"Real" Floyd Rose; Worth it?

[lex666]

Re: "Real" Floyd Rose; Worth it?

I find that string tuning is more a function of environment that anything else. My licensed stays in tune just fine, and I like it fine also. If you're axe is exposed to constantly changing temperature and humidity it cannot help but go out of tune all the time. Your trems probably don't do much for compensating for your guitar expanding and contracting due to temp and humidity. When you break it down to basics, your guitar is founded on the phsycial principles of compression and tension, and material behavior of wood and steel. Mother Nature will have her way with each in their own time.

Keep your axe in a well-controlled environment, and you might be alright. If that doesn't work, try the new trem.

Just my opinion.

This is true. I've experienced this myself. My guitar with an OFR always goes out of tune when the temp drops which is just about every nite. I have 1 guitar with a FR licensed trem and that stays in tune better than my other guitar with an OFR. Even my strats stay in tune better... I think keeping it in tune depends more on your evironment and set up. without the proper set up, you'll have nothing but problems...

 

[B2D]

Re: "Real" Floyd Rose; Worth it?

I find that string tuning is more a function of environment that anything else. My licensed stays in tune just fine, and I like it fine also. If you're axe is exposed to constantly changing temperature and humidity it cannot help but go out of tune all the time. Your trems probably don't do much for compensating for your guitar expanding and contracting due to temp and humidity. When you break it down to basics, your guitar is founded on the phsycial principles of compression and tension, and material behavior of wood and steel. Mother Nature will have her way with each in their own time.

Keep your axe in a well-controlled environment, and you might be alright. If that doesn't work, try the new trem.

Just my opinion.

I respectfully but highly disagree.

I live one mile from a beach in Southern CA and the humidity CONSTANLY changes year round. Rain really wreaks havoc on stuff...

I had an Ibanez with a Lo-TRS II and the constant humidity changes coupled up with the bad tuning stability actually warped the neck permanently. I kept this guitar in a case in a dry room whenever it was not being played.

My Strats with an OFR, by constrast, stays out of its case for days at a time throughout the year and has never ONCE had a problem.

 

[Ironjose]

Re: "Real" Floyd Rose; Worth it?

i guess that the axe material also has and influence on the tuning stability...
like i said before i have two axe aswell, a peavey and an ibanez, they both have the stock floyds and the both guitars are leave outside their cases... sometimes one axe is leave in the living room which by the way is like outside and it stays in tune, so it depends... my peavey is a tracer from 89 and the ibanez is a GRG 370fmtl
cheers

 

[WhoFan]

Re: "Real" Floyd Rose; Worth it?

It's about as stable as Charles Manson... if I breath on it, look at it, or picture it in my mind my guitar goes out of tune...

Hi. I am a huge fan of the Original Floyd as it is made solid!!!!! They are so much stronger then the rest and that really counts. They are the best Floyd and if you want the best you have to pay for it.

Being the owner of some Jacksons and Charvels i have changed the Floyds on a few and the Originals do not fit all Jacksons. On one of my 1994 Dinky Performer series strats i changed the bridge to a Floyd Original and they had to re-do the frets as the Original is meant for a 10-12inch Radius and the Jackson Floyds are meant for a 16inch and flatter radius.. Plus the real Floyd nut needs to be cut deaper into the neck as well. But the real trouble was the posts, as the Original's posts are meant to be placed farther back then the Jacksons Floyd Trem so my original almost does not intonate because the low E string and G saddles do not go back as far as it should.... It just plays in tune fine but the saddle can not go back even a hair anymore. It's still one of my favourite guitars even if it is kind of messed up.

After learning that placing an Original Floyd on my Jackson was a real head ache and it didn't work out 100% the way i wanted it to i found another Dinky just like my first one and the same year even. I bought it used as back up. The major cause of tuning issues with the cheaper Floyd bridges is the pivot posts!!! They are not machined or threaded very well and i have owned, and seen many at music stores that rock in the wind....... You dive down once and the tuning is out because of the post. So on my 2nd Dinky i changed the posts to a better thread and machined parts from StewMac. Their Floyd replacement posts are hardened metal and are the quality part to keep the cheap Floyd in tune and i've been very happy with it every since. Now that i have that Jackson staying in tune that is what i wished i had done to my first one instead of wrecking it.

My take on the Floyd in General is if you want the best buy it but make sure well before hand it will work on your guitar. So the Floyd Original is what i want too but i will buy a body and neck from Warmoth cut and designed for a Floyd Original instead of trying to get one to fit one of the guitars i own now..... It'll be expensive but it will work and be solid!!!!

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