Alright this might seem like a stupid question with a brutally obvious answer, but how tight should you tighten the little block where the string is put into?

I don't want to tighten it way to tight because I'm afraid of stripping the screw and I don't want to strip the allen socket.

I must not be tightening it tight enough because strings keep slipping out.

Any advise would help. Thanks.

Oh yeah.. I'm talking about a floyd rose just incase you didn't know.

Wait, the strings are slipping out of the lock box?
If so you should tighten those screws more. I dont have a giutar equipped with a Floyd but ive set up my friends floyds on several occasions and i tighten it until the screw is snug and then give it less than or just about a quarter turn and everything works out fine.

just tightin it a little more but just dont go overboard it. what i do id tightin it with my hand as hard as possible then i just take the wrench and do a small twist. that should do it.

ya. thanks guys. But too late. I guess I put too much pressure on the screw. All that punishment caused it strip the threads. So its like almost smooth now. heh.

---> SNUG is the key word regarding everything Floyd Rose. <---
Pungency, sorry to hear about you stripping the screws. I've stripped one locking nut screw and 2 saddle screws before when I didn't know any better.
I also lost a fine tuner - what a bitch.

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Yeah. thats the thing though. How snug is snug. See... I tightened the screw to what I thought was a nice snug fit, but the string still slipped out.

Maybe if like someone would give a scientific explination. Like pound of pressure. heh.

How snug IS snug...

This is what I consider snug. Turn the fucker slow until it starts giving you little to medium resistance. Then, give the saddle/screw/whatever one quick and brisk turn in the same direction.
Hope that helps.

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I've put my bridge through some hardcore punishment. Well maybe not hardcore but you get the idea. Anyways, i've replaced saddles already, is that something that guitarist have to do often? I've owned the guitar for five years maybe...

Everyone has failed to mention quite a common problem with (licenced) Floyd Rose saddles.

Basically those little blocks are made from a very hard metal, but the actual saddles are made from a softer metal. The saddle block when tightened pushes the very hard steel strings into the back of the saddle assembly and it can cause the string to create an indentation in the saddle, which means that the block cannot physically hold the string in. (It stays in fine until you tune up and put the string under tension)

What you have to do is trap the end of the string UNDER the saddle block as well as just in front of it, so that the string comes over the saddle, down in front of the block and then under the block, like a step shape.

This should hold the string in securely without having to risk stripping or snapping the locking screw.

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