Goldo DG Offset tremolo fits Jazzmaster

[Mozzy]

Hi all, I’ve fitted this tremolo a few hours ago but even though I depress the arm I struggle like hell to fit the string ball end in so far I have to take the tremolo off completely to do it , am I missing something? Sorry to be a clueless numbnuts

[Mozzy]

Hi all, I cant find any replies to this post, they seem to have disappeared, thanks in advance if anyone knows why

[ezbass]

I don’t have any experience with the Jag/JM trem I'm afraid, although I am intrigued by them. I think that I'm probably not alone here and perhaps why there has been a dearth or replies, that and it being a week with Christmas right in the middle (what day is it?).

[Mozzy]

I just thought what replies I had(about 4) stays on the page or do they self delete? 
The Jazzmaster style guitars are an acquired taste, I didn’t like them at all years ago but now I do, and I like the simplicity and quirky trem which I’ve seen keep very much in tune if it’s been set up ok

[ezbass]

I’ve not known posts to delete automatically on GC.

[Mozzy]

For anybody considering a Goldo DG offset tremolo I got it to work great (there’s nothing on their website or YouTube I’ve looked none stop) I placed an long Allen key under the D shaped string anchor point leaving just enough room for the ball ends to go in the tight fit, brought all the strings to tension from the low to high E equally then A to B etc and it set the “floating point “ then removed the Allen key and tuned to pitch, voila !!!! If everyone is aware of the principle then great but I wasn’t. There’s more travel with this unit than standard offset ones though all the nut groove attention needs to be done like any other trem .

[EdwardMarlowe]

Useful to know! I love my Harley Benton JA25th sufficiently that I'm a little tempted to look into a Fender, or more likely a Squier Classic Vibe (if they still do the lefty version) of a JM for the distinct tonal variants (the JA is a slightly different beast that way - two p90s and a three way switch, more conventional than the JM wiring). This might be a good upgrade to that. Never seen a Gold Trem other than the Les Trem type, which I really like as a viable alternative to the Bigsby, particular as a lefthander (Bigsby don't licence a lefty version, so only the $$$$ US made version available, and that's before the expense, and irreversible marking, of installment...).