Anybody think about this???
Drilling Floyd Rose For String-Through:
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chilipeppermaniac
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Clarify, Robert. Do you mean drill through the guitar body and still use a Floyd? Or did you mean somehow drill through the Floyd?
chilipeppermaniac
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I got curious to see a little more about Floyds. Here is a vid I found.
OP
Drill the sustain block to make it a string-through...
OP
I like Floyd's. Easy setup...
OP
I been looking at these and thought.....If the string loaded up through the block like a Strat, how much easier would that be????
chilipeppermaniac
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I was thinking that was what you meant. I just could not figure out how a Floyd would work if the strings passed through the guitar body.
See what I mean?
Based on this diagram I found online, it looks to me like the strings passing through the block, up and over the saddles, would interfere with the fine tuning operation of the bridge.
The saddles need to freely pivot up and down for the fine tuning operation. The strings passing up and over them would bind the saddles.
But, go ahead. Give it a shot! The worst that could happen is that you ruin the Floyd.
The saddles need to freely pivot up and down for the fine tuning operation. The strings passing up and over them would bind the saddles.
But, go ahead. Give it a shot! The worst that could happen is that you ruin the Floyd.
OP
Good point! You are correct! I missed that...
OP
A notch would be great, allowing individual string movements without cutting/trimming the string....
eSGEe
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nope not even once
Amp Mad Scientist
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I think there is already a block made for that. You just bolt it on.
eSGEe
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however the list of things I DONTTHINK ABOUT is literally infinite
Dave Sloven
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#1 you can't pass the strings through the saddles to the block, that would eliminate the tuning mechanism and most likely you couldn't intonate it either.
#2 there was a single locking Floyd Rose design where you loaded the strings through what are now the adjustment screws with the ball ends intact, but it was garbage and has been discontinued.
There are very good reasons as to why the system uses the cut strings with string blocks in the bridge design. It is necessary for the fine tuners to work. A single locking design where the nut is locked after tuning the strings does not allow for fine tuning the strings, which is often necessary after you lock the nut down, no matter how careful you are.
I am quite good at restringing FRs. You just need to make sure that the bridge doesn't drop when you remove strings. There a number of ways to do this. Also don't damage the small blocks in the bridge by over-tightening them. Practice, practice, practice.
If you want a better tremolo get a Gotoh GE1996T. I have zero complaints about mine, besides the fact that they are heavy, but that's what happens when you use hardened steel and bell brass
#2 there was a single locking Floyd Rose design where you loaded the strings through what are now the adjustment screws with the ball ends intact, but it was garbage and has been discontinued.
There are very good reasons as to why the system uses the cut strings with string blocks in the bridge design. It is necessary for the fine tuners to work. A single locking design where the nut is locked after tuning the strings does not allow for fine tuning the strings, which is often necessary after you lock the nut down, no matter how careful you are.
I am quite good at restringing FRs. You just need to make sure that the bridge doesn't drop when you remove strings. There a number of ways to do this. Also don't damage the small blocks in the bridge by over-tightening them. Practice, practice, practice.
If you want a better tremolo get a Gotoh GE1996T. I have zero complaints about mine, besides the fact that they are heavy, but that's what happens when you use hardened steel and bell brass
Dave Sloven
Ambassador of DOOM!
There is also the horribly stupid Speedloader design, which should be renamed the Floyd Rose Blyat.
en.wikipedia.org
Floyd Rose - Wikipedia
chilipeppermaniac
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Blyat?
chilipeppermaniac
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Always nice to hear a good review by actual users. Also, pretty sure Robert is good at making his FR precisely set up to his liking,