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I'm thinking of getting that to block the Floyd bridge on one of my guitars. How would I know what size I need? And How are they installed? The size issue is what most worries me... is it width or length?

These blocks only stop it the bridge from going up right? Cause I think that's exactly what I need. I only divebomb, so I don't need to move the bridge up. Anyone know what size I should get?

By the way, does the sustain block also help tuning stability a lot?

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All you need is a block of wood and a file. I blocked the vintage trem on my 7 string in like 15 minutes and yes tuning was as stable as it gets after.

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Ok, so how would I go about doing that myself, then? Exactly where do I put the piece of wood? I'm just asking blunt questions so I don't fuck anything up, for one, and to say someone else time.

I need to get my Ibanez's set up professionally, because they won't stable out, no matter what I do. I'm having to tune back up every time I play, because its fallen out about a quarter step.

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Well, Just looked in the back of the guitar where the springs are at.

Blocking 101

With the strings tuned and the bridge parallel to the body on the top, look in the back. There will be a spaces between the body and that big metal chunk of the bridge on both sides. Just measure that space toward the rear of the guitar. Shape the wood long enough to fit easily back there and just a tiny bit thinker but still allows the bridge to remain parallel. The wood should fell the gap evenly.

Now stick it in there, it should be a snug fit, and remove one or two of the springs. The strings will now supply the tension to keep the bridge tight against the wood. The bridge should still be parallel to the body and tuning stability will be greatly increased.

You will not want to attach the wammy bar because you can still pull back on the bridge and the wood will fall out of place, but removing a spring or two helps prevent this. Other then that, you will never have to worry about tuning stability. The process can be undone if you need it to float the bridge again later and you can still use the fine tuning knobs and lock nut. No glue required.

Retune and enjoy

Next week, Blocking 200

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What I want to do is or stick with tacky/putty that block to the inside of the guitar's wood, so it wont fall out if you divebomb. Having a dive-bomb-only trem... does that help tuning stability a lot?

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i don't know why one wouldn't want the option to making high squeals with the whammy bar...I suck on whammy bar but it is fun as hell to dive bomb and make super loud squeals.

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