Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: mia on March 22, 2006, 08:07:33 PM
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where can u get an ibanez edge pro 2 form in the Uk?
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^why do you want one?
They're not that great...
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I have a black one (brand new) if you want it.....PM me if interested
The Edge Pro is made in Japan and the Edge Pro 2 is made in Korea
They are of a similar design - though I think the Japanese one is nicer
the Jap one is not available in black though - only in satin cosmo (gun metal)
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really? I thought most of the top line Ibanezes used them...
What would you recomend in its place?
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I might just do tat feline 8)
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^^the edge pro is the good one, the edge pro II is the meh one, as Jonathan says.
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^lol im soooo gonna use 'meh' as an adjective now.. HAHA!!! that made my day...
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^meh is an adjective...
well, it is now!
:twisted:
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haha yer exactly...
ive only ever heard people use it as an expression.... but to DESCRIBE something!!?!?!?! omg its revolutionary.... you are my god
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^ :D
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so would you say the Ibanez edge is supperior to an OFR?
And where could i get hold of either of these...the ibaez's seem impossible to find!
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^ok, having not put them head to head, but from all i hear, it's at least as good as an OFR. (i've tried both trems, just not head to head. They're both great, basically)
But 90% of that is preference with the feel of the trem, etc.
If you want an ibanez edge, you can get an ibanez dealer to order one for you, I think.
Or, a handier way is to get a Gotoh trem on wdmusic. The good one is £110 for the non-low-profile version. Gotoh made the edges, afaik, so it's similar: http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/shop/products.php?category=207&product=1131
The locking nut is an extra £20, though, but that's still £15 cheaper than the cheapest I could get an OFR for.
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I WOULD PREFER AN OFR MYSELF
But the original Edge and Lo Pro Edge are really good
The Jap Edge Pro seems v good too and the Gotoh one is rather good
Not so hot on the Korean one, or the TRS or Lo-TRS
there are copies of the Gotoh that are not as good as the original as well - so watch out.
We keep a lot of these in stock or can get them, so we have tried a few....
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I WOULD PREFER AN OFR MYSELF
But the original Edge and Lo Pro Edge are really good
Absolutely. I thought the Lo Pro on my Jem was an excellent bridge, really senstitive, and not as clunky as an OFR. (Check out the mellow instrumental in Off Topic and you can hear the trem work on the Lo Pro)
For me, though, it's gotta be an OFR. Purely personal preference, but I like it.
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haha yer exactly...
ive only ever heard people use it as an expression.... but to DESCRIBE something!!?!?!?! omg its revolutionary.... you are my god
Pffft I've been using it as an adjective for years..
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I WOULD PREFER AN OFR MYSELF
But the original Edge and Lo Pro Edge are really good
The Jap Edge Pro seems v good too and the Gotoh one is rather good
Not so hot on the Korean one, or the TRS or Lo-TRS
there are copies of the Gotoh that are not as good as the original as well - so watch out.
We keep a lot of these in stock or can get them, so we have tried a few....
+1 on the lo-trs being junk. I have one. It's being swapped for a Gotoh, lol.
I WOULD PREFER AN OFR MYSELF
But the original Edge and Lo Pro Edge are really good
Absolutely. I thought the Lo Pro on my Jem was an excellent bridge, really senstitive, and not as clunky as an OFR. (Check out the mellow instrumental in Off Topic and you can hear the trem work on the Lo Pro)
For me, though, it's gotta be an OFR. Purely personal preference, but I like it.
yeah, I agree, TO, it's mainly preference. The lo-pro and edge were designed to be more comfortable under your picking hand than an OFR, since they're both lower profile, but ironically most of the people who are used to the OFR still prefer the feel of it, lol.
FWIW, I like the OFR for crazy, more band-style whammy antics (big dive bombs and pull-ups, lol), but the edge is better for vai-type stuff, actually trying to bend the trem to a certain pitch, etc, since it feels a little smoother than the OFR.
So yeah, it's up to you, Mia. From what I know and hear, you won't go far wrong with either an OFR, Edge, Lo-pro edge, edge pro, Schaller or Gotoh. You just really need to try them, if you can, to see which you prefer, which is what really matters.
USA Jacksons, Schecter C1 FR, and the ESP MII all have OFR's, the Washburn X40pro and expensive Nuno signature models have a schaller, and the ibanez rg1570 or better has an edge pro, while older Prestige ibanez RG's have either an edge or lo-pro edge, if you can find them second hand, or NOS in a shop (if you want to try some guitars with these trems). I don't know of any off-the-shelf guitars that have Gotoh bridges, unless Legra and Gajic supply to shops.
Hope that helped, lol.
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thanksa...so does the D-tuner have any negative impacts
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^ i think you have to set the trem up not to float (i.e. have no up-pull) for it to work.
And it won't fit on low-profile trems, as far as i know.
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^ i think you have to set the trem up not to float (i.e. have no up-pull) for it to work.
And it won't fit on low-profile trems, as far as i know.
Dave is right
the trem needs to be set for downwards movement only for a D-tuna to work as otherwise when you drop the E to D all the other strings will go slightly sharp since the tension reduced in the E string will be taken up in all the other strings and the trem will pull back a little under the pull of the springs.
EVH does not have any pull up on his Floyd - the other advantage being that if he breaks a string the other strings dont all go sharp as they would on a floating trem
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^meh is an adjective...
well, it is now!
:twisted:
OMG - my girlfriend is saying "MEH!" now (she reads some of this forum)
TOO DAMN FUNNY!!!
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www.ibanezrules.com - ask Rich for a Lo-Pro Edge w/Locking Studs.
Best floating trem u can get, stay away from the new Edge Pro's and TRS's etc.
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^meh is an adjective...
well, it is now!
:twisted:
OMG - my girlfriend is saying "MEH!" now (she reads some of this forum)
TOO DAMN FUNNY!!!
:lol:
www.ibanezrules.com - ask Rich for a Lo-Pro Edge w/Locking Studs.
Best floating trem u can get, stay away from the new Edge Pro's and TRS's etc.
The lo-pro edges come with locking studs, I don't think you have to ask for them separately.
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lo pros are better than edge pros :o ...?...explain
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^well, the edge pros don't have locking studs to keep the trem 100% stable in the body. It's debatable how much this actually stabilises tuning (or general stability in the body), since OFR don't use them.
But Ibanez rules sell the edge pro and sell a locking stud mod kit, so you could just get that.
AFAIK, the edge pro with a locking stud mod is as good as a lo-pro edge.
This is edge pro I'm talking about, not edge pro II.
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Dont suppose any of you have tried a Maverick guitar version of the floyd rose. Im concidering swapping it for an Ibanez edge but im not ri sure if its gonna be worth it. :roll:
Would the edge probably be smoother, more accurate and stable?
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^i tried one ages ago, but can't remember much about it! d'oh!
I have a feeling it's not great, but this was about 3 years ago!
sorry...
:D