Floyd Rose help

Metalhead666 · 02-28-2006, 12:25 AM

ok, bare with my stupid questions... i dont own a guitar with a floyd rose and therefore i have no idea how they work. can you change the tuning without undoing the nut? because i want to buy a jackson with a rose but it will be a real bitch if i have to keep it in one tuning. thanx

Kevan · 02-28-2006, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Metalhead666

ok, bare with my stupid questions... i dont own a guitar with a floyd rose and therefore i have no idea how they work.

Have no fear, Trem Boy is here!

We'll work with floating trems in this section. Floating trems allow you to raise and lower pitch. Dive only trems are a little different, but not by much. So, let's say we're dealing with a floating Floyd...

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Originally Posted by Metalhead666

can you change the tuning without undoing the nut?

Yes, and no. The fine tuners on the tremolo itself have approx. one full step of travel. Setup properly, you can drop from E to D with the fine tuners, but you will have to adjust your other strings as well.

In order to do any drastic tuning changes, you will need to do one of the following:
A. Unlock the nut and tune as desired. Relock the nut.
B. Unlock the nut, tune as desired, check trem angle;
- adjust spring claw as necessary, re-check trem angle, re-check tuning;
- repeat until tuning is perfect and desired angle is met.
C. Lock your Tremol-No or engage the Deep-C on it. Unlock your nut. Tune as desired.

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Originally Posted by Metalhead666

because i want to buy a jackson with a rose but it will be a real bitch if i have to keep it in one tuning. thanx

Here's something to print out and keep in your shop/case/backpack:
http://www.tremol-no.com/cleanandlube.asp
Maintenance on a trem is an important part of keeping your guitar working properly. Kinda like keeping air in your car tires.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Ancestor · 02-28-2006, 01:17 AM

You can't change anything, at least without the device Kevan linked for you. Those things are pretty cool. But the good news is that they stay in tune once they're set.

If I had that kinda dough, it's be a Hellraiser all the way.

Elysian · 02-28-2006, 09:55 AM

http://floydrose.com/originaltremolo.html

this tells you everything you need to know(besides edge specific stuff)

Metalhead666 · 03-05-2006, 08:08 PM

ok then, thanks alot

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