Replacing Floyd Rose with hardtail? Or get a new FR with the intent of blocking it?
So I got a Hamer XT Monaco a decade or so ago, and it came with a licensed Floyd Rose. The thing is that I never liked the thing from the start, but I love the guitar. So it has been blocked from week one or so. The Floyd Rose is looking a bit shabby these days, so I have been contemplating swapping it out. The question then is whether I should go for a nice FR replacement, or swap it out entirely with a hardtail. I am not planning on refinishing the guitar, so if I go the route of replacing it with a hardtail then I want to fill the voids with a nice contrasting wood like walnut. Alternatively I can mount something like the Gotoh 1996T and simply block it from functioning again.
The woodworking part doesn't really scare me at all, but I wanted to know what you guys, girls, and enbies think. Would a straight up FR replacement like the Gotoh GE1996T be best? Or should I fill the void and go for a proper hardtail like the Gotoh 510FX, or Schaller Hannes?