tobereeno Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 Mag-lok arrived today. Installation was very, very simple. It took longer to tune the guitar with the bridge floating than it did to install. The only "adjustment" is where to screw the bracket in. However, it now occurs to me that switching string gauges will require resetting the bracket or the claw, or both.I like it. It has more or less the same feel at the zero point as a Tremsetter, but once you start pushing down on the bar, there's less spring tension in total, because once the magnets break contact, only the regular springs are in operation, whereas on a Tremsetter there's the added tension of the counterspring to go against.It holds the bridge from moving with string bends no problem (with 11-50 strings), but flutters are now sort of possible, which were totally out of the question with a Tremsetter.I think they built a better mousetrap with this very simple device.
3of5 Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 Thanks for the review. I was considering one of those and wanted to hear firsthand experience
RobB Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 Cool, Tobe. Seems like the most practical refinement of the trem-set device to date. Nice to have an all-in-one, grab-n-go Floyd guitar. Did you install it on your doubleneck or something else?Personally, I reconciled the issue by having a floating-Floyd, "stunt guitar" (Charvel SoCal) and a flat-mount Floyd (Ransom custom) guitar. The Charvel is used mostly for recording and home wank-a-doodle, the Ransom for gigging. I've yet to pop a string on the Ransom, but if I do, I can at least make it through the song in tune.
atquinn Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 First I've heard of this; sounds awesome. Thanks for the review.-Austin
tobereeno Posted January 22, 2012 Author Posted January 22, 2012 new stuff always gets tried on the doubleneck first. It's awesome in that it does what a tremsetter does, but has only three moving parts. Simple is good.
BadgerDave Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 Having recently spent several hours adjusting a Tremsetter to completely eliminate the slight "dip" when palm-muting or doing multi-string bends, this looks like a better solution.Admittedly, having done the Tremsetter adjustment once, I could duplicate it in 15 minutes or so, but the learning curve is a beeotch.
RichRS6 Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Toby, I'm looking to get one of these main reason is so I can use it on my burst with a floyd for gigs and need to know if it will hold the guitar in tune if I break a string ?
tobereeno Posted March 6, 2012 Author Posted March 6, 2012 I'm not sure any of these devices could do that; the counter tension to withstand a broken string would make the bridge unbearably stiff. But I haven't broken a string while playing literally since 2000, so I can't say from experience. Maybe it would hold if you use 8s?
RichRS6 Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Cheers Toby,I string up with 10's so think I'll shoot Super V an email and see what they say.
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