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Re: how do you restring a guitar with a flloyd rose... and yes I took all the strings off (I DIDN'T KNOW)

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Posted by aleksi on March 08, 2002 at 04:35:25:

In Reply to: how do you restring a guitar with a flloyd rose... and yes I took all the strings off (I DIDN'T KNOW) posted by VeinZ on April 13, 2001 at 14:37:33:

When you've tuned the guitar and you play around and pull/push the bar, some or all strings go off tune. It's frustrating but it only tells that you didn't finish up tuning the instrument properly during a string change. Here's what you should do... First ensure that the gauges match the previous ones that you've been using. or nonetheless if you want stronger/lighter gauges, screw the springs on the back of your guitar to match the tension. Then comes the trick: tune all strings one by one starting on low E. Then push the whammy bar as low as it goes. Crank it a few times and listen how the strings have gone out of tune. Then play high E and tune it again. (only the high E!) when it's tuned crank the bar down again. now hear how much it has gotten off tune. By tuning and cranking and tuning and cranking the string finds it's optimum tension and doesn't take long before it won't go off tune anymore even if pushin the bar at any direction. Now do the same therapy for all the other strings and remember to loosen all strings and start all over if your bridge raises too high. it's due the incorrect screwing of the springs again... I've found that in this way I can play as loud and bold without being afraid of my strings going offtune.
feel free to send comments/corrections etc.

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: When you've tuned the guitar and you play around and pull/push the bar, some or all strings go off tune. It's frustrating but it only tells that you didn't finish up tuning the instrument properly during a string change. Here's what you should do... First ensure that the gauges match the previous ones that you've been using. or nonetheless if you want stronger/lighter gauges, screw the springs on the back of your guitar to match the tension. Then comes the trick: tune all strings one by one starting on low E. Then push the whammy bar as low as it goes. Crank it a few times and listen how the strings have gone out of tune. Then play high E and tune it again. (only the high E!) when it's tuned crank the bar down again. now hear how much it has gotten off tune. By tuning and cranking and tuning and cranking the string finds it's optimum tension and doesn't take long before it won't go off tune anymore even if pushin the bar at any direction. Now do the same therapy for all the other strings and remember to loosen all strings and start all over if your bridge raises too high. it's due the incorrect screwing of the springs again... I've found that in this way I can play as loud and bold without being afraid of my strings going offtune. : feel free to send comments/corrections etc.

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