Urgh... stupid amp (floyd issues)

adamgiroux · 02-25-2008, 12:07 AM

So my amp and guitar were on the way to band practice..it was loaded carefully and everything. but somehow my (brand new) loomis (in a soft case

) slid down flat onto the floor of the trunk.. and then my spider III combo fell over on top of it... i got out of the car to check on it and the floyd got bashed in. the amp landed on the bar side the bridge of it and pushed it in toward the body. So now the knife edge is really scraped up and it's annoying even getting it back into position..

so how would i go about fixing this?.. this is my first floyd-equipped guitar so i'm not used to dealing with them.

adam

ibznorange · 02-25-2008, 12:14 AM

um, so did you get the floyd back where it belongs?

Alex-D33 · 02-25-2008, 12:23 AM

sorry to hear this man

Loomis is an awesome AXE / I guess you better get a hardshell case to protect you beast\m/

adamgiroux · 02-25-2008, 12:24 AM

not yet, i was at my drummer's house and he has absolutely no tools of any kind so i couldn't even unlock the nut to loosen the strings. i just got home and i'm working on it right now, but the knife edge is pretty ugly, i would assume its not going to work so great now..

Edroz · 02-25-2008, 12:25 AM

any pics of the damage?

adamgiroux · 02-25-2008, 12:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edroz

any pics of the damage?

i tried to take some but my camera is a piece of junk and its hard to get good light right now. i'll see what i can do..

HaGGuS · 02-25-2008, 04:07 AM

aww mate

i hope its ok...
id cry like a baby if anything happened to my loomis..

i saw a ss.org member selling some o.f.r parts for a really good price ..
so at least parts can be sourced if needed

fingers crossed it all works out well

ibznorange · 02-25-2008, 04:51 AM

yeah but the knife edges are in the baseplate, so the thing would have to be replaced. it should be ok hopefully duder, it IS case hardened steel. you might be able to mill it flat.

7 Dying Trees · 02-25-2008, 07:57 AM

Hardcase. Sorry to say after it happened, but there really is no substitute, and it stops stuff like this happening...

Take some pictures, maybe we can help you out!

djpharoah · 02-25-2008, 02:42 PM

thats why you have your guitars riding shotgun with ya in the car and not in the trunk. also a hardshell might have saved ya - but then again hindsight is 20/20.

pics of the damage might help us in helping you.

02-25-2008, 12:07 AM	#1
adamgiroux ss.org Regular Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: London, ON Posts: 70 Real Name: Adam Main Seven: Schecter Loomis Main ERG: ESP FM408 Rig: Mesa Roadster Thanked: 5	Urgh... stupid amp (floyd issues) So my amp and guitar were on the way to band practice..it was loaded carefully and everything. but somehow my (brand new) loomis (in a soft case) slid down flat onto the floor of the trunk.. and then my spider III combo fell over on top of it... i got out of the car to check on it and the floyd got bashed in. the amp landed on the bar side the bridge of it and pushed it in toward the body. So now the knife edge is really scraped up and it's annoying even getting it back into position.. so how would i go about fixing this?.. this is my first floyd-equipped guitar so i'm not used to dealing with them. adam

02-25-2008, 12:14 AM	#2
ibznorange Chief Officer/RHLC © Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 8,060 Real Name: Max Main Seven: Dean Vendetta 1.7 Rig: None Thanked: 55	um, so did you get the floyd back where it belongs? Reverse Headstocks or Bust ALL HEIL THE ADMINISHREDDER!

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HaGGuS Keeper of drop bears Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Gold Coast , QLD , Australia Posts: 1,627 Real Name: Steve Main Seven: KxK Rig: Mesa Triple Rec Thanked: 25	aww mate i hope its ok... id cry like a baby if anything happened to my loomis.. i saw a ss.org member selling some o.f.r parts for a really good price .. so at least parts can be sourced if needed fingers crossed it all works out well *Dangerstralia* ... Oh look, our island is made out of the poison sacs of venemous snakes. And is inhabited by baby grim reapers Comment of the decade from ibznorange

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02-25-2008, 12:24 AM	#4
adamgiroux ss.org Regular Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: London, ON Posts: 70 Real Name: Adam Main Seven: Schecter Loomis Main ERG: ESP FM408 Rig: Mesa Roadster Thanked: 5	not yet, i was at my drummer's house and he has absolutely no tools of any kind so i couldn't even unlock the nut to loosen the strings. i just got home and i'm working on it right now, but the knife edge is pretty ugly, i would assume its not going to work so great now..

02-25-2008, 04:51 AM	#8
ibznorange Chief Officer/RHLC © Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 8,060 Real Name: Max Main Seven: Dean Vendetta 1.7 Rig: None Thanked: 55	yeah but the knife edges are in the baseplate, so the thing would have to be replaced. it should be ok hopefully duder, it IS case hardened steel. you might be able to mill it flat.

02-25-2008, 07:57 AM	#9
7 Dying Trees Sarcy English Twat Join Date: May 2004 Location: 7th Ethereal Plane of interstellar hell, Innit Bruv, Safe, London, UK Posts: 6,839 Real Name: James Main Seven: UV7PWH / UV7BK / RG2027 Main ERG: 10 fingers of metal death Rig: VHT UL->Orange 4x12 Thanked: 89	Hardcase. Sorry to say after it happened, but there really is no substitute, and it stops stuff like this happening... Take some pictures, maybe we can help you out! The Chaos has come: www.chaosanct.com

02-25-2008, 02:42 PM	#10
djpharoah \m/ Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 4,945 Real Name: Mesh Thanked: 197	thats why you have your guitars riding shotgun with ya in the car and not in the trunk. also a hardshell might have saved ya - but then again hindsight is 20/20. pics of the damage might help us in helping you.

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