Setting up/intonating Floyd Rose guitars

[Ermz]

Hey guys,

Do any of you have some good reference guides on setting these kinds of bridges up? I've mostly dealt with fixed bridges, but from time to time the Floyds roll in and have pretty poor set-up jobs.

Thanks.

 

[Harry Hughes]

Here's a fantastic guide to the Ibanez Edge Pro, Lo-Pro, Original Edge, and also TRS and OFR (Official Floyd Rose, and the Gotoh and Schaller variants are pretty much the same design really).

http://www.ibanezrules.com/tech/setup/index.htm

Although it doesn't cover the newer Edge Zero trems, which I don't personally have experience with and don't particularly like either.

 

[Skyweaver]

http://www.realguitars.com.au/ - Bredan
http://www.soundworks.com.au/ - Paul

These guys do the best set up for floyds and intonation etc, if you want to refer the guitarist there before recording

 

[Machinated]

setting up/intonating floyd roses is an agonising experience.

 

[kaomao]

biggest advice is to change a string at a time, this way your bridge stays in position!
then follow the guide that has been submitted by Harry !

 

[Ermz]

Thanks Harry!

 

[crillemannen]

setting up/intonating floyd roses is an agonising experience.

+ 1 my experiences is that floyd stables are one of few that can be completely intonated. I always struggle with tuning when i record bands, even if they spend hours and hours on trying to make it 100% intonated.

 

[azistenostora]

Although it doesn't cover the newer Edge Zero trems, which I don't personally have experience with and don't particularly like either.

I don't want to be an ass but how can you not like them if you don't have experience with them? I have one in my Ibanez SPrestige and I can say that in my opinion it is one of the best trems. It has been set up 3 years ago, never needed setup since then and stays in tune perfectly all the time. I have less problems with it than with my original Floyds.

 

[guitarguru777]

Ermz I have some good tips. Ill have to put a video together to to get into specifics. I am a bit over booked this week. But give me a week or so and I will get you some totally great info not covered in the videos above.

 

[Pot]

Ermz I have some good tips. Ill have to put a video together to to get into specifics. I am a bit over booked this week. But give me a week or so and I will get you some totally great info not covered in the videos above.

we´ll be waiting .....although the ibanez link is good enough in my opinion

 

[Ermz]

Ermz I have some good tips. Ill have to put a video together to to get into specifics. I am a bit over booked this week. But give me a week or so and I will get you some totally great info not covered in the videos above.

Fat chicks need lovin' that urgently?

 

[arvoitus]

Floyds are awesome. I have a Schaller which is incredible at staying in tune.

When i just changed my strings and im going to record i only have to adjust minor changes (like 0,5/1HZ) after 20 minutes of tracking.
And after a day or two it can hold the tuning for weeks.

 

[Auroras]

ok changing the tuning and doing the setup minus the intonating is easy as pie i can do it in 10 minutes intonating is like trying to squeeze your dick into a brick without lube just painfull haha theres a little tool that some people use that makes it a bit easier http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tools/Special_tools_for:_Bridges/The_Key.html


borrowed one off a buddy to reintonate both my axes twas a sucess also the advantage of a floyd i find is you dont have to to retune constantly while tracking every 5 seconds i find it never goes out