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Do you float your trem?
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Post subject: Re: Do you "Float" your trem?
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 7:08 am
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If you're going to deck it, you may as well block it.

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Post subject: Re: Do you "Float" your trem?
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 7:26 am
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BMW-KTM wrote:
If you're going to deck it, you may as well block it.

My 2¢.


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I use a machined aluminum block along with 5 springs. I have found that slight adjustments of the spring claw can alter the sound and sustain of a blocked trem. Tighten the springs too much and enough tension can be put on the trem block to pull it away from the aluminum block. I can't measure it, but you can hear the difference if you put you ear against the upper bass bout of the guitar.

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Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 8:14 am
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Bill. Any reason you used aluminum vs something soft like balsa wood?

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Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 8:47 am
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Hou-Tex wrote:
Bill. Any reason you used aluminum vs something soft like balsa wood?


You want something hard and solid that will transmit vibrations from the trem block to the body. Balsa is too light and soft. Most people use maple blocks. I just happened to have a machined aluminum block lying around in one of my junk drawers (it was actually the blade holder of an old matt cutter I had) that with a little sanding was a perfect fit. It acts just like an extension of the trem block in transmitting vibration to the body.

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Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 9:01 am
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Ha! Gotcha.

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Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 9:24 am
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If I owned a strat I'd definitely block it, I'm a confirmed hardtail man. 8) I'd also want no contours. And for it to be a Telecaster. :lol:

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Post subject: Re: Do you "Float" your trem?
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 9:31 am
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I made my own wedges out of beech and tapped them in with a mallet quite firmly. It will be a job to get them out if I ever decide to. Beech is harder than maple as well as cheaper and easier to find.

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Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 1:19 pm
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I used some Maple from a tree that fell on my property.

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Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 1:20 pm
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What trem? :P

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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 8:05 am
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i rarely use the trem but i enjoy owning a guitar that has one and will stay in tune. i use it to coax feedback and sustain notes. i'm taking that guitar to practice today for the first time. depending on how many beers i drink, i might come home with the trem bar inserted in my eye or some other orifice.


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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 2:44 am
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I too rarely use my tremelo arm. I leave it off 90% of the time. But yes, I have my trem set to just barely float. It's about 1/8th" or less from the body.


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