Gotoh stud lock

[ezas]

I just fitted up my first tremolo a Gotoh VS100 (just attached not adjusted).

I don't understand the purpose of what Gotoh calls the Stud lock.  At the bottom of the "Operation Manual" it says:

Upon setting bridge unit, tighten the set screw on the stud bolt by 1.5mm allen wrench and fix thread clearance.

Besides general confusion of the purpose of this 'lock' only one of the studs has the set screw. Is that right or wrong?

I googled and searched this forum for more info on the stud lock but couldn't find anything about it.

 

[Updown]

Dose your allan key fit into both studs ?  .... it should !!

Depends how far you screw the studs in & then you lock them by using that allan key.

Mine is on a recessed rout, the blade of trem is about 5mm off the body, then I tightened the allan key to lock.
Something like that, it's a while ago I did mine ....
Have a close look at the PDF below, see how #6 sticks out.

 

[ezas]

That is the instruction sheet that I have.

So that set screw (#6 in the diagram) sets the height of the front edge of the tremolo?

Shouldn't I have it on both studs?

My trem is on the guitar right now so I can't pull it out to look at the studs again and see how the allen keys fit till later today.

 

[Cagey]

The "stud lock" is a questionable feature that simply sets a default height for the stud. You adjust the stud until you're happy with the bridge height, then run the "locking screw" down until it bottoms out. This is supposed to prevent the studs from changing height.

Who knows? I imagine it works. But, outside of the poorly thought out Tune-O-Matic bridge and stop tailpiece studs, I've never heard of bridge pivot studs changing height. The only reason the TOM/STP studs move is because the bridge and tailpiece tend to fall off or at least rattle around while you're changing strings, so the opportunity for their mounts to get turned and change height is pretty good.

So, I guess what I'm saying here is: on the VS100 design, don't worry about it.

 

[AutoBat]

Cut your losses and put a Floyd on it.

 

[ezas]

The height setting thing makes sense.

Thanks for the replies