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Bill Edwards(2)
10-25-2013, 4:53 PM
The network guy in our office has an older VMI Cruise guitar.
He got it 17+ year ago.
The bridge has disintegrated.
Any body have a good solution, fix, parts link, etc.
273737
David Weaver
10-25-2013, 5:29 PM
I'm sure John or George will have an idea, I've never heard of the guitar, but if I thought someone might make a new bridge for it, I'd call Stewar Macdonald (after looking up the # on google) or google VMI Cruise bridge and see if anything pops up.
Sean Troy
10-25-2013, 6:19 PM
The network guy in our office has an older VMI Cruise guitar.
He got it 17+ year ago.
The bridge has disintegrated.
Any body have a good solution, fix, parts link, etc.
273737
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=cruise+vmi+guitar
Duane Meadows
10-25-2013, 7:44 PM
I am sure you can find one at Stewart MacDonald...
http://www.stewmac.com/Shopping?actn=search&keyword=bridge+electric+guitar&x=37&y=21
I am just a customer!
Bill Edwards(2)
10-25-2013, 9:01 PM
Thank you Duane.
Shawn Pixley
10-25-2013, 11:05 PM
I don't know that particular guitar, but Stew-Mac is the place to start. That bridge looks like pot metal. I'd look for a brass version. The question I would ask is the guitar worth the cost of a new bridge.
phil harold
10-26-2013, 12:28 AM
Copy and paste this in fleabay search window
370926056672
Bill Edwards(2)
10-26-2013, 6:00 AM
Copy and paste this in fleabay search window
370926056672
:confused: No results. Do I need to register?
John Coloccia
10-26-2013, 7:04 AM
Personally, I would have to see the guitar and make a recommendation. Old, neglected guitars often have multiple problems and it can turn into a money pit very quickly. Before you know it, you're $300 into it and it STILL has major problems. You should have someone that really knows what they're doing have a look at it and evaluate it's condition before doing anything. That's just my recommendation.
phil harold
10-26-2013, 9:09 AM
:confused: No results. Do I need to register?
NO need to register to just look
I messaged you the link
for the
Cruise Strat Electric Guitar Original Tremolo Bridge Block Only
it is the same one you have remnants of
If yours died it may die later too, it does look like potmetal
You could buy a new tremolo, which may or may not involve modification to install the wammy bar
Joe:
It wasn't very large
There was just enough room to cram the drums
In the corner over by the Dodge
It was a fifty-four
With a mashed up door
And a cheesy little amp
With a sign on the front said "Fender Champ"
And a second hand guitar
It was a Stratocaster with a whammy bar
Shawn Pixley
10-26-2013, 9:09 PM
I took a quick look on the web about Cruise VMI. It seems to be a beginner guitar. My grandmother taught me that if I couldn't say anything nice then not to say anything at all...
John Coloccia
10-26-2013, 9:22 PM
At a minimum, before spending a dime on it make sure that the truss rod works. I see an alarming number of older, cheap guitars whose necks are either hopelessly back bowed or with truss rods that don't work properly or are broken.
Bill Edwards(2)
10-27-2013, 6:50 PM
Copy and paste this in fleabay search window
370926056672
BTW. http://fleabay.net/
phil harold
10-30-2013, 11:38 PM
BTW. http://fleabay.net/
sorry about that but this what I got when I clicked your Link
Oops! Google Chrome could not find fleabay.net
Bill Cunningham
10-31-2013, 9:30 PM
sorry about that but this what I got when I clicked your Link
Oops! Google Chrome could not find fleabay.net
It popped right up in Firefox..
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