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by Stu's Dad » 31 Mar 2020, 12:49
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
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by JimN » 31 Mar 2020, 15:13
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.
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by David Martin » 01 Apr 2020, 09:01
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.
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