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This is how I did my Charvel.
I had some 4mm strips of pine laying around and five strips filled the gaps perfectly. Absolutely zero movement. I've done my Strat in the same way with similar results.
Thanks both for the suggestions, I will see what I have lying around.
Does this work with an ordinary Fender Strat tremolo system?
I'd like to block mine, it drives me mad.
Thanks, I'll give it a go.
You can pick then up now and again used. Got mine for about £30.
Never had one bit of bother with it, its held rock solid for over a year.
Aldi's ones have the best tone.
Locking nuts are not designed to function as conventional nuts. So what you will find is the strings will ‘snag’ on the nut and cause major tuning issues. So even though the Floyd is blocked you still need to tighten the nut down and use the fine tuners at the bridge.
You can reduce this by raising the tension bar behind the nut which pulls the strings down fully over the surface, and lubricate it, but it will still produce more friction than a normal nut.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
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The guitar is a Charvel San Dimas Pro Mod style 1.
When I bought it I was actually after the hard tail version but couldn"t find one.
I thought I would get used to the picking position & use the Floyd but TBH after 6 months of ownership I haven"t.
It is a lovely guitar other than that so rather than get rid of it I thought I would block the Floyd as I really like the neck & tone.