PDC
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Has anyone ever used this particular tremolo unit??
https://hipshotproducts.com/products/6-screw-stainless-tremolo-bridge
I have moved almost entirely away from Floyd Rose trems. All of my recent builds have Wudtone Tremolos. I 'think' I can hear/feel a difference between the string running through the trem block and the added contact between the baseplate and the guitar body. I love everything about the Wudtone trem. With the bevels above and below the baseplate, the pivot is incredibly smooth with no binding whatsoever. With locking tuners and a properly grooved nut, my Wudtone equipped guitars stay in tune remarkably well. The only issue with the Wudtone is practically no one has them on the shelf here in the US so you order from across the pond and wait.
I keep circling back to the following language from Hipshot in the description of their 'Synchronized' tremolo: "We've spent a lot of time perfecting the fulcrum points on this tremolo system so that they will maintain their strength while still being buttery smooth and super accurate" and wonder if anyone has first hand experience with this unit. It certainly is less expensive and easier to source than the Wudtone.
(FWIW - I have a few guitars with the Hipshot Contour / 2-Post unit and it has great return to pitch, but I do think my 6-screw trem guitars sound a bit punchier and ballsier, so I am not looking for a 2-post system.)
https://hipshotproducts.com/products/6-screw-stainless-tremolo-bridge
I have moved almost entirely away from Floyd Rose trems. All of my recent builds have Wudtone Tremolos. I 'think' I can hear/feel a difference between the string running through the trem block and the added contact between the baseplate and the guitar body. I love everything about the Wudtone trem. With the bevels above and below the baseplate, the pivot is incredibly smooth with no binding whatsoever. With locking tuners and a properly grooved nut, my Wudtone equipped guitars stay in tune remarkably well. The only issue with the Wudtone is practically no one has them on the shelf here in the US so you order from across the pond and wait.
I keep circling back to the following language from Hipshot in the description of their 'Synchronized' tremolo: "We've spent a lot of time perfecting the fulcrum points on this tremolo system so that they will maintain their strength while still being buttery smooth and super accurate" and wonder if anyone has first hand experience with this unit. It certainly is less expensive and easier to source than the Wudtone.
(FWIW - I have a few guitars with the Hipshot Contour / 2-Post unit and it has great return to pitch, but I do think my 6-screw trem guitars sound a bit punchier and ballsier, so I am not looking for a 2-post system.)
