[twiztedchild]

What is this trem like and is it a good trem? Is there any problems that I should know about?

[Scali]

I love mine. I like the smooth feel of the ball-bearings, the stability is very good, and I like the zero point system. The other day my high E broke, and the guitar just stayed in tune. Excellent!
I've never tried it with the ZPS disabled though, so I don't know if it's as stable as a knife-edge tremolo in full-floating mode. But I prefer the ZPS anyway, and that mode works great.

As for problems... So far it feels really sturdy, but I've only had my S7320 for about a year, so it might be a bit too early to say much about durability.
I did read about some people who snapped the tremolo bar. Then again, that was a common problem on older Ibanez tremolos aswell. Ibanez has modified the bar on newer ZR trems, and they're easy to replace, so it's not such a big deal if it happens. Hasn't happened with mine yet though.

[twiztedchild]

cool. so whats the "ZPS"?? I been looking at the S7 for a while I forgot about them this past few months though but now Im wanting to get a guitar with a trem, mainly for the fun of the trem, and remember hearing good things about it.

I also played oe of th New SV 6 strings with the SyncroniniZR ( I think is how they spelled it) and I loved the feel of it. but I know it is really the same thing right?


And the string braking and the tuning is what I dont like about Floyd roses, (And yes I know that the ZR is basicl a Floyd Rose)

[Scali]

ZPS is the zero point system. It's sorta like a Hipshot Tremsetter, it gives you a very stable center position of the tremolo.
Stable enough to keep in tune when a string breaks, or for doing double-bends and such.
Some people don't like the feel though, because you have to press harder to get it out of the center position, and you sorta feel it 'pop' back in. I personally don't have a problem with that though.

It does make tuning a bit easier than on a regular Floyd, but still nowhere near as easy as a fixed bridge.

[twiztedchild]

Originally Posted by Scali

ZPS is the zero point system. It's sorta like a Hipshot Tremsetter, it gives you a very stable center position of the tremolo.
Stable enough to keep in tune when a string breaks, or for doing double-bends and such.
Some people don't like the feel though, because you have to press harder to get it out of the center position, and you sorta feel it 'pop' back in. I personally don't have a problem with that though.

It does make tuning a bit easier than on a regular Floyd, but still nowhere near as easy as a fixed bridge.

Does it have a thing were you can sort of block the trem? on the Ibanez site sa a pic of something that looked like that

[Scali]

No, it can't block.
But it has a thumbscrew at the bottom to adjust the string tension.
This makes it much easier to change tuning and level the trem than on a regular Floyd. But still nowhere near as practical as a blocked trem or a fixed bridge.

[twiztedchild]

Cool.

This is why I asked:



It is the 6 string SV model that is shown but Iwasnt sure if the 7 string S7320 had that no it

[Scali]

The ZPS on the ZR tremolo is slightly different from the ZPS-FX on the SynchroniZR.
It's not a blocking system, it's a stabilizing system.
There is no way to block the system from upward motion, or block it completely and make it a fixed bridge. It just adds stability to the center position.

[twiztedchild]

Oh ok that sound cool does the S7320 you have have the 5 way switch also?

[Scali]

Yup

[twiztedchild]

cool

[Scali]

Yea, now that I think of it, I did a video with my S7320 a few months ago, demonstrating some of the sounds you can get from the different settings

[twiztedchild]

Cool video, I think I saw one of your other videos where you were saying you dont know why most people dont like those pickups. I like those pickups better then the ones in the RG1527 to be honest

[Scali]

Theoretically the RG1527 should have more high-end pickups.
The S7320 pickups are the same as the ones in the RG7321.
But the S body is mahogany, and the RGs are basswood, so they'll sound different anyway.

[twiztedchild]

Originally Posted by Scali

Theoretically the RG1527 should have more high-end pickups.
The S7320 pickups are the same as the ones in the RG7321.
But the S body is mahogany, and the RGs are basswood, so they'll sound different anyway.

yeah, But I liked those pickups in the RG7321 I played both the RG1527 and the RG7321 thru the same amp and I thought the 7321 had a better tone, Even though they are basicly the same guitar. I like mahogany also. my first 7 string was mahongany and I loved the way it sounded thru my old Behringer 2x10 amp (guitar was the AX7221)