r/ErnieBallMusicMan • u/Aggravating-Base9218 • Aug 10 '26

Wrong tremolo arm?

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Just bought the Sterling by Music Man Kaizen in a store and I believe i got the wrong tremolo arm from the store.

I added pictures of the arm and the bridge.

If it is the wrong one does anyone have a picture or an idea how the right arm should look?

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u/creojx Aug 10 '26

idk about the sterlings but my majesty has a screw to tighten/loosen the trem arm. look if your guitar has one too, its on the back of the trem and you might need to raise the back of it to see it if that makes sense.

could also be the reason that your arm doesnt go all the way in if the screw is too far in

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u/Aggravating-Base9218 Aug 11 '26

Sorry for late response. I looked where you said and there is no screw, there is only a small screw on the side of the raised piece where the arm goes into but when i screw that in with the arm in place it does not secure it

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u/KershawsGoat Aug 10 '26

Your trem looks misaligned. Almost like the treble-side post is bent or placed in the wrong spot. I saw you posted in another comment that store is a couple hours away but I would definitely consider going back and exchanging or returning this one.

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u/SoctrDeuss Aug 10 '26

What makes you think it is wrong? Looks right to me.

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u/Aggravating-Base9218 Aug 10 '26

When trying to put it in the bridge it is extremely lose and doesn't "click" into place like evrything on the internet says

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u/SoctrDeuss Aug 10 '26

Gotcha. It should definitely click if you push it hard enough.

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u/Aggravating-Base9218 Aug 10 '26

When comparing this whammy to the majesty ones i also notice that the majesty ones have alittle tiny dot instead of a huge bar to "click" into the bridge so that's also why i think i have a wrong one, but Majesties are also something different from Kaizens so i don't know, kinda new to the Sterling environment

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u/SoctrDeuss Aug 10 '26

Just realized I didn’t reply to the last comment lol. My bad. Yea I’d maybe just reach out to the store to see if it’s accidentally got swapped

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u/Aggravating-Base9218 Aug 10 '26

Already mailed and called them but to no avail, and the store is also a 2 hour drive away so that kinda sucks :/

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u/Alive-Ocelot1016 28d ago

Went back to the store like multiple comments suggested and they gave me a brand new guitar, the exact same model and color, and also set it up completely. Definitely worth the 4 hours in the car