the best materials for strat trem blocks

George · Post by **George** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 2:24 pm

goes like this...

zinc > steel > brass > other (like titanium you fuckig blooz lawyer)

prove me wrong.

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 2:38 pm

Obsidian.

George · Post by **George** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 2:40 pm

unobtanium

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 2:49 pm

Mithril will help keep the weight of the guitar down somewhat, it'll also increase note dexterity and reduce meedley note failure by 10%.

George · Post by **George** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 2:53 pm

cryogenically realigned butt plug. no more bum notes.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 3:00 pm

Royal icing.

sholkham · Post by **sholkham** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 5:11 pm

Adamantium

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 9:23 pm

I think the mass of the block has more to do with it than anything else. I've had dodgy old trems that sounded great because they had a really fat trem block made from pot metal.

There's got to be some bonus points for the first person to photoshop a tremblock into this picture.

speedfish · Post by **speedfish** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 12:56 pm

Haven't tried brass, but upgraded with bigger fatter steel blocks and this definitely is an improvement over that crappy ?zinc/pot metal that the Asians use. I imagine that brass is more "musical", but have often wondered if it's benefits would be affected as it tarnished. Any horn players care to chime in?