Non-bass question: Floyd Rose Floating Tremolo

[InRodweTruss]

My cousin has an Ibanez, that i know nothing about. His bridge sits dead flat, when it's supposed to be suspended by a spring. Does anyone know how one would go about fixing this?

ps- a simple link to someone who would know, would be helpful.

Thanks

[InRodweTruss]

Just did a little research....

I figure it could either be dead springs, or a dead stop. Anyone know of any major faults with this bridge?

[Murder_Worship]

well youve got to set the tension to the string gauge, tuning ect. its quite a long process i suggest bringing it to a local music store and telling them what tuning you want and gauge of strings and they'll set it up for you. for a price that is its not too expensive i believe

[202dy]

Floyd Rose tremolos are easy to set and take no longer to do than standard Fender designs if you know how. When properly set, the trem body is parallel to the guitar body. You will need to make a special hard wood wedge that fits between the trem inertia block and the rear of the trem cavity.


1. Loosen spring claw and allow trem to rise.
2. Remove strings from guitar.
3. Remove the springs and retainer if necessary, from the trem.
4. Remove the trem from the guitar.
5. Cut the ball ends from the strings and lock into saddles.
6. Replace trem on guitar without the springs.
7. Put the outside E's on the tuners and tune until the trem is angled up from the guitar.
8. Replace the springs and retainer.
9. Put the rest of the strings on and begin tuning.
10. Place the wedge (maple works great) when the trem is level.
11. Tune to pitch. The trem is immobile.
12. Adjust intonation.
13. Tighten locking nut.
14. Touch up the tuning with fine tuners.
15. Tighten claw screws until the wedge falls out.
16. Check tuning and touch up if needed.

If the guitar still has it's trem cavity cover, replace it now or you will be accused of stealing trem cavity covers.

[jrfrond]

Floating trems are supposed to sit level when set up correctly, and need to be reset if switching to dropped tunings, or you might experience fret buzz problems. Top-mounted trems, like the Fender Vintage Trem, can either sit flush on top of the guitar, or have the rear of the bridge float 1/8" above the body. It depends on what the player wants. Fender setups specs call for the latter, so you can pull up as well as dive.

Trems ARE easy to set up as 202dy explained. But there ARE little tricks and ins & outs. 202dy knows what he's talking about, hence knows what I am talking about. The "wedge trick" won't work on countersunk trems like you'll find on many of Ibanez' shred guitars.