Blocking the Tremolo

The screws that hold the bridge/tremolo in place are slightly stripped on this guitar. It also seems the springs that hold the entire system in place are weak. The mounting screws for the springs could be not screwed in enough as well.

Since I'm more interested in a hard tail design on the guitar, I figured I'd block out the tremolo action. Here is the back side with the block in place.

The block is just a solid round closet hanger bar cut to size (the only scrap I had at the time). I put a slight bevel on the piece so I didn't have to worry about thickness. The slight wedge shape would tighten up as it was placed in the slot. The block was then sliced on to top to make sure the cover can be put back on the guitar. Here is a profile shot of the block.

With the block in place, the tuning and sustain problems I was running into are largely solved.