Opinons on Kahler's

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Adaman

Discussion Starter · Jun 3, 2010

Hopefully within the next 6 months or so I will be able to afford my next custom order (BRJ Jekyll 727S) and I have really been tempted to opt for a Kahler trem. I have only been able to play one guitar with one a Peavey PDX and I was unable to really mess with it because it was locked down in hardtail mode, but the profile felt awesome and it seems like it is the swiss army knife of trems. I love how you can lock your trem without a T-no and the fact that you match the saddles the the radius of your fretboard without having to deal with shim's like on an OFR. My only concern is it seems like many people complain the they completely drain your guitars sustain and after watching a video on YouTube it seems like they tend to go out of tune after heavy bending. So i guess my question is does anyone have experience a with Kahler , and do they have any issues that have driven you away from them?

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Jack Secret

· #21 · Jun 4, 2010

I only ever had one guitar with a Kahler in my lifetime, that being a fulcrum version on a one humbucker Charvel. I understand the higher up versions are decent but I'm not about to stray from the Floyd/Ibanez Edge family. I do remember Kahler always had the back cover ads in guitar for the practicing musician magazine.

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Mike

· #22 · Jun 4, 2010

Jack Secret said:
I only ever had one guitar with a Kahler in my lifetime, that being a fulcrum version on a one humbucker Charvel. I understand the higher up versions are decent but I'm not about to stray from the Floyd/Ibanez Edge family. I do remember Kahler always had the back cover ads in guitar for the practicing musician magazine.

I remember that bridge! Man, was it a POS. It fit in a Strat trem slot, and that was about the only good thing you could say about them. :lol:

They actually made a really good Floyd (the Steeler), and a halfway decent one (the Spyder). Otherwise, I gave up on them really early - I had both Flyers and Pros, and hated both of them. :lol:

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Cancer

· #23 · Jun 4, 2010 (Edited)

noodles said:
The Achilles heel is absolutely the saddles and string retainers. They are made out of soft steel, rather than the hardened stuff the baseplate and trem are made out of. I've seen them literally disintegrating on old Charvel/Jacksons. Matt really understated the importance of keeping them cleaned and oiled. Sweat is the death of them.

^^^^^^^....This....

....was the only issue I ever had on my Kahler equipped Carvin V220. I had to basically buy another trem for replacement parts. You can see the mismatched parts below.....

I should add that had this guitar for 10 years before I had to replace those parts, and I wasn't the original owner either, so......

That being said, I wouldn't hesitate to get another guitar with a Kahler trem, especially now that make them for 7 and 8 string guitars.

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noodles

· #24 · Jun 4, 2010

Before the company re-emerged, I used to buy old Kahlers for parts on E-bay all the time. It was the only way to keep my Soloist up and running.

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darren

· #25 · Jun 4, 2010

I had a guitar with a Kahler Pro ages ago, and i really loved how smooth it was. I hated having to solder my ball ends every time i changed strings, though... if i didn't, that's where the strings would break, without fail, every few weeks.

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noodles

· #26 · Jun 4, 2010

^ :agreed:

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