Members Nazgul6 Posted January 21, 2010 Members Share Posted January 21, 2010 I bought this thing to block the Floyd Rose on my new SoCal. I am working on it right now and I need help. http://www.axcessories.com/proddetail.asp?prod=AXfrstp In the picure he has it mounted in between the two springs. My guitar has three springs. Should I take the middle one out? What effect will that have because I just worked 10 minutes on getting the bridge perfectly parallel to the body and tuned! Or should I just mount it in between springs 1 and 2, or 2 and 3. Thanks, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members calclown Posted January 21, 2010 Members Share Posted January 21, 2010 will it fit under the middle spring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nazgul6 Posted January 21, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 21, 2010 will it fit under the middle spring? Unfortunately not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members calclown Posted January 21, 2010 Members Share Posted January 21, 2010 I am completely guessing, but installing it off center should be ok. You'd worry about it maybe tweaking the bridge so one side is high and one is low, but I don't think that would really happen. If you don't mind putting an extra hole in your guitar I'd say go ahead and install it next to the mddle spring and try it out. edit: actually, it's just meant to stop the bridge from going too far right? so if your springs are anywhere close to even with the tuned springs there won't be much force at all on the stopper. Should be fine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mazi Bee Posted January 21, 2010 Members Share Posted January 21, 2010 Install two springs off center all the way to the top, and the third all the way to the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mazi Bee Posted January 21, 2010 Members Share Posted January 21, 2010 like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nazgul6 Posted January 22, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 like this: By George that looks like it just might work. Thanks everyone, I'll give it a shot. Has anyone else run into this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members calclown Posted January 22, 2010 Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 Mazi I'm sure you know better than me, but wouldn't leaving the springs symmetric and fitting the trem-stop between them be better since it would keep even spring tension on the bridge at all times, whereas the tremstop doesn't put any force on the bridge so it's ok if it's off-center? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nazgul6 Posted January 22, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 Mazi I'm sure you know better than me, but wouldn't leaving the springs symmetric and fitting the trem-stop between them be better since it would keep even spring tension on the bridge at all times, whereas the tremstop doesn't put any force on the bridge so it's ok if it's off-center? Good question. Any opinions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mazi Bee Posted January 22, 2010 Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 Mazi I'm sure you know better than me, but wouldn't leaving the springs symmetric and fitting the trem-stop between them be better since it would keep even spring tension on the bridge at all times, whereas the tremstop doesn't put any force on the bridge so it's ok if it's off-center? Well that's partially why I suggested 2 springs at the top where the heavier gauge strings are, and one at the bottom. I really don't think it matters that much though... I also agree that the trem-stop does not necessarily have to be dead-center, but then again, I've never installed one before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members razordave Posted January 22, 2010 Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 I agree with everything Mazi said. Having everything perfectly aligned, parallel, geometrically perfect, etc. isn't the point here. It's balancing the tensions. It would make sense that the tension would be greater on the side with the heavier strings. Also, you can adjust the claw so that the tension is right/balanced across the entire bridge. It may not be perfectly parallel to the bridge; but thats OK. It's the tension that matters, not geometric alignment. jmho,rd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members calclown Posted January 22, 2010 Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 but don't the strings have equal tension? the thicker strings are thicker, but they don't have more tension cause then they wouldn't be lower notes. The point of having thicker strings is to keep the tension the same for all the strings while having different notes. Right? edit: someone did the math http://www.noyceguitars.com/Technotes/Articles/T3.html i guess the thicker strings do have SLIGHTLY more tension on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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