Floyd Rose Bridge and Fender Strat Vibrato bridge

[Wayne27]

Why is tuning alot easier on Fender Strat Vibrato then Floyd Rose, even when both are floating. Is it the 6 screws at the fulcrum that keep it more stable, even when floating?

 

[Chistopher]

The point where the strings connect on a Floyd is further back from the pivot point than on a Strat

 

[dotsdad]

Probably because your 6-screw start tremolo is decked instead of floating, like Floyds usually are. If the

 

[Chistopher]

Probably because your 6-screw start tremolo is decked instead of floating, like Floyds usually are. If the

Sniper got him before he could finish typing

 

[ehdwuld]

Sniper got him before he could finish typing

Too soon man, too soon

 

[RanchManSandy]

??? Y'all miss where they typed "even when both are floating"? And then again "even when floating"??
I reckon @Christopher is correct, along with perhaps the strings going through the block on a fender-style trem, unlike a floyd

Floyds just seem to need less tension on the springs too, ime, so they can be just a little fiddlier until you lock it down

 

[ehdwuld]

I have one floyd style trem here at the house
It is an Ibanez Edge III

The high E is broken between the tuner and the locking nut, teenagers, am I right?

Right now it is in tune

It has had the same strings on it for almost a decade now

I rarely play it because it's so heavy
Beautiful guitar

 

[Bill Dennis]

Why is tuning alot easier on Fender Strat Vibrato then Floyd Rose, even when both are floating. Is it the 6 screws at the fulcrum that keep it more stable, even when floating?

Stability tends to be a function of the springs. I had issues with a lock trem. Going from 3 springs to 4 made an immense different in the stability.

 

[ehdwuld]

Stability tends to be a function of the springs. I had issues with a lock trem. Going from 3 springs to 4 made an immense different in the stability.

Are we just ignoring the locking nut

The fine tuners on the FR bridge makes it easy to returned after it's all stretched out

If thw trem is floating a d balanced properly

It is incredibly stable

If your isn't, you have it set up wrong.

 

[Bill Dennis]

Are we just ignoring the locking nut

The fine tuners on the FR bridge makes it easy to returned after it's all stretched out

If thw trem is floating a d balanced properly

It is incredibly stable

If your isn't, you have it set up wrong.

40 years in and I don't know how it works... Yeah, that must be it... SMH...

 

[Wayne27]

Probably because your 6-screw start tremolo is decked instead of floating, like Floyds usually are. If the

So even when the bridge is not resting against the body, you still have to loosen the 6 screws at fulcrum?

 

[ehdwuld]

So even when the bridge is not resting against the body, you still have to loosen the 6 screws at fulcrum?

Those pivot screws at the base of the bridge aren't supposed to be tight

Pull one out

It has a shoulder just under the head

Only the threads should engage in the wood
Deep enough so that the metal of the bridge doesn't ride on the threads

The under side of the lip on the bridge
The part where the screws pass through
Has an angle built in for it to rock back and forth on

When someone says to "deck" the bridge
They are referring to the screws in the spring claw on back

Just incase anyone misunderstood this like I did for years