Tremolo springs sit between the claw and the block, and they are the half of the system most players ignore until something goes wrong. These are Floyd Rose's heavy-duty brass springs in the noiseless red variant — designed to reduce the sympathetic noise that standard steel springs can feed back into the pickups, particularly at stage volume or in a recording chain. They ship as a set of three.

Getting the spring count right matters more than most players realise. Springs lose tension unevenly as they age, and a mismatched set is one of the most common reasons a floating bridge will not settle back to pitch after a dive. You cannot fix that by adjusting the claw alone. Beyond that, the count has to suit what the strings are doing: heavier gauge strings and lower tunings need more spring tension to balance the block. Too little spring and the bridge pulls forward; too much and the plate sits down on the body and the arm goes stiff. Replace the whole set at once — swapping one spring into a worn set does not restore even tension across the claw.

The heavy-duty designation here means higher spring tension per unit. That makes these the correct choice if you are running heavier strings, if you want to run two springs instead of three and need the extra resistance to compensate, or if your current three-spring setup feels soft and the bridge is sitting too far forward even with the claw screwed in. The brass construction and polymer coating address the noise issue at the source rather than at the claw or in the electronics.

If you are not sure this set matches your current setup — string gauge, tuning or cavity configuration — send us your guitar's make, model and year and we will confirm the fit before you order.