Floyd style trems

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Floyd style trems; advice
Topic Started: Aug 24 2010, 11:13 AM (107 Views)
eggster	Aug 24 2010, 11:13 AM Post #1
Newbie Posts: 2 Group: Members Member #9,374 Joined: August 24, 2010	Ok, so i want to buy my first guitar with a Floyd - but do i buy one with a floating floyd, or one that's recessed? Any advice would be welcome!!



monwobobbo	Aug 24 2010, 09:31 PM Post #2
Posts: 1,032 Group: Moderator Member #8,625 Joined: June 23, 2008	floating and recessed are two diiferent things that are related. all recessed floyds are floating.floating means that the back doesn't rest against the body and therefore it can be pulled up. recessed help this by making a cavity for the trem to move freely in be it up or down. some believe that you get better sustain from setting the trem to only be able to go down (non floating) however the jury is still out on how effective this is. the one disadvantage to floating is if you rest your hand on the bridge it will cause a slight pitch shift and make your guitar sound a little out of tune. with a little practice this isn't a big deal. the biggest problem with floyds is string changing and realizing that you pretty much have to have it set up in one tuning. DO NOT take off all the string at the same time. start from the middle and replace them in pairs DG, AB, EE. tune it the same way. if you break a string you are screwed for tuning as they will go out and thee is nothing you can do. make sure you have some extra windings on the tuning keys. most of the time the string will break at the bridge. if it does then you can unlock it let out some slack and put it back in the clamp. this will save tons of time in a live situation. of cours if the string breaks elsewhere you'll just have to replace it. Edited by monwobobbo, Aug 24 2010, 09:33 PM.
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