Wayne’s IB-1S

Thanks again for the positive comments, I don’t get much time to get on the site now I’m back at work,leave home at 5am and by the time I get home I feel smashed. Anyway,at the moment I’m working on a headstock logo on the computer,which I find confusing,but slowly and surely it’s coming together.
Just a question though, I’ve been working on another guitar which is something I have carved out myself, can I put that on a seperate build diary or is it only for Pitbull Guitars? I actually started it in 1978.

Non-Pit Bull Guitars Gear

Yesterday, I attached my logo that I have been working on, I really am crap with computers, then gave it a coat of clear to seal it in.Attachment 25582
This morning I installed the machine heads and put the strings on, I must say that I have never seen a Floyd Rose trem in person and what a pain it was to adjust. Every time I tuned the guitar, the bridge would lift way too high. Thank goodness for mr.Google, I found that all I had to do was to change the spring set up in the back cavity to put more pressure on the bridge from behind, I had already tightened the screws on the claw that holds the springs, till there was very little adjustment left and didn’t want to lose all adjustment so I moved the springs from the outer claws, to inner claws .
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Finally finished and gave it a blast on the amp, wow, sounds brilliant.
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Looks good Wayne.

Never had a Floyd equipped guitar as not a big trem user, and they look way too fiddly for someone as simple as myself. Good to hear you got that part sorted.

Cheers, Waz

Thanks Waz, not a big trem user myself but thought I would try something different as my last PB was ES-3 hollow body.

Floyds are really no different in basic operation to a standard Strat trem. It's more the fact that they have a lot more wood cutaway around them allowing a lot more forwards and backwards movement that makes the setting up that bit harder. But if you block the trem block off so it can't move, you can get the string height and intonation sorted, then remove the block and adjust the claw/spring tension to balance the string tension. Only lock the nut clamp off once the trem's all set up. I find you need to help keep the trem fairly flat compared to the body angle, for if you let the trem pull too far up in the air to start with under string tension, it's almost impossible for the springs to pull it down flat again.

Thanks Simon, a wealth of information as usual, even though I looked it up on the inter web, it still took me 4 hours to set it up and tune it ,but I did get it in the end. Unfortunately the high E sting had a small kink in the end, right next to the tuner and eventually snapped while tuning so I temporarily used the no-name string that came with the kit. It was more like a dent in the string than a kink, as the string was perfectly strait. Never mind, all good now, thanks again Simon.