Exactly what he said. I'm a guitar tech for my secondary business and come across this all the time.I have guitars with both, also some blocked down only. I myself think they should float or be hard tail.
The tem setter has the least ill effect but will not hold tune to go from e to drop d. the guitar also must be modified in a way that will not be repaired. the tremol no works if you lock it down in perfect tune, but if not when you return from an altered tuning and unlock it you have to retune any way. blocked you have that thud when the trem hits it, trem stoppers also have this. I would just use another guitar.
I was going to reply that this looks like half of an Ibanez Backstop... And that is almost literally what the product description says!This is the best way to go! You can set it loose or really tight. the guitar modification is very slight. (just a couple of tiny screw holes...
https://www.rockinger.com/en/parts/...es/244/rockinger-black-box-tremolo-stabilizer
This one work well too:
Amazon product ASIN B003C2V8D6
I've been wondering about those. I have a couple non-locking trems that just don't want to stay in tune. I may need to try one.I discovered the super Vee mag lok some years ago and have not looked back since.
Works perfectly when installed right, seamless, you don't know it's there or not, nothing to twiddle or adjust, if you break a string you're still okay, you can use d tuna and drop tunings, no issues, you can use the bar up, down, however you like, just as if it wasn't there
Honestly surprised it never caught on, but it's a simple genius solution that just WORKS
That happened to me with the tremol-no one too many times...I have a LOT of guitars and I can't always remember which have what installed, so I started labeling them on the back with whatever modifications on a piece of tapeSide laugh: got an EC Artist Series about 6 years ago...
... didn’t know it came with the trem blocked, but it came with the trem bar, just like any other strat...
... put on the bar and tried to use it...
.... you can guess what happened next.
They work really well and are practically seamless. For the price I'd say give them a go and see how it works outI've been wondering about those. I have a couple non-locking trems that just don't want to stay in tune. I may need to try one.
I have a tremol-no in one of my guitars. I'm not sure if there's something wrong with it, but so far it's been pretty unreliable. I has two screws which you tighten to block the tremolo, but both of them loosen all on their own after some time, so I can't really rely on it staying engaged, which, IMO, somewhat defeats the purpose. So it's there, but I don't use it much.
I've never tried the tremsetter, so can't compare, unfortunately.