Floating tremolo block damage

[Wayne27]

Is it possible that a guitar can break because you block the floating bridge?

[Lucius Paisley]

I guess if you've kept the bar in and kept trying to use it, maybe.

[beaubrummels]

'break', like crack the body? It takes some force to break a guitar in the first place. I can't picture a simple blocked floating bridge providing that much force. But I could be wrong.

[ICTGoober]

Post some pix, please - so we can assess this damage.

[Masta' C]

Agreed. I'm intrigued by this one! Pics or it didn't happen

[Wayne27]

It didn’t happen. I’m just asking if it’s possible that it could happen.

[Mincer]

No, unless the guitar takes a hit so bad as to crack the body. Even if you try to use the bar while it is blocked, the worst that can happen is the bar snaps off in the block.

[ICTGoober]

So in other words, you're just wasting our time. Thanks.

[eclecticsynergy]

It didn’t happen. I’m just asking if it’s possible that it could happen.

I imagine under enough stress a cheap trem block could crack, one of the skinny potmetal ones.
But i can't see it breaking the wood body. Really soft wood like paulownia might deform a bit.

[Mr. 80's]

If it's blocked for dive only it will be fine. If it's completely blocked the guitar is broke. At least I would consider it broke.

[abunai.j]

In order to apply enough force to the blocked bridge to physically crack/break/damage the body of the guitar via the trem cavity, you would have to be intentionally trying to break the guitar. Otherwise, no.

[GuitarStv]

Nope. A blocked trem is pretty much the same as a fixed bridge. It would take the same damage to break a fixed bridge guitar as one with a blocked trem.