Probably a stupid question- Floyd Rose placement

[ShatnersBassoon]

OK so I know how to place a Tele bridge and a Strat bridge, but is there anything to bare in mind when placing a Floyd Rose style bridge? (or at least I assume that's what one would call it). Its for a headless guitar Im building. I know that on a Tele its preferable to place the saddles at about 60 percent of their travel (at least thats what was recommended to me).

Thanks in advance.

Edited December 28, 2019 by ShatnersBassoon

[curtisa]

Shouldn't be any different to placement for any other bridge. Only thing I can think of is that it is possible to position the saddles on a Floyd Rose so far forward that they overhang the leading edge of the bridge plate, which can damage the guitar top if you divebomb the trem and they happen to dig in to the wood.

 

38 minutes ago, ShatnersBassoon said:

I know that on a Tele its preferable to place the saddles at about 60 percent of their travel (at least thats what was recommended to me).

Even 60% travel on the saddles is far more than you'll ever need for placement. Intonation compensation on a guitar will always mean that the per-string scale length will need to be marginally longer than the planned-for value. Even if you position the bridge with the saddles 100% forward, you'll still find yourself backing them off away from the nut once it's strung up and tuned. Saddles that need to go towards the nut after the bridge has been placed suggest that the bridge wasn't positioned right to begin with or there's something skeewhif going on with your fret placement.

[ShatnersBassoon]

4 minutes ago, curtisa said:

Shouldn't be any different to placement for any other bridge. Only thing I can think of is that it is possible to position the saddles on a Floyd Rose so far forward that they overhang the leading edge of the bridge plate, which can damage the guitar top if you divebomb the trem and they happen to dig in to the wood.

 

Even 60% travel on the saddles is far more than you'll ever need for placement. Intonation compensation on a guitar will always mean that the per-string scale length will need to be marginally longer than the planned-for value. Even if you position the bridge with the saddles 100% forward, you'll still find yourself backing them off away from the nut once it's strung up and tuned. Saddles that need to go towards the nut after the bridge has been placed suggest that the bridge wasn't positioned right to begin with or there's something skeewhif going on with your fret placement.

Cheers for the info! Come to think of it Ive never needed to alter the saddles so that they are towards the nut, always needed to back them away.