Floyd Rose "Fastloader" locking Tremolo System

[GrooveHT]

Hey guys, has anyone tried one of these? I hadn't heard of Floyd Rose debuting a system like this, and there's no word of it on the FR page ( Floyd Rose ).
You can see the details here:

Floyd Rose "Fastloader" locking Tremolo System

What do ya think of these?

Jeff

 

[JoeDogInKC]

If you're referring to the Speedloader system, I have a guitar on order from MF with one (The price was insanely cheap, $149 for a FR Discovery guitar with HSS configuration). Once it arrives (it's backordered apparently) I'll give a quick review of it. I went ahead and ordered some spare strings too because I guess they are relatively hard to find around town, etc.

 

[robelinda2]

ive played them too, no big deal. better than a normal floyd.

 

[GrooveHT]

If you're referring to the Speedloader system, I have a guitar on order from MF with one (The price was insanely cheap, $149 for a FR Discovery guitar with HSS configuration). Once it arrives (it's backordered apparently) I'll give a quick review of it. I went ahead and ordered some spare strings too because I guess they are relatively hard to find around town, etc.

actually this one that I linked to is a little different...it uses standard strings, I believe its like a standard floyd, rather than a speedloader, but the saddles accomodate ball ends, rather than snipped strings.

 

[Sub1 Zero]

Floyds are obsolete

 

[GrooveHT]

Floyds are obsolete

well, there is that....

 

[TonyEVH5150]

I think this is a spinoff from the Floyd Rose II system. If I'm not mistaken, it used a similar setup for ball-end strings. The strings actually fed through the trem side locking screws.

I don't think the Floyd is obsolete, but I do think that there have been trem systems like (MM's) that have made Floyds a little less of a necessity for tuning stability.

If they were obsolete, guitar builders wouldn't be using them.

 

[Sub1 Zero]

I say obsolete really because now there are things that are better. I think if more knew about the better systems, they'd die out pretty fast...

 

[pjc812]

I say obsolete really because now there are things that are better. I think if more knew about the better systems, they'd die out pretty fast...

+1. People ask for Floyds by name same as they ask for anything else by name. *shrug* MM certainly has a better system, the locking tuners and straight string pull make a locking nut unneccesary.

 

[GrooveHT]

+1. People ask for Floyds by name same as they ask for anything else by name. *shrug* MM certainly has a better system, the locking tuners and straight string pull make a locking nut unneccesary.

I'm not sure that its not necessary for Vai-like whammy madness, but floyds aren't to my personal taste...I can see their use for sure though.

 

[Sub1 Zero]

I abuse my trems to death, and in practice my drummer even pointed it out "how does that thing stay in tune?"

MM's rule

 

[Larry]

The Lukes trem is as stable as any non locking trem I have ever used period. But still when you get caught in the dive bomb after dive bomb it can drop out a little. Thats why I want to find a Axis. I'll have it all covered Luke+Axis=tone heaven

 

[gerry d]

I like the tone of Floyds...... real Floyds that is... I can't understand the problem some people seem to have with them... I have a Luke 2 with the EBMM non locking trem and yes it's great... but I also have had in the past guitars with Floyds that also had great tone.... I think they get a bad rap because of all the cheap copies that sounded crap and didn't work properly.... ORIGINAL Floyds in a good guitar can sound really great... and I'm not a divebomber... it's the tone Im talking about here...