Wigglez Posted June 1, 2005 Report Share Posted June 1, 2005 I was originally going to use a floyd rose original tremelo but the guitar body has a monstor crack across the body right where the trem hole would, be making the body pretty weak. So I'm ordering a Tonepro tunamatic bridge instead to avoid the crack as much as possible (Even though I'm fixiing the crack anyway). Is it possible to use a floyd locking nut with the tonepro cuz my neck is all ready preped for one (Warmoth neck) Just being paranoid and making sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo2 Posted June 1, 2005 Report Share Posted June 1, 2005 (edited) Yes it will do the same thing as a regular nut except you can lock the strings into place. It should be fine but it might look a little strange, but on the bright side you'll always be in tune. Edited June 1, 2005 by duo2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank falbo Posted June 1, 2005 Report Share Posted June 1, 2005 You'll need a fine tuning tailpiece like the Schaller one. Locking the strings witht he pad throws them out of tune a little, because the pad shifts a little, or sometimes your angle is such that he locking actually pulls the note sharp because it pulls the back end of the string down a little. I wouldn't recommend it without a fine tuning tailpiece, however I would highly recommend it otherwise. A fine tuning TOM and a lock nut would be a neat combination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorOfMetal Posted June 1, 2005 Report Share Posted June 1, 2005 i wonder if maybe it'd be a good idea to have a bridge like this if you were gonna use that? http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Bridges,_tailp..._Tailpiece.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted June 1, 2005 Report Share Posted June 1, 2005 Is the new bridge a match for the radius of the fingerboard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wigglez Posted June 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2005 Is the new bridge a match for the radius of the fingerboard? ← not sure, What do you mean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allstellar Posted June 2, 2005 Report Share Posted June 2, 2005 That's an awesome way to keep in tune...... .........that bridge with a locking nut... I wish I had that setup on a few gig's I remember..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jera Woden Posted June 2, 2005 Report Share Posted June 2, 2005 off topic but still gonna say it. with this tailpiece i dont need a tune o matic right? this bridge is awsome. im wondering if i could convert my normal ibanez single term to this. and how that would be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted June 2, 2005 Report Share Posted June 2, 2005 Is the new bridge a match for the radius of the fingerboard? ← not sure, What do you mean ← Well, I don't know what radius Floyds normally are-- but I believe they've been available (at least) in 12" radius and 15" radius flavours. Most Tune-O-Matic style bridges are 12" radius. So, depending on what the neck/original bridge were, either you'll have a match or you won't. If you try using a 12" radius bridge on a 15" radius neck, you're going to run into difficulties. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perhellion Posted June 2, 2005 Report Share Posted June 2, 2005 fine tuning TOM and a lock nut -- See old Skid Row videos. This is how Dave Sabo's LP Jr. (the real Gibson one) was set up. BB King's sig Lucilles use the fine tuner tailpiece with a seperate TOM bridge, no locking nut though. Original Floyds are a 10" radius. So many companies have used original, "good" and "bad" copies, I'm sure about any radius is available. The Iron Maiden Strat has the "vintage" 7.25" radius and a Floyd, and on the other extreme, lots of "pointy" guitar were 16" (a few 17" -Heartfield (Fender) Talon). Finally, you can always use a locking nut as a non-locker -- just completely back out the allen screws and remove the little clamp pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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