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Virtual Whammy Bar
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danivempire
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- Oct 26, 2013
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Wow. I'll have to check that out!
I never bought a guitar with a whammy, just changing the strings is a nightmare with a floating bridge.
I never bought a guitar with a whammy, just changing the strings is a nightmare with a floating bridge.
Kolchak357
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- May 31, 2012
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What a cool idea. I never even put the bar on my one guitar that has a whammy bar. Just wouldn't stay in tune if I used it.
ZREXMike
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I've found that only the top Floyds made by Floyd Rose, & Schaller, stay in tune. You must stretch the strings first, or even those won't stay in tune. A regular Fender trem will go out pretty quickly, but using locking tuners & a graphite nut helps. Supposedly EVH used a Fender trem on the first album.
Changing strings is not so bad on a Floyd, & if you leave the strings uncut you can just roll a little off the tuners & lock the end back down, provided the string didn't break too far from the trem. NEVER try just changing the broken string on a Floyd, you will have problems with tuning. Change the whole set, doing one at a time (taking all the old strings off at once is asking for trouble).
The trick to tuning strings on a Floyd is to gradually zone in on correct pitch, say, tune high E sharp, then bring low E up to pitch, which will bring high E down, for example. When you have them all close, lock down & fine tune to correct pitch.
Changing strings is not so bad on a Floyd, & if you leave the strings uncut you can just roll a little off the tuners & lock the end back down, provided the string didn't break too far from the trem. NEVER try just changing the broken string on a Floyd, you will have problems with tuning. Change the whole set, doing one at a time (taking all the old strings off at once is asking for trouble).
The trick to tuning strings on a Floyd is to gradually zone in on correct pitch, say, tune high E sharp, then bring low E up to pitch, which will bring high E down, for example. When you have them all close, lock down & fine tune to correct pitch.
- Feb 19, 2012
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I always wondered how Jimi stayed in tune. He went nuts on his trem constantly. I barely touch mine and have to retune.
ZREXMike
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Most likely he had such a great set of ears he got quite deft at reaching up to the tuners & bringing the strings back up to pitch at will, mid-song. String go flat mostly, so a quick twist on the tuners will get them back in better than just staying outta tune until the end of a song. I don't mess with anything but a hardtail bridge like on my Les Paul (which stays in tune great unless I really get rough with it) or a guitar with a Floyd (Jackson Soloists).
Even my beater, a Peavey Rotor, stays in reasonably with it's Floyd knockoff.
Even my beater, a Peavey Rotor, stays in reasonably with it's Floyd knockoff.
I used to play a cheap (500€ new) Jackson Soloist for long (hard tail).
I like the design - the body shape, pointed headstock and the shark fins.
Also neck-thru looks and feels imo much better than bolt-on.
If I had a lot of money to spend, I would buy a custom USA made soloist with a shorter scale length and
a dark ebony fretboard (shark fin inlays of course).
I like the design - the body shape, pointed headstock and the shark fins.
Also neck-thru looks and feels imo much better than bolt-on.
If I had a lot of money to spend, I would buy a custom USA made soloist with a shorter scale length and
a dark ebony fretboard (shark fin inlays of course).
