Is There A Trick To Not Screwing Up Your Floyd Rose When Changing Tunings?

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Is There A Trick To Not Screwing Up Your Floyd Rose When Changing Tunings?

Praetorian View Member Profile	Mar 9 2009, 03:19 PM
Mar 9 2009, 03:19 PM	Learning Apprentice Player & Challenge Star Posts: 1.995 Joined: 10-March 08 From: Albany NY USA	Everytime I try to change tunings for a different song or lesson, I end up throwing my whole Floyd setup out of whack. Is there some trick I should know about? I am thinking about just blocking the Floyd off so it doesn't move at all since I have gotten so frustrated with the tuning issue! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Ben ___________________________________________ "PLAY YOUR DAMN GUITAR!!" - Kirk Hammett Fender American Standard Stratocaster Ibanez RG4EXQM1

opeth.db View Member Profile	Mar 9 2009, 03:29 PM
Mar 9 2009, 03:29 PM	Learning Apprentice Player Posts: 1.156 Joined: 11-September 08 From: Cleveland, Ohio	Easy trick. Buy another guitar! Seriously though I think the answer would be no without having o adjust the whole thing a again. The main reason why I have bought a few guitars. Each with a different tuning. Or buy another guitar without a FR. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My Gear Ibanez RG570 Silver Jackson Ofset V Randy Rhodes Signature Mitchell Acoustic Custom Ibanez S series (Currently working on) X2 XDS95 Digital Wireless system Line 6 MKII 8 Channel USB Roland Mixer My Site www.shredwork.com Learn how to count. It's what separates the hack and the pros IMHO. -LCSDDS

Praetorian View Member Profile	Mar 9 2009, 03:49 PM
Mar 9 2009, 03:49 PM	Learning Apprentice Player & Challenge Star Posts: 1.995 Joined: 10-March 08 From: Albany NY USA	QUOTE (opeth.db @ Mar 9 2009, 09:29 AM) Easy trick. Buy another guitar! Seriously though I think the answer would be no without having o adjust the whole thing a again. The main reason why I have bought a few guitars. Each with a different tuning. Or buy another guitar without a FR. I was afraid of that! I bought a Tremel-No but it didn't work like I thought it would...maybe time to try reinstalling it! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Ben ___________________________________________ "PLAY YOUR DAMN GUITAR!!" - Kirk Hammett Fender American Standard Stratocaster Ibanez RG4EXQM1

botoxfox View Member Profile	Mar 9 2009, 04:13 PM
Mar 9 2009, 04:13 PM	GMC:er Posts: 2.570 Joined: 20-February 07	QUOTE (Praetorian @ Mar 9 2009, 03:49 PM) I was afraid of that! I bought a Tremel-No but it didn't work like I thought it would...maybe time to try reinstalling it! I tremol-no is excactly what you want. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Try this fun little "game"!

Sensible Jones View Member Profile	Mar 9 2009, 04:35 PM
Mar 9 2009, 04:35 PM	GMC:er Posts: 7.277 Joined: 2-January 09 From: London-ish. UK.	What you have to remember is that if your Floyd is set to the tension of the Strings in normal tuning then if you de-tune there's less tension in the strings and therefore the Springs will need adjusting to compensate for this!! If your main Detuning is to a drop D then have a look for a gadget called a D-TUNA (Eddie Van Halen uses one) which fits onto the back of your Floyd and drops your low E to a D (or back again) without the need to reset the Floyd each time! You can see a D-TUNA HERE!!! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- I'd rather have a full Bottle in front of me than a full Frontal Lobotomy!!

Ivan Milenkovic View Member Profile	Mar 9 2009, 06:23 PM
Mar 9 2009, 06:23 PM	Instructor Posts: 25.396 Joined: 20-November 07 From: Belgrade, Serbia	Getting a new guitar without tremolo would be the best (and pricey) idea mate! I blocked my strat tremolo completely cause I don't want to have any detuning hassles - it kills the pleasure completely for me! But then again I don't use the tremolo that much, sometimes for some downtune licks and that's all. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE - Check out my GMC Profile and Lessons - (Please subscribe to my) YouTube Official Channel - Let's be connected through ! Facebook! :)

Artemus View Member Profile	Mar 9 2009, 06:56 PM
Mar 9 2009, 06:56 PM	Learning Tone Seeker - CHALLENGE STAR! Posts: 866 Joined: 6-February 09 From: Manchester, UK	I have a number of guitars with FR trems that I keep set up at different tunings. Also, correct me if I'm mistaken Sensible Jones but I think you still need to block the trem to use a D-Tuna because the spring/string tension balance is still an issue so just adjusting one string on a floating trem would put all the other strings out You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My Myspace site here My YouTube channel here

Sensible Jones View Member Profile	Mar 9 2009, 07:15 PM
Mar 9 2009, 07:15 PM	GMC:er Posts: 7.277 Joined: 2-January 09 From: London-ish. UK.	QUOTE (Artemus @ Mar 9 2009, 05:56 PM) Also, correct me if I'm mistaken Sensible Jones but I think you still need to block the trem to use a D-Tuna because the spring/string tension balance is still an issue so just adjusting one string on a floating trem would put all the other strings out You're quite right, although they only suggest blocking the Upwards motion of the Trem, or 'Stabalising' as they like to call it!! They also suggest the installation of either a 'Hipshot Tremsetter' or a 'WD Tremstabalizer'! Sorry if I confused anyone!!! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- I'd rather have a full Bottle in front of me than a full Frontal Lobotomy!!

Skalde View Member Profile	Mar 9 2009, 07:59 PM
Mar 9 2009, 07:59 PM	Learning Roadie Posts: 803 Joined: 13-January 08 From: Germany	There is something called "Black Box" made my Rockinger It is just a little bolt with a spring, you install it under your Floyd Rose. I have never tried one, but I only read postive reviews about it. I am going to check it out soon Worth a try. Here is the link to the webshop: http://www.rockinger.com/index.php?cat=WG0...p;product=16060 You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! This post has been edited by Skalde: Mar 9 2009, 08:00 PM

Emir Hot View Member Profile	Mar 9 2009, 08:05 PM
Mar 9 2009, 08:05 PM	Instructor Posts: 7.201 Joined: 14-July 08 From: London UK	Every time I retune guitar I need to adjust springs. The best is to have one guitar with fixed bridge for that stuff and another one if you need floyd rose. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Check out my <a href="https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/instructor/Emir-Hot" target="_blank">Instructor profile</a> www.emirhot.com www.myspace.com/emirhotguitar www.myspace.com/sevdahmetal

Praetorian View Member Profile	Mar 9 2009, 08:49 PM
Mar 9 2009, 08:49 PM	Learning Apprentice Player & Challenge Star Posts: 1.995 Joined: 10-March 08 From: Albany NY USA	I reinstalled my Tremel-No and it works much better now! I must have screwed up the installation the first time! Skalde - That looks like it limits the movement only one way...and I really don't like having two springs on one side and only one on the other! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Ben ___________________________________________ "PLAY YOUR DAMN GUITAR!!" - Kirk Hammett Fender American Standard Stratocaster Ibanez RG4EXQM1

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