Floyd Problems...

Guitarist

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I have an OFR on my Soloist and I don't know what the hell I did to my guitar, but now the bridge is a little skewed towards the treble strings enough so that it actually took a little bit of paint off of the body. I hope you guys understand this without pictures...

Anyway, I have three questions.

1) How did this happen? What are some of the things I could've done to cause this?

2) How can I fix this?

3) How can I keep this from ever happening again?

Thanks in advance..............................
 
Re: Floyd Problems...

It's funny how you can have a great set up Floyd, but if you even find the smallest imperfection and try to fix it, you can end up with a totally unplayable guitar! :blackeye:
 
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Or at least in my case, when I obviously don't know as much as I thought I knew when it comes to setting up and maintaining OFR-quipped guitars.
 
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Damn. I feared that.

OK. Let's try this again...

Imagine the rear of the bridge holding the fine tuning screws. Imagine it centered and straight with the neck. That's what I want it to look like again. Because now, mine is skewed to the treble strings (or to the left if you're looking down the fretboard from the headstock). I hope that clears things up?
 
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Re: Floyd Problems...

JB_From_Hell said:
Without pics, this is a toughy.
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Agreed, unless somehow you posts migrated.

This is one of the reasons I switched over to using wilkinson's. I'm not much much of a floyd guy anymore.
 
Re: Floyd Problems...

lol no no no, like is it angled up like a ramp? or is it tilting to one side (and btw thats technical scientificky stuff)
 
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I bet the floyd's posts are giving in the wood and the bridge is now sitting closer to the pickup on the treble string side..... is this it?
 
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If I understand you, the top of the bridge is recessed into the body cavity on the treble E string, while on the bass E string, the top of the bridge is level with the body (not recessed into the cavity). In doing so, somehow the bridge has made contact with the body and chipped the paint. Does that sound about right?

I'm stumped, bro. The only way I could see that happening were if you adjusted the bridge height screw to lower the action, and maybe slipped with the screwdriver. But you didn't mention doing any bridge-height adjustment. I can't imagine any condition under normal play where the bridge might come loose enough to "slip".
 
Re: Floyd Problems...

Guitarist said:
It is totally straight, but just not centered with the neck....
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It moved over somehow? Or was it like that when it was mounted? Most bridges are off center a little to give the treble strings more room on the neck for solos.....
 
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WhoFan said:
I bet the floyd's posts are giving in the wood and the bridge is now sitting closer to the pickup on the treble string side..... is this it?
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I find this hard to believe (in a Soloist) but I bet you're right.
 
Re: Floyd Problems...

JB_From_Hell said:
I find this hard to believe (in a Soloist) but I bet you're right.
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The only reason i brought that up is it happened to my old Kramer after doing some hard trem abuse.....
 
Re: Floyd Problems...

JammerMatt said:
If I understand you, the top of the bridge is recessed into the body cavity on the treble E string, while on the bass E string, the top of the bridge is level with the body (not recessed into the cavity). In doing so, somehow the bridge has made contact with the body and chipped the paint. Does that sound about right?

I'm stumped, bro. The only way I could see that happening were if you adjusted the bridge height screw to lower the action, and maybe slipped with the screwdriver. But you didn't mention doing any bridge-height adjustment. I can't imagine any condition under normal play where the bridge might come loose enough to "slip".
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You know what, Matt? There WAS bridge height adjustment. In fact, I've been messing around with everything that affects the setup of a Floyd Rose.

But, I don't think it's exactly how you stated. As of 30 minutes ago, prior to any of this mess, the bridge was completely level on both sides. However, I found an imperfection. I found that everytime I would hit the trem either sharp or flat, it would get STUCK. So I raise the trem, the notes stay sharp. I lower the trem, the notes stay flat.

I was determined to fix this, overestimating my knowledge on this, and started working with the spring tension. Before I knew it, I felt strong resistance on the trem, and it was obvious that the bridge peeled off some paint from the guitar body towards the vol/tone controls.
 
Re: Floyd Problems...

WhoFan said:
I bet the floyd's posts are giving in the wood and the bridge is now sitting closer to the pickup on the treble string side..... is this it?
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I think that that's it.
 
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