacobs]

German for guitar is gitarre.

Werkstatt is workshop.

Googled "leipzig gitarre"
http://www.musikladen-leipzig.de/werkstatt.html

[geertjacobs]

As a matter of fact, I did exactly the same thing last year playing in a local bar. It's a pretty delicate operation to be honest but I was fortunate enough and patient enough to be successful. What you need is a tool called an "easy out". The tip is shaped a bit like a pencil and it has steep, backwards self-tapping screw threads on it. You drill a hole in the center of the part of the bar still in your guitar, then manually screw the easy-out into it. As the easy-out burrows its way into the part, it will eventually start unscrewing the bar out of the hole. It's a bit like pulling a cork out of a wine bottle with a cork screw, except that you're unscrewing the part instead of just pulling it straight out like a cork.

http://www.guitarnotes.com/forum/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=12;t=000494

[jessetrbo]

Thanks, guys.... so far the schedule has been more hectic than I had hoped for.  I've had no time to take some of your suggestions, but greatly appreciate it.  Keep more coming if possible). 

--Jesse

[ACS]

Super strong magnet on a stick?

Would suggest super glue on the end of a stick, but I'd think that might end in tears...

[markeebee]

Sorry if this is obvious but.....maybe it would be cheaper and easier to replace the trem block?

Most biggish music stores will have a replacement block in their spares section, and it'll only take fifteen minutes and a screwdriver to chop it out. If it helps I can bring you a block when you're in London, but I'm guessing you'll want it fixed before then.

BTW, my son is a KV fan (one of the only things we can agree on!) and he was pretty excited when I told him we are "friends". Hope the rest of the tour goes well.

[egasimus]

Send someone to a hardware store to get a small enough tap ("Gewindebohrer") and a corresponding bolt ("Schraube"), with the catch that BOTH MUST BE REVERSE-DIRECTION, i.e. screwed in counterclockwise ("linksdrehend" or "gegen den Uhrzeigersinn"). Make a threaded hole in the broken piece (drill a hole of a suitable size, then use the tap in it). Screw the bolt in, then keep turning it counterclockwise, and it'll get the broken piece out. I hope I've helped...