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OCDologist
Re: Some recent D'Avanzo guitars...
A dive only Floyd is the way to go for that. Floyds get a bad rep due to all the cheap Ibanez guitars with floating Floyds (replicas made of cheaper metal in some cases) and scrap wood bodies made of far too many pieces. Of course they don't resonate or sustain as well because the string to body transfer is only taking place at the two tiny knife edges and two trem claw screws. That even holds true with high end floating Floyd guitars when compared to the same brand high end dive only Floyd guitars. These are of course better than the cheap floaters but still the dive only always has the advantage. When you build a guitar from quality wood and set a real Floyd (with a bonus of a big fat brass block) up dive only now you not only have the string to body transfer at the tiny knife edges and claw screws but also the bottom side of the trem is firmly planted on the top of the body too which makes a world of difference in resonance. You get added sustain thanks to the mass of the Floyd + brass block itself, your open strings match the tone of your fretted notes thanks to the metal lock nut, you still get the great "built in reverb" effect of the trem springs, rock solid tuning, you can use the bar subtly, not at all or dive bomb like a maniac, you can use a d-tuna for quick drop tuning, you can unlock the nut and easily change tunings without having to float the trem again, there's a nice flat platform to rest your hand on with no chance of pushing it sharp, double stop bends stay in tune, if you break a string all the others stay in tune still, string changes are just as easy as any other guitar since there's no time spent getting the trem to float evenly again, you can change string gauges without need to slot the nut or adjust the claw to float the trem, fine tuners for precise tuning, this list is longer but I think you get the point by now haha. There are very few downsides to a dive only Floyd and the good far out weigh the bad IMO.
A dive only Floyd is the way to go for that. Floyds get a bad rep due to all the cheap Ibanez guitars with floating Floyds (replicas made of cheaper metal in some cases) and scrap wood bodies made of far too many pieces. Of course they don't resonate or sustain as well because the string to body transfer is only taking place at the two tiny knife edges and two trem claw screws. That even holds true with high end floating Floyd guitars when compared to the same brand high end dive only Floyd guitars. These are of course better than the cheap floaters but still the dive only always has the advantage. When you build a guitar from quality wood and set a real Floyd (with a bonus of a big fat brass block) up dive only now you not only have the string to body transfer at the tiny knife edges and claw screws but also the bottom side of the trem is firmly planted on the top of the body too which makes a world of difference in resonance. You get added sustain thanks to the mass of the Floyd + brass block itself, your open strings match the tone of your fretted notes thanks to the metal lock nut, you still get the great "built in reverb" effect of the trem springs, rock solid tuning, you can use the bar subtly, not at all or dive bomb like a maniac, you can use a d-tuna for quick drop tuning, you can unlock the nut and easily change tunings without having to float the trem again, there's a nice flat platform to rest your hand on with no chance of pushing it sharp, double stop bends stay in tune, if you break a string all the others stay in tune still, string changes are just as easy as any other guitar since there's no time spent getting the trem to float evenly again, you can change string gauges without need to slot the nut or adjust the claw to float the trem, fine tuners for precise tuning, this list is longer but I think you get the point by now haha. There are very few downsides to a dive only Floyd and the good far out weigh the bad IMO.
