How can I block my floyd rose tremelo

[CHROMATICDETH87]

I have a jackson king V, and I can't decide which is either buy a flat mount tremelo like a kahler, or just block the damn thing.

[corvette]

You can use some wood cut to the proper size...........
To do mine, I measured the height of the backrout under the bridge, and cut a wood shim to fit. It holds the bridge level with the body. I then took a small wedge of wood and put it in the spring cavity, between the body of the guitar and the bridge block. This makes sure the bridge doesn't move up.
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[crazyderek]

although i've never actually done this (never felt the need) i always thought what i understood to be the EVH approach to be the best, just get an eraser, peice of wood, half a pencil, any thing really, and shove it between the sustain block (the part the springs hook on to on the bottom of the brige) and the body cavity so that the bridge only bends down not up, then tighten the springs a bit so that it's harder to move the bridge and voila, a one way tremolo, that's tighted, so that it can act as a hardtail. Now just remove the whammy bar just to make sure you don't push it down by accident..

[scarecrowX52]

I just did this to a Jackson PS-2 yesterday. I used a yard stick (50 cents from wal-mart) for the wood to block it with.

I cut the yard stick into pieces the same widtrh as the trem cavity. Then used one piece in front of the block (side with the springs) and two pieces on the back side. I wrap the wood with electrical tape before I put them in and if I need a little extra width, then I wrap more tape around them till they fit snug.

Hipshot just made something specifically designed to block tremolos yuo should be able to check it out on thier site.

[j_stashko]

You could try using a pack(s) of cards, then just remove cards for fine adjusting.

[crazyderek]

Originally posted by j_stashko
You could try using a pack(s) of cards, then just remove cards for fine adjusting.

that's so helariously simple that it probably would be the quickest and easiest way to do it mind you the cards would have to be cut as to fit without interfering with the cover etc..

[CHROMATICDETH87]

Thanks for all your help i've got a lot of solutions to solve my problem, You guys are are always a help trully. :-)

[CHROMATICDETH87]

ok heres what i did, i tried both a matchbox covered with duct tape and a nine volt battery covered in duct tape. the matchbox works best, I tightened the springs and put the matchbox in between the tremelo and body cavity. now I can finally tune down to dropped-c without the tremelo screwing up, and if you haven't bought some zakk wylde GHS boomers get some i haven't played a set of strings yet that could hold low tunings like those.

[JDWalker]

Those all make fiine solution, but the way a repair man would fix this is one of a few different things. If you're using a higher gauge string you need to put another spring in the back. If that's not it, you could tighten the screws where the springs are so it pulls the tremolo down (I wouldn't recommend this if you don't have a locking nut, as it will make the guitar go redicullusly out of tune after a dive bomb of the whammy bar). Or you could tighten the bridge posts to lower the action, but making the action too low can result in buzzing of strings from rubbing against a higher fret. If you have any questions on how to do this, or anything else, feel free to email me (justindwalker@hotmail.com).