Blocking Floyd for dive only

Travis

Travis

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Ok, gents, I’ve been thinking about this for a while and it’s time. I’m going to block the Floyd on my Charvel for dive only. Given the route, wondering if I should use wood in the cavity or the stack of pennies method (5 pennies, I measured...)

Or, are there any other methods y’all have used that work best, offer the optimal vibrational transfer for tonal maximization and preserving the acoustic voice....  🧐

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I'd cut a wedge shaped block of wood "wider than the block" touching 3 sides "but not necessary" & the block than gently tap into place... than you can always remove it easily if you decide that you don't like it... 

Oops.. scratch that, I was thinking "hardtail mod" 🤣

 
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Drop a piece of wood right there with proper thickness so that your trem rest on top keeping your current Action height while Maximising tone and sustain
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Another way is to cut a piece of wood and affix it to the BIG block (neck-side) using double-sided sticky tape: I've done this on a couple of PRS's recently where the client wanted 'dive only' tremolo's but also wanted the option to reverse the mod...

 
I used a block of walnut (because it was handy) and a drop of thick CA (superglue) to block one of mine. The CA holds it secure, but a quick tap will knock it loose easily if you want to go back.

 
Victor (Fret Friend) said:
Another way is to cut a piece of wood and affix it to the BIG block (neck-side) using double-sided sticky tape: I've done this on a couple of PRS's recently where the client wanted 'dive only' tremolo's but also wanted the option to reverse the mod...
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This is the way to do it.  Super easy and done/undone in a minute or two.

 
Wow - nice "Big" block. I used the Tremol-No for years -- I find it a bit temperamental but it has dive only modes as well.

 
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