I can't stand my Floyd Rose Tremolo, would it be possible to swap it for a fixed floyd rose?

a fixed floyd rose? I believe the point of a floyd rose is that it is made to manipulate your playing...i.e. MOVE.


My suggestion, put a block in the cavity...and it won't move anymore.

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Floyd Rose does make a fixed model. I think I'll just go with the block idea.

if you want to block it. Put a Kahler fixed bridge in it.

Very good quality bridge.

When's the fucking tremol-no coming out?

Holy shit, I'll wait around for that thing. I have three other guitars I can use for the time being haha.

you can put some duct tape around a stack of a few pennies (and maybe a dime if you're rich and want to get it to fit just right lol) and pop that underneath to stop it from moving. not everybody has a block sitting around cut just right.. but everybody's got some tape and a few pennies

btw what is so bad about your FR bridge? if you hate it so much, why not sell the axe and get another fixed bridge?

It's too much effort. Changing a string sucks, and if I decide to change tunings it kicks me in the ass.

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you can block it up easily for a quick solution, but this is a better solution:

http://www.projectguitar.com/tut/tht1.htm

although it is a lot of work if you like to whammy it is well worth it. If you don't whammy you should never of invested into a guitar with a floyd rose

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+1, especially since Floyd guitars are generally more expensive than fixed bridges.

I say block it by filling the spaces around the base block tightly with wooden shims or other hard flat materials(steel shims? any metal will give you much more sustain) to make it stay parallel always. That's the first thing you should do before tuning any floyd guitar too, to keep going back and forth tuning strings because you didn't block it is retarted.

I don't think it's a lot of work, if you do your setups efficiently. But if you change tunings frequently either you need more guitars or you shouldn't own a Floyd.

If it's an original or Schaller Floyd rose, learn to set it up! It would be a waste of a high quality bridge. It shouldn't take you more than half an hour the first time if you follow this guide: http://www.icepoint.com/guitar/floy...Tech%20Tips.htm

To avoid a pain in the ass, make sure you don't unblock the floyd until a few days after changing strings to make sure they've all stretched a bit, just play it blocked like a fixed bridge and keep retuning it to perfect pitch for 2-3 days til it stays in perfect tune, then unblock the trem, make minor adjustments, and lock the locking nut, and you will be in tune for quite a whule.

If it's a LICENSED floyd, I cannot guarrantee it will stay in tune well, as the parts on imitation floyds are not made from high quality steel and wear out quickly(like the pivot screws, saddles, saddle blocks, tuning screws, everything really), causing tuning problems. The metal that imitation floyds are made of are also lighter than German-made OFR's/Schallers, so they will sustain less and also that will have an effect on tuning stability.

If you have an OFR learn to set it up, if it's a licensed floyd don't complain if it doesn't stay in tune.

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I recently found the best way to tune or whatever a floyd rose on a jackson. I'm sure others know this...but yeah i'm a little drunk so whatever...so for switching strings make sure all the strings are in the position that they would be if the locking nuts were locked down...This is fucking key because if it isn't in the position as it should be you aren't actually tuning the guitar into the right position. It is a pain in the fucking ass...but it fuckign works nicely. I have a licenseed floyd rose and it has been keeping in tune like a mother fucker...even after 13+ years.

umm yeah

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