Could you guys hear the difference between the two? If so, let me know! Enjoy :)

@amitabhkunchey9342

3 жыл бұрын

I could hear just a tad more sustain with the tone claw, but pretty subtle...

@Carvi206

3 жыл бұрын

Hi ,that it sell in floyd rose page in axlabs too ,very good

@I.M.Guitar-Nerd

3 жыл бұрын

Before watching I'm going to say no. I don't think the springs are going to transfer enough energy to the claw for the added mass to factor in.

@jimmhb1986

3 жыл бұрын

I would have liked to have tested what happens on a blended note.

@calfaro1979

3 жыл бұрын

May be placebo but the tone claw sounded audibly brighter / chimey-er

Even two transients recorded with the same claw will never look exactely the same.

@neilphillips1350

2 ай бұрын

That may be true but doesn't explain the result. Because the pattern is consistent and the same across ALL the examples. So much so you could identify which claw is which purely by viewing the graph. With both claws side by side. But swapping positions. It is having a effect

@grimora-dg3vq

2 ай бұрын

@@neilphillips1350 At best it's so subtle no one could tell the difference purely just by sound! I would challenge anyone to do a double blind test and would guarantee there is no discernable difference! The read out proves it! This is more placebo than fact!

Sounds nice but I think I'll wait for the active tone claw.

@DarrellBraunGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

😁😁😁

@MrNeosantana

3 жыл бұрын

Isn't that just an Evertune?

@toemasmeems

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrNeosantana LOL no

@MrNeosantana

3 жыл бұрын

@@toemasmeems *sigh* There's always one

@w13rdguy

3 жыл бұрын

Haha! Robot Claw (back off, Agnesi)!😅😅

The only difference is that it looks cooler.

@ricksigurdson2016

3 жыл бұрын

Who sees it?

@rdds4108

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@stephenhookings1985

3 жыл бұрын

@@ricksigurdson2016 but you'll know it isn't there and it might affect the feel :-)

@billyschneider4785

3 жыл бұрын

And most of the time you can’t see it because it’s literally hidden in the back of the guitar. Kinda useless!

@martgryfny

3 жыл бұрын

I made blind comparison and definately youre wrong. Question is if it is more stratty or not. I mean that many people got uset to stratocaster tones made with regulat bent metal claw. I think SRV never thought about swapping it ;)

The easiest way to improve your guitar tone is with stickers. Of course vinyl stickers will give you more sustain than paper stickers. And if you want a darker tone, of course you need darker stickers. For a more airy wide open tone, just use hologram stickers, or stickers with butterflies.

@caerphoto

3 жыл бұрын

I added a foam dinosaur sticker donated by my 3 year old kid. What tonality changes can I expect from that? I put it on the pickguard of my Tele.

@ricksigurdson2016

3 жыл бұрын

You mean I can use the facelift vinyl full cover on my strat and replace my sustainer pedal?

@user-vg9gi9bv1x

3 жыл бұрын

This is basic knowledge.Billie joe Armstrong put this theory into effect through the yrs. it’s also very true with cars

@justinrayguitars6024

3 жыл бұрын

That only works on First Act guitars.

@TheChzoronzon

3 жыл бұрын

@@caerphoto You can expect the sound quality to scale up quite a bit

Might be the best engineered useless part I’ve ever seen.

@danherrick2310

3 жыл бұрын

spot. on. Had to dig really deep into those wave forms to see any difference. Frankly, if there was a difference, the standard one sounded better? Not to mention picking dynamic variances could easily make up any of these differences. if he was .1 mm closer to the bridge, or .1 mm deeper on the pick against the string. Seems like a stretch to sell this thing....

@Scottocaster6668

3 жыл бұрын

Now, that's a perfect way of putting it.

@Scottocaster6668

3 жыл бұрын

@@danherrick2310 And for $60, that's really stretching it.

@charlesmigneault7918

3 жыл бұрын

I completely agree with you🤣👍

@jefflitchfield4950

2 жыл бұрын

That's the best description I've seen

Cheap trem claw looks like one I can build in my garage on a lazy afternoon. Expensive trem claw looks like an engineering masterpiece.

@joskam092

3 жыл бұрын

Yet the difference is negligible. What a waste of money.

@Ndlanding

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's like girls. When you strum them with your eyes closed.

@charlesmigneault7918

3 жыл бұрын

For something that is not meant to be seen!!!

@JungYT

3 жыл бұрын

I want this for the bling. I don't have a cover on my trem.

@Ndlanding

3 жыл бұрын

@@JungYT And who, exactly, is gonna see your bling, unless you do a Jimi and bite those strings? I'll sell you a back cover for $10, and you can spend the rest on a bracelet with your name on it. LOL

Finally a solution to my trem springs randomly popping off the cleat in the middle of playing!

The best idea of this whole replacement is the painters tape idea, keeping the same distance as the stock trem claw.

@dontsaythetruthytwillkillu5784

8 ай бұрын

Excellent observation. Loosing your trem setup is extremely frustrating.

0:30 Yeeeeessss!

I certainly thought there was a difference, but it's too small to make me want to change mine. It's taken me 6mths to perfect my set up and I'm not messing with it anymore.

@Ndlanding

3 жыл бұрын

6 meths can make you blind. Worse than vodka from Latvia.

Hahahaha... It reminds me of a guy trying to sell a set of 4 neck screws from a 51 Precision bass. The guy was asking for $1000 for the set

Personally I like my strats as light as possible. Low 7 lb- 6’s.

I couldn't hear any difference in the tone, but then I didn't expect to. Mechanically the only real purpose I could see for this is to combat string rattle which it obviously does by the fact that Darrell couldn't unhook the springs from the claw with the locking mechanism in position. While it did seem to increase the amount of sustain, it is margin of error amounts. This seems like a product for your 'studio' guitar where you are looking to get the very best out of every single part to make it sound and play as good as possible.

@Madchris8828

3 жыл бұрын

I think this is the best reason why you'd want these upgrades from what I've seen from anyone posting on here. Good points 👍

@worhed3722

3 жыл бұрын

There was definitely a difference in tone. The new claw was brighter and fuller, in a studio setting the difference would be huge

@Madchris8828

3 жыл бұрын

@@worhed3722 hard to tell with KZread compression but I can believe it.

@grimora-dg3vq

3 ай бұрын

You'd be better off and spend less money spent simply upgrading your springs.

It looks so cool, and it makes things easy. Never mind the tiny bit of sustain. My main Strat is going for a treat. Thanks a lot, Darrell... from Denmark

Next up: How does wearing Chuck Taylor's improve guitar tone through a slightly over driven British amp on a Tuesday?

@saxophool

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely less ground hum when wearing Chucks. The old, American made ones. The new ones: Fuhgedaboudit! 😎

One of my favourite vids! Love that you used the tech to verify the sounds, this was very informative. Love to see more like this! Horrifyingly loved the chopped Strat vid!

I love your channel man. You always have answers I'm looking for even if I didn't know I needed the info. Saint Darrell over here doing guitar god's work.

The plate that locks the springs in - is that a solution in search of a problem? Do springs pop out spontaneously?

@goldbug1974

3 жыл бұрын

That is the exact same thing I was thinking. I’ve never had a spring come off the back claw.

@PooNinja

3 жыл бұрын

Double ditto I abuse the living hell out of my Floyd and never even seen one loosen?

@cdngtrplyr

3 жыл бұрын

@@goldbug1974 I have when I really take the stock setup for a good pull up. I've had to put a foam block in that the back cover holds in place to keep the springs in place

@caixiuying8901

3 жыл бұрын

I've had a spring pop off before, but I attribute this to the much higher string tension because of the lower tuning I was in only ever happened once so I still think its a non-issue

@PooNinja

3 жыл бұрын

@@caixiuying8901 once when changing springs I damn near sprung my finger off , but that was my fault entirely. oh to be young again 😊

I bought one simply because I was creating a strat from scratch, glad I did💁🏿‍♀️

@randomguitarnote8887

5 ай бұрын

Is the color MATTE?

I feel like this is kind of a solution looking for a problem scenario.

I was actually wondering that the other day. How were you reading my mind? Side note, after having two guitars of my own I'm starting to recognize tonal difference. One having much more bite for rock, while the other is more beautiful for cleans.

@Ndlanding

3 жыл бұрын

Because one is a bass guitar and the other a banjo?

@self4autism333

3 жыл бұрын

Its because you attract certain thoughts based on previous thoughts, and the youtube logarithm is learning to sync with both of those based on previous selections. It is freaky when it gets to this level of sync or as in your case just ahead of you.

@P_Ezi

3 жыл бұрын

That is because The Algorithm is now controlling your thoughts. Never underestimate the power of The Algorithm.

@Ndlanding

3 жыл бұрын

@Brett S I took the tone controls off my guitar, and filled the holes with spliffs. Now how cool is that?

Hehey Darrell was waiting for the tone claw... Good day man... Love your content... A fan from India

@Nooboroshi

3 жыл бұрын

It makes me sad that we can't get this stuff easily here. I called up Bajaao about a Wilkinson trem and they quoted 30k as the minimum.

@amitabhkunchey9342

3 жыл бұрын

@@Nooboroshi exactly man... It's real sad... 😢

You always get what you pay for! Darryl please can we see you playing the intro riff for your channel, it's literally the best on the internet!!

@JDGuitar82

3 жыл бұрын

I think that is a royalty free stock piece of music as I have heard it on other channels.

I've got two of these. They're great. A bit expensive. But I have no idea about the tone. They probably do help a tiny bit. But what I like is that they LOCK the spring in. So I can get completely crazy and I cannot pop a spring off the claw. .in the past I've had to use plyers. And a vice to bend each "claw" finger to help Lock the spring to it claw.....but I have next to no tention on my Hybrid 9-46 set of strings. Tuned to C standard.. with all 5 Springs in the back. So I can pull the bar. Dive the bar... and bend any string with no deflection on another string

I bought this and dig it. It's not a major tone enhancer I didn't expect it to be. It's certainly better looking than the old claw and my strat resonates a bit more with this gorgeous hunk of brass in it and only 60 bucks.

@Angel-fz8dr

7 ай бұрын

only?

@peterallen1041

7 ай бұрын

@Angel-fz8dr yeah it's was pricey, but I could afford it at the time. Total impulse buy. No regrets.

On a side note, if you please would you mind make a comparison using this wave reading to finally demonstrate the difference between a full maple neck vs maple neck and rosewood fretboard?

@joshuamichael4312

3 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure that's been done already by Warmoth. I think it was them that did video.

@danielsgrunge

3 жыл бұрын

The difference is huge, it's crazy

I just hear that your guitar sounds great! Your videos are just excellent and professional, and fun.

I like Darrell's content its not boring at the same time its helpful to anyone guitar player

Even if there is no advantage from the tone claw, it shines like jewelry! I'm sold..... lol

@zaited.x.dahlia8788

3 жыл бұрын

the schaller claw is better lol and shiny too but actually makes setting up the trem a breeze all u do is turn the 1 screw either left or right and ur sett one thing i hate about the normal claw is having to turn 2 screws one by one in small increments to set a floyd and thats still the case with this one

@crocketgsxr6

3 жыл бұрын

the normal ones polish up too

Just got mine, will be installing this holiday season.

It's nicely machined...... its a pricey upgrade for a less than $300 strat! More suitable for a higher end guitar..... just my thoughts! Thanks Darrel!

The Tone Claw is a very nice looking piece, however, Leo Fender’s design practice of frugal effectiveness shows up once again as completely up to par at a fraction of the cost.

Thanks great comparison

I couldn't tell the difference at first but eventually I noticed that the cheap one sounded more glassy while the expensive one sounded beefier. I personally like the cheaper one better.

@cchavez248

3 жыл бұрын

agreed

Have to agree I allways wear headphones Darrell on your sound demos and the volume is what a noticed before you even showed the graph def more of a voice on the ringgit very cool. Love these demos DBG keep it up tim from london Ont.

While the Tone Claw is an improvement over the stock one, I would think that the trem block material would show the biggest gain on the tone and sustain. Now, a high-mass trem block with the Tone Claw might be a real winner.

@P_Ezi

3 жыл бұрын

Some of us prefer the sound of a.fully floating trem, where the springs are actually part of the response.

@marcanglin7127

3 жыл бұрын

@@P_Ezi Correct !!! The tone is the sum of all of the parts !!!

@dbwproductions

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed! I’ve replaced the block in several of my guitars and it always makes a big change in sustain and tone.

@D.Guitar

Жыл бұрын

Definitely Both. Along with steel saddles. Is a noticable tonal difference...I play Floyd Rose. Thick brass block. This claw. And original series saddles.. and all 5 Springs. Also sends more solid tone throughout

The very subtle difference you can hear (if you can hear anything) is easily attributed to variances in performance from take to take.

I dont know how long I've been out of the channel, but that last part of the new intro killed me 😂

I could definitely hear a difference, although whether you feel those differences are pronounced enough to warrant 60 quid is up to your personal feeling. I heard about 2dB more in the 250Hz area, a slightly longer sustain and a definite sharper attack.

@joegrazulis2810

2 жыл бұрын

On my crappy cell phone speaker I could hear some slight additional brightness along with what you stated.

Great video as usual. It would be great to see this same video done with the Schaller Sure Claw. I use them and love them.

I own a similar patent on a spring claw, Mine is hand filed a polished by hand, no power tools. A big difference in mine, is everywhere the claw can hit the cavity, the edges are pillowtopped and rounded to never catch or dig in. The biggest game changer, is I use a special proprietary bell brass. Used with titanium neck machine screws, and a Triple chambered brass tone block, it creates the sustain of a Fernandez Sustaniac, without the battery. My claw weights 68 Grams and it's like having two toneblocks that vibrate at each other. Simply amazing versatile tones and endlless sustain. Each hand fitted to the guitar, for maximum potential.

Fun stuff Darrell. It would be good if there were numbers registered for deviations throughout the display. As usual, you did an excellent job stricking notes the same way, even though variances inevitably occur. This is a 'scratch my itch' kind of item. Also, there are many songs that need less sustain for originality. That's why we need 20+ guitars, and one more in the arsenal. 🤪 Thanks!

Cool, but $60+ shipping?? 🤷‍♂️🎸🎶

@edrozenrozen9600

3 жыл бұрын

Ouch!

The one who says "there's is a slight difference ..." still believes in Santa.

@ricksigurdson2016

3 жыл бұрын

Or waiting for the Easter Bunny.

@NinjaMatt2201

3 жыл бұрын

Spoilers

@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623

3 жыл бұрын

You'd be surprised what confirmation bias can achieve. If you bought cause you believe in it, you will hear a difference. Otherwise that would mean your purchase and decision was wrong. Can't have that! That is why only blind tests are kinda reliable.

@worhed3722

3 жыл бұрын

There's a HUGE difference

@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623

3 жыл бұрын

@@worhed3722 Yeah, in your wallet! 😉

Would of been nice if you actually tested dive bombs with that trem, that's where it might make a difference, looks like it would do a more solid job of returning after a dive and take away any play, that a standard claw may produce during a a dive.

The trem claw is one of those components that makes a rather subtle, but sometimes significant difference. A parallel could be drawn between this, and the various saddle options for strats. With the strat, I have found that the thin nickel saddles sound best- 9 out of 10 times. To me, unless the one you have actually FLEXES (which is doubtful), the springs are likely more important.

Interesting, this is the first time I have heard anyone talking about this! It should definitely be talked about more often

@Ndlanding

3 жыл бұрын

I beg to differ.

@TedSchoenling

3 жыл бұрын

I've never needed an upgrade to my trem claws... how often do springs pop out of properly tensioned systems? Never.

Ordered one!! I spare no expense for my #1 Strat. Also installed the Free-way 10-way switch based on your video of it.

@kitten-whisperer

3 жыл бұрын

Hey. I have some tone potentiometer knobs if you want to buy them. I have a set that makes the guitar brighter and a set that makes it darker. $1000 for a set of 3.

Hey Darrell, love your videos, very informative! Any thought about videos about hybrid guitars? Like shooting out the new fender acoustitronics vs godin A6? Best strings and amps for these types of guitars! Keep up the great content!

I refuse to block my 95 am std strat trem because it sounds perfect.the way it is. This is extraneous.

I could not hear ANY difference; thanks for sharing this Darrell.

@popcornsniper

3 жыл бұрын

Headphones, increase video quality at 1080p.

I installed a tremol-no, which comes with a upgraded claw. Made a noticeable difference in the vibration of the body.

Great video! I could see doing this in concert with other upgrades to the nut, bridge, block etc. the collective change would likely lead to a noticeable difference.

I like my tone claw. Can hardly tell a difference on KZread. After I bought one for my PRS, just had to get another for my other guitar (MMJP6).

I’m interested in seeing the Schaller Sure Claw. It seems to make adjustments more precise and easier when setting up a floating tremolo.

My experience was similar. But than I changed the string-saddles into brass, too. That was a dramatic change of the tone. Further on I startet to change Parts into brass - versions on other guitars. Like a webster-saddle and bridge on my 335. Wow! What a difference. In my earts it sounds much better.

I have really good hearing and my ears preferred the sound of the stock tremolo claw

Launched a spring through the house the other day with a puller, it was launched to the guitar gods lol

@ADaviDTR

3 жыл бұрын

No back cover?

@AndrewLewisHowe

3 жыл бұрын

@@ADaviDTR Since he mentioned a 'puller', I assume he was adjusting his setup and had to take springs on and off. I've launched a few, too, when doing setup.

2:13 there seems to be a small spelling error lol

Seems like the difference in waveforms is so slight it could be chalked up to natural variation in performance.

The only issue this might solve is the “ping” of a spring loop binding in the claw if you’re really dive bombing the whammy bar.

@davidrees1840

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was hoping DB would test. It's a problem on my strat, but maybe smoothing the edges of the claw plus some lube would cure it.

Yeah I can hear the difference. In the tone, volume, and sustain as well. I noticed that whenever anybody does such comparison tests it's very important to have "unbiased" headphones, meaning no "great bass headphones" or other initially tweaked headphones, they need to be as transparent as possible.

Hey Darrel, The idea, you might think of a "strumming machine (Don't know if it exists)" and having the guitar at the same distance from the strummer, you will always have consistent chords for these tests.

@joshcline8764

3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant.

Hey Darrel. A comparison video between the PRS SE Costum 24 and a Schecter C-1 would be really nice. From what I understand Schecter and PRS are two of your favorite brands.

cool video . need a video on metal pins on a acoustic please Darrell

Hi Darrell, thanks for the interesting video. It seems logical that adding mass will increase sustain. I saw this product, but also saw one from Schaller, the SureClaw. This is interesting because it has a drive that is activated by a hex key that applies tension to the trem springs. It has a large mass bolted directly to the guitar body. I was going to buy the product you reviewed, but decided on the Shaller instead. As for tonal differences, I heard a definite difference in note definition and tonality with the AxClaw. Once you add distortion and other effects, who knows? But this could definitely be a part of a series of small, incremental improvements that add up to a noticeable difference! I'd be interested to hear the same comparison with the Shaller SureClaw, or maybe a shootout between AxClaw and Sure Claw. Have a great day!

I'd be happy to see Schaller SureClaw tested - not because I expect it would affect the sound, but to have one Allen key to set springs' tension (instead of fighting with screwdriver and the both screws) seems to be sooo convenient. Plus the SureClaw looks sturdy as hell. I hate those little crappy claws and screws coming out at most strange angles... :)

@ThePedroDB

Жыл бұрын

I usually set my claw at a slight angle, with greter tension on the Bass side. Right or wrong, it's my preference. Not possible with devices like the SureClaw

I could hear a slight difference in tone, though it was so small that it would disappear with gain. What I'm curious about is whether it contributes to tuning stability at all. Every little bit you can do to make sure everything returns to the same rest position counts. In theory anyway.

The differences are so negligible that I could attribute those to other tiny differences in reassembling the guitar and how Darrell strums the guitar. Verdict: Snake oil!

Hi Darrel. Great reviews, keep it up. Could you review the new Quad Cortex? It's quite intresting equipment.

Cool. Big difference

Well, the newly designed expensive one looks nice. The difference is so subtle that it' strictly for aesthetics (if you show off the back end of your guitar often). If you're worried about the springs popping out of the regular claw, by all means do buy this.

I gave a guitar to a luthier and he left it in his garden workshop. The temperature drop made the brass spring claw snap. This at least looks more durable and would be better part of replacing the sustain block, saddles, Engl hard tailer and nut with all brass. My Strandberg will follow adding all of those upgrades and brass is better. Louder, more detail and better overall fretboard resonance (less or no dead spots). All of that brass jewellery will be interesting to add up in weight compared to the Strandberg's stock weight.

You should review the new Tone Pickguard screws, they’re a must have! 😆

I concur with many others here. That is a beautifully engineered and machined part that no one really needs. It sure looks good though.

wow! i'm sold. for a difference of a nanosecond sustain, i'll definitely buy that expensive heavy $60 claw

Lol, I just asked this question this morning on the Pacifica video

Surprisingly I learned that this does nothing, I was expecting more. Would be interesting to see a floating bridge test, Strats pretty much sit in the body anyway, so the test was likely moot

The answer is “No”... don’t waste your hard earned money on stuff that don’t matter. Spend it on learning to be a better guitarist!

@charlesmigneault7918

3 жыл бұрын

I absolutely agree, the tone comes from the fingers at 99.9%, Just look at Angus Young, and he was playing with a junior SG 1 puckuo and he had removed the tone and volum pots, any way he was playing all open no pedals, nothing...👍

@kitten-whisperer

3 жыл бұрын

@@charlesmigneault7918 it doesn't. That's a massive myth that way too many people believe. Tone is 99.999% pickups, amp, speakers and a but of your pick attack. Not tone fingers lol

@caixiuying8901

3 жыл бұрын

@@kitten-whisperer Vin makes it sound like your fingers can turn a Strat into an LP lmao

@kitten-whisperer

3 жыл бұрын

@@caixiuying8901 that's how it works. Want filtertron pickup sound? Just use those damn hands. Do you have big fat humbuckers but want a twangy tele sound? Use those HANDS!!!

@frankarias8554

3 жыл бұрын

To be fair, this claw obviously weighs more. Therefore it's useful in that aspects. Say you wanted to add weight to the body of your guitar for better balance, this would be a fairly simple and subtle way to go about that.

If you are going to go this far, then use machined helical springs or perhaps welded metal bellows and float the trem. That should transfer energy well even though the trem isn't bottomed out, especially if we select them for maximum energy storage and peak energy transfer between discontinuous materials in frequency wave transmission. They could also be calibrated to allow adjustment of what force is needed by the player to displace them, making a trem assist or lock just like we use slow and speed knobs for volume and tone, enabling even greater intrinsic fluidity of operation per player. Also, if one wants to lock the trem down to the body, the bellows can be filled with gas or fluid to form an effectively solid bar or cylinder,. This counts aer prior art, though. I don't have a company name to cover things like this yet. Maybe after I build a couple...

The differences are super subtle and not enough to warrant the price difference in my book. If Mythbusters ever did these tests of alleged guitar improvement products, half of the industry would be shut down.

This will mess with equilibrium at the floating point. That is if that clamp down plate holds the loops of the rings very firm. Because the most stable way of using a Floyd is to get grease on the inside of the claws and the spring loops so there is no stability issues at equilibrium.

I believe a partial experiment just happened. Let's hear with an aftermarket block.and mic'd unplugged from the rear to hear the tonal resonance transferred thru the body.

Wow! I’d say that makes as much difference as a pick-up upgrade! Certainly as much or more difference as a change of body wood

the one that is effective in sustain is the brass one a slight 5%, the nikel one is almost imperceptible and the difference is not much appreciated, adding the Fat brass block with 40% more sustain, I got 45% more sustain with both pieces of brass, I did a test and it was very satisfactory!!

Outstanding detailed review! Please compare the stock claw vs Schaller Sure Claw vs Tone Claw. Also please compare all 3 WITH noiseless vs standard springs on a floating Floyd Rose trem. Thanks!!! 🇺🇸

I like it more for the fact its locking the springs in place, especially for string changes and pickup swaps. For $60 bucks I'm going to give it a shot, it comes with 4 springs as well, so if your springs are getting tired or you want to go up a gauge, it becomes more of an upgrade.

@tintecobrizo

2 жыл бұрын

so after +1 year, could you tell us your experience please? i'm not looking into it for "tone enhancing" but if it has features relative to tension and spring fine tuning, it may be worth it.

@digitalcthulhu143

Жыл бұрын

​@@tintecobrizo Yeah I'd love to see a review

I replaced mine because the springs were not always returning to the same spot on the claw which caused tuning issues. No sound difference or sustain but it did fix tuning.

I thought the cheap claw was a little brighter and clearer. The nicely engineered one had a bit more mids. I was actually expecting there to be a bigger difference. If you're going with deluxe parts, its a nice replacement for the cheap claw.

Love how it looks. Couldn't distinguish if it had any tonal impact.

Nothing like the Schaller Sure Claw. So practical. BTW: You cannot measure overtones by watching at a waveform envelope. You need a spectrogram. To me they were identical.

Hmm I love to have one for my Custom Transparent backplate ❤️‍🔥

It’s not dramatic, but hear a noticeable difference in sustain and resonance. That warbling effect at the end of the note from the tone claw from the sustain

@skarfie123

3 жыл бұрын

I hated that warbling effect. I preferred the stock claw

Very nice sunburst Strat👍😁

It’s impact is like that of a compression pedal. You can barely hear the difference but you know it’s there

OMG, thank you for reviewing this, I was gonna be all over this thing, changing the block to a GFS brass or steel block as well. Acoustically did you notice much of a difference? Have you ever reviewed a Babicz bridge, I'd really like your opinion on those as well, thank you! P.S. Do you think it would have made a bigger tonal difference is the new claw was completely mated to the body of the guitar?

I have issues detuning to eb on Floyds, spring come off due low tension, definitely I will test this

you should do a three way comparison with the Schaller Sure Claw. The Schaller unit screws down to the cavity floor so it should do better at transferring energy.

I cannot really tell the difference. Looks awesome though. I would of liked to see the chrome springs on that trem claw. I would like to see some tone comparisons with different bridges and tail pieces on a hard-tail guitar