so I've had a Jazzmaster for a little while now but had never really played with the tremolo arm for more than a few minutes...today I played it for a while and went to take the arm out to put it back in the case....and the arm won't release. no matter what I do it won't come out/even budge. I don't want to force it and end up damaging/breaking something....but since I'm new at this trem system, I thought perhaps I was missing something here as to how it comes out....the other times I've used it it was always really lose and would fall/come out easily...this time it went and stayed in place well, but won't release. can somebody please help me figure this whole thing out.
thanks,
mike