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D-Tuna Installation

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I should be receiveing the D-Tuna in couple of days , so is there any tips, tricks, or hints i should know about prior to the installation ?? Thanks in advance !!
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Not really, it's pretty straight forward. Remove the long hex screw from your low E and replace with the D-Tuna and one of it's screws. Then adjust and set it accordingly.
 
Yeah.. what beej said. Only other thing I can think of, is you might have your springs at just the right tension for standard tuning, and dropping to D might make it too loose. You may have to tighten the springs just a little bit until its solid in either tuning. Again, you "might" have to... probably not.
 
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Just follow the included instructions. They are very well written and easy to understand. You shouldn't need to adjust the springs at all.
 
blackspy said:
I did...
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I did say "shouldn't" :D

I have mine set pretty tight to the guitar body to begin with. I didn't want it anywhere near floating. Bridge lowered as much as was reasonable, as a result, I did not have to adjust my springs (they were pretty solid tight beforehand). So I guess it really does depend on how you have the guitar set up in the first place.
 
When the D-tuna first came out I bought a box of them. The one that came with my first year Wolfgang works better than any of the others for some strange reason?

Colin
 
Norrin Radd said:
I have mine set pretty tight to the guitar body to begin with. I didn't want it anywhere near floating.
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What do you mean by this ?? Do you have it installed on an Axis??
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Norrin Radd said:
Just follow the included instructions. They are very well written and easy to understand. You shouldn't need to adjust the springs at all.
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That's because they were written for Eddie to understand through his Jack Daniels induced haze. :p

Simon
 
Norrin Radd said:
I did say "shouldn't" :D

I have mine set pretty tight to the guitar body to begin with. I didn't want it anywhere near floating. Bridge lowered as much as was reasonable, as a result, I did not have to adjust my springs (they were pretty solid tight beforehand). So I guess it really does depend on how you have the guitar set up in the first place.
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Yeah, that'd be the difference. I like mine to have a little give. If I do a full two step bend, other strings lower pitch slightly because of the way I set it up. My other Floyd guitar is setup more like yours, it doesn't budge unless I move the bar down. I don't play it much anymore, so I haven't adjusted it in a long time. ;)
 
They're metal and they will wear out so stick with the same string guage. I went from a 46 to a 52 for a few years and then went back to a 46. Understandably the saddle is a little closer in again. When I tried to get the D-tuna set up again I could get the D on the spot or the E on the spot but never both of them at once. What I found out is that the fine tuning allen screw had worn a groove in the saddle screw. :eek: Had to buy another to get it right again...
 
dfrady said:
What do you mean by this ?? Do you have it installed on an Axis??
:D
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Yes, I do.

After reading this thread earlier, I went to go check mine out and experiment. I changed from 9s to 10s, put in an extra sping (3 total) and did not adjust the claw screws either (the result - you have to apply a good amount of pressure to move the whammy bar - but also - you can bend strings further without thowing others out of tune).

I actually like the 10s a lot better (I have switched to them on all my guitars now). It gives the guitar a bit more growl than it had before (and it had a good amount of growl before!).
 
Norrin Radd said:
Now that's funny! :D :D :D

And sad. :( :( :(
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i didnt think it was reallly called for. No matter what the beef, Ed was a big part of making a great axe and i think the, axis is still thought of as the evh so no need to bash him. now i bet i get bashed like crazy.:eek:
 
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