Help identify this Floyd!!

[JonnyG92]

Hey guys, I bought a Floyd Rose on eBay last week, and got it yesterday, I was going to replace the LFR on my Washburn Culprit but this one is giant! I tried fitting it in there with the old posts (just for the sake of seeing if it'd fit) and well, the arm side does not fit, the back edge comes out of the cavity. The posts are too long (almost double the size of the LFR posts) and it just plainly dwarfs the LFR.
The guy I bought it off of said it was an OFR, but I'm not too sure.
Anyways, if you're interested in it, it's FSOT. I'll post it in the proper form when I get the chance.
I did research and it looks like a Floyd Rose II, but it doesn't have the II printed on the base. Anyways, let me know what you think- any help at all is much appreciated! Thanks!

Here's the link to the auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250778952189&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

 

[Mr 9finger]

Re: Help identify this Floyd!!

Hey guys, I bought a Floyd Rose on eBay last week, and got it yesterday, I was going to replace the LFR on my Washburn Culprit but this one is giant! I tried fitting it in there with the old posts (just for the sake of seeing if it'd fit) and well, the arm side does not fit, the back edge comes out of the cavity. The posts are too long (almost double the size of the LFR posts) and it just plainly dwarfs the LFR.
The guy I bought it off of said it was an OFR, but I'm not too sure.
Anyways, if you're interested in it, it's FSOT. I'll post it in the proper form when I get the chance.
I did research and it looks like a Floyd Rose II, but it doesn't have the II printed on the base. Anyways, let me know what you think- any help at all is much appreciated! Thanks!

Here's the link to the auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250778952189&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

How does your butthole feel? I'd be walking kind of funny after that one. In short, you got screwed........pretty dam hard. That's not an original Floyd, it's a Floyd Rose II single locking trem. I'm not going into the hows and why's, but they're CRAP. I'd be contacting the seller and getting your money back because he grossly mislead you. You can almost buy a real double locking floyd for that cost and you can buy a Gotoh double locking trem that's just as good for around $125.

 

[kherman]

Re: Help identify this Floyd!!

Looks like the first generation Floyd Rose single locking trem.

The strings went through the tubes at the rear of the trem.
No trimming the ball end like on an OFR.


And were only locked at the nut.

 

[JonnyG92]

Re: Help identify this Floyd!!

Ouchh... Dang.
Well... Herman has the right pics, and I guess he's right. But is it still crap? I mean I do want to get rid of it because it's not doing me any good and a Single Locking Trem without the Nut is kind of stupid. :/ Hmm... I'll talk to eBay and see what can be done.

Okay, I just checked the ad, but it looks like it's my fault. I should've either A) Asked questions about the Bridge or B) Looked at the pictures better. He listed it plainly so I mean, I can only say I was mislead but that would be my fault. Guess I can sell it as what it is, a single locking floyd tremolo without the locking nut, and buy an actual Floyd.

 

[Jessie's ghost]

Re: Help identify this Floyd!!

Speaking of trem identification… have anyone ever seen a double-locking fulcrum trem bridge in pink? Really, wouldn't that be epic?

 

[Ayrton]

Re: Help identify this Floyd!!

Send it back...

As mentioned, that is a Floyd Rose II, and that is your out.

After that, order a new German kit from Warmoth for $170.

http://www.warmoth.com/Original-Floyd-Rosereg-Tremolo-Chrome-P117C693.aspx

 

[JonnyG92]

Re: Help identify this Floyd!!

Thanks for the help guys. Just got out of work and I contacted the seller as soon as I saw this post. I'll letcha know what happens.

 

[formula73]

Re: Help identify this Floyd!!

Yay! Somebody else who sees the virtues of the Culprit aside from as a giant bottle opener! Here's mine (I hope I'm posting the right pic with the right pickups as Photobucket is blocked...):

OFR, SS 6000s, CTS 500ks, X2N/Fred, though it's also had ToneZone/Fred and GFS Bigmouths. I need some brighter pickups for the basswod, but other than that, it's good to go. I'm thinking maybe Full Shred or DD bridge. Those are bright as hell.