Titanium Floyd Rose Big-Blocks are the shiznit.

[Diamondjimi]

Yup!

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[Blackflag]

I'm going on vacation now, but please feel free to continue talking about me in my absence. You seem to be doing great so far.

[standin]

yup
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[Coyote]

Must've missed this question originally, but coincidentally I decided to revisit the thread to post a cool interview the owner of FloydUgrages sent me (translated from a French guitar magazine) and the new ad that's in this month's Guitar World. These blocks are catching on!

His name is Adam Reiver - totally cool dude. Contact him! He's making them for Schaller and Ibanez bridges now, and he may even have something that will fit your Jackson! You won't know until you ask, y'know?

Which I did. I sent an e-mail, his answer suggested a Gotoh-block.

Looks like I'm gonna have to take the trem apart and measure the mounting holes some time next week...
(unless there's some shortcut to it I'm not aware of yet)

[letsrock]

I tried to read back to see what you are measuring, but there seems to be some tic tac stuff goin on. So what are you working on?

[letsrock]

I don't think you could make a better analogy - or a longer spaghetti-sentence for that matter, but I think she's right....

Have you put the titanium floyd on all your guitars as of yet?

[Diamondjimi]

I'm going on vacation now, but please feel free to continue talking about me in my absence. You seem to be doing great so far.

Enjoy the cruise...

[jhale667]

The trollery makes it hard to follow, I hear ya...

I tried to read back to see what you are measuring, but there seems to be some tic tac stuff goin on. So what are you working on?

In the case of Coyote, he's trying to figure out whether the FloydUpgrades Gotoh-sized Big Block will fit his Jackson Trem.

In GAyR's case, he wants me to measure one for him so he can attempt to copy it...swindle-boy at work again...but it's not gonna happen.

And to answer your question to me, no - holding off on switching the rest out for a bit, at least until I finish recording. Already ended up re-doing a bunch of tracks when I switched out the one, and I know I'd end up doing the same thing on the tracks recorded with the other main guitar I'm using (which currently has the brass one installed). That, and they're y'know, kinda expensive~! For the cost of the two blocks I need I could book an entire day in a real studio and bring in someone to do live drum-tracks. So that's gotta happen first.

[Coyote]

In the case of Coyote, he's trying to figure out whether the FloydUpgrades Gotoh-sized Big Block will fit his Jackson Trem.

I'm kinda puzzled though, do I have to take the saddles off?
(Stupid question, I know, only asking 'cause so far I haven't done stuff like this.)

[jhale667]

Here ya go...

Yeah, you will have to...I did a kinda tutorial thing with pics over at RF...and Adam has YouTubes up of how to perform the install and not spend a week re-intonating your bridge once you get it back together...mark each saddle location on the baseplate with a sharpie before you take them off and it gives you a general ballpark of how to re-set them - won't be perfectly intonated when you put 'em back on, but damn close!

Best thing you can do is keep all your saddles in order as you take them off, so they go back on in the same order (keeping the string heights correct) but it's not reeeeally difficult.

Here's Adam's YouTubes covering the installation and set-up:








I'm here to help, regardless of what the trolls say...

[letsrock]

Great vids.

[Coyote]

I declare this a weekend project. Got the Jackson with me at school, and I can't exactly be without an axe here...

[jhale667]

Yeah, I see your point - block (no pun intended) out a good hour or so, maybe two the first time...but it probably won't take as long as you think.

[Coyote]

Yeah, I see your point - block (no pun intended) out a good hour or so, maybe two the first time...but it probably won't take as long as you think.

True. But I'll still do this on the weekend. :tongue0011: Rather do this nice'n'slow, than fast'n'fuck-it-up.

I checked out the Gotoh site, BTW. To my eyes, looks identical with the Jackson floyd...

[jhale667]

Pretty sure Gotoh makes them for Jackson...but not 100%.


That's right...it's already Monday there, huh? Or about to be, at least?