hi there, i have played with floyds fer years,,,if u put a block in the back of the guitar, up in the routed hole between the guitar and the inside side/bottom of the floyd, whenever u break a string, it'll never go outta tune on ya,,,,,,,the only downfall is u can't pull up in pitch, just dives,,,,,some of the folks up there were talking about putting 5 springs on instead of the normal 3 springs,,,,yeah i did that too, but remember now,,only turn those screws for the spring plate in when u have heavier gauge strings on, just keep them medium tight when using 10 gauge or lighter strings,,,,i used 11 to 49's so i tightened the screws up tight, but not as tight as if i were to have what say a stevie ray vaughn would use 12's er somethin like that.
remember this, the more u tighten in those screws which pulls on those springs,,the more your neck is being pulled, it's not a lot of stress but u would really notice the effect it has on the intonation when traveling from town to town, elevation to elevation,,,if u ever do travel with your guitar and the there is a huge change in the elevation and climate, don't fret if your guitar goes all weird, and don't try to adjust it, just leave it till u get back to your own area and everything should return to normal,,,those screws pulling on the springs really are a part of something greater than just keeping the strings in tune, it effects your neck and everything,,,,the trouble with those floyds are that the metal piece's right under the fine tuners r soo cheap, they get soft after a year er soo, then u really have to finesse the whole guitar, neever tighten down on the locking nut too hard, keep that locking nut clean of gum in between the teeth where the strings slide thruuuuu,keep yer fine tuners at a 50% adjustment point so they have tuning room either way, when locking down, not only should u never tighten too strongly but, when tighening the first allen screw, tighten just a little, do that with the rest, then come back to tighten up a bit more on all of them, floyds r weird, i actually gave up tremelos all together and concentrated on my finger fretboard vibrato for a while, remember that guys like steve via get floyds sent to them by the boxes,,free even, guitars will stay intune if the tremelos r used to just enhance a wave in the note, if u listen to guys who r really good with the tremelo work, they sound like they r doing these big vibrato ups and downs, but yer active ear will really learn that they barely touch them, that's how they work best, floyds r great, but when used right, a tremelo like on old strats and alike have no lockers,,,how does malmsteen stay in tune anyways eh? or ritchie blackmore?, hendrix? hey, if hendrix used his tremelo more that suble, he stayed in tune because the nut on his guitar was very very clean, and i'll bet a hot chocolate on that!!!!!! lol,,,,,,,peace
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