SguitarM527 Posted March 7, 2004 Report Share Posted March 7, 2004 i wanna buy a floyd rose trem with a drop d mechanism... what website should i go to to get this.... note: stew mac and warmoth dont really work.... guitarparts depot is ok, but not great, and allparts.com only sells to stores anyother parts websites that would sell floyd rose trems? with drop d mechs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbkim Posted March 7, 2004 Report Share Posted March 7, 2004 What about Brian? http://www.universaljems.com/ Does krazyderek sell the D-tuna? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted March 7, 2004 Report Share Posted March 7, 2004 Yes i was looking at getting those in soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 I have only seen chrome ones. Can you get them in gold? If so, sign me up. Definately let us know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLS Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 Im just curious but can you get 6 of those and just rout out extra space to accomadate them then use them to change your tuning from EADGBE to DGCFAD?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SguitarM527 Posted March 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 hmm thatd be interesting... unfortunately i dont know enough to come up with an answer, but if anyone does know tell me cause thatd be cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 well, the d-tuna was deisnged to go from e-d on the biggest string, i not sure that a) it would adjust to the correct pitch on the smaller strings, and B ) that there would be enough space between lock screws to fit 6 d-tuna's side by side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SguitarM527 Posted March 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 yea... itd be an interesting experament though if anyone wants to spend the money and try lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 yea... itd be an interesting experament though if anyone wants to spend the money and try lol not really because detuning all of the strings at once would result in an imperfect detune...it wouldn't be d,it would be more like e flat or somewhere thereabouts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughthammer Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 am i wrong when i say that you've got to block your trem if you want to use the d-tuna? cause when your bridge is floating and you cange the tuning of one string, the whole guitar will get out of tune. and if the trem is not floating, it would not be the prob to detune all strings, right? corect me if i'm wrong, its 2:00h am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SguitarM527 Posted March 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 no ure right i think, but thats why were talking about floyd roses, the locking trems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 regardless that it locks, altering the tension of every string would surely result in a change in the floating position of the bridge, i would imagine that this would also have an effect on the tuning... now that i've thought a bit more about it, using the same guage strings to go from standard down one whole step would make the lower tuning a little to lose, or "slappy" i would prefer having a guitar with a heavier guage for the lower tuning and a regular set of strings for standard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevan Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 ...or you could just add a Tremol-No... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezerboy Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 KERCHING! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 And the EVH D-TUNA is only available in Chrome from my supplier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted March 12, 2004 Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 cleaned up the trash posting...karnivore...this forum is about building guitars,not proclaiming how great you supposedly play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted March 12, 2004 Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 And the EVH D-TUNA is only available in Chrome from my supplier i just wanted to double check, only chrome, any other colour and you'll have to get someone like DaveK to paint it for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWishICouldShred Posted March 12, 2004 Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 Theoretically, since the tension isnt changing, shouldn't the 6 d-tuna's work? It's lengthening the scale length, keeping the tension the same while still changing the pitch, because the same amount of tension over a longer scale is what changes the note, right? So wouldn't that mean it wouldn't affect the position of the bridge, so that the detuning would work? The only really hard mod you would need to do would be making and attaching different length detuning mechanisms for each string. I think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_urr_A Posted March 12, 2004 Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 Yeah, how do these things work? They can't change the string's mass or anything, so that can't be it. Changing the free length of the string, while keeping the tension the same, would result in bad intonation. Changing the tension would (on floating bridges) result in an out of tune guitar. So what does it do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickleweaseler Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 It lowers the tension. According to the Van Halen Store you have to "stabilize" the tremolo first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 It's lengthening the scale length, keeping the tension the same while still changing the pitch, because the same amount of tension over a longer scale is what changes the note, right? unfortunetly no, you have that backwards, scale stays the same but you're changing the tension on the string think about it, have you ever had to move the nut, the frets or the bridge when tuning down to drop D on a hardtail guitar? of course, not, you're just releasing some of the tension on the string to lower the pitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevan Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 ...or you could just lock your Tremol-No, and use your trems fine tuner to drop you to D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLS Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 Are they for sale yet?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivin Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 No - he is just teasing the bastard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 Are they for sale yet?? hopefully by the end of this week coming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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