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The $4 Tremolo stopper

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 …

Floyd Upgrades Brass Spring Claw – review

I’ve been working my way through my Ibanez RG550 RFR reissue, testing out a range of Floyd Upgrades tremolo parts. First up was the Brass Sustain Block for Ibanez Edge. In my review of the brass sustain block I found it made for a massive tonal upgrade over the nasty-looking …

Ibanez Edge block upgrade

Ibanez have made some fantastic locking tremolo bridges over the years. The Edge and Lo Pro Edge are highly regarded amongst Ibanez enthusiasts, and the recently discontinued Edge Pro is starting to receive a lot of praise too. There is a problem inherent to floating tremolo bridges though. They quite …

Restoring a corroded bridge

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 …