Swapping sustain blocks for aftermarket ones is a popular thing now. A number of companies now offer brass and titanium sustain blocks for a range of guitar bridges. Some swear by them, others call them snake oil. I’ve tested a number of brass blocks over the years and have always …
A floating Floyd Rose type tremolo has a whole range of fantastic uses, but a few issues too. If you break a string your bridge goes out of whack, and guitar horribly out of tune. You can’t just tune to drop-D or equivalent either. A few solutions have come out …
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 …
The Gotoh Floyd Rose® Licensed Locking Tremolo is an amazing unit. It takes what Floyd Rose originally designed and takes it to that next step. What makes it even better is that it is cheaper than the Original Floyd Rose and Schaller models. Gotoh have built their version of the …