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Post subject: MIM Floyd Rose question.
Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 8:27 am
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I've got an '05 Floyd Rose Strat that I've upgraded the pickups (2 Seymour Duncan JB 'buckers) and pickguard. I love it, except the thing weighs a ton. It is a lot heavier than my other Strats. I'm pretty sure it is alder, like my others ('89 USA and '08 Roadhouse MIM) Does anyone else have a FR model and are they all like carrying a bag of bricks? Or do they vary that much in weight?


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Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 9:26 am
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Welcome to the world of Floyd Rose ..My 94 MIM Floyd Rose is much heavier than my 2008 MIM Standard but does weigh about the same as my 90 Ultra..I have always thought that it was just the years it was made until a week or so ago when i had a chance to play another MIM Floyd Rose that was brand new it also weighed much more than a Standard...

I don't know this for fact as i never have had a tremolo off a Floyd Rose but i would think this is the reason for some of the weight difference is the weight of the tremolo itself..But i cant see that being but maybe a half pound and my Floyd Rose is quite a bit heavier..


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Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 8:55 pm
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Yeah, I took that into account. The Floyd is heavier (it's a genuine "real" Floyd). I've had the thing completely apart and the body itself is just really heavy. It has the "swimming pool" routing under the pickups, which is interesting because it seems like that would make it lighter. Oh well. It must just be a heavier wood used for this model, just not sure why...


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