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                        <title>RE: how come my wammy bar now is loose??</title>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[get a roll of Teflon tape. plumbers use it to wrap threads.I put a wrap or two around the threaded part of my strat&#039;s whammy bar. it stays exactly where you want it.when the tape wears out. ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[get a roll of Teflon tape. plumbers use it to wrap threads.<br>I put a wrap or two around the threaded part of my strat's whammy bar. <br>it stays exactly where you want it.<br>when the tape wears out. replace.<br>cheap and efficient.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>dogbite</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: how come my wammy bar now is loose??</title>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2006 06:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Haha this is the exact question i was gonna ask, and all cause of that JB video. thanks for info yall]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Haha this is the exact question i was gonna ask, and all cause of that JB video. thanks for info yall]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>reeve</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: how come my wammy bar now is loose??</title>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2006 03:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Wow, that&#039;s awesome.  I mean, I guess I don&#039;t mind it hanging down.  I did realize that whammy bars screwed in, its just that it&#039;s not tight, if I screw it to where it gets tight it&#039;s unusab...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Wow, that's awesome.  I mean, I guess I don't mind it hanging down.  I did realize that whammy bars screwed in, its just that it's not tight, if I screw it to where it gets tight it's unusable, because the bar is sticking straight up.  Anyhow, thanks.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>michhill8</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: how come my wammy bar now is loose??</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-come-my-wammy-bar-now-is-loose/#post-162036</link>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2006 18:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Common trick for floppy screw-in type Strat whammy bars: unscrew it and remove it. Drop into the hole a spring from a retractable ball point pen. Put the bar back into the hole and tighten a...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Common trick for floppy screw-in type Strat whammy bars: unscrew it and remove it. Drop into the hole a spring from a retractable ball point pen. Put the bar back into the hole and tighten as needed.
You let out the secret.  Many a tech have charged $20 for that trick.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>Nils</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: how come my wammy bar now is loose??</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-come-my-wammy-bar-now-is-loose/#post-162033</link>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2006 17:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Common trick for floppy screw-in type Strat whammy bars: unscrew it and remove it. Drop into the hole a spring from a retractable ball point pen. Put the bar back into the hole and tighten a...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Common trick for floppy screw-in type Strat whammy bars: unscrew it and remove it. Drop into the hole a spring from a retractable ball point pen. Put the bar back into the hole and tighten as needed.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2006 15:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[my whammy bar screws in.  try giving your a few turns.  righty tighty]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[my whammy bar screws in.  try giving your a few turns.  righty tighty]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>Nick Torres</dc:creator>
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                        <title>how come my wammy bar now is loose??</title>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2006 13:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[It seems like it used to be tighter, and sat right where it usually is used, but now it hangs down and is really loose.  I never really had a problem with it until I saw Jeff Beck at a youtu...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[It seems like it used to be tighter, and sat right where it usually is used, but now it hangs down and is really loose.  I never really had a problem with it until I saw Jeff Beck at a youtube.com performance where his whammy bar was tight.  Hopefully you guys know what I mean.  Thanks.]]></content:encoded>
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