Floyd Rose GAS

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Sorry dude,

I haven't had any experience with this guitar, but I'm sure its a fine guitar.

Everytime I see it tho, I think to myself, "why not just get a strat?"
 
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doesn't even mention the wood the body is made of. you can bet it's plywood, or particle board or something like that. that, plus the fact that it's ugly as sin make it a no-go for me.
 
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I was thinking about picking a used one of these up just so I could mess around and learn to use a floyd, but when I played one on a shop it just had a god awful sound. Maybe it was because it was used but after playing it I no longer wanted one.
 
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Well...

It's a $150 guitar. Figure you pay a little more than that for a Floyd Rose Speedloader trem on it's own, and when you factor in the neck, body, and other hardware and components it appears that they actually pay YOU to take it off their hands.

I'm sure it's very nice.
 
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They're basswood. If you want to know, go to the manufacturer's web site and do a little research. Don't assume it's not solid right away.

The Discovery Series is actually pretty darn cool. I tried one out that had a fixed Speedloader bridge on it. Very comfortable to hold. The neck was nice and smooth. I never would've guessed it was at the price they go for.

The only downfall right now is that not many make the Speedloader strings so they are still pretty expensive compared to traditional strings.
 
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for $150 it seems like a steal.... i can't figure out how much shipping is to Canada if i wanted to try one.... it's free in the USA..
 
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sosomething said:
Well...

It's a $150 guitar. Figure you pay a little more than that for a Floyd Rose Speedloader trem on it's own, and when you factor in the neck, body, and other hardware and components it appears that they actually pay YOU to take it off their hands.

I'm sure it's very nice.
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They were selling for $349 a while back.

The hardware and components are not what you think. The $199 Floyd Rose Speedloader found on their USA made guitars, and which you can buy from Floyd Rose, is made by Schaller in Germany. The Speedloaders found on import Floyd Rose guitars are made by Ping in China.

The guitars are made in China, possibly indonesia. They feel like cheap OLP guitars.

For $149, however, I'd say it's a steal. You can change the pickups. And I read that though the trems are made in China, Floyd Rose oversees the strict tolerances and materials so that the new speedloader trems don't get the bad reputation that inferior licensed floyd rose trems have.
 
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That's crazy... as a dealer I can't buy it that cheap...
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Yeah, its not that uncommon.
When I got my washburn, I went to the local dealer as I wanted to get it there. When I showed them the price I was getting from music123 they about crapped their pants.
 
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YES, mega downside. Esp since the selection of guages is very limited (i think 8-11 or so). When speedloader strings become available in something other than florist´s wire guages, I´ll consider looking at one ;)
 
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floydrose.com are selling those strings and i think they are always on stock. they cost twice as much as regular set of strings and you have to add five dollars for shipping and handling.

so if ur interested in buying a set of FR-SL strings, you pay 15bucks. that comes with shipping and everthing. so if you wanna save money and wanted to make the most out of the shipping fee, buy in bulk.

they also sell single strings for around 5usd each. that comes with the shipping and everthing.

also another good thing in buying string at the FR's website, they have lots of string gauges to choose from. from .08 guage to .13. they also sell custom strings set.

if your looking for speedloader strings, check out the floyd rose.

http://www.floydrose.com/order.htm


i believe if u bought the MIC FR-SL guitars (150 usd), you have to purchase 25 1/2 inch sets. not the 24 3/4.

by the way, FR does not manufacture those custom strings. the strings are made by dean markley and are manufactured in the USA. i guess FR and dean markley colaborated for the speedloader series.

i hope, floyd rose and dean markley wouldn't stop manufacturing these custom strings
 
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for those interested with the speedloader or for those who are GASsing on the FR-SL, open this site:

http://www.floydrose.com/pdf/Speedloader_Instructions_0104.pdf

as soon as i read this, i fell in love with the speedloader. i like the article about the string pre-stretching.. the reason why guitars get out of tune is because of the string slack that accumulates on the bridge ends and also to the nut and with the coresponding tuning keys. the FR-SL is the answer for tuning problems. plug and play baby! i would definitely agree that the speed loader is the best FR tremolo bridge ever. wow it even has a tremolo lock. did i mention that you can change string in a jiffy

i gassed for this for a lng time, and finnaly bought it when it was on closeout sale. i have the black FR discovery dst-3 which i just bought at MF for 150usd!!! wth!! 150!!! i even saw they sold 2 different models for 99 as stupid deal of the day. dang, that is really stupid. from 500usd to 150usd.. i wonder why they did this, maybe there was an overstock or something.

i really dont care about the looks. to me its cheesy. if i would go for looks, i'll go for vintage looking guitars and classic ones. but im happy and still thrilled floyd rose based thier design on fender strats. i have the classic pickguard. im not a fan of the fly pickguard.

the hollow head is eye-catching but not a classic. its is aesthetically wierd but if you just want to play and mess that tremolo like hell and still be in tune, i guess you'll really dig the floyd rose's newest inovation.

i hope floyd rose made these speedloaders a long time ago.... if that happened, string for this axe wouldn't be sold as customs anymore..

but still.. thank you floyd rose!! darn i wish i could work as an engineer for thier labrotory and design. that's my new dream job. wth lol
 
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based on the previous link on the pdf file. on page 6:

it was stated on the 1st paragraph, "...the Speedloader Tremolo will retrofit an Original Floyd Rose quite easily."

im not sure with the nut but i saw from a picture that the nut also contains the two holes similar to any FR nut minus the string lock. you don't need those on the SL's. plug and play!

this picture could help:

http://www.floydrose.com/speedloaderparts.html

or a detailed set

http://www.floydrose.com/pdf/FR Master Trem List 2.pdf

you can also look at the FR's website. they have the dimensions of each FR bridges from the FR-SL to the FR original to the FR-pro. they are just basically dimensions for routing plates. those are helpful if you want to build guitars from scratch. they are also helpful if you are curious about the detailed dimension of each FR bridges and other component

i purchased my discovery dst-3 for 150 usd. i searched for a Speedloader set and how much they cost. i think they were sold for 250 usd... my guitar is cheaper than that. but i guess the speed loader on my dst-3 was also made made in china. the speedloader sets that you can purchase of the market should be of better quality. but i'm still satisfied with my china made speed loaders.

by the way, i already saw some guy at youtube or some video website using the speedloader system for his ibanez. it appears that his ibanez still had the tuning keys at the head, but they were just there and are redundant with speedloader system.

ive heard from different reviews that the FR-SL is the best tremolo bridge ever when it comes to staying at tune. the quick string change is another plus (if you read the manual carefully posted online or are used to FR systems).

but a lot complain about the limited strings set issue that are custom bulit for the FR-SL.

but im still glad that FR colaborated with Dean Markley becasue Dean Markley makes good strings.

anyway let us know Mattt if your done with ur SL experiment. let us know if you also liked the FR-SL bridge system.
 
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nop i dont work there, but i hope i did, even just for one of thier projects. i really like the concepts and innovations floyd rose and his engineers came up for the guitar world..

anyway, that's sad.. but you could purchase a neck exactly for the floyd rose for you guitar proj if you want to:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Floyd-Rose-SPEE...ryZ41423QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

that right there is a flat 12" radius

but if you really want a flatter 16" you can try contacting FR, or email them at least for help.
 
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Mattt said:
My guitar project has a 16" radius neck because that's what i like... so there's no way i'm changing it, nor would i want to shell out for a whole new neck just to use that trem.

I would contact floyd, but i doubt they'd custom make me a 16" radius trem and nut.
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i see, well good luck on your new guitar bro =)
 
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