Any Love for Floyd Rose Bridges?

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Oddly my love of Floyd's has diminished greatly.

Back in the day I swore by the locking trem and all my shred guitars had them. In fact my first Kramer Pacer I bought back in the early 80's didn't even come with Floyds. If you wanted the upgrade you bought the Kramers with Rockinger trems. I got mine with standard trem, bought the Floyd separately which back then they were as expensive as they are now. And put the damn thing on myself locking nut and all and I had zero clue how to do this stuff but I pulled it off lol.

However after years of playing the PRS trem, I've gotten so used to the smooth feel on the palm and not being boxed in by the locking tuners. I have little to no tuning issue's on my PRS's. That said I'm not dive bombing every two seconds either. My trem use has evolved into vibrato and bending in and out of notes. The EVH and Vai trem gymnastics has been done to death I don't do that.

But yeah real bummer as I used to love them and I'm struggling with being comfortable with Floyd on my Chubtone. The guitar is absolutely amazing but the feel of the Floyd, the fine tuners I just feel boxed in...going to drop a Gotoh in it as their fine tuners are noticeable angled away vs the Floyd. Hopefully, that helps.
 
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every guitar I own besides my Les Paul has a Floyd/Edge on them and I play my les Paul the least :)
I installed a Tremmory on my Charvel Socal and it actually does what it says it does, it allows me to stiff pull up/flutter
yet it eliminates the bending issues of floating trem guitars and I can drop D with it without retuning.
I'm going to get one for my DK24 too I've really grown to like the "feel" of it. Loosen the thumb screw and it "disengages"
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Floyds are great, at least good ones that are well set up. I actually prefer them free floating to blocked as they feel smoother. I know this makes down tuning, etc., not an option but I either do that on other guitars or use a pedal.

I definitely prefer the higher quality Floyds, as I've used the cheaper ones and there is a difference. Also, I prefer the Ibanez Edge/Gotoh Floyd (these are on Suhrs and others) as they have a lower profile which works better for me. I don't use them for massive dive bombs or crazy stuff that often, but I find when I don't have some kind of trem, I miss it.

I'm on the fence about big brass blocks. I put one on my Ibanez Edge and it kind of made the trem heavy and not as smooth. I don't really know if it improved the tone either. My Suhr doesn't have one, sounds great, is free floating and I seem to prefer it.
 
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This topic alone kind of defines our little forum here. 2022 and we are discussing Floyds like it’s a new invention?
I say this with tongue firmly planted in cheek. I love this place, but so predictable at times.
I’m surprised by the amount of you guys saying you like/love the Floyd but you block it? Your taking away the best part of the trem….being able to go on top of a note AND below. That’s the beauty of using a trem.
I still love a great guitar with the Floyd implemented correctly.
These days though, I’d rather play a traditional Fender or Dimarzio type trem setup correctly. It CAN stay in tune. And good lord, if your blocking ANY trem because your scared of breaking a string? Your doing something wrong!
 
I'm a floyd fan fo sho

Currently only have 3 floyd'd guitars
 
I find the Floyd's low string profile helps me play better compared to a TOM. I also prefer the wide saddle area for my palm to rest on vs. the sharp string angle points on a TOM. I've learned how to pick hard yet go easy on my right hand palm pressure to avoid making notes go sharp. Playing a Floyd is a technique all unto itself and that's without even getting into the whammy bar stuff.
 
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I find the Floyd's low string profile helps me play better compared to a TOM. I also prefer the wide saddle area for my palm to rest on vs. the sharp string angle points on a TOM. I've learned how to pick hard yet go easy on my right hand palm pressure to avoid making notes go sharp. Playing a Floyd is a technique all unto itself and that's without even getting into the whammy bar stuff.
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Exactly the same here.
 
I went from hating Floyds....to accepting and understanding them....to loving them...to falling out of love...and now I am back to dislike.
 
I only recently just started trying them out and love the stability when set up well, and on a good Floyd.

My hard tail guitars don't stay in tune as well but they are definitely easier when they do need to change....

I've really been eyeing a Capa Horus Floyd.
 
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