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That fuckin Floyd Rose has got me ready to punch a hole in the wall. I tried both of your suggestions, read up on ibanezrules, read other sites and checked youtube videos. I cannot get my trem to set parallel with the guitar. I got the guitar and it was already strung up. Should I start over with a new set? Add a couple more springs? What the gently caress, are these things worth the hassle?
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Pardon the lovely phone camera pictures: Click here for the full 1200x1600 image.  Click here for the full 1600x1200 image. Had it for about a month or so, turns out changing the strings isn't as nightmarish as I thought it would be. The trem is really stable, which is nice, but for some reason the bar won't stay in the cavity?
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Jan 18, 2010 06:13
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Daughter posted:What the gently caress, are these things worth the hassle? answer: not at all.
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Daughter posted:That fuckin Floyd Rose has got me ready to punch a hole in the wall. I tried both of your suggestions, read up on ibanezrules, read other sites and checked youtube videos. I cannot get my trem to set parallel with the guitar. I got the guitar and it was already strung up. Should I start over with a new set? Add a couple more springs? What the gently caress, are these things worth the hassle?
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Jan 18, 2010 07:10
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJrv-W23SQo This video helped me alot. Give it time man, your not going to get it on the first go. First time I set up my floyd rose it took me and hour and then some. Yesterday i did it in 20 minutes. Every time you do it, you will get better.
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Jan 18, 2010 08:52
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hawaiian_robot posted:The trem is really stable, which is nice, but for some reason the bar won't stay in the cavity?
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Jan 18, 2010 08:58
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hawaiian_robot posted:Had it for about a month or so, turns out changing the strings isn't as nightmarish as I thought it would be. The trem is really stable, which is nice, but for some reason the bar won't stay in the cavity? Have you magnetized it yet? No. No you have not.
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Jan 18, 2010 09:04
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Carbohydrates posted:For some reason my internet connection is having a hell of a time loading up other pages, but do a google search for "jazzmaster collet" to fix that. Had a quick look, cheers for that. It's not that huge a problem for me, the loose bar helps with that Kevin Sheilds kind of stuff - just curious why mine wasn't like all the other JMs I've tried.
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Jan 18, 2010 11:47
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shuriken posted:Neat. Is that a single tone knob for both pickups? You bet. Master volume, master tone and a 5-switch. This guitar combines simplicity and tonal variety. I love it.
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Jan 18, 2010 13:16
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Daughter posted:That fuckin Floyd Rose has got me ready to punch a hole in the wall. I tried both of your suggestions, read up on ibanezrules, read other sites and checked youtube videos. I cannot get my trem to set parallel with the guitar. I got the guitar and it was already strung up. Should I start over with a new set? Add a couple more springs? What the gently caress, are these things worth the hassle? Floyd Roses are the worst thing to happen to guitars since their invention. The fact that they're so popular and widespread, as well as put on a lot of otherwise cool guitars (completely ruining it, imo) makes me want to punch a hole in a wall. Block that poo poo up.
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Jan 18, 2010 13:46
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cat doter posted:Floyd Roses are the worst thing to happen to guitars since their invention. The fact that they're so popular and widespread, as well as put on a lot of otherwise cool guitars (completely ruining it, imo) makes me want to punch a hole in a wall. Block that poo poo up. Jesus christ, I completely agree. Fixed bridge for life.
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Jan 18, 2010 14:14
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cat doter posted:Floyd Roses are the worst thing to happen to guitars since their invention. The fact that they're so popular and widespread, as well as put on a lot of otherwise cool guitars (completely ruining it, imo) makes me want to punch a hole in a wall. Block that poo poo up. I don't see why people hate them so much. I have 3 guitars with floating floyds and they stay in tune more than a fixed bridge. I could probably throw my ESP horizon off a building and not have to retune. Setting them up is tedious and can be a real bitch, but once it's done you rarely have to touch em unless you are changing string sizes. Also, you don't really have to cut the balls off to change the strings. Just loop it through on your tuners. It doesn't look as good, but I always suggest it to my friends who have trouble replacing the strings and it helps them out. Anyone who doesn't like doing divebombs or harmonic squeals with a whammy is really missing out in my opinion.
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Jan 18, 2010 14:50
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They're gimmicks. Seriously, on a well set up fixed bridge it takes 10 seconds to tune. You can take advantage of multiple tunings on one guitar. Changing strings is also a hell of a lot easier. Divebombs and harmonic squeals are obnoxious and annoying.
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Jan 18, 2010 15:13
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Vibrato on chords is nice.
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Jan 18, 2010 15:18
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the wizards beard posted:Vibrato on chords is nice. I do that on my strat a lot, you don't need a floyd to do it, if you don't go crazy pushing the wammy bar down a stupid amount, it'll hold its tune fine.
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Jan 18, 2010 15:31
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cat doter posted:I do that on my strat a lot, you don't need a floyd to do it, if you don't go crazy pushing the wammy bar down a stupid amount, it'll hold its tune fine. You are using a non-fixed bridge and even if you have that motherfucker backed up against the body as hard as it'll go it will still exhibit variance in its return state if not set up properly. So you're basically calling your own bridge a gimmick, which ain't cool, man, bridges are beautiful. And it's just all in the quality of the floating bridge and the setup, anyway, some of them are total pains in the rear end, others just work great. See the guitar in my avatar? That's a floating bridge that only locks at the neck, behind the nut, but when I pulled it out of the storage room this winter after moving three and a half hours south to warmer, wetter weather, it was still in perfect relative tune. And I can bang away at it all day and it'll stay there.
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Jan 18, 2010 16:42
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Oh trust me, it's set up properly. I hate bad tremolo setups. I tend to press very very lightly as you don't need to move the bridge that much to get fairly wide vibrato and I don't wanna pull my strings out of tune. I never said I only use fixed bridges, I just hate floyd roses.
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cat doter posted:Oh trust me, it's set up properly. I hate bad tremolo setups. I tend to press very very lightly as you don't need to move the bridge that much to get fairly wide vibrato and I don't wanna pull my strings out of tune. I never said I only use fixed bridges, I just hate floyd roses. The guitar must not be setup properly if it is going out of tune that easily. I can beat the total living poo poo out of mine for hours and it never goes out of tune. Have you had it setup by professional? Might ask around for the local go-to guy where you live.
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Jan 18, 2010 17:48
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DrChu posted:How much are you looking for it? Im thinking like 85? It is 75 for a kit nowadays. Its prebuilt, unpainted, and has a few mods in it. Ive got to look up what they are again... From what I remember there were a few capacitors replaced and that gave it extra sweep range when it did its volume swell effect. I didn't do the mods myself, but purchased it from someone who had already done the mods. If youre interested, hit me up at npsiwak at gm@il dot com
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Daughter posted:That fuckin Floyd Rose has got me ready to punch a hole in the wall. I tried both of your suggestions, read up on ibanezrules, read other sites and checked youtube videos. I cannot get my trem to set parallel with the guitar. I got the guitar and it was already strung up. Should I start over with a new set? Add a couple more springs? What the gently caress, are these things worth the hassle? Getting the bridge to sit how you want it is adjusted by the screws on the claw(not the bridge posts!) in the back. Have you figured out how to get all the strings in tune at the same time? If so you can start messing with bridge height. Screw/unscrew at 1/4 turns of the screw driver, retune, repeat. Once you start getting it where you like it move down to 1/8 turns. Also if the bridge is sitting above parallel a little bit its not a big deal, the guy I take my guitars to leaves them high so the strings dont bottom out when you raise the pitch, and I think he is able to make the action a little bit lower doing it that way too.
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cat doter posted:Divebombs and harmonic squeals are obnoxious and annoying. Someone doesn't play metal. Ibanez JEM for life bro.
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Aren't locking nuts pretty much required for floyd roses? I don't know, I'm just asking. My buddy hated changing strings on his FR bridge strat, but when we pulled it out of storage (with the locking nut) after 4 years, it was still in tune (within 20 cents).
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Hadlock posted:Aren't locking nuts pretty much required for floyd roses? I don't know, I'm just asking. My buddy hated changing strings on his FR bridge strat, but when we pulled it out of storage (with the locking nut) after 4 years, it was still in tune (within 20 cents). You can get away with a good nut and locking tuners (I think this is Carvin's default Floyd setup these days), but you're still going to risk some level of binding in the nut compared. A locking nut is going to be the easier pick for mass manufacture and should guarantee tuning stability with a wide variety of string gauges, which may explain why they're still the most common solution.
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Got a JBL LSR2310SP 10" subwoofer at Tom Lee's boxing week sale. It compliments the ADAM A7s very nicely, and it's tough to believe it's only a 10" in there. Very linear, very deep, effortless bass. I'm a fan.
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Jan 18, 2010 22:55
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Color me jealous. I've been wanting a new studio sub for awhile, mine's just too bulky. Good linear reproduction but it isn't deep enough to reproduce cinematic content (BOOM BOOM). KRK makes a sub matched to my monitors that I'll pick up eventually, but I have heard that one and it is a great sub to match up with some quality monitors.
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In light of all the floyd rose bashing, I think some clarification is needed. Floyd roses aren't all about doing divebombs and squeals-for me, at least, the lopro edge on my 7620 is an extremely comfortable platform to rest the meat of my hand on for fast alt picking. Combined with a tremel-no (which I highly, highly recommend btw), I pretty much get the best of both worlds: a floyd rose bridge that's locked down in hardtail mode. I still get the comfort and tuning stability of a floyd, and string and tuning changes are a snap with the tremel-no (just like a hardtail). Not to mention the nice boost in sustain  To Daughter: floyds are brilliant, but they require professional setup. If you don't know what you're doing, take that iceman to a tech and have it set up and intonated. Like someone said, once they're set up, they don't need to be touched again at all! metalhead fucked around with this message at 01:01 on Jan 19, 2010 |
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BAM, mahfuggas.  It ends up doing the tube screamer thing better than... well, my tube screamer. The way I like to have it set, anyway. It chimes you right the hell up too when its in "clean" mode. Nice machine.
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esq posted:BAM, mahfuggas. I heard about this guy a while back...heard nothing but good stuff. would it work well as a nice buffer? or is it not "transparent"?
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Choicecut posted:The guitar must not be setup properly if it is going out of tune that easily. I can beat the total living poo poo out of mine for hours and it never goes out of tune. Well it doesn't actually go out of tune that easily at all, I just don't wack it around like a crazy person. If I'm conservative with the wammy bar it's usually still in tune within a couple cents after a good couple of hours of playing.
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 Eigenharp Pico, with dedicated MiniMac Core 2 Duo 2.26Ghz... with soon to be plugged in Korg Nano Desk <3 Words cannot describe how cool this setup is ... and it's all going to be plugged in for the first time into a live looping rig tomorrow.
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7 Bowls of Wrath posted:I heard about this guy a while back...heard nothing but good stuff. would it work well as a nice buffer? or is it not "transparent"?
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gently caress yes NS is coming out with an NXT 5-string electric upright  basically this, but slightly less fancy and $1300
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FLX posted:Got this on Tuesday, to dive headfirst into digital music production. I only played around a little in Auditon so far, but since a friend introduced me to the Ableton Live demo right before Christmas, I knew what my Christmas present for myself would be this year This looks like a good little starter's setup! If you can't get your head around the Mastering Audio-book, don't worry, it's not intended for beginners, but rather for advanced users. You'd probably get more mileage from the book "Dance Music Manual" or by getting a book that's teaching you the ins and outs of Ableton. At least as a start!
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warwick5s posted:gently caress yes Proud Wave4 owner here, if it's somehow better than this one then it's going to be astoundingly good. I'd love to invest in the real deal some day, I bought the imported version for my wife and she loves it (and so do I, it just plays really well and sounds great).
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The NXT is basically the WAV, with a maple body and ebony board, made in the Czech Republic. Same stand, same pickups and stuff. If they were going to come out with a WAV5 I might be tempted to save the money going with that, as the WAV's are outstanding, but getting a nicer one for a little bit more isn't bad either.
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I just found this on craigslist, it shipped today: I hope to restore it to something like this:  I think it's pretty.
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woodhead posted:I just found this on craigslist, it shipped today: What is that glorious monstrosity?
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butros posted:What is that glorious monstrosity? mid to late 60's Japanese guitar Teisco ET-440
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woodhead posted:I think it's pretty.
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