Floyd Rose

[Erlan Rangel]

I’ve been working with a floyd rose for a little but I need more tips and tricks when using this bridge.
Let me know some recommendations about this

 

[Erlan Rangel]

Edit: I’ve been working with a floyd rose for a little while…

 

[Jake Young]

Maybe Syn can weight in on this as he has mastered the bar! But here’s another master for the time being

 

[Ben Wong]

Are you able to change a locking nut because mine seems to be glued to the neck of the guitar?

 

[Nic Cullen]

What do you know about the Floyd, and what kind of advice are you looking for? How to keep it in tune, tricks and fun things you can do with it, etc?

 

[Julian Barton]

If you have a specific question I would be happy to answer it in a message but if you are looking for a general bunch of new things your can do I would check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d7WhlSBoGU as weird as it is I think it is a pretty good trick guide. If you are looking how to work on it I would just look up a video on it. Maybe there will be a section on the site as a lesson from syn or papa gates on how to properly set up a floyd (seeing as it is a real process to restring one).

 

[Erlan Rangel]

I love all about the floyd, I mean, itś a whole world when it comes to this. But at the same time, I hate it hahaha I’ve been having intonation issues everytime I use the tremolo and I feel like there’s a lot to know about this kind of situation, cause it makes me think about getting a new guitar with hard tail. I would like to know if you guys know how to deal with this (without changing the system, cause is so f**ing expensive where I live)

 

[idssdi]

Check out Eddie van halength! Besides that try to do a naryralnharmonic and then play with the bar!

 

[Gabriel Corso]

I myself have started playing guitar with a hard bridge guitar (Epiphone SG). And when I got my synyster Schecter I was kind of lost to be honest.
All what I knew was how to dive bomb (which don’t get me wrong, it’s freakin awesome). I wasn’t sure what was the Floyd rose there for.
And yes,also in the beginning I had some issues with tunning and changing strings. But I got used after some time…
You will see that tunning is the best with a floyd rose, well for me it is, haha.
I think that you should take a look at Eddie VH, David Gilmour, dimebag, Steve Vai for some, let’s say, inspiration and Ideas. Or you could just make your own thing – but that is up to you.
I hope that I helped you In some way, mate!!
Have a good one and keep up!!’n

 

[Ed Seith]

Satriani’s “Lizard down the throat” is a nice Floyd trick. YouTube has demos direct from Joe.
The bar presents a nice gentle vibrato if you have an easy touch. See Chris Isaak’s Wicked Game for a great demo of that.
Satch has a LOT of great whammy techniques, as does Mr. Vai, and both offer detailed video explanations.

 

[Dan Shipway]

John uses his music man whammy bar but the rules still apply