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  • #31
    Re: Which one to choose and why?

    Originally posted by Satanhead View Post
    I looked at that one, but I'm not quite sure how the tremolo would hold tuning stability during extreme dive bombing, since the guitar has no locking nut.
    Graph tech nut and locking tuners. You don’t need a locking nut with that. Just set it up and play.

    That one looks like an awesome model. Comes stock with a Screamin’ Demon and A2P with a series/parallel switch (never seem that stock before), EVH pots and no load tone control. It’s giving me GAS.

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    • #32
      Re: Which one to choose and why?

      Originally posted by beaubrummels View Post
      Graph tech nut and locking tuners. You don’t need a locking nut with that. Just set it up and play.

      That one looks like an awesome model. Comes stock with a Screamin’ Demon and A2P with a series/parallel switch (never seem that stock before), EVH pots and no load tone control. It’s giving me GAS.
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      • #33
        Re: Which one to choose and why?

        Originally posted by The JEM Ghost View Post
        ...a decent Ibanez S would get you a long way too, but you'll need the later versions, they used to be 22 frets up to a certain year.
        If Ibanez would have offered this thing with floating tremolo this post would not exist, since I would have bought it as soon as it was released, I guess.https://www.ibanez.com/na/products/d...1al_1p_01.html


        Originally posted by The JEM Ghost View Post
        ...Jackson Dinky (or Charvel) or Soloist is another option. Depends if you like set-neck or bolt on in the Jackson case.
        No preference really, as long as the cosntruction is solid. I've seen great examples of both methods of construction.


        I've read great comments about those. Could be an option, but for some reason it looks too good to be true... I meand at this price point.

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        • #34
          Re: Which one to choose and why?

          Originally posted by beaubrummels View Post
          Graph tech nut and locking tuners. You don’t need a locking nut with that. Just set it up and play.
          Mmm ok that changes things a little bit. That guitar is very sleek, indeed.

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          • #35
            Which one to choose and why?

            Idk...although graphtech nuts are excellent (I have them in 2 guitars) I can’t imagine Floyd rose usage AND it staying in tune. The guitars I have them in are not trem equips and I still need to tune them very regularly.

            Unless of course the bridge in that pic is a hard tail...I can’t see it very well on my phone. If it is hardtail then the GTech is a big step up.
            Last edited by Gtrjunior; 05-26-2020, 08:41 AM.

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            • #36
              Re: Which one to choose and why?

              A shredtastic Guitar that travels well? Boom!



              Oh no.....


              Oh Yeah!

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              • #37
                Re: Which one to choose and why?

                Originally posted by Gtrjunior View Post
                Idk...although graphtech nuts are excellent (I have them in 2 guitars) I can’t imagine Floyd rose usage AND it staying in tune. The guitars I have them in are not trem equips and I still need to tune them very regularly.

                Unless of course the bridge in that pic is a hard tail...I can’t see it very well on my phone. If it is hardtail then the GTech is a big step up.
                It’s the locking tuners and how you thread/wrap them that do most of the work.

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                • #38
                  Re: Which one to choose and why?

                  Originally posted by beaubrummels View Post
                  It’s the locking tuners and how you thread/wrap them that do most of the work.
                  How do you do it?
                  With locking tuners I’ve always just pulled the string through and clamped. I thought that was the big benefit to locking vs standard tuners....no?

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                  • #39
                    Re: Which one to choose and why?

                    Originally posted by Gtrjunior View Post
                    How do you do it?
                    With locking tuners I’ve always just pulled the string through and clamped. I thought that was the big benefit to locking vs standard tuners....no?
                    Yes, no wraps around the post. I even have them on a Brian May guitar, which has a basic Strat bridge, and I’ve done VH dive bombs and pulled it sharp (the bridge floats a bit) and it returned to zero perfectly across all strings. The strings do make a difference also. For example, coated and steel strings stay in tune better than nickel strings IME

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                    • #40
                      Re: Which one to choose and why?

                      Originally posted by beaubrummels View Post
                      Yes, no wraps around the post. I even have them on a Brian May guitar, which has a basic Strat bridge, and I’ve done VH dive bombs and pulled it sharp (the bridge floats a bit) and it returned to zero perfectly across all strings. The strings do make a difference also. For example, coated and steel strings stay in tune better than nickel strings IME
                      Do you find you need to widen the nut slots a bit to allow for string travel (so they don’t bind in the nut)?

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                      • #41
                        Re: Which one to choose and why?

                        For me that'd be a toss up between the Ibanez and the Jackson, and the main difference I would say between them is the Jackson's 12-16" Compound radius vs. the Ibanez straight 17" radius. I think the compound radius works a little better for me in general, plus I'm infatuated with japanese jackson build quality, so I'm gonna vote for the Jackson

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                        • #42
                          Re: Which one to choose and why?

                          Originally posted by Gtrjunior View Post
                          Do you find you need to widen the nut slots a bit to allow for string travel (so they don’t bind in the nut)?
                          I haven’t had to mess with nuts except on Gibsons and Fenders, which don’t have locking tuners or Floyd vibratos. YMMV

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                          • #43
                            I finally bought the guitar; here it is. ESP Horizon FR-27:

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