guitar setup question, Floyd Rose

[bryan_kilco]

**EDIT: Sorry about the double post of this thread. My net was froze up and when it came back to normal, somehow it posted twice.

So I'm in the middle of tracking rhythm guits for our album. I had set up the guitar for .11's in Drop C. I used .10's in this tuning for years and never really had a problem. Recently I realized that those were a bit light for me, so I upped it to the .11's.

Everything was set up just fine, it held tuning nicely, etc. Now, just the other day before our show, I restrung and noticed that even before I put fresh strings on it, the bridge was pulling out of the body. Restrung, same thing.

Are my springs stretching? I may try adding a 4th spring. But the springs are the only thing that (I think) it could be.

 

[Terminus]

The screws that hold the springs into the wood need to be loosened or tightened to get it level sometimes. Do it a little bit at a time as you're tuning it up. I have to adjust them slightly when I restring. And just as a side note it's better to restring floyds one string at a time to keep the tension fairly even so you dont have to mess with that part too much (assuming the strings are relatively close to the same size). going from 10s to 11s isn't really that drastic.

 

[bryan_kilco]

The screws that hold the springs into the wood need to be loosened or tightened to get it level sometimes. Do it a little bit at a time as you're tuning it up. I have to adjust them slightly when I restring. And just as a side note it's better to restring floyds one string at a time to keep the tension fairly even so you dont have to mess with that part too much (assuming the strings are relatively close to the same size). going from 10s to 11s isn't really that drastic.

Yep, I adjusted the screws accordingly and I always do 1 string at a time when restringing. It was fine for about 2 weeks then the bridge started lifting out of the cavity which I assume means that the springs lost tension because if the strings were losing tension/dying out, it would sink into the body and not pop out of it.

 

[Terminus]

Huh, weird. Well maybe you do need new springs then. Or a Tremel-No of some kind...that is, if you dont use the trem bar. Actually the real Tremel-No's have an adjustment where it lets you use the bar. good investment imo.

 

[bryan_kilco]

I have it set up again now. It seems ok, but we'll see if she keeps pulling flat on me. In that case, I'll add a 4th spring and see if that helps.