Silent Coated Springs…fodder?

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I use HD Noiseless in Floyds for the feel, and less about noise. And it's less screwing in the claw screws when going from .009's to .010's. And, they're typically better quality.
 
nevusofota said:
In the never ending quest for sustain and “tone”, players using vibrato bridges look at every part of the guitar, most notably the bridge, to upgrade. Big sustain blocks, brass or titanium string retaining blocks, bigger brass spring claws, brass claw screws, titanium saddles, etc, etc. And what do many of these players top all this off with? Coated springs that deaden the propagation of vibrations and work directly against the benefits of all the other upgrades.
I understand that in some studio somewhere there is a high gain staccato track that’s tarnished by the reverberation of the trem springs. But I’ve been playing Floyd’s through high gain high volume amps for decades and can say without hesitation that spring noise has never been an issue….at least not enough to warrant the need to go against the number one rule of stringed instruments…to use materials that most efficiently transmit vibrations. Maybe if I ever did find myself in this type of recording quandary I would then just temporarily stick a rag in the trem route.
Not trying to be a dick but it’s one aspect of the guitar upgrade market that I’ve never understood or bought into.
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YES.

I tried the coated springs and immediately noticed that it killed certain things in the guitar, for better or worse.

I am pretty damn finicky when it comes to slight tonal changes in my setup....

You know what was the best for me? Rolling up a bit of paper towel and inserting them into the springs. Enough to stop that excess noise during high gain without anything behind that.


Yes, I had read so many posts saying to just paper it but I went the whole coated spring route and was not happy with them at all.

Surprised me.


Also, as mentioned, no matter the type you get, they have a very different feel. You may like that, I did not.
 
I use these on all of my guitars. Not many know about them. I discovered them as they were included with a previous J-Custom I had ordered.
They work fantastic. I add some of the round cord foam in the middle of them and no noise or issues.

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PBGas said:
I use these on all of my guitars. Not many know about them. I discovered them as they were included with a previous J-Custom I had ordered.
They work fantastic. I add some of the round cord foam in the middle of them and no noise or issues.

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What makes them different? They worked fantastic because they killed the spring noise that the stock springs made?
 
Trem springs can be loud as balls if you use any gain whatsoever. They can make a guitar sound like it has built-in reverb.

I can’t play a guitar with trem springs until I at least fold a piece of toilet paper and stuff it between the springs and body to deaden them.
 
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nevusofota said:
What makes them different? They worked fantastic because they killed the spring noise that the stock springs made?
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They had the exact right tension compared to others and there were no binding noises. I've had that happen with some of the others that I have tried and worked on for customers, even the so called silent springs. I work on guitars all day and I've seen so many different types of springs used.
No...these will not kill the spring noise. I explained what I used for that.

Again, it is just an observation I had. Use what works for you.
 
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