Original Floyd Rose Trem Upgrades

[benniej]

Hi, I ve been playing my Peavey V-type as my main guitar now for 4 years. Its an amazing guitar and has stood up to many a gig and recording session. The Peavey Licensed Floyd has actually stood up really well to everything I've thrown at it, and its probably the best copy that I've liked. However its now really starting to show signs of wear to the base and to the saddles and I think the guitar deserves an upgrade.

Anyway to cut a long story short, I've measured everything up and an Original Floyd Trem should fit in perfectly. My only question is I really like the tone of my guitar at the moment and I'm wondering what kind of tone/character the guitar will gain>? hopefully it wont become really bright or super trebly

I've also heard so much about the Sustain Blocks which you can buy like the Large Brass Blocks from floydupgrades.com. But the main block i m interested in is the Tungsten sustain block from http://www.prorockgear.com/sustainblock-1.aspx .
Has anyone tried these in their guitars>? any change? The current licensed floyd block is tiny in my guitar.

Anyways Happy New Year :friday:



Cheers

 

[CTN]

Re: Original Floyd Rose Trem Upgrades

Seems like either the Gotoh floyds are some of the best if not the best aftermarket floyd out there. Schaller is also highly respected, but some often complain about newer trems being of lesser quality.

John Suhr of Suhr guitars also swears by the Gotohs.

From his website:

In our estimation, this is simply the best double-locking tremolo system on the market today. The construction quality is second-to-none while producing a big tone with plenty of bottom end that is not normally found in bridges of this type.

The arm mechanism is solid with no clunking whatsoever. It feels extremely smooth and stable, allowing you to dive bomb deep into the sonic subterranean regions as well as pulling up those squealing high harmonics into the stratosphere. The beveled saddles also provide more comfort when resting your palm on them. This is the ultimate Floyd and we are very pleased to offer this bridge on our instruments.