Please recommend the wood piece to block trem in S2 std 22...thx!

[littlebadboy]

I just used pennies taped together back in the day on my other guitars. I didn't block my current S2 because the trem was perfect! However, I upgraded to a Mann bridge, and put nut juice once in a while, and it was even better.

 

[JasonE]

It depends on your objectives. If you don’t want a vibrato, block both sides. I’d never consider doing that on a PRS.

What I would do is, block the spring side only. Then you 1) still have a functioning, if “down only” vibrato. 2) can break a string without any of the others going out of tune and 3) can drop D or whatever other tuning you want to do that lessens tension, without the other strings going out of tune. So basically it would perform like a decked vibrato, such as Eddie preferred, and thus like the one on my Wolfie and Axis.

You could still have issues blocking from the spring side on a PRS. I had a Tremol-No in my SAS for a number of years. I mainly put it in so I could make it dive only so I could do a quick drop D tuning. If I used the trem while it was locked, whether in drop D or standard tuning, it didn't always come back in tune. If I unlocked it and used the trem it came back in tune every time. The trem on that guitar just needed to have a float to it for it to come back up in tune each time. I never found a way to get it to work 100% of the time when locked down as a dive only and using the trem. I finally took the Tremol-No out and put the stock claw and springs back in it.

As a side note, I have been thinking of putting the stock pickups back in that guitar. I don't remember what they sounded like. I remember I didn't dislike them but changed them to achieve something different, which I did with a different set of pickups. Then PRS started using resistors in their tap circuits and that kind of did what I was gong for when I first changed the pickups. I put resistors in it and liked the results so I left it that way.

 

[DreamTheaterRules]

You could still have issues blocking from the spring side on a PRS. I had a Tremol-No in my SAS for a number of years.

I had a friend with an SE Tremonti, that put the Tremel-No in and had stability issues as well. He ended up taking out out.

IMO, (and I know this will depend on the individual job, plus how well the job is done) the blocking thing would be more stable and likely to return to pitch IF done correctly. The issue is, you want it balanced and the bridge perfectly flat, then fit the block EXACTLY there. I think people get close, but have the bridge tilted just slightly up or down and don't further fine tune the block to fix it.

That said, both my Wolfie and Axis which have decked Floyds, had a small issue with this. Sometimes after big dive bombing they wouldn't come back perfectly. Since my picking hand is usually down there around the bridge area, I'd just tap it with my palm and that would fix it.

 

[ryderdidit]

Hello so I am trying to figure out if I block my trem would it be ok to screw down the trem the 6 screws then screw 2 screw in the back holding the springs and then putting a block of wood behind the trem would that work efficiently or no just curious and if it's safe for the instrument and tuning stability?

 

[Mentalo87]

No definitely not, don’t mess with the 6 screws that hold the trem in place. You have to block it like this in the cavity:

 

[Juan Luis Vidal]

Funny thing: I'm so used to playing Floyd Rose / Lo Pro Edge bridges that, in my mind, PRS floating bridges are a somewhat flexible stop tail one. Jeez, I can even do some heavy palm muting right over the bridge without being worried about detuning the whole thing.

 

[theDeepender]

Hello so I am trying to figure out if I block my trem would it be ok to screw down the trem the 6 screws then screw 2 screw in the back holding the springs and then putting a block of wood behind the trem would that work efficiently or no just curious and if it's safe for the instrument and tuning stability?

I just took a measurement, bought a piece of wood (basswood) at Lowe’s, cut it to fit, and loosened the springs a bit. It’s been great.

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