Guitar hardware can get quite ratty and corroded over time. Climate, humidity, and sweat can eat away at your nice bridge locking nut and tuners, etc. Some hardware finishes are more robust than others, but they don’t always hold up. I’ve noticed that the cosmo chrome and cosmo black finishes …
I’ve noticed quite a bit of hype lately regarding big brass block upgrades for Floyd Rose style tremolos. The name most associated with these parts are Floyd Upgrades. There is talk of greater sustain, and fuller, richer tone as a result of a nice big block of solid bell brass …
There’s been a bit of discussion at Jemsite.com lately about the merits of Floyd Upgrades upgrade options for double-locking Floyd Rose style bridges. One of the popular upgrades for these style bridges is the Brass Big Block. I thought that I would ask Adam Reiver at Floyd Upgrades about his …
I love New Gear Days, especially when there is more than one new piece of gear! I arrived home from work today to find that the Sanyo Pedal Juice, and the Floyd Upgrades Brass Sustain Block for Gotoh Floyd Rose had turned up for me to test. The Sanyo Pedal …
Using a guitar with a Floyd Rose type tremolo system provides you with many advantages, but of course there are always a few disadvantages. One common tuning for guitar is drop D, where the guitar is in E standard tuning, but the low E string is tuned down a whole …