Are we talking 2 or 6 point trem?
If its a 2 point then I float it ever so slightly, basically enough for the base plate of the trem to sit parallel to the body top, so maybe a 2mm gap.Either one, whatever you've got.
Pics or it didn't happen!
Just kidding. I just like to see other peoples' JEMs. And that is a great strategy, I use it all the time myself.
It's troll physics. Nothing in the video has any basis in fact. The angle on the claw can't compensate different string tension through a solid anchor point and you can't alter the differential pitch without changing the action or intonation on a particular string to something wrong. If you set one and get the others it is coincidence . Read #37 the set up is BS.Like I said, I recommend Carl Verheyen's method.
My problem with the video is the fact that the results are nothing to do with the adjustments claimed. It is like saying "Last time I wore a red t shirt my guitar stayed in tune therefore if I ware a red t shirt I'll stay in tune." Anecdotal evidence is like a conspiracy theory, total BS and coincidence put together by idiots. I find this video a shame because Carl is a supper nice guy and a world class player.Aw, c'mon, Andy. No reason to argue with results. Some people get lucky and the setup is close enough for the job when it works. YMMV. It doesn't have to be perfect to be useful, and that's why it doesn't have to be a Trans-Trem.
If, 32 years ago, you had asked me about the Trans-Trem's future I'd have predicted it would be a mass-produced (if finicky) product that would be within the reach of every guitarist. Something that people really explored the way Michael Hedges did on Taproot.
Something happened and where is it now?
But I would never argue against a Trans-Trem. In those 32 years I think I got to play one once, and it wasn't properly set up anyway so I couldn't even play "Get Up" on it! I'm still salty about the Trans-Trem apparently.
The digital solution might be preferable now?
So, continuing trem-chat: Ibanez Edge Lo-Pro - Great tremolo unit or The Greatest Tremolo Unit?