OCAU Guitar Players Club 3 - Page 72

Xplora · 4th October 2010, 8:45 PM

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Originally Posted by shredder

...it's also better for keeping the guitar in tune?

Floyds are great at keeping guitars in tune. It's just a horror story to replace strings if you're a noob. IMO that's the whole problem. Floating bridges suck arse. EVH had the right idea; diving only and flat on the body. You can't go wrong. Except if you still break the string.

bubblegoose · 4th October 2010, 9:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Xplora

Floyds are great at keeping guitars in tune. It's just a horror story to replace strings if you're a noob. IMO that's the whole problem. Floating bridges suck arse. EVH had the right idea; diving only and flat on the body. You can't go wrong. Except if you still break the string.

Well, depends how much tension you have on the springs

A mate of mine runs his with enough juice to hold up with two snapped strings lol

Willybomb · 4th October 2010, 11:51 PM

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Well, depends how much tension you have on the springs A mate of mine runs his with enough juice to hold up with two snapped strings lol

Eh, what?

Snap a string with a floating floyd and the rest will go sharp unless it's already set against the body - it'll never go flat if a string breaks. If it's set against the body you won't have any issues.

bubblegoose · 5th October 2010, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Willybomb

Eh, what?

Snap a string with a floating floyd and the rest will go sharp unless it's already set against the body - it'll never go flat if a string breaks. If it's set against the body you won't have any issues.

Yeh i'm talking about a floyd that has been chocked with a piece of wood (fitted, and glued), and then reefed on with the springs.

shredder · 5th October 2010, 6:52 AM

q. How can you tell if you're in the 70's or the 80's?

a. If Pink Floyd rose, then you're in the 70's; on the other hand, if pink Floyd Rose...

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Originally Posted by Xplora

Floyds are great at keeping guitars in tune. It's just a horror story to replace strings if you're a noob.

Depends on your background (setup and maintenance of a Floyd is more of a mechanical skill than a musical one). There are certainly plenty of players who don't take well to them (or simply don't want them), which is perfectly valid and understandable.

Agg · 5th October 2010, 4:37 PM

Is there a main/good/popular brand of clip-on tuners? The ones that pick up the vibration of the headstock so you can tune up with a lot of background noise.. after one for my acoustic.

Boneman · 5th October 2010, 4:43 PM

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Originally Posted by shredder

q. How can you tell if you're in the 70's or the 80's?

a. If Pink Floyd rose, then you're in the 70's; on the other hand, if pink Floyd Rose...

Depends on your background (setup and maintenance of a Floyd is more of a mechanical skill than a musical one). There are certainly plenty of players who don't take well to them (or simply don't want them), which is perfectly valid and understandable.

This is good.

Im in the split personality camp of absolutely hating to change strings on a FR guitar, and dread it more than doing housework, BUT when I actually do it I find its a relatively simple process in a step by step order that is quite painless once you get your system down.

DJ Fusion · 5th October 2010, 4:46 PM

FR's are a nightmare for beginners but now I can restring an FR in almost the same time as it takes to do a fixed bridge.

I just block the trem, remove the old strings, reverse string the new ones, clamp and snip, and violin, ready to rock.

Ravennoir · 5th October 2010, 4:53 PM

Hey guys, quick question

the strings on my warlock seem to be vibrating against the fret board alot

whats the best way to figure out whats causing this

Boneman · 5th October 2010, 4:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Ravennoir

Hey guys, quick question

the strings on my warlock seem to be vibrating against the fret board alot

whats the best way to figure out whats causing this

You mean fret buzz, and if so, is it coming through amplified?

More than likely its on the heavier strings.

ndt · 5th October 2010, 5:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Ravennoir

Hey guys, quick question

the strings on my warlock seem to be vibrating against the fret board alot

whats the best way to figure out whats causing this

are they vibrating when fretted or open?

Ravennoir · 5th October 2010, 5:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Boneman

You mean fret buzz, and if so, is it coming through amplified?

More than likely its on the heavier strings.

Yeah its on the heavier strings

I had the problem with the Low E on my SG, but the Warlock it seems to be on more strings and its effecting the sound more

Boneman · 5th October 2010, 5:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Ravennoir

Yeah its on the heavier strings

I had the problem with the Low E on my SG, but the Warlock it seems to be on more strings and its effecting the sound more

Look at the neck from down the headstock, which way does it bow?

If thats ok then raise the action and see if it goes away is the first thing to do. Minimal buzz is fine, but if it comes through the amp then theres an issue.

Ravennoir · 5th October 2010, 5:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Boneman

Look at the neck from down the headstock, which way does it bow?

If thats ok then raise the action and see if it goes away is the first thing to do. Minimal buzz is fine, but if it comes through the amp then theres an issue.

Ill have a look tonight and see whats going on

Xplora · 5th October 2010, 7:13 PM

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Originally Posted by DJ Fusion

I just block the trem, remove the old strings, reverse string the new ones, clamp and snip, and violin, ready to rock.

Yeah that's the one... I got locking tuners for my fixed bridge because even that was causing me frustration.

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5th October 2010, 4:46 PM	#1073
DJ Fusion Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sydney Posts: 4,868	FR's are a nightmare for beginners but now I can restring an FR in almost the same time as it takes to do a fixed bridge. I just block the trem, remove the old strings, reverse string the new ones, clamp and snip, and violin, ready to rock.