Axis' spring 'pattern'?

[kelvinlkt]

Hi everyone,

I've just bought an Axis but unfortunately while I was changing the string the entire trem falled off from the body, the problem is I haven't seen how did the factory set the spring to pull the trem (parallel or / | \ )...I hope someone could understand what I want to ask...

What I do know is there are only two springs...i suppose the combinations are ( | indicates the spring while the dot indicates the hole on the trem of the Axis):
1. | |
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2. / \
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3. / \
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Does any Axis owner could help me to have a look on their Axis's springs? thank you very much

 

[kelvinlkt]

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[lock-ny]

In the future, you should change the strings one at a time so the floyd doesnt come off the screws, but with 9's on the guitar you should ahve 2 springs in a V or possibly 3 springs in a V with one in the middle or 3 straight springs, it really depends on how loose you want the trem to be, try the 2 and then tume it up and if its not flat on the body then add a 3rd, you can also loosen and tighten the claw a bit for tension, dont loosen too much though, good luck -

 

[Larry]

The springs for a Axis w/floyd 9 gauge strings come from the factory in a / \ setting

 

[MN246]

My Axis has two parallel springs (l l). They haven't been changed, so it must be how the factory set it up. I recently put on a set of DR 10's that had a 56 low E. I had to install a third spring to keep the trem on the body. I didn't like how if affected the string tension so I went back to normal 10's.

Changing the strings one at a time is a good way of keeping the trem in place, but it doesn't work if you need to clean the frets and fingerboard, which I do at every string change.