Alexi's guitar Floyd rose setup

[Thilo]

Show us a pic, BodomiC!

 

[BodomiC]

ok, as soon as Ill get some dig-cam ill do it, maybe tomorrow

 

[PaIIarAndersVisa]

i have a kelly with a regular floyd and it works well

 

[MJStraughen]

I haven't tried it, but it supposedly gives the bar a nicer feel to use...

 

[Peti]

BodomiC: what guitar did you get?
(I see, you had a Jackson...) or not?

 

[HeadCrusher]

Kramer Pacer Custom I USA '88 or '89 cant really figure.

that's the guitar he got.

the guitar in is picture ain't a Jackson, i thought it was one too but than i asked him and he told me something else (can't remember).

 

[-Gavin-]

I did this to my floyd today and it is actually a lot better, i dont know why it jsut feels cooler.

 

[OutlawCFH]

 

[OfSinsAndShred]

Sweet, thanks for the pic. Man I love Alexi's guitar, but I dunno about the trem setup. Does it feel tighter or something?

 

[Episteme]

Sweet pic! I might actually try it out next time I put new strings. I even feel like putting bevels on my guitar. WHich looks like half a KE and Rhoads.

 

[tempestadiossa]

is somebody gonna tell us what is the difference between a normal Floyd Rose setup and Alexi's one?

I have a Jackson guitar with an original Floyd Rose and I want to have a sound as similar to alexi's as possible: I love the sound of CoB's guits

 

[OutlawCFH]

Alexi's set up just makes the trem a little more looser feeling,but it also has a draw back,intonation(sp?) can get messed up a little too,I heard.

 

[BodomiC]

I have this setup

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And it gives loose feeling too

Pics of my new guitar will be in two weeks, I cant make them sooner Anyway the old one is polish shitty stuff, theres no need to mention its name...

 

[HeadCrusher]

What about that "loose feeling" anyway? What do you mean by that?
That you can bend the notes more or what??

 

[-Gavin-]

No....

I jsut did this to my guitar when i saw this thread.

basically it takes a lot less effort to push the bar.
its more of a smoother, floaty feeling.
Its hard to explain. it feels cool. Try it.

 

[HeadCrusher]

Unfortunetaly I don't have a Floyd.. Only a shity Vintage vibrato on my jackson...
I removed the trem some days ago when I put on new strings. Won't put it up there again, the tuning just messes up fully when I press the bar...
Maybe I'll get an Ibanez someday, then I'm gonna try it!

 

[Barr WildChild]

hmm.. sounds interesting. I'll try that too sometime..

 

[delt]

i tried that setup (the one in the pic) and it's cool, but i use just 2 springs, diagonally, like this:

it's a bit harder to tune (floating, original FR baseplate, mounting posts, etc. with Jackson
"licensed under" saddles) but gives me a much more subtle edge for note bends. anyway, i
like this setup a lot.

 

[BodomiC]

I have an original FR bridge, just like Alexi, but the black color. The setup is quite good, cuz the is no side affect while just after pressing the bar and releasing then there is no thing like some strings would wind and give additional unwanted soud. Thats pretty cool



btw, @ Delt doesnt 2 spring setup gives you some trouble with tuning strings above 9-46 ? For me with 3 springs is a problem to tune to proper e strings of 10-56 kind...

 

[delt]

nah, no problem at all for that. i use d'addario .09 (.23cm) and everything works fine in
standard tuning.... i find them a bit too loose when tuned in D tho.. but that got nothing to
do with the springs.