Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2013 12:55:24 GMT -5
I installed bladerunner this evening.
It looks like :
Installation was straight forward, in less than 10 minutes to install the thing + the strings. Fit very well. Feels well. I put Daddario 10's, the result was slightly floating with up bend giving one full tone on G. I left the factory set up regarding intonation, and saddle height. This is truly a drop-in replacement. I had to slightly damage one plate screw tho. I managed to screw it in, tight, but i guess this was the end of this screw's life. According to the plan i was supposed to first treat the Carvin's locking nut and then deal with the ocean blue partscaster's super-vee. But it was so easy, that i took 30 minutes to give it a try.
Now, first impressions feel-wise. The tremolo feels good and silent. No more krkrkrs and bzbzbz and other such noises. The friction is simply not there. Very good feel. The guitar feels much better. I would classify the feeling as "floyd rose" level.
Some problems tho:
- the saddles adjustment alen wrench was too small to fit in the saddle holes. I had to really try to adjust G and low E. But surprisingly all other saddles for the rest of strings were setup to my taste!
- No matter how i tried screwing in and out the white plastic screw at the bottom of the block, i didn't notice any drastic change in trem arm stability. I gotta agree here with jojoguitar that the plastic screw is not very tough, can be damaged easily. Now screwing the white screw all the way in towards the saddle side, created a preferred arm looseness that i like better. When the white plastic screw was unscrewed, towards the housing of the alen bolt, the trem was more stable, which i didnt like. And all this is an indication that i did smth stupid since this seems counter-intuition-wise.
Now the sound. Hard to tell really. The previous trem, i guess was the cheapest zinc tiny chinese trem out there. But alas, i didn;t notice a dramatic change in tone... Maybe its a pups matter here. I have dimarzio HS3 in bridge and some unbranded ones in middle and neck. Some frets play better, the guitar feels better, and the sustain in some dive bombs or up-bends is of course better than before, but when no tremolo is used, i cannot say i saw a remarkable difference. It sounds ok for most notes. However the problematic spots i had (e.g. G 12th fret) didn't get any better sustain-wise. Don't know. It sounds ok, tho. A definite keeper. I just dont think that it made the difference i was anticipating. From September on, i have pups upgrade in the plans. I think the over all result will be good in the end...
Ahh... something i noticed regarding neck... Going from 9s to 10s strings, didn't need the slightest tweak truss-rod wise. No problem at all, but maybe there also season change i didn't take into account since it was ages before i put my hands on my guitars.
That's it for now!
It looks like :
Installation was straight forward, in less than 10 minutes to install the thing + the strings. Fit very well. Feels well. I put Daddario 10's, the result was slightly floating with up bend giving one full tone on G. I left the factory set up regarding intonation, and saddle height. This is truly a drop-in replacement. I had to slightly damage one plate screw tho. I managed to screw it in, tight, but i guess this was the end of this screw's life. According to the plan i was supposed to first treat the Carvin's locking nut and then deal with the ocean blue partscaster's super-vee. But it was so easy, that i took 30 minutes to give it a try.
Now, first impressions feel-wise. The tremolo feels good and silent. No more krkrkrs and bzbzbz and other such noises. The friction is simply not there. Very good feel. The guitar feels much better. I would classify the feeling as "floyd rose" level.
Some problems tho:
- the saddles adjustment alen wrench was too small to fit in the saddle holes. I had to really try to adjust G and low E. But surprisingly all other saddles for the rest of strings were setup to my taste!
- No matter how i tried screwing in and out the white plastic screw at the bottom of the block, i didn't notice any drastic change in trem arm stability. I gotta agree here with jojoguitar that the plastic screw is not very tough, can be damaged easily. Now screwing the white screw all the way in towards the saddle side, created a preferred arm looseness that i like better. When the white plastic screw was unscrewed, towards the housing of the alen bolt, the trem was more stable, which i didnt like. And all this is an indication that i did smth stupid since this seems counter-intuition-wise.
Now the sound. Hard to tell really. The previous trem, i guess was the cheapest zinc tiny chinese trem out there. But alas, i didn;t notice a dramatic change in tone... Maybe its a pups matter here. I have dimarzio HS3 in bridge and some unbranded ones in middle and neck. Some frets play better, the guitar feels better, and the sustain in some dive bombs or up-bends is of course better than before, but when no tremolo is used, i cannot say i saw a remarkable difference. It sounds ok for most notes. However the problematic spots i had (e.g. G 12th fret) didn't get any better sustain-wise. Don't know. It sounds ok, tho. A definite keeper. I just dont think that it made the difference i was anticipating. From September on, i have pups upgrade in the plans. I think the over all result will be good in the end...
Ahh... something i noticed regarding neck... Going from 9s to 10s strings, didn't need the slightest tweak truss-rod wise. No problem at all, but maybe there also season change i didn't take into account since it was ages before i put my hands on my guitars.
That's it for now!
? This guitar is getting mean!
... now a demo sounds ultra ambitious plan... I would be happy if i managed to finally fix the Carvin and the Aria. crap happens for sure. Just hope he will grow some huge brains after this.