[Toshiro]

If it's off one of the newer San Dimas guitar, it's made by Ping. Still made to the OFR specs, just not by Schaller. They seem to be holding up pretty well, from I've heard, but I wouldn't overpay for it.

Keep in mind that it will also have the long block, as those Charvels have the Floyd on top.

The only real issue is the arm&holder, like most Korean trems, it's not the best machined part and has some play. In fact, the whole trem feels "grindy" in the threads with the fine tuners/screws. Still works fine for the most part. I have the one from my SoCal floating around as an emergency back-up.

Easiest way to tell, get a pic of the top of the saddles; the Pings have a slope in the back, Schallers are flat all the way across the top.

 

[Toshiro]

Honestly, I am not the happiest with the arm holder on my OFR-7. It doesn't rotate smoothly, as if there is some grit on one side that causes it to hang up for about one quarter of the travel, yet the slot and the arm are both completely free of debris.

The arm on my Ping would move like a 1/2" inch or more down or up before it would move the trem. Nothing like grabbing the bar and going for a quick dive, and getting nowhere. :lol:

I have a ton of Schaller arms from Stewmac(on all my Edges lol), and they don't have this problem. I like that arm tight though, which is why I don't like the regular Edge arm, too much swing.

I wish I could get the arm and holder from the Gotohs aftermarket, that shit is disgustingly nice. The bar itself is reverse threaded, and screws into the holder, and then there's a tension screw at the top. No play, rotates smooth, and can be tight or loose in the swing. Doubt it would fit on the Edge trems though.

 

[Toshiro]

:spock:
mine works great. if you wanna sell yours, let me know :lol:

What, the arm holder? Because I swapped that shit for a Schaller and threw the Ping parts in the garbage. We swapped the arm holder on my buddy's SoCal too, that's 2 for 2 of them being crap.

The bridge itself is in the gigbag with the rest of the Charvel's original parts, in case I ever want to return it to stock. :lol: