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Re: Setting up Floating Bridge Floyd Rose - Help me out!

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Posted by JOHN THOMAS (from: dns21b.dfas.mil) on February 20, 2001 at 10:12:19:

In Reply to: Setting up Floating Bridge Floyd Rose - Help me out! posted by Shawn on September 27, 2000 at 21:31:42:

: If anybody is pretty good at setting up a floyd rose (floating bridge variety) and has some tips to help me out, send them my way. My problem is that when I tighten one string, the rest loosen (as the pulling of one brings the bridge up higher, then loosens the others). So you have to tighten them, and they in turn loosen the one you just tightened. Etc. Etc.

: How do I get out of this loop-hole? I guess the bridge unit is supposed to be paralell to the guitar, which it is NOWWHERE near by the time I get it tuned.
I bought a Fender Floyd Rose Tremola System for my Eric Clapton Blackie and had it installed by a guitar Tech at a local music store. The guy installed it correctly but doesn't know how to set it up any more then he can find his ass with both hands in broad daylight. The questions I have are these. Without the Floyd Rose all five springs are used in the back. After he installed it there were only three being used. Also how far back do you bring those screws that attach to the body of the guitar, because i don't believe that the back of the Floyd Rose bridge is supposed to be flush against the body of the guitar. Secondly when you back the screws off the back of the Floyd Rose comes up off the body. Now I believe that it is supposed to be off the body but I dont know by how much. My problem was that when I applied a bend to the high e and b strings it would go sharp once the strings went back into position. The guitar tech gave me some bullshit excuse, I didn't believe him. Now I'm looking for someone who has had experience setting them up. Because this guy took my money for installing it but he doesn't know how to set it up. I do know that once you do get it set up for a certain gauge of strings that it would be unwise to change gauges. The trick is those screws you have two one for the low and one for the high end of the bridge. I believe they are supposed to be even, though I am not sure of that. I've fooled around with it and believe that those two screws are the source of the problem. I do know that I have no directions whatsoever on how to accomplish it and at the moment am stumped. Just because a guy calls himself a guitar tech doesn't mean he really knows how do do everything, this guy certainly doesn't. Find a qualified tech or a manual or directions on how to do it, without those your spitting in a strong wind and doomed to experiment. Good Luck John send me an E-Mail if you decipher the problem.

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: : If anybody is pretty good at setting up a floyd rose (floating bridge variety) and has some tips to help me out, send them my way. My problem is that when I tighten one string, the rest loosen (as the pulling of one brings the bridge up higher, then loosens the others). So you have to tighten them, and they in turn loosen the one you just tightened. Etc. Etc. : : How do I get out of this loop-hole? I guess the bridge unit is supposed to be paralell to the guitar, which it is NOWWHERE near by the time I get it tuned. : I bought a Fender Floyd Rose Tremola System for my Eric Clapton Blackie and had it installed by a guitar Tech at a local music store. The guy installed it correctly but doesn't know how to set it up any more then he can find his ass with both hands in broad daylight. The questions I have are these. Without the Floyd Rose all five springs are used in the back. After he installed it there were only three being used. Also how far back do you bring those screws that attach to the body of the guitar, because i don't believe that the back of the Floyd Rose bridge is supposed to be flush against the body of the guitar. Secondly when you back the screws off the back of the Floyd Rose comes up off the body. Now I believe that it is supposed to be off the body but I dont know by how much. My problem was that when I applied a bend to the high e and b strings it would go sharp once the strings went back into position. The guitar tech gave me some bullshit excuse, I didn't believe him. Now I'm looking for someone who has had experience setting them up. Because this guy took my money for installing it but he doesn't know how to set it up. I do know that once you do get it set up for a certain gauge of strings that it would be unwise to change gauges. The trick is those screws you have two one for the low and one for the high end of the bridge. I believe they are supposed to be even, though I am not sure of that. I've fooled around with it and believe that those two screws are the source of the problem. I do know that I have no directions whatsoever on how to accomplish it and at the moment am stumped. Just because a guy calls himself a guitar tech doesn't mean he really knows how do do everything, this guy certainly doesn't. Find a qualified tech or a manual or directions on how to do it, without those your spitting in a strong wind and doomed to experiment. Good Luck John send me an E-Mail if you decipher the problem.

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