No - not talking about the weird Speedloader line from back in the day; talking about an Indian Jackson Soloist I managed to finally "figure out." This was always the worst sounding guitar I owned, and I blamed/excused that on a number of things over time: the pickups, the strings, the zinc Floyd Special, the wood, the construction, the finish... The fact that it's a Floyded SuperStrat alone. I jacked up the action, tweaked every other setting... Whatever I did, harmonics just did not sound out like my other guitars (even the cheapest POS guitars I own,) the treble strings sounded neutered, bass strings sounded like mush and it was just a quiet, quiet guitar, especially unplugged.
I think I found the key adjustment: The Floyd balance was just on this side of being dumped, so the overall bridge tilted forward. It was subtle so I always put up with it. More than that though... I realized most of the fine tuners were set quite far out. This resulted in the saddle pitch being even steeper.
My suspicion was that the witness point of the string and saddle must be too vague as a result of less break angle overall. So I tightened the fine tuners to level out the saddles, tightened the claw to get the plate parallel to the body, retuned everything... Didn't change anything else. A+ improvement. The guitar is quite a bit more musical now, more on par with my other guitars as far as unplugged volume, and harmonic richness. The guitar looks cool enough I was never going to sell it, so glad I can actually get more enjoyment & use out of it now.
Wondering if this is common knowledge, or if anyone else experienced crap Floyd sound due to the leveling?
I think I found the key adjustment: The Floyd balance was just on this side of being dumped, so the overall bridge tilted forward. It was subtle so I always put up with it. More than that though... I realized most of the fine tuners were set quite far out. This resulted in the saddle pitch being even steeper.
My suspicion was that the witness point of the string and saddle must be too vague as a result of less break angle overall. So I tightened the fine tuners to level out the saddles, tightened the claw to get the plate parallel to the body, retuned everything... Didn't change anything else. A+ improvement. The guitar is quite a bit more musical now, more on par with my other guitars as far as unplugged volume, and harmonic richness. The guitar looks cool enough I was never going to sell it, so glad I can actually get more enjoyment & use out of it now.
Wondering if this is common knowledge, or if anyone else experienced crap Floyd sound due to the leveling?
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