MetalTabs.com - your source for Metal tabs
Home Forum FAQ Contact Us Link to Us


Go Back   MetalTabs.com Forum > Musicians > Guitar Zone


 
 
Old 2004-05-22, 03:18
hellbound_83
New Blood
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Hondo or College Station, Tx
Posts: 3
Floyd Rose Tremolo and Tremsetter

Got a little problem and i was hoping one of y'all could help me.
I bought a tremsetter to (hopefully) fix the fact that my floyd rose tremolo sets at two different pitches when dumped or pulled back. Dig?
now i had the tremsetter installed after i thought i failed at doin' it and it's doin the same thing...
if anybody understands this and cares to take the time to explain this to me then my ears is open.

thanks
 
Old 2004-05-22, 07:34
metalprep6969
Metalhead
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 94
If ur are flat when you come out of a dive bomb, and sharp when you come out of a pulling the bar up, then you either need to have your bridge adjusted or you need to have the knife edge and/or screws (the ones used to adjust the action) replaced. If you adjust your action while you are tuned up, it created a lot of friction and pressure on the screws and knife edge and can damage them. Same thing happened to my guitar.

\m/
__________________
Welcome, won't you please step aside, follow the hollow...

"Follow The Hollow" - Soilwork


 
Old 2004-05-22, 19:04
atifman
Forum Leader
Forum Leader
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: .
Posts: 2,934
__________________
.
 
Old 2004-05-23, 06:12
mctriple
Senior Metalhead
 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Phil Campbell, AL
Posts: 493
what kind of floyd rose are you using? a lot of licensed floyds really suck and get worse as time goes on. the blades get crappy and the pivot screws are terrible. replace the pivots.. that'll help. how many strings are you using, and what do you tune to? what guage strings? these all have a big effect.

an original floyd or something awesome like the edge pro ibanez uses is going to give you perfection. my edge pro 2 is pretty good, but i'm going to be selling my 370 and getting an rg 570 or 1570 before long.. basically just for the better bridge.

even with a tremsetter, it'll go out of tune if the bridge isn't good. it should help prevent it from being incredibly out of tune, but it won't fix it completely.
 
Old 2004-05-23, 06:14
mctriple
Senior Metalhead
 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Phil Campbell, AL
Posts: 493
do you change strings often? the whammy stretching may also cause one of them to stretch a bit, and one string change will effect the whole balance.
 
Old 2004-05-25, 02:40
hellbound_83
New Blood
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Hondo or College Station, Tx
Posts: 3
thanks to y'all i've narrowed it down to a shitty bridge or (more likely) as the link said i'm just doin it wrong...i guess i understand that "low" and "high" neutral stuff now..
any way thanks

allen

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off



Top

========

Contact Us | Privacy Policy | Disclaimer
Copyright © 2001-2014 MetalTabs.com. All Rights Reserved.
Powered by vBulletin
Copyright ©2000 - 2014, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.