Chudallica Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 What's your thoughts on tremolo block upgrades for tone and sustain ? Steel, Brass, Titanium, Tungsten, Do these metal types make much difference ? I have a brass fat block at the moment and I'm thinking about reverting it back to the original nickel plated brass that I had on my Floyd Rose. It's a lot smaller but I haven't heard much change whilst using the fat block. Thoughts ? Discuss !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randythoades Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 (edited) I don't use the tremolo much, but I do believe it adds an airy element to the tone, so I tend to fix it down it in Eric Clapton style. I have tried steel and brass blocks of various sizes but I haven't found it add or reduce tone in any big or meaningful way. The only difference I found was when swapping a really cheap cast trem from an import guitar for a 'proper' one. It added a little (and only a little) of body to the tone, but that could have been a combination of fit, quality, saddles, the trem itself as well as the trem block. Edited September 9 by randythoades clarity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham50 Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 I had a Floyd Rose on Washburn guitar back in the day. Didn’t use te term and had blocked with a piece of wood which I think was ebony. Certainly a hard wood. No effect on tone that I could detect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chudallica Posted September 6 Author Share Posted September 6 (edited) Just to clarify , I'm on about the solid block fixed on the underside of the Tremolo, blocking the tremolo or clamping it to essentially make it a fixed bridge is another thing. Let's hear your thoughts on clamping it too. Edited September 8 by Chudallica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randythoades Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 On 06/09/2024 at 21:20, Chudallica said: Just to clarify , I'm on about the solid block fixed on the underside of the Tremolo, blocking the tremolo or clamping it to essentially make it a fixed bridge is another thing. Let's hear your thoughts on clamping it too. As I said, I have tried different sized tremolo blocks of steel and brass and couldn't tell the difference (sorry if that was unclear on my post). I can't tell the difference either between a floating or fixed/blocked tremolo either, I only do it for convenience as I don't use the trem. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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