Will this hold up / New Problem with Floyd

[Securb]

Just put on another string you cheap bastard and move on.

[beaubrummels]

I'd just play it a while, then replace it. Unless I had a gig, the see Securb's advice.

[Aceman]

Just put on another string you cheap bastard and move on.

This more than anything...

I'm just gonna loosen the string from behind the locking nut.

[GuitarStv]

Live dangerously . . . cut the other five strings above the nut.

[Aceman]

By the way - done. There was no explosion, no mega thwap whack zinggg or any other Batman sound effects.

Twisted the nut a touch, 'clink' string went slack, pulled it out.

I'm really enjoying playing this guitar, so, replacing a 9 with a ten.

[Mincer]

I'm really enjoying playing this guitar, so, replacing a 9 with a ten.

Did you have to re-set the Floyd so it balances with the bigger string?

[AdrianSD]

On a side note . . . when the time comes to change that string, you may want to wear safety glasses, and stand back. When you loosen that locking nut, that string is going to snap out of there like a psychotic hypodermic needle.

Before changing that string I'd just drop the Floyd and either cut it, or undo the saddle bolt, shouldn't snap like that.

[eclecticsynergy]

Yah, I've had that happen once or twice over the years. Sometimes clamping the strings weakens 'em a bit.
Sometimes a tuner button got bumped - doesn't take much movement to overstress such a short length of string.
As mentioned, the locking pads don't need to be cranked down too tight.

When I got my first Floyd, they didn't have fine tuners yet. You just tuned normally, then locked down the nut.
If you tightened the nut pads too much it'd compress the strings and they'd go flat.

[ICTGoober]

Did you have to re-set the Floyd so it balances with the bigger string?

Probably. Definitely if it was heavier than a 9.

[Aceman]

Did you have to re-set the Floyd so it balances with the bigger string?

Didn't get that far. went to work on my King V, and then Kung Fu.

[ehdwuld]

My nephew always tries to re tune my guitars when he comes over
and broke the high e on my floyded ibanez
Broke it at the tuner

Guitar Has been in tune each time i have taken down from the wall for the last five years
even with the e flopping at the tuner