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Post subject: Re: Trem system flush? Or floating?
Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 7:21 pm
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Being a natural born improvisor, I make my own wedges out of wood as I have not been able to find anything commercially available that suits me.
I tried the building supply cedar wedges that contractors use to install doors and windows but I found them too soft and that made them a royal pain to remove.
I switched to harder woods and that was much better.
I make a flat piece that goes on the neck side of the block.
It will be maybe 3/4" high, maybe 2-1/4" wide.
I'll start at around 1/4" thick and slowly plane and sand it down until it fits in flat and fills the gap evenly.
The back side I'll use a wedge.
I'll set the mitre saw at about 10 degrees and make a wedge that's about 1-1/2" to 2" wide.
I'll cut off the pointed tip at about 1/4" lower than where it makes contact on both sides.
Cut it to about 1" length and tap it in with a mallet and a wooden drift.
Getting it out is pretty easy.
I pre-drill a hole in it prior to driving it in and then when I want it out I insert a #8 wood screw and wiggle back and forth until it works itself out.

With the block firmly wedged against the body wood on both sides I feel I do notice a very slight increase in sustain ... but it is very slight.
Like so minutely slight that only I would notice.
I don't think anyone who had not already been intimately familiar with my guitar would notice and say,
"Hey this guitar sustains nicely."
Using just the claw to deck the bridge without blocking I detect no discernible difference whatsoever; a fact I remember feeling a little disappointed about the first time I tried it after hearing the hype.

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