my floyd problem *update*

[vinterland]

Yeah so if some of you remember my floyd rose decided to go completely out of whack when I changed the strings last week. Anyways I only trust myself enough to make a few adjustments to floyds and get the thing level with the body. I don't really know anything about how to intonate them correctly or anything. I took it to a dude I know and let him do a complete setup... truss rod/intonate/saddle height, the works basically. Man the guitar feels like its brand new again. It plays absolutely perfectly. This also gave me the realization that floyds need a lot of constant maintenance to keep them playing properly(it had been 5 months since my last setup). My adjustments that I make to it are only to fix for the time being, but it really needs a proper adjustment more often than it gets.

 

[seafoamer]

Re: my floyd problem *update*

This also gave me the realization that floyds need a lot of constant maintenance to keep them playing properly

nope. A little understanding of this simple mechanism goes a long way. I can't remember the last time I spent more than just a couple minutes adjusting a floyd.

 

[WhoFan]

Re: my floyd problem *update*

Once set up a Floyd should almost never need adjustment unless something moves or goes wrong.... I notice that most problems with new guitars with floyds are the springs in the back stretch out and the bridge starts to sit on a funny angle.... Tighten the spring screws and retune until the bridge sits where it should.... That is the pain... Tuning a floating bridge is a pain and restringing is not that much fun either... But if you like that style of set up it is worth the extra steps needed...

WhoFan

 

[Zerberus]

Re: my floyd problem *update*

...This also gave me the realization that floyds need a lot of constant maintenance to keep them playing properly(it had been 5 months since my last setup). My adjustments that I make to it are only to fix for the time being, but it really needs a proper adjustment more often than it gets.

I disagree... Once the setup is "set", a Floyd is by far the most stable system.. IF you don´t mess with the setup (no string guage/brand/type or tuning changes, no major action or relief changes ). You will at the most ever need a tweak of the springs or a slight readjustment of intonation on 1 or 2 strings (1-2 cents)...


Before we went into the studio, I hadn´t set up most of my guitars in years.... Gave the whole family fresh strings, and the intonation was only minutely off on one, that´s it, 8 guitars and one needed a minor tweak....And that guitar has a V-trem. I had done setups and restringing on 5 Floyded, 1 Wilked, 1 V-Trem and a hardtail in just under an hour, because it was all more or less just restringing :saeek:

Floyds rule, IF you know what you´re doing... I really need to get that tutorial done (it´s essentially been done for almost a year, just needs some fine tuning....)...

BTW: Tuning and restringing are a snap, IF you leave the old strings on and replace one by one, tuning to pitch and properly stretching before continuing..... If you do it right and have a bit of practice, you can lock down the nut again with a fresh set of strings after 5 minutes, fine tune, and be happily on your way to WhammyWorld :headbang:

 

[vinterland]

Re: my floyd problem *update*

Zerb that tutorial would be a nice. I'll be the first to admit that I'm a little in the dark about how to adjust a floyd 100% correctly. Theres few musicians around me so I have no one to go to about questions or teaching me how to properly set one up. Mine got so messed up though that I came out of that with the mindset that they needed alot of maintenance. You guys probably know better than me about them, so I'll take your word on not needing much maintenance once properly set. I know how to change the strings correctly, it was only this one time that a fluke happened.

 

[Zerberus]

Re: my floyd problem *update*

As soon as one of my axes breaks a string, I´ll finish it, promised