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Dmoney

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brass block.
« on: March 31, 2011, 09:29:02 PM »
So today I got a 37mm brass L block from floyd upgrades to replace the 37mm standard block on my charvel.

I made two recordings and stuck them in an mp3.
The recording were done in garageband, via my pod with everything bypassed.
recording level in GB at 70% and the channel level on my pod at noon. all fx and eg controls bypassed.

00:00 - 01:02 is the old trem. 37mm standard
01:03 - onwards in the Brass L Block.

(times may not be exact, but you can here a jump).

The old block recording was done with old ernie ball 10's.
the new block recording was done using new rotosound 10's (from a BKP pack!)


what do you think?



p.s. I mean what differences do you hear. I'm aware of how shocking my playing is in that clip!
« Last Edit: March 31, 2011, 09:31:00 PM by Dmoney »

Stevepage

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Re: brass block.
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2011, 10:24:43 PM »
You can hear the mids behaving differently with the Brass block. It also seems that chords have more 'depth' to them too.

I put a brass block on my 7 string and noticed that I got more clarity, tighter low end, chords sounded more balanced and much better sustain.

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Re: brass block.
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2011, 09:45:50 AM »
I hear the same thing I did in the Pro Guitar Shop clips where they did this - more hight mids, but overall crisper across the range of the guitar.

dave_mc

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Re: brass block.
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2011, 06:38:00 PM »
i thought the frt-x000 already had a brass block?

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Re: brass block.
« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2011, 05:13:52 PM »
Its a bit biased really due to the newer strings on the brass block clips but i agree with all of the above.

hmm i wonder if they make them for the ibanez Edge trems

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Re: brass block.
« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2011, 06:17:16 PM »
Its a bit biased really due to the newer strings on the brass block clips but i agree with all of the above.

hmm i wonder if they make them for the ibanez Edge trems
Look here ;) http://www.floydupgrades.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=76&products_id=195

Havenīt found em for ZR Trems though...
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Dmoney

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Re: brass block.
« Reply #6 on: April 04, 2011, 01:26:44 PM »
thanks for the replies. I hear it too but it seems more subtle on my recording than on others I've seen or heard.

I'm tempted to do a lot more to this charvel