floyd rose.. yuk

[Muzzzz]

The RG570EX has a floyd rose, which are good until you break a string  :x

Personally, I can't stand them - I mean, they stay in tune, but restringing can take hours.

Once the novelty of a whammy bar has worn off, and you stop using it completely (not saying you will, but most people eventually do), you'll still have to put up with restringing those pain-in-the-arse floyd roses.


Though it could be annoying wanting to play Eruption or something and having a guitar without a whammy bar...  :?  :?  :?

[Muzzzz]

oops.. that was supposed to be a reply to someone else's topic.

 :oops: how embarrasing :oops:

OK, you'd best ignore this topic.

[CaffeineJunkie]

i feel like replying anyway, just cos i can :D:D:D:D




hee hee

[Muzzzz]

That's the spirit!  

[Searcher]

I think we should sticky this thread.

[Afghan Dave]

I was gonna spend a few hours restringing my floyd but now I've gotten too involved with this thread and the times flown by...

I'll have to put aside another day..

Damn...

[TwilightOdyssey]

Huh?!

*Looks at all his OFR-equipped guitars*

[b0ng0]

It might take hours to restring the first time or two you try, but I can restring mine in about 45 minutes if i'm not watching TV while I do it.

I wouldn't say the whammy bar is a novelty, it's just another tool to use while making music with your guitar. Obviously you have to be into the kind of music that utilises it, but I know I have created some unholy sounds using my bar  :twisted: which you couldn't get without a FR.

But I see what you mean. Personally it's probably best just getting a decent liscened one instead of paying through the nasal passageways for one.



I just realised that the original poster meant this as a reply to some other topic  :lol:

[FELINEGUITARS]

Do it one string at a time and use a stringwinder and you'll be done in under 10 mins

[Sifu Ben]

Now that's good advice! I was always warned off using stringwinders on my fixed bridge guitar because it doesn't wind it tight enough (and lets face it, if you go for it you can restring a tune-a-matic in about 6 minutes), but I suppose with a double locking system it's not an issue.

[screamingdaisy]

It takes me about 15 minutes to restring a Floyd.....

[Kilby]

Even for somebody as inept as me a floyd is ok to string (15 to 20 minutes).

Unless I'm using a different string brand from normal or (even worse) changing gauge, it's horrible then :(

My 12 string is an hour minimum, cos I can't ever seem to get the same brand of strings twice (I'm glad I have never seen a 12 string floyd ;) )

I found changing strings one at a time (rather than removing them all at once) makes things a little easier on the floyd (without doing that on the 12 it takes a whole afternoon to change strings)

rob...

[dave_mc]

oops.. that was supposed to be a reply to someone else's topic.

 :oops: how embarrasing :oops:

OK, you'd best ignore this topic.

haha, awesome.

hard luck, man.
:lol:

[Crazy_Joe]

The RG570EX is actually a Lo-Pro Edge i think.

[FELINEGUITARS]

You can also wedge something under the back of the Floyd to stop it moving temporarily. Do one string at a time, use a string winder - do it on a clear table with a towel or something soft under the guitar.

Put on a long song that you like on the stereo and get stuck in