pinkjimiphoton Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 so...someone tagged me into a facebook contest. i expressed doubt that a brass trem claw would make any difference on a cheap-ass strat. i was wrong...so hence, yon video. [video:youtube] brass claw etc available at killerguitarcomponents dot you know what. it's a cool thing, if it seems like spam, craig or reif, please delete this!! but watch it first. peas phatman http://www.sweetrelief.org/ https://www.wepay.com/donations/memorial-stone-for-juliane-pocius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesape Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Yak, as in hairy buffalo? Never a DUH! moment! Well, almost never. OK, OK! Sometimes never! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkjimiphoton Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 is buffalo hairy? never been there, seems kinda cold, so i guess hairy would make sense.. great toy...i was really surprised that it was useful, but blown away that it was an improvement.. brass crap in the 70's only added weight, imho http://www.sweetrelief.org/ https://www.wepay.com/donations/memorial-stone-for-juliane-pocius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyalcatraz Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Interesting! I bet the brass they're using is Delta Metal*, which is an extra-hard brass alloy. Vigier guitars uses it for the fingerboards of their fretless guitars. * or something very close to it. Sturgeon's 2nd Law, a.k.a. Sturgeon's Revelation: âNinety percent of everything is crapâ My FLMS- Murphy's Music in Irving, Tx http://murphysmusictx.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Fraser Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 So did the Strat not stay in tune to that degree before? Is tuning stability the main benefit, or are you hearing a tone benefit as well? Have to say I would not have imagined any audible result from merely changing the trem claw, but here you have it, the astonishing truth! Scott Fraser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkman Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 I've never eaten a crow, but I've seen what crows eat, and it's disgusting. I rock; therefore, I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 To the Crusty Nestibule, Robin! I agree that a lot of brass hardware that I'd run across on guitars over the years dulled tone at the very least (possibly a good thing for saddles under the treble-strings on some overly bright, thin, shrill axes, though), and sometimes even robbed guitars of sustain. I recall swapping the inertia-block (the trem's tail-block) between two cheap '80s Squier Strats that were otherwise the same, just to experiment and compare. One sounded better than the other, and 100% of the mojo transferred with the inertia-block transplant- whichever guitar had the different block, sounded better. I'd bet that individual, higher-quality hooks for each spring would sound even better yet than one claw, as well. Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkjimiphoton Posted May 22, 2012 Author Share Posted May 22, 2012 the guitar actually stays in tune fine, i just really was abusing it without giving it a chance to settle... the strings on the guitar were my signature belltones, they have a lighter tension than the ernie ball .009 i replaced it with. since i keep the bridge fully floating (i mean, you can rip the strings off if ya want to yanking up on the bar) if the tension changes, you gotta compensate for it some. i was just in a hurry to git-r-done, pretty much, so i didn't really stretch it or even tune the damn thing... only cowboys...yada yada... but...yah, old school brass is for sure a sustain and tone killer. this didn't make the guitar stay in tune better necessarily, but it DID make a difference in the VOLUME, TONE, and SUSTAIN...all the stuff i swore it wouldn't. it's like super high density stuff...i bet danny's right. hit their website ....they're not cheap, but they may be a good ticket to tone for some people. i dropped an un-subtle hint (repeatedly) that i'd LOVE the whole damn bridge assembly... the stupid pedal trick with the tonebender was shot just before this video...i abused the bar some in that too, and no tuning issues whatsoever. http://www.sweetrelief.org/ https://www.wepay.com/donations/memorial-stone-for-juliane-pocius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesape Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1752,152180-242206,00.html Never a DUH! moment! Well, almost never. OK, OK! Sometimes never! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkjimiphoton Posted May 22, 2012 Author Share Posted May 22, 2012 mmmm, mmmm, yak!!! http://www.sweetrelief.org/ https://www.wepay.com/donations/memorial-stone-for-juliane-pocius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesape Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Try not to flash on this next time the Black Crowes are on the air! http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/reifspano/Apes/image333.gif Never a DUH! moment! Well, almost never. OK, OK! Sometimes never! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkjimiphoton Posted May 23, 2012 Author Share Posted May 23, 2012 oy... http://www.sweetrelief.org/ https://www.wepay.com/donations/memorial-stone-for-juliane-pocius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryz Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Brass vintage sting sadles are popular these days on Tele's... Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkjimiphoton Posted May 24, 2012 Author Share Posted May 24, 2012 yah, they can warm a tele up some. some of them really need that! http://www.sweetrelief.org/ https://www.wepay.com/donations/memorial-stone-for-juliane-pocius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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