Luke III trem float

[jones4tone]

I decided to draw the bridge on my LIII down onto the deck recently. But now I've changed my mind. Anybody know what the standard degree of float is on that model?

 

[BrickGlass]

He makes it so his G string will raise one and a half steps I believe.

 

[jones4tone]

Is that at a particular fret? Or would it be constant the length of the string?

 

[Baggedcereals]

I just recently did this myself on my Lukes. Not sure the exact spec but I've seen the 3mm pictures showing a visual on it. I just wedged my homemade shims in the back until it looked close. Then tuned it and loosed the trem screws untill it came out. Then retuned it a few times. It took about 20 mins to get it...Love it floating now!

 

[GoKart Mozart]

Is that at a particular fret? Or would it be constant the length of the string?

It's the open G-string; pulling the bar should raise the open G note up to a Bb(ish).

 

[jones4tone]

It's the open G-string; pulling the bar should raise the open G note up to a Bb(ish).

Ok. Thanks, everyone!

 

[DrKev]

It's the open G-string; pulling the bar should raise the open G note up to a Bb(ish).

Yup.

[Fun Friday Whammy bar trivia on]

Interestingly enough, with Super Slinkys, when the G-string goes up a minor third, the B-string and D-string go up approx. a whole step, and the high-E string goes up about 1/2 step. This is why chords don't stay in tune under whammy bar use - each string changes a different amount (because different gauges and tensions). BUT with the trem set to float like we're talking about, if you play open position D major chord (ignore the A and low E strings) and pull up till the trem hits the deck, you get a C major chord (because D-A-D-F# goes up to E-C-E-G).

[whammy bar trivia off]

 

[jones4tone]

Yup.

[Fun Friday Whammy bar trivia on]

Interestingly enough, with Super Slinkys, when the G-string goes up a minor third, the B-string and D-string go up approx. a whole step, and the high-E string goes up about 1/2 step. This is why chords don't stay in tune under whammy bar use - each string changes a different amount (because different gauges and tensions). BUT with the trem set to float like we're talking about, if you play open position D major chord (ignore the A and low E strings) and pull up till the trem hits the deck, you get a C major chord (because D-A-D-F# goes up to E-C-E-G).

[whammy bar trivia off]

DrKev bringing it, as usual!

 

[DrKev]

If somebody wants to try the same thing with different gauge strings, I'd be interested to know how much each string detunes.

 

[GoKart Mozart]

Yup.

[Fun Friday Whammy bar trivia on]

Interestingly enough, with Super Slinkys, when the G-string goes up a minor third, the B-string and D-string go up approx. a whole step, and the high-E string goes up about 1/2 step. This is why chords don't stay in tune under whammy bar use - each string changes a different amount (because different gauges and tensions). BUT with the trem set to float like we're talking about, if you play open position D major chord (ignore the A and low E strings) and pull up till the trem hits the deck, you get a C major chord (because D-A-D-F# goes up to E-C-E-G).

[whammy bar trivia off]

I'll be darned. Just tried this on my LIII. That's one of those weird things on guitar that seems counterintuitive until you sit down and analyze it, kind of like how you can do the sliding diminished chord thing and it repeats every 3 frets.