jacco
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This question has been asked before but I can't seem to find a good answer. Help please!
DaveWW said:I'd be a bit dubious about the improvemt though unless you trem block is not steel.
DaveWW said:Mike, haven't ever tried it but I could imagine that a heavier better fitting block could offer an improvement or at least some difference and sustain.
JohnA said:Is a Springy trem not cast as one piece? i.e. the block isn't removable
stratman323 said:DaveWW said:I'd be a bit dubious about the improvemt though unless you trem block is not steel.
I'd be very dubious about the improvement even if it isn't steel. My 1980 ST80 doesn't have a steel block, & I can't hear any difference when compared to a Goldstar that does have a steel block, & I have gigged both. What difference is steel supposed to make to the sound?
jacco said:But ok, the vintage strats did have such a block so Fender must have done that for a good reason.
stratman323 said:jacco said:But ok, the vintage strats did have such a block so Fender must have done that for a good reason.
I don't want to shatter the Fender illusion, but Leo did lots of things because they were the most economical solution, or he used parts that were simply readily available.
stratman323 said:My 1980 ST80 doesn't have a steel block
DaveWW said:Doesn't yours alrrady have a steel bolck? My 82 ST55 does.?
gaijin said:get a magnet...if the magnet stick to the block then it is steel block..otherwise....
JohnA said:Which Wilkinson bridge did you order? The fixing screws are different spacing on a lot of them you need to get the one with elongated holes.
jacco said:JohnA said:Which Wilkinson bridge did you order? The fixing screws are different spacing on a lot of them you need to get the one with elongated holes.
Yep, I got that one. Any hints on how to age it a little bit?
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