Call me crazy... tribute content...

[lifeson1]

Just got my purple Axis Tribute back from my tech, with the D Tuna 'professionally' I stalled. The bridge studs look pretty high to me, is this acceptable? I just don't want a catastrophe when I dive bomb on stage and my stud breaks in half... I could be paranoid, it plays pretty well and I'm not too worried about the Tuna digging into the finish. Thoughts?


http://i1042.photobucket.com/albums/b429/geneszucs/f251371b.jpg

 

[beej]

Whoa ... that's pretty high.

 

[Astrofreq]

I'd say that is incorrectly set up. just my 2 cents.

 

[jadaxis]

I'm no certified tech... but that looks very wrong. I wouldn't play it like that.

I learned not to mess with the stud height. A few years back I raise the stud height on my Axis when I went to 10's to alleviate some string buzz. After playing it that way for 6 months to a year the pressure against the finish caused the paint to chip a little in front of both studs. After I realized what had happened, I lowered them back down. Even at the highest, I never had them nearly as high as what you show in that pic.
Frankly, that makes me nervous just looking at it!

 

[lifeson1]

Yeah, I'm taking it back in tomorrow. I haven't really messed with it, just raised my eyebrows when I saw it... Thanks for validating my concerns...

 

[Jack FFR1846]

I recently raised a floyd in a non-EBMM guitar. I unscrewed the studs and put small washers under them. I know that it's not the right way to do it, but it's better than how your Axis was done. I don't like those at all!

 

[AllenJ]

holy high-wire Batman!!

I just got my EBMM EVH back from a fret dressing and they raised my bridge off the wood a bit. I'm not real thrilled about it as I told them I wanted it to stay on the wood and not pull up in pitch but.. They also angled the bridge a bit to compensate for the bass strings. Not thrilled about that either but no more fret buzz for me and the action is pretty low! Now just gotta go play it for a while and see how it goes.

 

[douglasspears]

wow, that looks crazy!

Did you ask to have the action raised? If not, then were you looking to have the floyd float? If so, can't that be accomplished by leaving the studs alone and just relieving tension on the springs a bit, causing the floyd to tilt forward a bit (like AllenJ mentioned above)?


Oh, and BP spelled John Suhr's name wrong in the locked Luke thread. Maybe not the best way to mend that whole dealio?

 

[tonelover]

Guitar set up fail!

I believe that the D-Tuna doesn't work like it is supposed to like that, it will knock the guitar out of tune. I think he doesn't realize that it is not supposed to be set up as fully floating.

 

[Roubster]

How the hell can that even be playable? I mean, he must have put a shim in the neck 1cm thick in order for that to even work? This is why I dont send ANY of my guitars to any techs!

 

[lifeson1]

I didn't want it floating, which was my first problem. And I usually take my gear to another tech, but he was too swamped and I had done some work with this guy before. is there anything I can do in the meantime? I think I may just relieve tension, lower studs, and then take it back in to my normal guy. Thoughts?

 

[Slav123]

That looks like a crime scene photo and what a crime it is!

 

[tonelover]

You should be able to just lower the studs just until the base of the trem rests flush on the body, but that's assuming he didn't do anything funky to them or shim the neck. Frankly, the D-Tuna is a snap to install yourself. Instructions that come with the unit are all you need.

 

[Astrofreq]

I don't think Axis floyds are meant to float. The body, IMO, needs to be recessed to really accomplish that well.

Lowering the studs are easy, but by all means, take it to the guy who 'set it up' for you. Make him fix it.

 

[douglasspears]

and either the action is now REALLY high, or he's jacked the neck up with some serious shims, or something. Ouch....good luck.

 

[DrKev]

With a D-Tuna that is pretty dumb. Any idiot can call themselves a tech, me included. And it's a problem because the only way you know who to go to is often by finding out who NOT to go to. There's one right there, alas.

 

[lifeson1]

With a D-Tuna that is pretty dumb. Any idiot can call themselves a tech, me included. And it's a problem because the only way you know who to go to is often by finding out who NOT to go to. There's one right there, alas.

Well,l I agree a bit there. I didn't think it would be a big deal installing that, although this guy has been around a while, owns his own store, and so forth. And he's a friend, so he needs to undo this and just start over. Either that or I have to just abandon the Tuna and just run the original screw in on a basic setup.

 

[yellowv03]

I'd say it's time to find a new "tech".

 

[OU812]

That guy is a complete moron. The D-Tuna will not work properly on a floating setup. Any tech with half a brain should know that. Also, I believe that most of these so called techs have no clue about and have never seen a Floyd sitting flush on the body. Whenever I showed some people my old Kramer or Axis they say "Whoa, theres no recess? Hows that possible?!?" Dumb.

I'd be afraid of those studs doing some damage, I dunno its ok like it is but once you apply pressure on them when you dive...good luck. Time to find someone who knows what they are doing.

 

[JMD]

That's nuts....you don't have to be a tech to know a bad job when you see it...just like you don't need to touch a stove to know it's hot