floyd rose strats

[wokkaboy]

Floyds have to be the hardest trems to setup but once they are they are excellent.
Important to have the correct spring tension so the bridge sits flat when in tune

[jarrod]

Locking nut is essential with a Floyd

[Gavin1393]

As it is, the stock trem on my PRS SE Custom 24 is practically unusable, the strings randomly end up being either too sharp or flat after I use the trem, also, the trem arm has a nasty habit of coming out of the socket, I've tried all the usual fixes, replaced the original tuners with lockers, lubricated all the string slots in the nut, tried checking the trem setup, nothing fixed it, hence the reason for the Floyd Rose trem installation.

And trying to tune each string accurately to pitch is an exercise in frustration.

As long as its not a Floyd Rosd......

[dingobass]

Yhep.
Thats why I refer to them as detuning devices...
Only useful thing I have come up with for them is to use them as fishing sinkers.....

[wokkaboy]

pretty heavy sinker DB, hope the line is strong enough !

[jarrod]

Come on DB where's ya sense of adventure. There's nothing better than every member of your band giving you that "your out of f@#king tune again look"

[keloooe]

Come on DB where's ya sense of adventure. There's nothing better than every member of your band giving you that "your out of f@#king tune again look"

Ah Jrod, that happened to our lead guitarist at a gig (bear in mind he was playing a Tele, dunno how the whole guitar went out of tune in an instant...) and the look we gave him wasn't a good one, but I didnt realise for a few minutes, was too in the moment haha!

[DrNomis_44]

I reckon that even if you have the intonation all perfectly adjusted, and everything perfectly set up on a guitar, and with the strings perfectly tuned to pitch, a guitar will still never be in tune no matter what you do to it.

[Gavin1393]

... and the look we gave him wasn't a good one, but I didnt realise for a few minutes, was too in the moment haha!

You're a bass player!!! Don't be too hard on yourself!

[keloooe]

I reckon that even if you have the intonation all perfectly adjusted, and everything perfectly set up on a guitar, and with the strings perfectly tuned to pitch, a guitar will still never be in tune no matter what you do to it.

Yep and it is all down to the very fundamentals of the guitar and the fretboard.

You're a bass player!!! Don't be too hard on yourself!

Nah Gav I'm not being hard on myself at all!