Will my guitar be alright if i take all the strings on my guitar off at the same time for a minute or two to clean it if i have a floyd rose?

The guitar will be all right, but there gonna’ be some time involved in getting that floating bridge back level and in tune…be prepared for some real frustration….

Bill

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if i do each string individually will the bridge stay in tune?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yutG2LhzQxo

Put a rag or something under the bridge to keep the springs from ramming the bridge into the body, as shown in the vid above.
Edit: Assuming you are staying with the same gauge of string and tuning when doing the change you should be fine with the floating position, if not is an easy adjustment.

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You will still have to do some tuning because your new strings will strech. Also you will have to loosen your locking nut. Should not be too much..by doing one string at a time you will prevent having the tremlo springs from pulling your bridge from a level position to all the way back… remember to tune sharp on the lower strings because you tighten the higher ones you will put slack into the low ones because of the floating bridge..

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That is the darndest way to change FR strings I have ever seen. Not my method, but it works.

I used to do them one string at a time, unless I was doing some serious neck cleaning. The cloth under the tremolo is only needed if you are changing all the strings at the same time.

IMO I hate the ball end up on the tuning pegs; but like I said, not my method for changing strings.

RK

Totaly agree about the ball end of the strings on the tuners. Is your Floyd floating? I say this because the two models I have EBMM EVH and Peavey Wolfgang dont float as Ed does not like it that way.You are going to have to learn sooner or later so see if you can get a friend or a video link to help and just go real slow and take your time. But they are a pain in the $@!.

i do it as Dan Erlewine says in his "How To Make Your Electric Guitar Play Great" book;
"Shim the rear of the tremolo to raise it forward until the strings slacken, and to keep the tremolo from dropping into the body route. For a shim I use one of two what we call "fuzzy sticks"-common wooden paint stirrers with felt wrapped around them. One is two paint sticks glued together and measures 1/2" thick; the thinner one measures 1/4" thick."

he also mentions using a 9-volt in a pinch, which i also did and it worked out.