What i accidentally did and ended up softening a really stiff floyd rose, on my carvin dc135 1988/9. The main aim was to correct a minor radius/string action incompatibility between high-E, B and G, B seemed to have lower action than high E, although the saddles were in correct order and forming a decent 12" radius. What i did was to try to move the plate slightly so that the angle is towards the body end side instead of the neck side. I did that by screwing the claw screws some 3-4 mm forward. (YMMV). A new tuning process was due. This resulted so that the "gravity/force center" of the whole system moved a little from its previous "parallel to the body" position and moved slightly towards the tremolo springs side. This created the said angle so that the trem plate has longer distance from the body at the saddles and shorter at the fine tuners. The guitar needed bridge height adjustment right after.
I forgot to mention this guitar has 10s strings.
The result is a fantastic "buttery"-feeling guitar, so smooth and nice, like i don't remember it even back when fitted with 9s!!!
If you have problem with stiffness you might give it a try. What i lost (if a any) is some pull up distance, but i cannot really detect this since I still get all the pull up squelies i want and more! On the + side, i can use the trem effectively even in high E!!!
a good mod! :smokin:
I forgot to mention this guitar has 10s strings.
The result is a fantastic "buttery"-feeling guitar, so smooth and nice, like i don't remember it even back when fitted with 9s!!!
If you have problem with stiffness you might give it a try. What i lost (if a any) is some pull up distance, but i cannot really detect this since I still get all the pull up squelies i want and more! On the + side, i can use the trem effectively even in high E!!!
a good mod! :smokin:
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