Power Violence Posted June 19, 2003 Report Share Posted June 19, 2003 I was thinking about building a new guitar and out of all the bridges which one do you guys think is the best with a whammy bar? Floyd Rose, I heard you had to completly disasemble it if a string breaks. Wilkonsons, I haven't heard too much about this Bigsby, good? Floating Trem, This looks the coolest but I heard it had bridge problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Posted June 19, 2003 Report Share Posted June 19, 2003 Floyd Rose IS a floating trem. Bigsby, no good. I like Floyd Roses and Ibanez trems. You can go nuts on them and stay in tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Rosenberger Posted June 19, 2003 Report Share Posted June 19, 2003 Actually a Floyd is only a floating trem if the body has a recessed trem route Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlexVDL Posted June 19, 2003 Report Share Posted June 19, 2003 I have a floating floyd rose on my strat and it has no recessed route I can pull up 2 tones!! (I have a big neck angle so the trem hangs high above the body ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAI6 Posted June 19, 2003 Report Share Posted June 19, 2003 Floyd Rose, I heard you had to completly disasemble it if a string breaks. Completely disassemble? Not quite. Your guitar will go out of tune, and you need to have some allen wrenches handy to replace a string. You unlock the nut, and you unlock the "pad" in the bridge itself, snip off the ball end of the new string, insert it into the bridge, tighten the "pad", feed the string through the nut (unless you remove the locking pad completely), feed the string into the tuner, snip of the excess, wind it up, stretch the string (repeatedly, for tuning stability), tune, lock the nut, and you're good to go. Back in the day, when I was really up to speed, I could change a complete set of strings, and intonate the sucker in about 15-20 minutes. With a good quality "Floyd" (one that stays in tune, no low-end cheap crap!) the only drawback is that you go out of tune when you break a string. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted June 19, 2003 Report Share Posted June 19, 2003 yes i reccomend floyd or kahler flatmount.or ibanez edge.floyd trems are simple.if you break a string you just replace it with the same guage and it will be fine.always use the same guage strings to increase simplicity in restringing.there are some tutorials on the main site which show you how to set up these trems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the third eye Posted June 19, 2003 Report Share Posted June 19, 2003 the ibanez edge and lo pro edge are legendary trems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Power Violence Posted June 19, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2003 Floyd Rose, I heard you had to completly disasemble it if a string breaks. Completely disassemble? Not quite. Your guitar will go out of tune, and you need to have some allen wrenches handy to replace a string. You unlock the nut, and you unlock the "pad" in the bridge itself, snip off the ball end of the new string, insert it into the bridge, tighten the "pad", feed the string through the nut (unless you remove the locking pad completely), feed the string into the tuner, snip of the excess, wind it up, stretch the string (repeatedly, for tuning stability), tune, lock the nut, and you're good to go. Back in the day, when I was really up to speed, I could change a complete set of strings, and intonate the sucker in about 15-20 minutes. With a good quality "Floyd" (one that stays in tune, no low-end cheap crap!) the only drawback is that you go out of tune when you break a string. ok cool beans thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alchool Posted June 19, 2003 Report Share Posted June 19, 2003 But now there's the new Speedloader Floyd Rose. With no need of allen wrenches. You can change a string in... mmm... they say a couple of seconds, but I think a little more time is needed. But you have to buy Speedloader strings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alchool Posted June 19, 2003 Report Share Posted June 19, 2003 Anyway, I forgot to say, Kerry King of Slayer (that as many of you know is a heavy whammy bar addict... I mean, if you see it sometimes it seems like he's going to pull that f****ng bridge out of his guitar) uses Original Floyd Rose and Kahler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted June 19, 2003 Report Share Posted June 19, 2003 Anyway, I forgot to say, Kerry King of Slayer (that as many of you know is a heavy whammy bar addict... I mean, if you see it sometimes it seems like he's going to pull that f****ng bridge out of his guitar) uses Original Floyd Rose and Kahler. i have been a fan of him since the 80s and even though his signature guitars have floyd or kahler as an option i have never seen him use a floyd.kahler is his preffered trem.but you are right he uses the sh**t out of it.(in a good way) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86barettaguy Posted June 19, 2003 Report Share Posted June 19, 2003 Actually a Floyd is only a floating trem if the body has a recessed trem route nope, a Floyd Rose style trem is a floating trem unless you block it. The recessed route is only a way of lowering the trem into the body and giving a wider range for pulling up on the trem. It really annoys me that so many people don't know the difference between "floating" and "recessed". I've come across people who know just about everything about their floyd but still think that "non-recessed" means "non-floating"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted June 19, 2003 Report Share Posted June 19, 2003 take it to the soap box pal!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlexVDL Posted June 19, 2003 Report Share Posted June 19, 2003 Yeah, go to the soap box section or I'll slap you with a fish!! Well, that's what Coen would say HAHAHA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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