Steve's PlaceI have this old Samick electric guitar I bought at (probably) Guitar Showcase in San Jose. It has a licensed Floyd Rose tremolo. I got a replacement (guitar neck) nut for it because the old one got stripped. The old one on the Samick was labeled J-3. Japanese-3? So I got an original Floyd Rose type 3. Looks identical and fits. However, the replacement screws are longer. After checking how thin the neck is there, I opted to use the old Samick ones.
Okay. Didn't screw up the neck. Now I can't find the tremolo coupling. It's just a hollow tube with threads and a nut. $13 at Floyd Rose, but they don't know if the threads match the Samick-licensed one. So it might not fit the tremolo bar I have. If I want a full tremolo bar replacement in the right color (gold) it is $37. Ouch and OUCH.
Maybe I can find it SOMEWHERE. For $37 I'm willing to dig through more junk for a while longer, lol.
Would anyone happen to know if Samick Floyd Rose-licensed tremolo bars used the same size and threading as the original Floyd Rose?
Also, why did I remove the original in the first place? Mysteries abound.