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the best materials for strat trem blocks
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 2:24 pm
by George
goes like this...
zinc > steel > brass > other (like titanium you fuckig blooz lawyer)
prove me wrong.
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 2:38 pm
by Ankhanu
Obsidian.
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 2:40 pm
by George
unobtanium
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 2:49 pm
by Ankhanu
Mithril will help keep the weight of the guitar down somewhat, it'll also increase note dexterity and reduce meedley note failure by 10%.
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 2:53 pm
by George
cryogenically realigned butt plug. no more bum notes.
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 3:00 pm
by benecol
Royal icing.
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 5:11 pm
by sholkham
Adamantium
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 9:23 pm
by Gabriel
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.
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 12:56 pm
by speedfish
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?