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« Reply #15 on: August 25, 2006, 02:27:07 PM »
i got one of those tremol-no things, and it makes changing strings SOOOO much easier!  just lock it and it's like changing on a hardtail guitar.  release it, fine tune and you're away.
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« Reply #16 on: August 25, 2006, 03:58:10 PM »
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Do it one string at a time and use a stringwinder...

Yeah, stringwinders rule !!! :twisted:
I always thought if I would get tendon problems it wouldn't be by playing but by restringing  :P  but now with my cute blue stringwinder my life is intact again ;)
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« Reply #17 on: August 25, 2006, 04:18:23 PM »
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« Reply #18 on: August 25, 2006, 10:12:29 PM »
Ohh, the Planet Wave stringwinder/cutter changed my life - Genius!!!!
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« Reply #19 on: August 27, 2006, 06:28:03 AM »
wow.. this thread is really popular for one i didn't actually intend to make...  :roll:
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« Reply #20 on: August 27, 2006, 06:56:19 AM »
I restrung my first floyd today....

I don't see why its so hard, only took me 15 min

Hey are they saddles prearranged? becasue if they are then I messed them up

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« Reply #21 on: August 27, 2006, 09:22:07 AM »
2 Point Fulcrum Trem, LSR Roller Ball Nut, Schaller Locking tuners..

Who needs a floyd??

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« Reply #22 on: August 27, 2006, 12:17:12 PM »
only takes me about 20 minutes to change strings on a floyd. Actually takes me longer to restring my PRS due to those locking PRS tuners.

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« Reply #23 on: August 27, 2006, 01:52:20 PM »
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Hey are they saddles prearranged? becasue if they are then I messed them up


You moved the saddles?  That's gonna effects your intonation.
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« Reply #24 on: August 27, 2006, 02:35:57 PM »
If you don't use it why don't you block it?  8)

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« Reply #25 on: August 27, 2006, 04:47:46 PM »
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Hey are they saddles prearranged? becasue if they are then I messed them up



You moved the saddles? That's gonna effects your intonation.


Basically the whole bridge of my Guitar was coated in dirt and grime. I had to take it apart to get it all clean. I had it in ablut 30 pieces at one point. I "preset" my intonation similar to another of my Guitars, and it was actually almost spot on!

But I do notice some slight height differences in the saddles, that I can feel as well as see. I was just wondering if there was an easier way to tell where they go.

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« Reply #26 on: August 27, 2006, 05:50:19 PM »
Well, height differences won't effect the intonation as much moving the saddles forwards or backwards will.

There are guides to know roughly how high each saddle should be, dependinng on the guitar's neck radius, which you can find online with a search (I don't have the figures in memory).  But the way I set them is just by what feels right, according to the action and curvature of the fretboard.

As far as intonaiton goes, get yourself a tuner and do a search on how to set that, too.  It's really not difficult.  :)
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« Reply #27 on: August 27, 2006, 06:40:01 PM »
As far as I know the Height on floyds is already pre-set to about 14" radius.

So I'm just concerned that there might be a certain way to have the saddles set, Because the base plate else is flat.

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« Reply #28 on: August 28, 2006, 02:22:44 AM »
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Are the saddle blocks different heights? if so you need the tallest to in the middle, the shortest on the outside and the other two in between. I haven't had an OFR but on an Edge the blocks are the same height and the plate is staggered.
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« Reply #29 on: August 28, 2006, 02:37:36 AM »
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Are the saddle blocks different heights? if so you need the tallest to in the middle, the shortest on the outside and the other two in between.


They look to be slightly different, and the plate isn't staggered. But I don't think that it is an OFR either. the allen bolts that lock the strings are very short. i.e. you have to adjust them in front of the fine tuners.

I was just wondering if there was any way to tell a difference.