BLOCK or NOT ???

[eSGEe]

POLL--- yeah love poles-- well wait this isnt a strippr pole........ thats a keetle of a different fish ---er color -- or wait -- ...
where was I?

OH YES..

THIS



came "sans" wang bar..........Im a$$uming I can find one-- but TBTH Im not big on the tremolo dive bomb ariel acrobatics of say SMitty or Mr HErndon --I LIKE FLoyds-- I just dont USE Floyds much--
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
this Godin has LOVELY sustain and wonderful playability --- but ive HEARD I can INCREASE sustain and melodial emanations (for newbs--I make up words its o.k. go with it) --- with a TREMBLOCK OF WOODNESS......

 

[gball]

I say never block a trem. The guitar was designed for it, whether you use it or not. 'sides, you have plenty of other guitars that don't have trems if you're not feeling it.

 

[RVA]

I deck it. I don't feel the need to block it.

 

[Hackmaster]

Easy enough to do & reversible if the results are uninspiring to you.
I say go for it, but I always say that.

 

[steveb63]

I deck it. I don't feel the need to block it.

Another vote for "decked"

 

[Thatbastarddon]

Decked.(if it doesn’t interfere with the design)

 

[CabanaBoy]

Do what ever you want. If you aren't using the trem at all and you'd rather it be a hard tail - then block away or what ever. I always float my, but that's my boat, I mean trem...

 

[Truss_rod]

Deck the trem for minimal motion fa la la la la la la la la....

 

[Inspector #20]

 

[eSGEe]

wowow the NO BLOCKS are clearly in the lead!

 

[Hackmaster]

wowow the NO BLOCKS are clearly in the lead!

But you're ugly & your mother dresses you funny is running a close second. :dood:

 

[eSGEe]

very interesting

 

[LRT]

Sorry but it drive my OCD nutts.
But the 2 screws aren't symmetrical

 

[eclecticsynergy]

I've always felt it's more a tone thing, tone and liveness. You might gain a tiny bit of sustain by decking it but you might also lose some of the air in the tone.

I say it's worth finding a bar to fit and leaving it floating. As others have said, that's the original intent when the guitar was designed.

IMO a trem decked hard enough to affect the sustain requires too much force for real subtlety. And of course you can only bend downward.

Even if you don't ever divebomb, even if you use it very seldom - there's nothing like adding a subtle waver while an open chord is ringing out.

 

[eSGEe]

Sorry but it drive my OCD nutts.
But the 2 screws aren't symmetrical

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you would HATE my life----
nothing is level
nothing is square
nothing is plumb
nothing is quiet
nothing is still

its a hodge podge of thrown together insanity and slap dash logic with some duct tape

 

[eSGEe]

NO and your ugly are neck and neck BUWAHAHAHAHA

 

[SG John]

My two Strats are set up where they are almost decked. I can still grab the tailpiece and move it if I want. The bars are never on the guitars.

 

[syscokid]

Let it blossom... Let it float...

And... and... and... Check the quality and material of the vibrato block. If it's made of some cheap zinc, you should notice some subtle improvement in sustain and resonance by replacing it with a block made of cold roll steel or high quality solid brass. Mí dos centavos...

 

[eSGEe]

I have a Fender Strat --floating trem
A Squire Jagmaster decked but can "shimmer" downward---both have the bars on
and an sg w/ Bigsby (thanks Chas and Hack) -0-- so Im not "missing" a trem if I am in the mood to wango my tango


Mostly why I was considering blocking this one as a unique and different flavor

 

[Session 5]

Well with my two Strats both have whammy bars, they work great, stayed in tune as well. But right now I have one decked with low action has very good sustain the other slightly floating which has very good sustain. but I am now going to deck the other one as well because I like lower action for playability. I have realized lower action is for me, my other 2 guitars are already lower.