New EBMM Floyds

[Rokstar]

Hey Guys,
I know this has been discussed a bit, but I was wondering what you guys thought for the newer floyds on the Axis? I noticed they changed the finish on the black parts to almost chrome. I'll be getting a new Axis soon and I might consider trading bridges when I flip my current one. I think I might be partial to the O.G. version...

 

[GuitarHack]

I like the newer hardware better. It's not really chrome up close so much as a gunmetal. I bleeb it's called titanium nitride.

 

[TNT]

Hey Hack,

Sounds like a "good" name for a guitar color - titanium nitride!!

 

[brasco68]

Hey Hack,

Sounds like a "good" name for a guitar color - titanium nitride!!

...or a metal band.

 

[knj316]

I'm wondering if the purpose of the titanium nitride is to extend the life of the parts. When I raced R/C cars, parts such as gears, shock shafts and other parts that are susceptible to wear from friction where coated with Titanium Nitride and they lasted for a long time.

I would imagine it would also help with corrosion from sweat while playing.

 

[GuitarHack]

"Titanium nitride (TiN) (sometimes known as Tinite or TiNite) is an extremely hard ceramic material, often used as a coating on titanium alloy, steel, carbide, and aluminium components to improve the substrate's surface properties. Applied as a thin coating, TiN is used to harden and protect cutting and sliding surfaces, for decorative purposes, and as a non-toxic exterior for medical implants."

I found this on the Internet, so it must be true .

I don't know for sure if the new Foyds are TiN, but I have pocket knife with the blade coated with TiN (for hardness and corrosion protection), and when I saw the new Floyd in person, I thought it looked identical.

 

[dr shred]

Does the Y2D also come with the new floyd?