Temporarily Block my OFR

[Mario8672]

It's becoming a problem because when I do a double string bend, the other string dips tuning. Is there any non-invasive (no drilling) way to block the Floyd Rose in my SL2H that is easily reversible and keeps tuning and intonation the same?

[tonemonster]

you can try this.....

measure the distance between your floyd block and the "wall" of the guitar in the trem cavities. Then find a chunk of metal to stuff in there. I did this once and it worked great. the one thing you can do is rub a little Locktite on the side of the metal so it sticks to the Floyd block a bit. that way your sure it dont move but it will come off easily.

there may better methods out there, but this is the only one I can think of doing. I am certianly not well versed in blocking floyds, I use my floyds.

[ejpii]

I have donre this 2 ways.

1. To lock the trem still.
2. Allow the trem to still work in a forward motion (Dive Bomb)

Which are you trying to achieve?



EJ

[Grandturk]

Stuff something between the trem block and the wood on the string side and tighten the springs. Don't use the bar at all.

[Axewielder]

One thing that a lot of players don't think of is that when you do a unison type bend, you can stabilize the trem by applying downward pressure with your picking hand. It takes a bit of practice, but once you master it you can bend away on a fully floating OFR guitar as if it were a hardtail. I do this all the time. That being said, blocking the trem has advantages too, like being able to do drop tunings on the fly. It's all good.

[Matt_B]

Get a Tremol-No and be done with it. I gave up on floating trems until this thing came out.

[tonemonster]

embrace the Floyd Rose. it is your friend. Floating trems rock.

[m2pmd70]

Get a Tremol-No and be done with it. I gave up on floating trems until this thing came out.

+1

[///MK]

+2 just put one on my soloist best ~$50 ever spent. Now I can use one floyded guitar for a whole show to include drop d tuning between songs. You can even set it to divebomb only mode. I'm hoping to find someplace I can buy them in bulk

[Vass]

+1 Tremol-No FTW. Will do everything you are asking for and more.

[stevoc]

Recently, while installing a drop d tuna on one of my dinkys, I was putting a trem blocker on the string side of the body in the trem cavity. I added a fourth spring to my trem setup, with two being on either side and the center spring removed to make room for the the trem blocker. What I discovered was that the addition of the extra spring almost completely took away the tune dipping of other strings while bending. I was kind of surprised by this, but was a nice surprise.

It worked so well, I added another spring to my other dinky that does not have a drop d tuna or trem blocker. Seems to work well. It doesn't completely remove the dipping, but it's pretty close.