[Lemmy Hangslong]

Anyone here tried this upgrade?
I just installed on in my EVH USA Natural Blonde.
First impressions... guitar is slightly heavier, a little less downward travel on the bar but still to slack, acoustically louder and fuller tone. I gigged it last night and noticed the guitar sounds thicker with more clarity in the lower mids and the crunch and sparkle is more defined.
Overal a very cool upgrade. I wont be reverting back to the original block.floyd rose upgrade

 

[LydianGuitars]

The brass blocks do improve the tone and to the skeptics out there, you have to try it to believe it.
the same concept applies to non-floyd trems.

 

[Rollin Hand]

I have done this on a couple of guitars and it really does make a difference, even moreso if coming from a zinc block.

That said, on my OLP MM1 with the vintage-style trem decked, I found stainless saddles made a much bigger difference than the brass block. Your kilometrage may vary.

 

[bzrkrage]

Sweet! Looks like I scored a free "upgrade"

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[Rick31797]

well we are talking about floyd rose, how many solder the string windings before installing new strings.

 

[Lemmy Hangslong]

Not sure if that's an upgrade. it looks like a standard brass block.

Sweet! Looks like I scored a free "upgrade"

I don't solder and never have. In truth never heard of this before and cannot imagine why soldering is necessary... but I am interested to know why.

well we are talking about floyd rose, how many solder the string windings before installing new strings.

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[Rollin Hand]

well we are talking about floyd rose, how many solder the string windings before installing new strings.

I never have even once. If you get the string into the saddle far enough, and tighten enough but not too much, you should be fine.

 

[cboutilier]

I've been thinking of trying out a brass block on my Strat. It's a pretty light guitar anyways. I could fill the cavity with lead and it would still be lighter than my Tele.