I have had my bridge fixed against the body for 3 years. I am ready to try floating it and learn how to work the tremolo arm. Can I just loosen it or do I have to go through the hole set up from scratch? Any ideas on how far to float it?
Floating bridge
Fixed bridge
All my strats are set up non floating except the '76. I installed a graph tech trem nut on it recently and decided to let it float a bit about 1/16. Also, they all have 5 springs.
Cheers,
Bob
I have had my bridge fixed against the body for 3 years. I am ready to try floating it and learn how to work the tremolo arm. Can I just loosen it or do I have to go through the hole set up from scratch? Any ideas on how far to float it?
Guitars:
Electric: Washburn HB-30, Squier Tele Custom Deluxe, Jay Turser Strat.
Acoustic: Seagull S6.
AMPs: VOX AD30VT, Peavey Envoy 110.
Modelers: V-AMP 2, Digitech RP-100A.
Pedals: Boss RC-2 Loop Station, Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble, Digitech Bad Monkey, Ibanez DE7 Delay/Echo, DOD VFX40B 7-Band Graphic EQ, Ibanez CS-5 Super Chorus.
pes_laul, you just loosen the two spring screws at the back of guitar. There is usually a plate that you have to take off first.
It should work for a Squier too. It will probably be harder to keep the guitar in tune if you do this, especially on a Squier.
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but the two screws how far do they go out and since their wood screws wont they pull out of the bodyOriginally Posted by Robert
(im a little paranoid cuz this is my only guitar right now)
Last edited by pes_laul; July 6th, 2007 at 07:36 PM. Reason: misspelled word
mine was floating... not that I really used the vibrato bar all time.. actually, I almost never used it.. it was set that way mainly because of my inexperience.
I block my Floyds with a piece of Hardwood so they only go down.Originally Posted by Robert
Keeps them in tune better, intonation dead on, string guage changes are a snap, and any string breakage on stage can be played right thru without loss of tuning.