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I hate Floyd Rose! very anoying! lol

spend a bit more and get a Kahler. Fits on solid bodies with diy routing (battery drill and a chisel - 1 hour tops); you can dive bomb, bend it right back - stays in tune and if you break a string it doesnt all go tits up!!

My Kramer focus has the floyd rose sprung back so it only dive bombs - best way!!! (think you can buy "stops" now to modify floating trems in same way

i think you'll find its a Schaller Floyd Rose - made in germany

When set-up correctly - a decent quality Floyd is super reliable and easy to use.

beat me to it Max... yes a schaller fr is probably one of the better ones..

is this your first outing with a floyd rose.. they take some getting used to and can put many a budding guitarist off.. but for live performance a spare guitar is a must.. (preferably a hard tail one) lol

What Max and James said. There are LOADS of Floyd Rose set-up videos on youtube. It takes me 25 mins at most to restring a Floyd Rose equipped guitar. I wouldn't be without a double locking trem on my guitars. For perfect tuning stability there's no substitute. Not even Wilkinson OR PRS.

would this be the floyd system on your Havocaster??

I can't deal with them........ why would I want my bridge to move while I'm playing? :P

Perhaps you'd like to address that question to mr Vai matey ;o)

ahaha, obviously works for some people, just not me hahaha

@Mick.. or EVH??

I was going to put EVH mate, but his isn't floating. Easier to set up but not as versatile. :o)

Have you not changed the strings on your Ibanez in 2 years? :P

yes!

Ibanez addressed the whole confusion of chopping yyer balls off in 2002 - with the Edge Pro and Edge Pro2 trems where you put the ballend into the saddles and then clamp

Made it alot easier for beginners..............

see my website trem help page : www.cottamguitars.co.uk/index.php

Max

...as did Kahler in the 80s!!!

http://www.gak.co.uk/en/kahler-usa-hybrid-7300-guitar-tremolo-black/35949

quite fancy the les paul version too :0)

@Mick - Think Eddie got by without the versatility!!!! LOL

@Jez, yep, he certainly did. The reason I didn't use him as an example is that his trem doesn't move when he's playing rhythm or lead, until he depresses the arm. Having the trem floating means a need for extra care with the right hand. Not wrong, or better. Just different mate.

Eddie's trem doesn't float............

1) for tuning stability

2) the D-tuna concept doesn't work on a floating trem............. only on a down-pitch only trem

Max, I was pointing out the difference mate, nothing else. The guitar in question here has a floating Floyd (recessed).

i know mate - just clarifying it for others...............

I get alot of people asking why they can't put a D-Tuna on a regular Floyd............
B-cos............ when you drop from E to D................ the other 5 strings go sharp - so it'll only work on a down tune trem only

the "stop" I was on about was one of these :

www.floydupgrades.com/.../index.php

presume it does away with the floating aspect and takes it back to the old style Floyd - might be worth considering if you're not bending strings up with your trem?

Theres a thing called a Tremol-no if you want to block it

well stop bloody moaning then!! LOL ;0)

It will become less of a pain as you get used to it. Like I said, look it up on youtube. You can get it down under 30 minutes easily.

i have it down to about 10-15 minutes... one trick is place a piece of foam or folded strap in the trem recess that is the same thickness as "neutral" point.. this stops the floating trem from changing angle drastically when removing a string.. personally I remove them all, wipe the board.. then restring bass side first.. I also don't remove the ball ends but use them at the headstock end, snipping the string length at the bridge approx 3 finger width past the string block..
tuning up with the "foam wedge".. means i have a very close starting point for "stretching" the strings and final tuning... if you use the same technique over.. with the same brand of strings.. intonation rarely drifts..

I agree with James, that's exactly what I do, had my Ibanez S540 LTD for 14 years and I have it down to 20-30 mins with a full clean down.

Saying that first time I changed them I did take 3 hours, but in fairness I didn't even know what the chuff I was doing!!!

Never looked back!