I picked up a really nice ESP M-II with a complaint about one of the string blocks not moving. It was making it hard to change the string.
I took the saddle off the Floyd and found that the block was indeed wedged into the saddle and didn't move much. It took me well over an hour to worry that thing out of the hole. The client had been tightening the block down too hard on the string. On the older Floyds, the locking blocks were hardened, and simply cracked when over tightened. Now - they bulge out at the bottom, thus resulting in the block being stuck. I sanded a couple thousandths off each side and swabbed the square hole of the saddle with light machine oil (Mobile Vactra DTE-10, if you care). Now the block moves back and forth freely, but will be held in once the locking screw is inserted.
Then I performed a complete restring and set it up nice and low so the client will be happy-happy-joy-joy when he picks it up tomorrow. Yes, I charged extra for fixing the block.
So, here's the deal - snug it down on the string, but don't cinch it down like a muscleman. You just want the string to stay put, not to damage the small parts of your axe.
I took the saddle off the Floyd and found that the block was indeed wedged into the saddle and didn't move much. It took me well over an hour to worry that thing out of the hole. The client had been tightening the block down too hard on the string. On the older Floyds, the locking blocks were hardened, and simply cracked when over tightened. Now - they bulge out at the bottom, thus resulting in the block being stuck. I sanded a couple thousandths off each side and swabbed the square hole of the saddle with light machine oil (Mobile Vactra DTE-10, if you care). Now the block moves back and forth freely, but will be held in once the locking screw is inserted.
Then I performed a complete restring and set it up nice and low so the client will be happy-happy-joy-joy when he picks it up tomorrow. Yes, I charged extra for fixing the block.
So, here's the deal - snug it down on the string, but don't cinch it down like a muscleman. You just want the string to stay put, not to damage the small parts of your axe.
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