Floyd Rose guys…question

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Why is the D Tuna making contact with the body of the guitar - shouldn’t be like that right? What do I need to do here…


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Looks like you have a Gotoh trem on this guitar. If you were to remove the D-Tuna and let the bridge plate rest flush against the body of the guitar, you would see that the part of the tremolo where the fine tuners thread thru is pitched down at about a 15* to 20* angle - that part of the bridge would not be parallel with the bridge plate flat against the body. On a traditional ‘Floyd Rose’ (or Floyd Special or 1000 or Schaller Lockmeister) the part of the tremolo where the fine tuners thread thru is 180* flat - just like the base plate. This is why your D-Tuna is pitched downward toward the body - rather than extending straight out the back of the tremolo. Based on how close your bridge needs to be to the body of this guitar in order to have reasonable string action, I think you would need to switch over to a more traditional ‘Floyd Rose’ design tremolo with the fine tuners parallel to the bridge plate in order to avoid interference with the D-Tuna and the body of the guitar.
 
The fine tuner is cranked down all the way.
Back off every fine tuner all the way with nut unlocked. Turn each FT in one to 1.5 turns.
Tune guitar as normal. Adjust trem claw / springs as needed.
You want the Floyd base plate evenly parallel with the body.
Then lock the nut.
 
PDC said:
Looks like you have a Gotoh trem on this guitar. If you were to remove the D-Tuna and let the bridge plate rest flush against the body of the guitar, you would see that the part of the tremolo where the fine tuners thread thru is pitched down at about a 15* to 20* angle - that part of the bridge would not be parallel with the bridge plate flat against the body. On a traditional ‘Floyd Rose’ (or Floyd Special or 1000 or Schaller Lockmeister) the part of the tremolo where the fine tuners thread thru is 180* flat - just like the base plate. This is why your D-Tuna is pitched downward toward the body - rather than extending straight out the back of the tremolo. Based on how close your bridge needs to be to the body of this guitar in order to have reasonable string action, I think you would need to switch over to a more traditional ‘Floyd Rose’ design tremolo with the fine tuners parallel to the bridge plate in order to avoid interference with the D-Tuna and the body of the guitar.
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Fucking thank you man this makes a lot of sense! I think I will just ditch the d tuna to avoid switching the entire trem. Do I need to grab a regular size screw to do this?
 
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shar-vell Dan said:
The fine tuner is cranked down all the way.
Back off every fine tuner all the way with nut unlocked. Turn each FT in one to 1.5 turns.
Tune guitar as normal. Adjust trem claw / springs as needed.
Then lock the nut.
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I noticed that too! Hopefully, if the fine-tuner is all the way out, the D-Tuna will lift up enough to relieve contact with the body? I do think the D-Tuna was designed with a traditional Floyd in mind where the bend of the plate that the fine-tuners pass thru is parallel with the base plate.
 
Bxlxaxkxe said:
Fucking thank you man this makes a lot of sense! I think I will just ditch the d tuna to avoid switching the entire trem. Do I need to grab a regular size screw to do this?
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Shar-vell Dan may have your solution! Try backing the fine tuner on the low E string out as far as you can and see if that gives you the space you need between the D-Tuna and the body of the Guitar.
 
Actually it’s not a gotoh though….or maybe it is shit I don’t anything about FR’s but I love this guitar

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And yes, if you do want to remove the D-Tuna, I think any Gotoh String Clamp bolt can be used to replace the D-Tuna unit on the E string saddle. But I’m really hoping you can make this work!
 
shar-vell Dan said:
The fine tuner is cranked down all the way.
Back off every fine tuner all the way with nut unlocked. Turn each FT in one to 1.5 turns.
Tune guitar as normal. Adjust trem claw / springs as needed.
You want the Floyd base plate evenly parallel with the body.
Then lock the nut.
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When you say fine tuners…we talking the little small guys up top? Or the big guys that pop out the back?
 
Unscrew the fine tuner all the way, and only screw it in enough to barely touch the screw.
 
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Although licensed under Floyd Rose, I do think Peavey used the Gotoh base plate in their design which has the fine tuners pitched down relative to the base plate. Guitars are like old GM Hot Rods - change one little thing and you end up changing practically EVERYTHING to accommodate it!!
 
The main thing is to be sure the bridge is decked on the body or blocked in the back. The directions for the D Tuna are.
1. Unlock the nut
2 Screw out the low E fine tuner all the way and then tighten just enough to engage a thread
3. Pull out D Tuna
4. Tune guitar in drop D
5. Push D Tuna in and check tuning. If it’s out of tune adjust the set screw on the D Tuna. You’ll need to go back and forth a few times to get it spot on. Push in D Tuna for standard tuning
6. Once in tune lock down the nut.
 
The finer tuner but also the tiny set screw in the D-Tuna needs to be loosened. They will do that when you have the tiny set screw too far in. The more you turn clockwise the further down it will point. Start with the fine tuner almost all the way out, loosen the set screw until the thing is parallel (should be very easy to pull out) and start over.
 
Tonelover said:
The finer tuner but also the tiny set screw in the D-Tuna needs to be loosened. They will do that when you have the tiny set screw too far in. The more you turn clockwise the further down it will point. Start with the fine tuner almost all the way out, loosen the set screw until the thing is parallel (should be very easy to pull out) and start over.
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This was crucial info- thanks man

Seriously appreciate everyone who chimed in. I’ve got it set up properly now with the D Tuna working perfectly and intonation is spot on as well. Love this guitar even more now
 
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