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Post subject: Steel or Zinc?
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 11:25 pm
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Greetings to all of you guitar gurus! I once again come to you in need of enlightenment.

I purchased a 2009 Highway One and I need a definitive answer as to the composition of the tremolo block. The surface texture is rather rough and is a dull gray. The block is stamped "PW-36". I could be wrong but it looks like zinc. Can someone confirm for us whether the block is zinc or steel?

I thank you in advance!

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Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 4:22 am
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Can't answer your question but here is the pic of my block on my new MiM Standard;

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Says "PW 29".


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Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 4:37 am
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it is zinc. I changed mine to a guitar fetish steel block. while it did make the guitar louder and more resonant it totally lost its warmth and made it very hard to play. I changed it back


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Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 10:02 am
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Hello Manabu108,

A magnet will settle your mind easily

Cheers.
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Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 12:04 pm
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Mr. Bill,

Dude! You rock! Thanks. The magnet test revealed my block as being made of steel. Thanks :D

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Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 12:36 pm
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manabu108 wrote:
Mr. Bill,

Dude! You rock! Thanks. The magnet test revealed my block as being made of steel. Thanks :D


LOL.. I love it..

Sometimes we just can't see the wood for the trees :?

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Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 1:44 pm
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adey wrote:
manabu108 wrote:
Mr. Bill,

Dude! You rock! Thanks. The magnet test revealed my block as being made of steel. Thanks :D


LOL.. I love it..

Sometimes we just can't see the wood for the trees :?


love it :lol:


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