Can someone tell me why...

[Jack71]

Zzounds.com is selling new San Dimas pointys w/ a Floyd Rose for $700 more than what looks like the exact same guitar w/ the vintage brass trem?

[danastas]

Because the Standard NOS you are looking at is blemished. Usually the NOS are $200 cheaper than the Floyds.

Edit: I see now that their Floyds are $1700 versus $1100 for NOS. That's wild!

A few months ago the Floyds were selling for $1500 while the NOS were selling for $1300.

They may be trying to clear out the NOS.

[Jack71]

I really like the tone of the NOS on my Solar. Of course that's a mahogany body. Might be a little too bright on alder?

[danastas]

It's been discussed a bit on these boards. Some guitarists, Holdsworth, EVH, actually believe that brass dulls the tone and takes something away. Others swear by it.

Sinc the brass trem bridge is usually right on the body, I'd say that it resonates more than the Floyd, but I can't hear the difference that Holdsworth claims is there.

As for your question, no, I wouldn't say it's bright on Alder at all. I also love the Duncan Custom 5s on the Standards.

[toejam]

I really like the tone of the NOS on my Solar.

NOS means New Old Stock. Like a guitar that's still in like-new condition but has been in stock at the store for a long time.

[RacerX]

Maybe he mean nitrous?

[bratfink]

[danastas]

NOS means New Old Stock. Like a guitar that's still in like-new condition but has been in stock at the store for a long time.

Yes, which makes Charvel's use of the NOS label a bit weird and confusing. Charvel uses NOS to describe the brass tremolo. NOS trem. So it's NOS trem versus Floyd trem. And, if you look at MusicZoo, that's also how they advertise it. At first I was trying to figure out what they meant by it. But apparently they mean nothing by it unless they've had all these brass trems hanging around the Custom shop for decades.

[Jack71]

I think they mean that it's a vintage part, but new. I guess you could call an entire re-issue SD that's built exactly to original specs NOS...

[toejam]

Strange and interesting!

[quakana]

I am pretty sure they used New Old Stock Brass trems they had left over from years ago. That was my take on the NOS trems

[5074charvel]

I expect NOS to be a promotional tool rather than actually beeing 20 years old.