[Question about the whammy bar on the Steinberger Spirit]

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[Question about the whammy bar on the Steinberger Spirit]

Aha! I guess that the round ball is acting as a primitive universal joint, moving the adjustment through 90 degrees.
I __do__ hope you didn't disassemble an entire mechanism just for the sake of demonstrating to me how it works 😉

[Question about the whammy bar on the Steinberger Spirit]

Thank you, that did the trick! The thing that confused me was that the grub screw seemed to be aligned in parallel with the whammy bar hole, but loosening it definitely improved matters!

[Question about the whammy bar on the Steinberger Spirit]

Thanks for the reply. It's weird! I actually got a 6mm plain bar but while it fits one of the holes, it doesn't fit the other, which seems to have some solid protuberance slightly reducing the effective width of the hole. Just to check, on a right-handed guitar, is the whammy bar supposed to go in the upper or lower hole?

[Question about the whammy bar on the Steinberger Spirit]

I have mislaid my whammy bar on my Steinberger Spirit. There are lots of whammy bars available at Amazon but it would be useful to know the diameter of the hole. I'm guessing that it's 6mm since that seem to be a popular size, but if someone could confirm that, I would be really grateful 🙏🏽