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Over the last couple months, a LOT of folks have been complaining about their Floyd Rose tremolo, on both their shiny new Schecter Synyster Gates models, and on other models. I had an older guitar with a Floyd on it that I was going to put much heavier strings on and set up for Drop B tuning, and I thought that would present a perfect opportunity to go through the basic mechanics of the Floyd Rose, what the parts are and what they do, and finally, how to tune the fucking thing without pulling out all your hair. That’s still an exercise in patience, but my method is typically much faster than I do it here, because you’re usually tuning to familiar notes and the guitar itself is comfortably set up for that gauge and tuning, but the example still applies. You also won’t likely ever have to scour the house for an extra Floyd spring.
Anyway, it’s LONG and I tell some old-man stories and shit while I work, so pour some whisky in your coffee and come over to Captain Ed’s place to learn more about your wiggle stick.
Over the last couple months, a LOT of folks have been complaining about their Floyd Rose tremolo, on both their shiny new Schecter Synyster Gates models, and on other models. I had an older guitar with a Floyd on it that I was going to put much heavier strings on and set up for Drop B tuning, and I thought that would present a perfect opportunity to go through the basic mechanics of the Floyd Rose, what the parts are and what they do, and finally, how to tune the fucking thing without pulling out all your hair. That’s still an exercise in patience, but my method is typically much faster than I do it here, because you’re usually tuning to familiar notes and the guitar itself is comfortably set up for that gauge and tuning, but the example still applies. You also won’t likely ever have to scour the house for an extra Floyd spring.
Anyway, it’s LONG and I tell some old-man stories and shit while I work, so pour some whisky in your coffee and come over to Captain Ed’s place to learn more about your wiggle stick.
