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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:44 am
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I just put a floyd on my strat. I did a flush mount first but I didn't like changing the neck angle so much. The string height was terrible. So I routed out the body and lowerd it down. Now it is great.
My only suggestion is that if you use a template make sure it really lines up with your trem as there are so many different versions.


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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:18 pm
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Players used to drop Floyd Rose setups into Strats frequently,especially back in the '80's-including doing it to some now vintage ones (ouch). I'd definitely recommend getting a Strat that was built at the factory to have that setup, I wouldn't recommend it as a first time DIY project.


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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 2:07 pm
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I totally and completely agree with Chris63 and Revolution Blues. Look on ebay or in Music stores. The Richie Sambora sig strat has a floyd on it and it plays nice. "DON'T BUTCHER YOUR STRAT!"


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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:05 pm
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Stoni - do you use the Tremel-No? If so, how do you like it?


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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:21 am
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Strataholic wrote:
Stoni - do you use the Tremel-No? If so, how do you like it?


Hello Holic! I like it! I've got one of my strats. You can free move up and down and your sound and tune still correct. Calibration and install is easy. Try it! You can find on ebay !:wink:


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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:10 am
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I had one floyd tremolo equipped guitar.

It was a really nice Yamaha. An RGZ model, if I remember correctly.
It was well made out of good wood, sounded great (even though it had humbuckers in it - surprising) and played fantastic. But that floyd tremolo ruined it.

In the end I sold it. And sold it CHEAP!, because of that cursed floyd tremolo.

Such a waste! It was made of great sounding, light weight wood. It had a transparent black finish that showed the beautiful grain of the body wood. The neck was one of the best playing necks I have ever played. Even better than some Fenders (I know that's hard to even imagine). But, as I said, that *#$& floyd ruined it!

The guy that bought it is one of my friends, so I warned him about it before he bought it. But , since it was so cheap, he bought it anyway. Later he too learned to HATE the floyd tremolo. And, he too has looked for ways of getting rid of that tremolo, in favor of a good one. (he has since retired the guitar) I reminded him that he was warned, many times, by me, before I finally let him have it. He said he knew that, but he had to try it for himself. So we both lived and learned.

Some of the negatives I remember are;
Tuning was a real pain! You had to get out the wrenches to loosen up the locking nut, tune to pitch, lock the nut, the pitch is now wrong, loosen the nut again and guess at what it's going to be after tightening the nut, tighten nut again. After a few rounds of this, I took the locks off and stored them in the case. Oh another point - the supposed "feature" of doing the tuning at the bridge worked only for very "fine" tuning at best.
Changing strings was an exercise in frustration TOO! There were some small parts in the bridge that would fall out when the a bridge saddle was loosened to change out a string. These small pieces were hard to put back in right - and even harder to find when they fell on the floor! These pieces were also impossible to find replacements for at the music store - so you HAD to find the ones that fell out so that you could put the strings back on the guitar.
Setting the intonation was also made very difficult by the location of the adjustment screws coupled with trying to hold the bridge piece in the proper place with your fingers while making the adjustment. Another exercise in frustration.

Also worth noting here; This was one of the actual Floyd systems (names and license #s stamped into the metal) in this guitar, not one of the many copies. So it should have been the best of the Floyd systems.

After owning that guitar, I can see no advantages to the Floyd system, but many disadvantages and headaches.

So, if you're like my friend and I were, and have to try it for yourself, then go for it. (although, in my defense, I didn't know about the problems before I bought the guitar) But please, don't ruin a good guitar. Like the others said, get one that is already been ruined.

Even though you would learn some lessons from owning one, from my bad experiences, I would warn you against it.


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