Axis/EVH owners. Floyd Rose question

[satriani17]

Just after commenting in the other thread about how great Floyd Rose's are I picked up my guitar and 2 mins later my g string snapped. No probs I thought, so I quickly swapped it for a new g string (same gauge of course). Then I debated whether I could be bothered to change the rest. I eventually decided it was probably a good idea so I did the b string and everything was great.

Then I got to the high e, which was hassle free up until I locked the string at the nut. When I tightened with the alen key it just snapped. I did it again using a high e from another set and the same thing happened. Not willing to waste another new string I took an old e string from my ibanez and used that and all is now ok.

I have a feeling that I'm not doing something right (i've changed strings on Floyd equipped guitars before but with the Axis bridge not floating I guess I should change my approach). Just wondering if you guys have any advice for me to stop this happening again as I have a feeling this is a newbie error.

Thanks

 

[Sin]

Where did the string break at? Near the nut end, or the bridge end?

If it's the nut end, look for sharp edges in the nut 'saddles' and file them down.

That's all I got.

 

[satriani17]

Yeah it was the nut end. It looks ok, may have to just be careful when tuning I think, but if it persists I'll file it down.

I've noticed that I seem to have tuned it so that the strings I've replaced, unlike the other strings, aren't straight in the string tree. Does anyone think this could be causing problems too? When I buy some more strings tomorrow I'll try a new e string and tune it so that all the strings are straight and let you know what happens.

 

[Sin]

Yeah it was the nut end. It looks ok, may have to just be careful when tuning I think, but if it persists I'll file it down.

I've noticed that I seem to have tuned it so that the strings I've replaced, unlike the other strings, aren't straight in the string tree. Does anyone think this could be causing problems too? When I buy some more strings tomorrow I'll try a new e string and tune it so that all the strings are straight and let you know what happens.

Just don't file it down, unless you see and feel sharp edges. If you grind it down too much, you could ruin your string height and action. So, be careful and look for what's cutting the string.

 

[satriani17]

Ok thanks for the tip!