rocksolid Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 Hi i'm not sure where to post this but i thought some of you might find this useful DJS Guitarshttp://www.djsguitars.com/catalog/ sells floyd rose (and other bridges) for REALLY CHEAP so if anyone knows anything about them or their quality pleast post btw if its 100% satisfactory guarantee they have to be decent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 those are liscensed trems,not the original.plus they are diecast,not hardened steel. in other words,no thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiggz Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 hmmm, lookin at that site, they recon they are die cast, hmm i dunno wat to think of stuff like that, cos i dont have much experience with floyds, but usually you pay for what you get. but hey if ur lookin for somthin you can beat the living bejeebus through then go for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivin Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 Are there any licensed copies besides the Schaller that aren't die cast? - Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 well,what you need are either hardened knife edges or a hardened base plate.die cast edges wear down VERY quickly. all of the good copies do it one way or the other. ibanez has another inovation though...the zero resistance trem...which i think is the best thing i have seen in a while http://www.ibanezrules.com/new/s1625fbnt.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiggz Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 wow....... im...... amazed, instead of an edge up against the posts they just hinged it, well i know wat i mean, u lot may not, but i recon awesome, my next question is where do i obtain one of these beasts without starving for a month? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivin Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 well,what you need are either hardened knife edges or a hardened base plate.die cast edges wear down VERY quickly. all of the good copies do it one way or the other. ← Sorry to insist... but you wouldn't happen to know any of these "good copies" would you? (aside from the schaller one) Thanks, - Dan PS: I had seen those ZR Ibanez tremolo's one the S series guitars at my local shop and I was pretty impressed... but I just assumed there were only available on Ibanez guitars? I remember a thread about them a while back Where's the Beef, so try a search.. might come up with something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 wow....... im...... amazed, instead of an edge up against the posts they just hinged it, well i know wat i mean, u lot may not, but i recon awesome, my next question is where do i obtain one of these beasts without starving for a month? ← i don't know if they are available for individual sale.if they are...vwall is a liscensed ibanez parts dealer,so i would start with him...otherwise,buy a cheap s series ibanez and gut it is about all i know to do. from what i understand though the rout for it is completely different... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigtommyb Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 i got my ZR trem from ebay... well got the whole S series body for £100 including pickups and trem just only thing missing was the neck! so was a good buy. BigT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Churchyard Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 btw if its 100% satisfactory guarantee they have to be decent ← Well everything in that catalog is noname, so don't know... I would suggest to look up on ebay for floyds, sometimes there are real bargains... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axemannate Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 You can get the ZR trems off www.ibanezrules.com but expect to pay quite a bit. What I would do is get the part # and go to guitar center and haggle em down. I recently got a BRAND NEW gold lo pro kit for $150 that they had to special order for me. Just tell em that the music store down the street said they would give it to you for $160. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocksolid Posted April 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 on the djs site they don't say whether or not the lo pro trems are die cast or machined, they are slightly more expensive, i'll email the company to ask them about it, if they are machined i can't see how they arent worth $70 or so-granted they can't be as good as the schallers but maybe somewhat comparable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhoads56 Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 Those bridges are crap. Dont buy them. There is a reason they are less than half the cost of a genuine floyd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGGR Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 +1. Try to invest in decent quality trem. Your guitar will love you for it. Options open are: * Get new Ibanez Lo Pro Edge, Original FR, Schaller trem from dealer. * Find secondhand Ibanez Edge or Lo Pro Edge on evil*bay. I have seen cheap trems where I could rub off the chrome with my finger. When it walk, talk and flies like a duck......it's simply not always a duck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 or spend a while and some money trying to get a kahler 2300 pro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TenderSurrender Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 Hmm licensed... Nooooo get a real un'! There much better... me and my friend sitting next to me both agree that a licensed floyd will only cause more problems then its worth Save your money up and get a real floyd ** or ** get a nice Khaler... ~~ Slain Angel ~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocksolid Posted April 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 thanks for the tips guys, now i know better then to buy a floyd rose like that, but now my new question is, where do you guys buy your floyd rose trems other then ebay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivin Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 GuitarPartsDepot seem to have pretty good prices on original floyd rose trems... http://www.guitarpartsdepot.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 Well, great wish i would have known that. I bought one of those bridges fro djs guitars. Oh well, guess ill try it, my guitar is already routed to fit that one. I dont really care if the chrome rubs off of it, as long as it works i am fine. However i do have a queation, does anyone know where i can pick up emg pickups in which. I want a 60 and 81 in white. I saw guitar parts depot had them but they were all in black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 guitarpartsdepot can order them any way you want them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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