Members Marshalljl Posted January 8, 2018 Members Share Posted January 8, 2018 I have a Jackson Dinky JS34Q and it’s a pain to tune and restring. Is there any tips or tricks to maintaining Floyd Rose bridges or are they just weird to work with or is my guitar just a garbage guitar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badpenguin Posted January 8, 2018 Members Share Posted January 8, 2018 Welcome to the forum! Floyds are naturally a pain in the butt to restring and to do the initial tuning on. One of the easiest ways I have heard was the use of a pencil, or a paint stirrer, or anything that will fit, placed under the base of the Floyd while it's tuned. (Basically holding it into position.) Then restring, retune, and pull the pencil out. The retune. Personally, I don't use that. It take about a half an hour to restring one of my Ibanez with a Floyd, and I consider it part of the "charm" of the guitar. You have a Floyd, you deal with the Floyd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jtr654 Posted January 9, 2018 Members Share Posted January 9, 2018 Change one string at a time bring it to tune repeat for each string. Check the tuning on each string after putting on each one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RaVenCAD Posted January 9, 2018 Members Share Posted January 9, 2018 Floyds are NOT a pain if you know a few basic rules. Don't do one string at a time. WHAT? Everyone says to do one at a time. Forget that noise, cuz it's a pain and my way of tuning a Floyd negates any benefit of doing one at a time. So here you go... 1 - Remove all the old strings and install the new ones. Don't lock the nut yet.2 - Adjust your fine tuners to be in the middle of their range. 3 - Loosen the claw in the back, allowing the bridge to angle up. 4 - Get yourself a stack of picks and put them between the trem block and the body. Adjust the stack until the bridge is properly level.5 - You now have a very solid, fixed bridge. Tune it. Stretch the strings. Tune it again. Repeat until you're tired of tuning.6 - Lock the nut down.7 - Remove the picks from the back. This will make the bridge angle up sharply and destroy your tuning.8 - Start tightening the claw and watch the tuner as your strings come back to perfect pitch. That's it. Once your tuning returns, you'll find your level to be perfect. This process usually takes me about 15 minutes and it's dead perfect every single time. Once you learn this method, you'll also laugh heartily at people complaining about how difficult a Floyd is to work on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badpenguin Posted January 10, 2018 Members Share Posted January 10, 2018 I don't know how to disagree with Raven on loosening the trem claw without screaming mindlessly into the night!!!!!NO, DO NOT DO THAT! There is NO need to loosen the claw. Loosening the claw will, over time, loosen to screw holes, and one day, the screws will slip. The picks, good idea, do it before detuning. Put the bridge in a fixed position using picks, pencils, whatever fits. everything else, fine, but leave the claw alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sammyreynolds01 Posted January 10, 2018 Members Share Posted January 10, 2018 I don't know how to disagree with Raven on loosening the trem claw without screaming mindlessly into the night!!!!! NO, DO NOT DO THAT! There is NO need to loosen the claw. Loosening the claw will, over time, loosen to screw holes, and one day, the screws will slip. The picks, good idea, do it before detuning. Put the bridge in a fixed position using picks, pencils, whatever fits. everything else, fine, but leave the claw alone. No it won't. Been doing it that for 20 yrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RaVenCAD Posted January 14, 2018 Members Share Posted January 14, 2018 Screws are made to be turned lol Maybe if you loosened the claw, you wouldn't think Floyds are such a pain. It's an essential step in the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bumhucker Posted January 14, 2018 Members Share Posted January 14, 2018 String tension = spring tension Changing string gauges you'll need to mess with the claw or the number of springs, if just re stringing with a fresh set you should be able to just change them one at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hellion_213 Posted January 17, 2018 Members Share Posted January 17, 2018 1. Remove nut locks2. Adjust all fine tuners to midpoint3. Block the Floyd. Mine are all recessed, so i block at the block. Quarters or picks4. Change the inner 4 strings.5. Change the outer two6. Tune using tuning keys. Check intonation, adjust accordingly, if needed, usually they do not.7. If the picks or quarters used to block haven't slipped or fallen out, depress the bar.8. adjust the float to level with the claw, checking tuning as I adjust. I usually hold the bar while tuning, and then adjust the claw to level.9. done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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