Blocking a floyd rose

[Morgan Curtis]

Hi i have an floyd rose and I want to play rocksmith should i block it with a piece of wood or get a fu-tone piston and if i block it with the wood or get a fu-tone piston can I use my evh d tuna I want to block it because of the tuning

 

[Ed Seith]

I have seen and dabbled with Rocksmith (my son has it) and I don't understand how or why you would need to block the Floyd for the game. If you just want to block it (and yes, your d-tuna would still work), it can be done with either of the methods you mentioned, but I see no reason to block the trem for Rocksmith.

 

[Morgan Curtis]

Because I want to change tuning quickly and I heard with a flouting trem it hard to tune it because the trem will go back and forward

 

[Ed Seith]

Because I want to change tuning quickly and I heard with a flouting trem it hard to tune it because the trem will go back and forward

Okay, yes, that is true. Any floating trem makes changing tunings harder.

 

[Morgan Curtis]

So if I block my floyd rose how will I tune it

 

[Donovan Etue]

I've had one of my Floyd rose equipped guitars blocked for about a year now. I blocked it using a block of wood and if I remember right, $1.33 in quarters, a nickel, and some pennies. The way to tune it with it now blocked is to unlock the locking nut enough for the string to be able to change pitch. I've got it loose enough to tune and just tight enough for the locking nut screws to stay where they are at. I've tuned that guitar down to Drop C# a few times. A few months ago I ended up buying a DigiTech drop pedal so now I only tune the low e string to D for drop tuned stuff. Then let the pedal do its thing.

 

[Morgan Curtis]

Do I need to screw the locking nut back down because I can't use the trem can I have it on but not screw in

 

[Morgan Curtis]

Because thay may go sharp

 

[Ed Seith]

Never a bad thing to still lock down the nut. The fine-tuners will still work, even if you have the bar out and the bridge blocked.

 

[Donovan Etue]

I haven't locked mine down secure. Just enough to have the screws hold to the frame where the nut locks in. They're loose enough that I can tighten/loosen them with my fingers with little effort. That way I don't have to take them off and store them in a safe place for me to remember because I for damn sure will more than likely forget haha.

 

[Morgan Curtis]

Is there any of floyd rose devices what make it very easy for me to detune

 

[Ed Seith]

If you just mean to go from E standard to Drop D, the EVH D-Tuna is your jam.

 

[Morgan Curtis]

I want to go to different tunings I got told I can get this device and it will go in the back of my guitar and it will and by the way thank you for your help