Bridge to add a bit of twang to my Les Paul?

[Rex_Rocker]

Sounds to me "Resomax" is a $$$ way of saying "pot metal"

Not slagging it. I will take pot metal (Lo-pro/ZR etc) bridges all day long over original Floyd's with brass blocks....cuz TONE.

Pretty sure it isn't. Pot metal is Zamac, and it's heavier than Aluminum.

Like I said, I replaced the stock Aluminum bridge with this, and I didn't notice the weight was vastly different. If this bridge was Zamac/Zinc, it would be twice as heavy because the density of Zamac is around 6-7 g/cm3, vs Aluminum which is like 3 g/cm3.

My older Schaller bridge that I used for when I blacked the guitar out was Zinc and it certainly was way heavier.

 

[Top-L]

Sounds to me "Resomax" is a $$$ way of saying "pot metal"

Not slagging it. I will take pot metal (Lo-pro/ZR etc) bridges all day long over original Floyd's with brass blocks....cuz TONE.

You can buy Floyd Rose Special pot metal blocks. I have swapped to OFR brass and IME, the pot metal blocks have a bit more zing on top, but could be perceived as tinny by some.

 

[ErikH]

I think lighter strings and playing closer to the bridge will sound closer to a Tele than installing a new pickup.

This is pretty much what I was gonna say. This is what I see local players do all the time to get a good twang from their LP. The difference with bridge material will probably be so small you won't care. Split the bridge pickup, play closer to the bridge. Twang-a-lang...lol.

 

[Phantasmagoria]

You can buy Floyd Rose Special pot metal blocks. I have swapped to OFR brass and IME, the pot metal blocks have a bit more zing on top, but could be perceived as tinny by some.

Yeah...I've swapped out brass blocks for pot metal in two guitars...most recently my Schecter Sun Valley Super Shredder with the Sustainiac. To my ears pot metal has a more "natural" sound, while brass sounds artificially enhanced ..& not in a good way.

Unnatural sustain, unnatural overtones, unnatural warmth and it also compresses the tone too much in an unpleasant way that even "feels" wrong. My theory is brass is not a great substitute for the wood mass that's lost when installing a Floating trem. It's too dense, unlike pot metal & it sounds unnatural.

Plus you take something like a Lo-Pro..there's way better distribution of weight/mass with it to compensate for the lost wood. ..the whole bridge being heavy/die cast. With the Floyd/Brass block all the weight's concentrated only in the block.

Pot metal tone is closest to the tone you get with a fixed bridge (imo)