Floyd Rose players: why?

[the24thfret]

Just thinking for a second... I got my JP6 only 3 short weeks ago and now I am wondering why the hell I ever played Floyd-equipped guitars for so long... what was I thinking? Likewise, for you Floyd-lovers, if you exist, what's so great about the bridge?

I just can't imagine a better floating design than the JP trem. That's all.

 

[phatduckk]

ive never used on but ive heard from many people that they can be a hastle.

 

[nobozos]

I prefer a Floyd. I'm not sure why anyone has a hard time with them. One of the things I really like about the Floyd is that you have a fine tuning adjustment right there at your picking hand. Usually, only minor fine tuning adjustments will have to be made between string changes. At this point, I'm probably just so used to using one, that I can't get used to anything else.

 

[Colin]

some people like vanilla, some people like chocolate...

 

[the24thfret]

I prefer a Floyd. I'm not sure why anyone has a hard time with them. One of the things I really like about the Floyd is that you have a fine tuning adjustment right there at your picking hand. Usually, only minor fine tuning adjustments will have to be made between string changes. At this point, I'm probably just so used to using one, that I can't get used to anything else.

that's how I felt, then I bought a JP. It's so much easier to do everything and generally does everything the Floyd does, only better. I never had a "hard time" with a Floyd, I always liked it, but now I feel like I'd never go back.

 

[Sub1 Zero]

Amen brother!

 

[robelinda2]

some people like an AL, some like ASS. I like my ASS an AL's.

 

[satriani17]

Changing strings is annoying at first but after you've done it a few times it doesn't really feel much different from changing strings on a fixed bridge or other trem. The tuning stability you get on an axis with a floyd is amazing!

 

[the24thfret]

^ All my guitars with Floyds always stayed in tune really well! They'd sometimes go two weeks without any adjustment! But it looks like the JP can do that too...

 

[Sigmunds Couch]

Drop D gizmo, tuning stability and mass.

Completely offset by string changes and intonation adjustments.

 

[fogman]

I just can't imagine a better floating design than the JP trem. That's all.

Because there isn't one. That trem sill amazes me. I wish it were on all the EBMM guitars.

some people like vanilla, some people like chocolate...

I like both! and some other flavours too!
What does this have to do with trems?!

 

[ivanmihaljevic]

some people like vanilla, some people like chocolate...

And some people like both

 

[Lew]

Some people just prefer them and they do look cool as hell.
But the normal vintage bridge will stay in tune just as well,when set up well(from factory)

 

[SteveB]

I was a Floyd-a-holic before I bought my JP6. I had played Floyd's exclusively for probably 15-18 years. Now, when I pick up my Floyd-equipped Y2D I do find myself longing for the Petrucci bridge. No Colin, that doesn't mean I want to sell the Y2D! It's just testimony as to how great the Petrucci bridge is. I had forgotten what it was like to tune at the headstock!

 

[Warthog]

Had a floyd on my Ibanez Prestige... for what it's worth, I had a set of strings on it for almost a year (not my main guitar) and Every time I picked it up, it was completely in tune... Actually quite impressive.

I now have a JP6 and it will be my main guitar so I am curious to how the bridge keeps the strings in tune...

 

[Lew]

Had a floyd on my Ibanez Prestige... for what it's worth, I had a set of strings on it for almost a year (not my main guitar) and Every time I picked it up, it was completely in tune... Actually quite impressive.

I now have a JP6 and it will be my main guitar so I am curious to how the bridge keeps the strings in tune...

Its not a Pet but I kept my Ass cased for 12 months when I didnt play it and it came out practically in tune,no kidding.I had it checked for any neck movement at my local tech incase,and it was fine.

 

[Big Poppa]

there are tiny pygmies in the enlarged bridege cavitity playing tug of war with you.

it has to do with the locking nut and the knife edge of the bridge

It is a personal issue and its great to have the choice.

My main beef with the floyd is the coloration of the sound. I think that the ass sounds much better than the axisw and feel that way on all of the guitars where you can compare....

secondly as I ve said beofre I thiink having to have a wrench or two is a drag.

 

[DT1607]

The tuning stability you get on an axis with a floyd is amazing!

Have you played a JP???

 

[rickjohns]

I have never played a guitar witout a floyd that will stay in tune. I play really hard, and my AXIS and wolfgangs were the only ones I've had that stay in tune. I am very intrigued to try the JP, I've often wanted to. My axis is my baby though, and it is my main guitar. I don't think anything could replace it. I also like my dtuna's too much.

 

[Sub1 Zero]

That trem sill amazes me. I wish it were on all the EBMM guitars.

You have one on your Silo I think BP has said that it's the same as the vintage trem, but with a different cover and saddles. You should try floating it!