Re: The bridge block in the hank japan strats 1996
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Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:49 pmby Stu's Dad
Isn't yours a Japanese model Richie? It's easy enough to check yourself. Take your backplate off and the block's in front of you. Hold a magnet to it, and if it sticks the block's made of steel, if it doesn't it's an alloy. And while the back's off you can measure the string spacing.
Cheers,
Len
Re: The bridge block in the hank japan strats 1996
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Tue Mar 31, 2020 3:13 pmby JimN
Marvinrankin123 wrote:Stu's Dad wrote:Isn't yours a Japanese model Richie? It's easy enough to check yourself. Take your backplate off and the block's in front of you. Hold a magnet to it, and if it sticks the block's made of steel, if it doesn't it's an alloy. And while the back's off you can measure the string spacing.
Cheers,
Len
Just checked its not steel
Ah well no big deal cheers
You might not think so, but the thread on the tremolo arm socket tends to wear rapidly on cast blocks.
Re: The bridge block in the hank japan strats 1996
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Tue Mar 31, 2020 4:37 pmby Stu's Dad
If you really want a steel block you could do worse than a Wilkinson bridge like this
https://www.axesrus.co.uk/Wilkinson-WVP ... vp6-sb.htmI've fitted one of them and it was easy.
Len
Re: The bridge block in the hank japan strats 1996
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Wed Apr 01, 2020 9:01 amby David Martin
Years ago, I had one if those guitars. I replaced the block with a Callaham steel vintage repro. You can get one from Charles Guitars here
https://www.charlesguitars.co.uk/ where you can also check the Callaham compatibility chart. Charles are REALLY good.
Did it make a difference? Yes... not massive but audible.