Do you like your Floyd Rose floating or not floating?
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GilmourD
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BeatTheBastard
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I have it slightly floating, my Jackson has the recessed rout. Trem sits almost parallel to the body but due to route I´m able to pull it up a bit. It won´t pull the note up more than almost a 1/2, but it gives me the possibility for vibrato which is not just the lowering the pitch of the note.
In my Squier I earlier had the trem blocked, but now it´s floating. I´m not a heavy abuser of the Strat bar so it gets gently use, like SRV in songs such as Lenny and Riviera Paradise.
I have it slightly floating, my Jackson has the recessed rout. Trem sits almost parallel to the body but due to route I´m able to pull it up a bit. It won´t pull the note up more than almost a 1/2, but it gives me the possibility for vibrato which is not just the lowering the pitch of the note.
In my Squier I earlier had the trem blocked, but now it´s floating. I´m not a heavy abuser of the Strat bar so it gets gently use, like SRV in songs such as Lenny and Riviera Paradise.
Archer250
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And yeah, I *think* he called it the "lion's claw" or whatever. He did recess his floyds before he got 'em Jems, though, or so I've heard.
And yeah, I *think* he called it the "lion's claw" or whatever. He did recess his floyds before he got 'em Jems, though, or so I've heard.
GilmourD
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Yeah, the Green Meanie was recessed at some point (not originally, though).
Archer250
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Wasn't he also one of the first people, if not the first person, to us a 5-way HSH combination?
Yeah, the Green Meanie was recessed at some point (not originally, though).
Wasn't he also one of the first people, if not the first person, to us a 5-way HSH combination?
GilmourD
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If I weren't at work I'd go perusing old Jackson, Charvel, etc., catalogs to see if I find anything.
I wanna say there was an Ibanez Roadstar with that setup before that, although their catalogs seem to be disagreeing with me there. Looks like they did have a bunch of HSS setups until Vai brought the RG/JEM body shape to them.
If I weren't at work I'd go perusing old Jackson, Charvel, etc., catalogs to see if I find anything.
Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
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HSH is one old invention....
HSH is one old invention....
GilmourD
Burritotoneologist
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I know David Gilmour had SHS on the Black Strat at one point.
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Little Pigbacon
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I really like aspects of both floating and non-floating Floyds. Recessed, non-recessed, decked, floating... it's one of the reasons freaks like me have so many guitars.
I really like aspects of both floating and non-floating Floyds. Recessed, non-recessed, decked, floating... it's one of the reasons freaks like me have so many guitars.
Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
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Hiram Bullock had an old 60's strat that he bought in the 70's.
It had the HSH installed when he bought it, two old Gibson buckers and the org single in the middle.
Eddie VH also had a Fender with a bucker in it, but that was a HSS....so the HSH is probally a 70's thing....
I seem to recall Alex Lifeson having one as well...before the BL equipped one, it was also HSH....and that was in the 70's as well.
Hiram Bullock had an old 60's strat that he bought in the 70's.
It had the HSH installed when he bought it, two old Gibson buckers and the org single in the middle.
Eddie VH also had a Fender with a bucker in it, but that was a HSS....so the HSH is probally a 70's thing....
I seem to recall Alex Lifeson having one as well...before the BL equipped one, it was also HSH....and that was in the 70's as well.
PFDarkside
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Were any fusion guys doing HSH in the 70's?
Were any fusion guys doing HSH in the 70's?
GuitarStv
Sock Market Trader
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'tis easier to block than to route.
'tis easier to block than to route.
GilmourD
Burritotoneologist
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Yeah, but with the sheer amount of different models packing Floyds, couldn't a few more of them come non-recessed?
kramersteen
PowerMetalRaph
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I want mine to ;levitate. Zero gravity floyd rose that floats in some sort a mystical magnetic field.
I want mine to ;levitate. Zero gravity floyd rose that floats in some sort a mystical magnetic field.
GilmourD
Burritotoneologist
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Like the Zero Room on the TARDIS?
kramersteen
PowerMetalRaph
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You're a tardis!
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But yes exactly like that guy in the picture. Imagine him pivoting up and down from his fixed head.
Like the Zero Room on the TARDIS?
You're a tardis!
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But yes exactly like that guy in the picture. Imagine him pivoting up and down from his fixed head.
stephen 37772012
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Re: Do you like your Floyd Rose floating or not floating?
Ive got a strat hm with the recessed bridge and a kramer with a floating bridge, and I like the floating bridge if your doing alot of dives and pulls. I guess it depends on what you like personally.
Ive got a strat hm with the recessed bridge and a kramer with a floating bridge, and I like the floating bridge if your doing alot of dives and pulls. I guess it depends on what you like personally.
