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TightenDO NOT tighten or loosen the screws holding the spring claw in place on the back of the guitar. Those screws areshould never be tightened or loosened. They're not meant for a fine tune adjustment and canmaking adjustments. Instead, you make up the slack between havingadjustments to add a springbridge tension by adding or removing springs. They also help in the last adjustment to make the tremolo parallel with the body of the guitar. In your case I would add a spring. Be sure to loosen the strings first so that.from the sudden added tensionlooks of an additional spring won't snapit...in your stringscase i'd say youre missing them.

Tighten or loosen the screws holding the spring claw in place on the back of the guitar. Those screws are meant for a fine tune adjustment and can make up the slack between having to add a spring. They also help in the last adjustment to make the tremolo parallel with the body of the guitar. In your case I would add a spring. Be sure to loosen the strings first so that the sudden added tension of an additional spring won't snap your strings.

DO NOT tighten or loosen the screws holding the spring claw in place on the back of the guitar. Those screws should never be tightened or loosened. They're not meant for making adjustments. Instead, you make adjustments to bridge tension by adding or removing springs....from the looks of it...in your case i'd say youre missing them.

Completely false information, I have edited it to reflect the truth.
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DO NOT tightenTighten or loosen the screws holding the spring claw in place on the back of the guitar. Those screws should never be tightened or loosened. They're notare meant for making adjustments. Instead, youa fine tune adjustment and can make adjustmentsup the slack between having to bridge tension by adding or removing springs...add a spring.from They also help in the lookslast adjustment to make the tremolo parallel with the body of it..the guitar.in In your case i'd say youre missing themI would add a spring. Be sure to loosen the strings first so that the sudden added tension of an additional spring won't snap your strings.

DO NOT tighten or loosen the screws holding the spring claw in place on the back of the guitar. Those screws should never be tightened or loosened. They're not meant for making adjustments. Instead, you make adjustments to bridge tension by adding or removing springs....from the looks of it...in your case i'd say youre missing them.

Tighten or loosen the screws holding the spring claw in place on the back of the guitar. Those screws are meant for a fine tune adjustment and can make up the slack between having to add a spring. They also help in the last adjustment to make the tremolo parallel with the body of the guitar. In your case I would add a spring. Be sure to loosen the strings first so that the sudden added tension of an additional spring won't snap your strings.

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DO NOT tighten or loosen the screws holding the spring claw in place on the back of the guitar. Those screws should never be tightened or loosened. They're not meant for making adjustments. Instead, you make adjustments to bridge tension by adding or removing springs....from the looks of it...in your case i'd say youre missing them.