Author Topic: Officially Pissed OFF with FRs (Read 10057 times)

Jonny · « **on:** January 27, 2008, 06:31:10 PM »

My Indie, amazing as it is. Has an FR. And the 2nd string keeps $%&#ing coming out of the damn saddle! Either the saddle is messed up, or something.

This is like the bazillionth time! ARGH! <insert spam here>

If it's possible I'm gonna swap it for a speedloader. Or get a freakin' TUNE O MATIC GUITAR! FFS!

</small rant over>

Nolly · « **Reply #1 on:** January 27, 2008, 06:42:42 PM »

Hardtails are the way to go mate. I've got a Kramer with an OFR, and it used to give me so much hassle. Blocked it up years ago and haven't gone back to trems since.

Jonny · « **Reply #2 on:** January 27, 2008, 06:45:11 PM »

It's not even the god damn tremolo or anything, it just snapped when I bent it!

I'm just so pissed off I'm glad I like the guitar or else it'd be in pieces right now. :|

I feel like taking the BKPs out and selling the damn thing.

Nolly · « **Reply #3 on:** January 27, 2008, 06:51:04 PM »

I feel your pain. I had two saddles break, the A string saddle was so sharp it sliced through the string once every few hours, and the bar wobbled a few minutes after tightening it up.

I've been looking for a fixed bridge that would drop directly in the place of an FR, but it seems noone makes one. Thought the ones on those Caparison HGS guitars looked promising but they're not the same dimensions.

sambo · « **Reply #4 on:** January 27, 2008, 07:28:44 PM »

Leave trems behind my friend. Stop-tails are clinically proven to lower blood pressure and suicide rates in guitarists. Fact.

Woogie · « **Reply #5 on:** January 27, 2008, 07:35:42 PM »

*looks smug* 8)

Me and Philly told you all this day would come!!

ilÿti · « **Reply #6 on:** January 27, 2008, 07:46:55 PM »

I am detecting quite a bit of whammy-hate on this board. Can I join in?

Crazy_Joe · « **Reply #7 on:** January 27, 2008, 07:46:56 PM »

Am i the only person who finds floyd rose easier to re-string than a normal stop-tail? :lol:

indysmith · « **Reply #8 on:** January 27, 2008, 08:01:37 PM »

Quote from: Crazy_Joe

Am i the only person who finds floyd rose easier to re-string than a normal stop-tail? :lol:

definately!

Davey · « **Reply #9 on:** January 27, 2008, 10:07:16 PM »

Quote from: Crazy_Joe

Am i the only person who finds floyd rose easier to re-string than a normal stop-tail? :lol:

no

you commie floyd hating tossers! :P

seriously.. what's with the trem hate? they're the best thing since guitar amps

noodleplugerine · « **Reply #10 on:** January 27, 2008, 10:09:04 PM »

Quote from: Davey

Quote from: Crazy_Joe
Am i the only person who finds floyd rose easier to re-string than a normal stop-tail? :lol:

no

you commie floyd hating tossers! :P

seriously.. what's with the trem hate? they're the best thing since guitar amps

Idd.

I guess some people don't learn to use them, and thus, don't get to see their usefullness and thus dislike them.

Jonny · « **Reply #11 on:** January 27, 2008, 10:18:42 PM »

I'm disliking them right now, especially if the string keeps popping out of the saddle and the fact I was pissed off at other stuff at the time.

Indy, doesn't your Ibanez have a speedloader bridge? That would save me TONS of hassle. Hence why I like my Ibanez.

noodleplugerine · « **Reply #12 on:** January 27, 2008, 10:23:04 PM »

Quote from: Jonny

I'm disliking them right now, especially if the string keeps popping out of the saddle and the fact I was pissed off at other stuff at the time.

Indy, doesn't your Ibanez have a speedloader bridge? That would save me TONS of hassle. Hence why I like my Ibanez.

Where'd you get that idea?

I'm 99% sure that Indy has a ZR in his Nez.

Either way, speed loader strings are damn rare, I think they're considerably more expensive, and they're not D'addario!

Jonny · « **Reply #13 on:** January 27, 2008, 10:24:39 PM »

Quote from: noodleplugerine

Quote from: Jonny
I'm disliking them right now, especially if the string keeps popping out of the saddle and the fact I was pissed off at other stuff at the time.

Indy, doesn't your Ibanez have a speedloader bridge? That would save me TONS of hassle. Hence why I like my Ibanez.

Where'd you get that idea?

I'm 99% sure that Indy has a ZR in his Nez.

Either way, speed loader strings are damn rare, I think they're considerably more expensive, and they're not D'addario!

Oh whoops. Forgot it was an S Series (right?)

Speedloader strings? Isn't that just string with the ball at the end?

noodleplugerine · « **Reply #14 on:** January 27, 2008, 10:28:29 PM »

Quote from: Jonny

Quote from: noodleplugerine
Quote from: Jonny
I'm disliking them right now, especially if the string keeps popping out of the saddle and the fact I was pissed off at other stuff at the time.

Indy, doesn't your Ibanez have a speedloader bridge? That would save me TONS of hassle. Hence why I like my Ibanez.

Where'd you get that idea?

I'm 99% sure that Indy has a ZR in his Nez.

Either way, speed loader strings are damn rare, I think they're considerably more expensive, and they're not D'addario!

Oh whoops. Forgot it was an S Series (right?)

Speedloader strings? Isn't that just string with the ball at the end?

Nope.

They're completely different - Made by OFR to fit at tension into the speedloader bridge, the idea is, minimum tuning needed, and minimum setup needed at the bridge side.

Very good system - but means you need Speedloader strings, the speedloader nut and a speedloader bridge - All expensive and hard to find.

Also makes your machineheads completely useless, as you only use the bridge to tune.

ALSO don't know how forgiving it is with different scale lengths, since they only sell 25.5 and 24.75 strings, if you have a baritone you're stuffed.

And I have no idea how good the strings actually are - If its a nifty system with cr@ppy strings that need to be replaced every week - then its by no means at all worth it.

Edit: Just read the Speedloader bridge has a built in tremblock - Sounds superb - Might have to cash in for one actually...