Curtis P Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 OK, how low can you go? i can go pretty low, I will get a clip up tommorow, its too late, but how low can the rest of yea go? Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivin Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 Talk about the mother of all pointless threads I only have one guitar with a proper floating trem, and i could go pretty damn low if i wanted too... like.. the strings would be all over the place, but i barely ever use that guitar and even when I do I only do light trem work... btw, i cant be bothered recording anything, cause im not good with dramatic trem work, and even if i was, seems like such a waste of time - Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 I would counter-sue with 'how high can you go'? When I do a Floyd route/install, I always route the back shelf much deeper than Dan Erlewine instructs to, so I can pull that muthu into tomorrow without bottoming the back of the unit out. Course, you gotta clamp the springs into the block lest they fall out whilst on one of those major-fied up-pulls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feylya Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 My only problem pulling up is I always break a string, generally G or A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goth_fiend Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 i plan on getting rid of all of the wood behind my floyd on one of my junker guitars and seeing how high i can go before i break a string (elixers are awesome for whammy stuff, they dont snap!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 My only problem pulling up is I always break a string, generally G or A somehow i never break strings using the trem...and i pull up alot really... but i change strings often...and i don't use ghs boomers because they DO break excessively what do you mean "how low can you go?" a good trem will take the strings so slack that you can swap out pickups without even unstringing your guitar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted September 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 i cant go up at all with my trem, wish I could, but alas I cant, so i only go down, and i am pretty sure my vintage fender styl trem will almost go down enough to swap pickups Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted September 3, 2004 Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 my bigsby can beat all your "tremelos"! it can even go up!, well, kinda... it bends the tail piece (i tihnk thats what its called and also snaps strings rather easily) i do the floppy-string-trem-trick when testing the effectiveness of floyds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whisky182 Posted September 3, 2004 Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 i've got a friend with an ibanez who can go all the way down (his strings get stuck to the magnets in the pickups) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorecki Posted September 3, 2004 Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 but i change strings often...and i don't use ghs boomers because they DO break excessively what do you mean "how low can you go?" a good trem will take the strings so slack that you can swap out pickups without even unstringing your guitar wow that's strange you feel that way about boomers Wes?!? I've used them forever just for that reason, they don't break. I agree, you should be able to pretty much bottom out the bar on the body, even though new springs often need a little stretchin before trusting it to stay in tune afterward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezerboy Posted September 3, 2004 Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 if you're going low a lot, then when stringing up twirl the strings, so when you slacken they coil up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted September 3, 2004 Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 but i change strings often...and i don't use ghs boomers because they DO break excessively what do you mean "how low can you go?" a good trem will take the strings so slack that you can swap out pickups without even unstringing your guitar wow that's strange you feel that way about boomers Wes?!? I've used them forever just for that reason, they don't break. I agree, you should be able to pretty much bottom out the bar on the body, even though new springs often need a little stretchin before trusting it to stay in tune afterward. try just plain old dean markeleys...they outlast boomers 2 to 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarMaestro Posted September 4, 2004 Report Share Posted September 4, 2004 What kinda pointless thread is this? On every guitar with a trem that is correctly set up you can go so low that the bar meets the body. Theres nothing that could prevent this except for too strong springs.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorecki Posted September 4, 2004 Report Share Posted September 4, 2004 What kinda pointless thread is this? On every guitar with a trem that is correctly set up you can go so low that the bar meets the body. Theres nothing that could prevent this except for too strong springs.... Guess we're bored?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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