Skyway Trem Opinions

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Author Message 5a_quilt_top Advanced Member Username: 5a_quilt_top Post Number: 318 Registered: 6-2012 Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2014 - 12:35 pm:    Been thinking about having a Spectrum guitar made with one of these. Does anyone out there have experience with one, preferably on an Alembic or other neck-through guitar? If so, I'd welcome your opinion re: ease of use, impact on tone, etc. jzstephan Advanced Member Username: jzstephan Post Number: 258 Registered: 1-2012 Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2014 - 3:54 pm:    I ordered my Alembic with a Skyway. It's my favorite trem. I've had everything. I'm not sure about its tonal impact as I have never had anything else on this guitar. It has the sound of the springs, just like a fender trem, only you don't have to route out a giant hole in the back of your guitar. 5a_quilt_top Advanced Member Username: 5a_quilt_top Post Number: 322 Registered: 6-2012 Posted on Friday, July 11, 2014 - 3:58 pm:    Thanks for the response. It appears to be the way to go for an Alembic / neck-through design. I really didn't want to do any routing to accommodate a traditional trem and I wasn't keen on the Kahler option either. This appears to retain the benefits of the traditional Fender style with the advantages of a top-mount design in a compact package. jcdlc72 Advanced Member Username: jcdlc72 Post Number: 356 Registered: 11-2009 Posted on Saturday, July 12, 2014 - 10:50 pm:    Are those top-load Kahler tremolo bridges still being made? Still by APM? I have one on a modified Jackson Fusion EX guitar from the 90s, and I clearly remember the time when Kahler trems appeared on virtually every guitar mag I read in the 80s (and there were lots... sigh!), an all of a sudden I have not seen one in years, except for the one in my guitar. What ever happened to all the fun in the world? (No, wait, thatīs a quote for something else... ) 5a_quilt_top Advanced Member Username: 5a_quilt_top Post Number: 323 Registered: 6-2012 Posted on Monday, July 14, 2014 - 11:44 am:    Kahler is still alive & well. They have a great website and an impressive array of products. I was just looking for something a little more compact / streamlined that would transfer the string vibration to the guitar. According to a quote on the Skyway website, the Skyway trem does not interfere with the inherent tone of the instrument: "This bridge absolutely conducts the vibration from the strings into the wood of the guitar...the Skyway doesn't dominate the guitar's tone."