The wiggle in a Floyd Rose arm

[Rockstar216]

I just found out why some people don't screw the arms in all the way. When trying to play and having the bar in your hand it keeps you from pulling or pushing the stings sharp or flat rather than screwing the arm in all the way and keeping the bar stiff. When I read about it I had to try it and once I did it made so much sense. I have to put a bit more force to when I want to use the bar but that blew my mind for how simple it was yet effective.

Did anybody else in here know that?

 

[JB_From_Hell]

Re: The wiggle in a Floyd Rose arm

I read that EVH leaves his bar completely loose. His doesn't float, so I'm not sure why he does that.

 

[GilmourD]

Re: The wiggle in a Floyd Rose arm

I read that EVH leaves his bar completely loose. His doesn't float, so I'm not sure why he does that.

I always figured it was so it was out of the way of his picking hand when not in use.

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[JB_From_Hell]

Re: The wiggle in a Floyd Rose arm

I always figured it was so it was out of the way of his picking hand when not in use.

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The context of the statement made it sound like the bar was about to fall out, not just free swinging.

 

[GilmourD]

Re: The wiggle in a Floyd Rose arm

The context of the statement made it sound like the bar was about to fall out, not just free swinging.

That I've never read. I have read that he doesn't tighten it fully but not that he just leaves it ready to fall out.

 

[Boogie Bill]

Re: The wiggle in a Floyd Rose arm

Don't know much about Floyds, but I learned years ago about a handy trick about the Fender vintage vibratos that helps with arm tension.

Take a small spring--a ball-point pen spring is perfect--you'll want to cut it down to about 1/2 to 1/3 of it's size and drop that in the vibrato arm hole. When you screw in the vibrato arm, it puts tension on the arm, and keeps it from being either too tight or too floppy. Helps to save the threads, too. Just remember to secure the spring when you take the arm out--they can disappear in a hurry!

One friend of mine uses plumber's Teflon tape on his vibrato arms. It does wear out, though. I like the feel of the spring better.

One nice thing about my G&Ls--they have a tiny set screw with a nylon bushing on the vibrato arm socket that allows easy adjustment of the vibrato arm tension.

Bill

 

[BeatTheBastard]

Re: The wiggle in a Floyd Rose arm

I use that little spring in my Floyd. No matter how much I tightened it, the bar would wiggle a bit in its hole. After putting that spring (cut down from a pickup mounting spring) there the bar rolls freely but won´t wiggle at all. Before that I used to put a little piece of tape around the end (not the best way really) but the spring is much better solution.

I found that advice earlier somewhere here in the forum. Shows just how much help one can find here, even just in little things!

 

[dotsdad]

Re: The wiggle in a Floyd Rose arm

I read that EVH leaves his bar completely loose. His doesn't float, so I'm not sure why he does that.

1) you can break a string and still finish the song in tune,
2) You have to deck the bridge or the d tuna would make it go out of tune.

 

[Rand-O-Monium]

Re: The wiggle in a Floyd Rose arm

I like my bar to stay where I put it.
Almost having flashbacks about my old Kramer getting chewed up from having to go underneath to tighten it back up.Thank goodness for the screw-in conversion thingies!!!
Also,w/the Fenders,I remember reading something about putting a magnet over the hole to help keep the spring in...

 

[JB_From_Hell]

Re: The wiggle in a Floyd Rose arm

1) you can break a string and still finish the song in tune,
2) You have to deck the bridge or the d tuna would make it go out of tune.

I meant I'm not sure why he has the bar completely flopping like that.

 

[JB_From_Hell]

Re: The wiggle in a Floyd Rose arm

I put a piece of 1/8" fuel line on my Strats bar above the threads. It moves freely but stays in place with no wiggle. The bar is less likely to break that way, also.