Easy-Mute Tremolo

[timryland]

Does anybody use one of these and do you have an opinion on it, good or bad.

I find muting the strings on my Strat quite difficult, a bit hit or miss for me, especially the B and high E strings. Having big hands probably doesn’t help.

No such problems on my Burns Marvin.

Tim.

[musketeer58]

How`s it going Tim.

I`ve got one on one of my Strat`s and if you`ve got the loose, sloppy tremolo arm that most Strat owners would have had at some stage it`s great, it`s nice and tight and and you can adjust the tension of it and it`s got a nice feel to it. Another good thing is that you can choose different length tremolo arms when you order it. Yes, it`s called an "Easy Mute" but even with the different shape tremolo arm I don`t think that it makes muting any easier but that`s just my opinion. On my other Strat I`ve got a Callaham block and saddles which also eliminates the "sloppy tremolo arm syndrome", this has the standard shape tremolo arm. If I had to choose between the two ,I would choose the Easy Mute simply because it feels nice when playing and the tension is adjustable and I would have no hesitation in recommending it for that reason. I would be interested to hear other people`s thoughts on the muting part of the Easy mute system.

Regards

Adrian

[glyderslead]

Hello Tim and Adrian,

I don’t have an official easy mute tremolo arm to be able to comment on their effectiveness, though their basic shape should give greater access to the bridge.

With my Strats I find that when the guitar is set up, sometimes the saddle screws protrude above the saddle more than I would like. The more the screws protrude the more difficult it is to easily mute a string. Perhaps replacing long saddle screws with shorter ones as required would help.

A couple of my Strats have a standard arm bent into the easy mute shape. This together with the use of the end of a garden tie (instead of ptfe tape, which solves the sloppy arm problem), sorts things out for me.

Hope this helps.

Cheers

Mick

[John Brown]

I have had one for more years than I can remember and have had no trouble with them at all. I would certainly recommend one. I have read many years ago of people saying it is easy enough to 're bend and shorten an existing one but to me this is the bees knees :-)

[sixchannel]

Well, just my two penn'orth.
I have a Strat with full original Easi-mute system and one with bog standard arm.
As I find I can change from one to the other without extensive re-training lol and mute on any other I manage to cadge a plonk on, Easi-muted or not, I find myself wondering why I spent all that money in the first place.
Cheers
Ian

[Deleted]

Hi i don't play anymore but i had the Easy- mute system fitted to my strat best thing i did much easier to mute would highly recommend having one fitted cheers phil

[mickhunt]

Hi Tim the easy mute arm is ok I’ve bent my own in the past in the door jarm, I’ve also had the total tension system work on the block which is very good eliminating the wobbly arm, there are some saddles available now that dont have the screws sticking out of the top they might also benefit you.
Thomman sell them
High wood concealed saddles
Not to expensive £42 including delivery U.K.
I’m going to try them next month
Mick

[glyderslead]

Hello Mick,

Just my three farthings worth and call me an old tight wade if you like, but some guitar parts suppliers sell saddle grub screws in different sizes. I have it in mind to just buy a couple of packs of 12, costing a total of about a tenner, to cover imperial and metric thread and shorten them as required. I have about six Fenders and Squires that I would like to sort out, but I would be reluctant to spent £250 on new saddles to do it.

Cheers

Mick

[mojolomjl]

A few years back I bough a pack of each size (6mm 8mm 10mm) and find you can get them all level
by using 2 of each, normally. From memory I think they cost less than £5.00. If you would like
me to send you a couple of each to try just message me.

Regards,

Maurice.

[mickhunt]

Hi mick and Maurice
You are both right I have done this on one of my strats with
The screws to high and it works great
I was just pointing out that there is an alternative to the normal saddles which eliminates this problem
Mick