Help needed to tame Floyd Rose!

[zappateer1]

Hey all. I'm a first-time poster.

The Steve Morse is my first Musicman axe. I recently decided to raise the action, since I'm a big abuser of pedal steel licks, and the higher action would cut out any unwanted fret-outs. That, and it makes slide playing come across so much better.

What has happened is the Floyd Rose bridge is cocked back a little too much. I have to push down a fair amount on the tremolo arm to get it horizontal to the body again. The two screws on the back are in fairly close, so it doesn't look like my solution lies there. I've got 3 springs in at present, but I can hear them pinging (almost coming loose) whenever I get anywhere near dive-bomb territory.

I've also noticed that I've got dead spots around the 12th fret, most likely from the poorly adjusted bridge. I really want to solve the bridge issue right, from the off, so I figured I'd best post here, since it's not your typical Floyd Rose (it doesn't go in both directions).

This is my first Floyd Rose bridge setup, so I don't want to mess things up by just tweaking and hoping for the best. It's my #1 guitar at the minute!

Thanks a million in advance.

 

[KH Guitar Freak]

You only really need to adjust the action of the bridge by raising the pivot posts of the Floyd Rose. Your intonation might just be a bit off when that has been adjusted, so you might want to check on that too. You should loosen the tremclaw screws if you want the bridge to tilt forward more to arrive a "flat" resting point, if that makes any sense...

 

[HTSMetal]

You only really need to adjust the action of the bridge by raising the pivot posts of the Floyd Rose. Your intonation might just be a bit off when that has been adjusted, so you might want to check on that too. You should loosen the tremclaw screws if you want the bridge to tilt forward more to arrive a "flat" resting point, if that makes any sense...

Agreed. With most Floyds you'll need to loosen the tremclaw screws to even out the bridge. It should also raise the action up a bit. Certain Floyd models require different setups, but most need to be parallel with the body to function correctly.

My first Floyd gave me a ton of trouble, but after learning the proper way to adjust them, I really think that a Floyd is the most versatile bridge a guitar can have.

Hope that helps!