Drop-d with floyd rose without d-tuna

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I have a Charvel Desolation Soloist that has a recessed floyd. Thinking the d-tuna just won't fit that properly, and not to mention the d-tuna in my other guitar was always finicky I tried an experiment.
I put a simple tremstop device (the simple screw type) in to block the trem, and I found there was actually a lot of room to do to drop-d just using the fine tuner. (As long as you calibrate it properly to leave room for the up and down fine tuner screw distance).
Worked like a charm! I just wonder if I will eventually strip it with constant fine tuning but quite happy with this arrangement.
Any similar experiences? Are Floyd fine tuners different lengths in different versions?
 
If you blocked the Floyd (no pull up) then a properly set up D Tuna would work perfectly. Not sure why you would want to deal with tuning it down all the time like that
 
I find with the d-tuna that I'm still playing around with the fine tuner after I set it.

Also, this guitar is a recessed Floyd so the d-tuna won't fit very well.
 
I have my Floyd resting on the body on one of my Charvel guitars. Then I crank down the low E fine tuner so that it is in tune to E. Then when I want to drop tune the E to D, I loosen the fine tuner to correct pitch. No need for any D tuna.
 
I do the same thing as the o.p. I have my low E fine tuner set so I can drop it to D without unlocking so I can test a riff in either tuning. This keeps me from having to switch guitars just to check E standard vrs drop-D tuning. Been doing it for decades, and have not seen a problem on a real deal good Floyd or schaller trems fine tuners.
 
nigelpkay":3fs69ix3 said:
I find with the d-tuna that I'm still playing around with the fine tuner after I set it.

Also, this guitar is a recessed Floyd so the d-tuna won't fit very well.
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The fine tuner is supposed to be all the way up and not mess with it. That is what the tiny set screw is for.

If the DTuna is set up properly it works great. I think that's why most people have problems with them. Same thing goes for the tremol no.
 
Guitarnobody":1ljd7oqe said:
I have my Floyd resting on the body on one of my Charvel guitars. Then I crank down the low E fine tuner so that it is in tune to E. Then when I want to drop tune the E to D, I loosen the fine tuner to correct pitch. No need for any D tuna.
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I do this as well. Not a bit deal. I usually will just leave one guitar setup for that and use the other for the standard stuff.
 
Well with the recessed Floyd as long as it's blocked a D-Tuna will work... And you're achieving the same end by different means. The fine screws and the D-Tuna both adjust pitch by adjusting those long screws that hold the things holding the strings in. The only difference is with the D-Tuna it's just a piece of hardware the you slide in and out. If adjusting the fine tuner works for you all power to ya, the D-Tuna is just easier for me between songs in the set
 
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