Staytrem no longer shipping outside UK

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Re: Staytrem no longer shipping outside UK

Post by timtam » Tue Sep 11, 2018 3:14 am

UlricvonCatalyst wrote:
Tue Sep 11, 2018 2:59 am
Didn't Jess Lourio post on here about a modified Mustang bridge he offers? I think he got kind of slated for it as it wasn't machined from scratch, but maybe those of us without a heavily-tooled workshop at our disposal might be interested.
It was more of a 'compensated Tele-meets Mustang' ...
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But yes, anyone who thought it was a good solution could assemble one with brass saddles off ebay ...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Wilkinson-Vint ... 2790261614
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Re: Staytrem no longer shipping outside UK

Post by Shadoweclipse13 » Tue Sep 11, 2018 3:51 am

That bridge looks great, but I'd be worried about the brass getting deep grooves from a bit of trem use...
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Re: Staytrem no longer shipping outside UK

Post by Jaguar018 » Tue Sep 11, 2018 8:08 am

This is such an OSG thread. Love it.

Hopefully he can get some apprentice to take over.

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Re: Staytrem no longer shipping outside UK

Post by JVG » Sun Sep 23, 2018 8:23 pm

I never heard back from John after my request about giving overseas buyers one last chance to purchase, so I guess he's sticking to his plan. Fair enough.

Anyway, the site is back up, and I'm hoping one of you lovely UK residents might be able to help me get a bridge :)
PM me if willing.

Cheers!
J.

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Re: Staytrem no longer shipping outside UK

Post by wooderson » Sun Sep 23, 2018 11:53 pm

I looked at parcel forwarding services but since Paypal is the only payment option I figured something would get gummed up with the billing address.

I'd put out the same feeler/request for anyone willing to forward to the US.

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Re: Staytrem no longer shipping outside UK

Post by blimpage » Mon Sep 24, 2018 1:33 am

Slightly off-topic, but has it ever bothered anyone else that Staytrem and Mastery are basically anagrams of one another, barring an extra T in Staytrem?

Intentional tongue-in-cheek reference, coincidence, or grand conspiracy? 🤔

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Re: Staytrem no longer shipping outside UK

Post by Shadoweclipse13 » Mon Sep 24, 2018 2:01 am

blimpage wrote:
Mon Sep 24, 2018 1:33 am
Slightly off-topic, but has it ever bothered anyone else that Staytrem and Mastery are basically anagrams of one another, barring an extra T in Staytrem?

Intentional tongue-in-cheek reference, coincidence, or grand conspiracy? 🤔
That's interesting. Hadn't thought of it. In case of conspiracy, I guess the real question is: who was first?
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Post by andy_tchp » Mon Sep 24, 2018 4:20 am

Mastery, by many years.
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Re: Staytrem no longer shipping outside UK

Post by wooderson » Mon Sep 24, 2018 4:53 am

I would guess that the name originally referred to the collet and arm (trem stays in place)? I don't know the timeline of the Staytrem product offerings.

My crippling insomnia paid off, I caught the 7.25" Staytrem I needed on Reverb way too early in the morning. I'd still like a Bass VI bridge at some point but I'd probably be better off getting a Mustang bass for my low end thrills anyway.

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Re: Staytrem no longer shipping outside UK

Post by wooderson » Mon Sep 24, 2018 4:54 am

Looks like I guessed right - https://web.archive.org/web/20090813094 ... ytrem.html

Not even offset trems then, but for Strats

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Re: Staytrem no longer shipping outside UK

Post by kimson » Mon Sep 24, 2018 6:40 am

"We would kindly ask that you do not purchase our products for the purpose of re-selling on internet sites etc, thank you."

Admirable optimism, gotta say.

It's not really my place to comment anyone's business practises, but if I happened to be sitting on designs that are worth tens of thousands of pounds, I'd license them out asap so that no one else would have the incentive/opportunity to just copy and cash in on them.

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Re: Staytrem no longer shipping outside UK

Post by min7b5 » Mon Sep 24, 2018 8:32 am

JVG wrote:
Sun Sep 23, 2018 8:23 pm
I never heard back from John after my request about giving overseas buyers one last chance to purchase, so I guess he's sticking to his plan. Fair enough.

Anyway, the site is back up, and I'm hoping one of you lovely UK residents might be able to help me get a bridge :)
PM me if willing.

Cheers!
J.
Sad to hear he won't open it up, but I guess I'm in the same boat as you (pm if willing to ship).
The AOM bridge went out of stock very quickly! Would be interesting to know what his inventory is like.

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Re: Staytrem no longer shipping outside UK

Post by Pacafeliz » Mon Sep 24, 2018 9:24 am

interesting he's now also more expensive. the bridges used to be €65, now they're 65 Pounds, etc.
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Re: Staytrem no longer shipping outside UK

Post by El Pelo » Mon Sep 24, 2018 9:51 am

Any of our UK friends want to send a Staytrem to the U.S.?

Working on a project where I was planning to use a Staytrem.

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Re: Staytrem no longer shipping outside UK

Post by BearBoy » Mon Sep 24, 2018 9:53 am

Pacafeliz wrote:
Mon Sep 24, 2018 9:24 am
interesting he's now also more expensive. the bridges used to be €65, now they're 65 Pounds, etc.
UK prices don’t appear to have changed.

The Bass VI Bridge is still the same price as the one I bought in August and the Jaguar/Jazzmaster bridge the same as the one I bought in 2013.

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