Blocking floyd best ways?

[mrjones2004x]

On my charvel San dimas pro mod I'd like to block the trem for ease of down tuning but still have dive available.

My options as STD are

Wood block in trem cavity

Trem stopper or block

Trem stabiliser

Lower trem down till it's on the body and route neck pocket out till neck sits lower.

Any advice on what is better?

What would you do?

Not keen on a back stop as you can here a metallic click when it returns home when using a l shaped bracket and grub screw.

Thanks

[Axewielder]

You can't beat the wood block in the cavity IMHO. I've never tried the tremolno, but some guys swear by them.

[Scooter]

Don't go with a trem stabiliser. PITA hunk of junk IMO, it sits between the claw and the sustain block, it works, but costs too much for what it is. A small hunk of wood is cheaper and easier, just measure twice and cut once

[dg]

If you don't want to pay for a Tremol-no, Dave makes a nice adjustable $6 trem stop that has soft plastic pads to stop the metallic click.

http://www.fretsonthenet.com/hardwar..._Tremolo_Stops

[DonP]

Nothing.

I fail to see what is so difficult about dealing with a fulcrum trem.

I had an HM Strat that I purchased blocked, and had fears that removing the block would zap the mojo from the tone. I removed it. No noticable difference.

[toejam]

Lower trem down till it's on the body and route neck pocket out till neck sits lower.

Lower trem down on body and use shims to raise the saddles. Worked great on my 2005 Charvel Star.

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Set-12-Shims...item53dd9d775c

[GuerillaPete]

I've got two charvels with a simple trem-stopper. Like this:



Works fine. The cheapest - and easiest is still a wooden block.

[Twitch]

+1 to the above. I have these on two guitars.

[Pointy]

If you don't want to pay for a Tremol-no, Dave makes a nice adjustable $6 trem stop that has soft plastic pads to stop the metallic click.

http://www.fretsonthenet.com/hardwar..._Tremolo_Stops

This looks like the best and most sensible hardware implementation (as in, more than a piece of wood if you want adjustability!) i've seen, too bad it won't fit under the springs on my Ibanez

[metalone]

I put this on my RR24, works great
http://joe.emenaker.com/TremStabiliz...tallation.html

[Hellbat]

I have a chunk of rosewood glued inside my trem cavity blocking mine on my charvel model 5. The posts were loose, the knife edges are worn so I blocked it for dive only. I've fixed the loose posts with teflon tape but haven't gotten a floyd for it yet so it's still blocked. Now that I have my RR1 and changed my picking/palm muting technique, I definitely prefer my trem floating now though.

The beauty of the piece of wood is you only need a small drop of wood glue to tack it in there. The pressure of the trem resting on it keeps it in place. Later on you decide you want floating, give it a good tap and throw the piece of wood in the case and you are floating. Keep the wood in case you are indecisive.

[Pointy]

I put this on my RR24, works great
http://joe.emenaker.com/TremStabiliz...tallation.html

Is that like a trem-stopper that still allows you to pull up?