ratherdashing
Kablamminator
Re: The Guitar Fetish Tremolo Block
Here we go again ... what exactly is wrong with the GFS block?
Here we go again ... what exactly is wrong with the GFS block?
The Guitar Fetish Tremolo Block
- Thread starter Jet-Jaguar
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ErikH
Well-known member
Re: The Guitar Fetish Tremolo Block
Nice. I just may have to spring for one myself for my '94 American Standard. I've been wanting to improve that bridge anyway. I like the bridge and saddles as they are, just the block could use an upgrade.
Nice. I just may have to spring for one myself for my '94 American Standard. I've been wanting to improve that bridge anyway. I like the bridge and saddles as they are, just the block could use an upgrade.
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: The Guitar Fetish Tremolo Block
Here we go again...same thing thats wrong with the new Fender blocks...crappy materal, just more of it.
Thanks for playing!
Here we go again...same thing thats wrong with the new Fender blocks...crappy materal, just more of it.
Thanks for playing!
Jet-Jaguar
New member
Re: The Guitar Fetish Tremolo Block
What "crappy material" are you talking about? The GFS blocks are steel.
What "crappy material" are you talking about? The GFS blocks are steel.
ratherdashing
Kablamminator
Re: The Guitar Fetish Tremolo Block
Be honest: do you know for certain what the GFS block (and the new Fender block, for that matter) is made of, or are you just guessing?
Sorry for being blunt, but I get the impression that a lot of what you're saying about trem blocks is mostly speculative.
Be honest: do you know for certain what the GFS block (and the new Fender block, for that matter) is made of, or are you just guessing?
Sorry for being blunt, but I get the impression that a lot of what you're saying about trem blocks is mostly speculative.
JB_From_Hell
Jomo's Nimions
Re: The Guitar Fetish Tremolo Block
Was there a significant upcharge? I have a Kahler Spyder, and I'd be interested in a better block for it.
You don't really need to be an English professor to spell properly.
Was there a significant upcharge? I have a Kahler Spyder, and I'd be interested in a better block for it.
jhale667
New member
KGC Tremolo Block
KGC Tremolo Block
OK, atrocious spelling on the website aside :lol:, I totally like the idea of engraving your name in the block, though...:cool3:
KGC Tremolo Block
Never mind them.. take a look at these I'm expecting, custom made and engraved with my name by Killerguitarcomponents.com
OK, atrocious spelling on the website aside :lol:, I totally like the idea of engraving your name in the block, though...:cool3:
jhale667
New member
Re: The Guitar Fetish Tremolo Block
Ah, but you kind of have to expect that on the interwebs...:sigh:
While you make some interesting points in your post, we're not talking about the cultural nuance between spellings like "color" and "colour", sorry. I totally see what people are saying about it, and it's not "petty" at all; it's how the guy is presenting himself to the public, y'know? And spell-check is such a simple thing to run...heck, I have one running even as I type this to make myself seem a little more edjumacated...LMAO
The product itself looks great, don't get me wrong - but it kind of reads like it's being presented by a doofus. The site is rife with spelling errors, not just a few. Let's put it this way: if he had a site that was knocking it out of the park like his product seems to be, NO ONE would have been distracted by it for a second. It's self-defeating on the seller's part.
It kind of says "Buy my stuff - it are grate!"
It could also be seen as an attention to detail indicator, in a way. And you'd certainly hope someone who'd miss something like that pays more attention to, say....machining tolerances, maybe? Just sayin'... 
Ah, but you kind of have to expect that on the interwebs...:sigh:
While you make some interesting points in your post, we're not talking about the cultural nuance between spellings like "color" and "colour", sorry. I totally see what people are saying about it, and it's not "petty" at all; it's how the guy is presenting himself to the public, y'know? And spell-check is such a simple thing to run...heck, I have one running even as I type this to make myself seem a little more edjumacated...LMAO
The product itself looks great, don't get me wrong - but it kind of reads like it's being presented by a doofus. The site is rife with spelling errors, not just a few. Let's put it this way: if he had a site that was knocking it out of the park like his product seems to be, NO ONE would have been distracted by it for a second. It's self-defeating on the seller's part.
It kind of says "Buy my stuff - it are grate!"
It could also be seen as an attention to detail indicator, in a way. And you'd certainly hope someone who'd miss something like that pays more attention to, say....machining tolerances, maybe? Just sayin'... 
Karmadog777
Active member
Re: The Guitar Fetish Tremolo Block
I can makes giutar partz and spells your name on them.
I has many yeers experions doin this
i can makes you a termeolo blok or even a pickgard if you leik that more better
send me some monie so i can buy sum meterialz first, bcoz my wife bot to much beer and had to do are own websight
thanks
killhergiutarpartz.com
I can makes giutar partz and spells your name on them.
I has many yeers experions doin this
i can makes you a termeolo blok or even a pickgard if you leik that more better
send me some monie so i can buy sum meterialz first, bcoz my wife bot to much beer and had to do are own websight
thanks
killhergiutarpartz.com
Re: The Guitar Fetish Tremolo Block
just FYI my 2 cents about the HWY1 block sizes...
The newer HWY1 strats with the 70's style headstocks have a funny string spread size... the String Spread is halfway bewteen a full wide Vintage Trem and a Narrow one like the MIM Standard bridges... MIM Standards, Newer HWY1, and MIA Vintage 6 screw trems all have different sized blocks as far as the placement of the holes
just FYI my 2 cents about the HWY1 block sizes...
The newer HWY1 strats with the 70's style headstocks have a funny string spread size... the String Spread is halfway bewteen a full wide Vintage Trem and a Narrow one like the MIM Standard bridges... MIM Standards, Newer HWY1, and MIA Vintage 6 screw trems all have different sized blocks as far as the placement of the holes
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wolf5150
Guest
Re: The Guitar Fetish Tremolo Block
I posted my block on 2 other forums.. Not a single person criticized the site.
They all looked at the product, not proof read the site 1st.
I'll pop off and tell them all that you regard them as being of lower intelligence for not spotting the incorrect spelling.
For me.. and them... we'll all enjoy the product and listen to music and play instruments made by human beings and all their flaws.
:friday:
Why don't you do the decent thing and drop Sandy an e mail pointing out his errors ?????????????????????
I posted my block on 2 other forums.. Not a single person criticized the site.
They all looked at the product, not proof read the site 1st.
I'll pop off and tell them all that you regard them as being of lower intelligence for not spotting the incorrect spelling.
For me.. and them... we'll all enjoy the product and listen to music and play instruments made by human beings and all their flaws.
:friday:
Why don't you do the decent thing and drop Sandy an e mail pointing out his errors ?????????????????????
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LobsterSausage
New member
Re: The Guitar Fetish Tremolo Block
I just received my Callaham trem block for my lefty Am Std. I have to say it was worth every penny (and, oh how many pennies it cost...**** right-handed world...). It truly brought my guitar to life. The whole darn thing resonates quite nicely now. The old block was made of some powder cast pot metal. Heavy, but not conducive to fine tone. The all steel block has brought greater definintion and (dare I say) pizzaz (yeah, I used that word just now, so?). Anyway, I love Buttercup even more now than I did two days ago. It's like she got a boob job that came along with a better personality. Le package totale!
I just received my Callaham trem block for my lefty Am Std. I have to say it was worth every penny (and, oh how many pennies it cost...**** right-handed world...). It truly brought my guitar to life. The whole darn thing resonates quite nicely now. The old block was made of some powder cast pot metal. Heavy, but not conducive to fine tone. The all steel block has brought greater definintion and (dare I say) pizzaz (yeah, I used that word just now, so?). Anyway, I love Buttercup even more now than I did two days ago. It's like she got a boob job that came along with a better personality. Le package totale!
ratherdashing
Kablamminator
Re: The Guitar Fetish Tremolo Block
Dude, let it go. You are taking this way too personally.
Dude, let it go. You are taking this way too personally.
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: The Guitar Fetish Tremolo Block
I don't guess...if I don't know for sur then I keep my mount shut which is far more than I can say for some other guys on this and many other forums.
I don't guess...if I don't know for sur then I keep my mount shut which is far more than I can say for some other guys on this and many other forums.
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: The Guitar Fetish Tremolo Block
Just because it is steel doesn't make it good...
Tremolo blocks in vintage style Fender style tremolos should be cold rolled steel...most Fender blocks (maybe all!) and these GFS blocks are not cold rolled steel.
Just because it is steel doesn't make it good...
Tremolo blocks in vintage style Fender style tremolos should be cold rolled steel...most Fender blocks (maybe all!) and these GFS blocks are not cold rolled steel.
jhale667
New member
Re: The Guitar Fetish Tremolo Block
Tell them we said their moms dress them funny, too.
Hey, I'd happily proof-read the thing for him (I do that sort of thing)....
Big time.
Tell them we said their moms dress them funny, too.
Hey, I'd happily proof-read the thing for him (I do that sort of thing)....
Big time.
Re: The Guitar Fetish Tremolo Block
+1
"Wise men talk because they have something to say, fools, because they have to say something."-Plato
I need to apply more of that IMO...
+1
"Wise men talk because they have something to say, fools, because they have to say something."-Plato
I need to apply more of that IMO...
ratherdashing
Kablamminator
Re: The Guitar Fetish Tremolo Block
Good policy. So then, for the benefit of everyone here: what are the various trem blocks mentioned in this thread made of, and how did you come by this information?
Good policy. So then, for the benefit of everyone here: what are the various trem blocks mentioned in this thread made of, and how did you come by this information?
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: The Guitar Fetish Tremolo Block
**** dude...you just never let up do you???
Looks like you don't pay attention much either...I've said in various threads that these GFS blocks and the new Fender blocks are made from steel but they are NOT cold rolled steel like Callaham blocks and like vintage (50's/60's) Fender blocks. They are hot rolled steel blocks and some of them are leaded steel blocks and American Standard Fender blocks are made from soft cast steel...lead has no tonal or acoustic properties and kills vibration. Callaham is the only company making blocks from cold rolled steel (at least the only one I know of!). Blocks that are stock in older MIM Fender guitars were made from Zinc...zinc is made mostly of lead...(see properties of lead above!).
The plain truth is this, if you have an ear a cold rolled steel block will give you added sustain and clarity if you up grade from a little thin MIM Zinc block to a GFS steel block thats bigger Im sure the sound will get "better" but it is in no way the same or as good as a Callaham block...
The truth (that most guys on these types of forums simply refuse to believe) is that in most cases you do get what you pay for...
If you upgrade something low buck (like say for example a thin MIM Fender tremolo block) to a better part (like say for example a "full size" GFS trem block) and like it, thats great but it doesn't mean that if another guy uses a (for example) a Callaham tremolo block that he wasted his money becasue it was 2.5 times the cost of the GFS and it also doesn't mean that because the Callaham and the GFS are the same (about) size that they are the same sonically...it simply doesn't work that way.
Anyway, I always seem to get hounded by a flock of flamming @ss bags in these threads so Im going to leave tham all alone from here on out...
**** dude...you just never let up do you???
Looks like you don't pay attention much either...I've said in various threads that these GFS blocks and the new Fender blocks are made from steel but they are NOT cold rolled steel like Callaham blocks and like vintage (50's/60's) Fender blocks. They are hot rolled steel blocks and some of them are leaded steel blocks and American Standard Fender blocks are made from soft cast steel...lead has no tonal or acoustic properties and kills vibration. Callaham is the only company making blocks from cold rolled steel (at least the only one I know of!). Blocks that are stock in older MIM Fender guitars were made from Zinc...zinc is made mostly of lead...(see properties of lead above!).
The plain truth is this, if you have an ear a cold rolled steel block will give you added sustain and clarity if you up grade from a little thin MIM Zinc block to a GFS steel block thats bigger Im sure the sound will get "better" but it is in no way the same or as good as a Callaham block...
The truth (that most guys on these types of forums simply refuse to believe) is that in most cases you do get what you pay for...
If you upgrade something low buck (like say for example a thin MIM Fender tremolo block) to a better part (like say for example a "full size" GFS trem block) and like it, thats great but it doesn't mean that if another guy uses a (for example) a Callaham tremolo block that he wasted his money becasue it was 2.5 times the cost of the GFS and it also doesn't mean that because the Callaham and the GFS are the same (about) size that they are the same sonically...it simply doesn't work that way.
Anyway, I always seem to get hounded by a flock of flamming @ss bags in these threads so Im going to leave tham all alone from here on out...
