Opinions/ Help Needed

[dfrady]

I want to turn my floating Luke into a non-floating Luke. Do these steps sound like the right way to do this.
1) Add a 3rd spring
2) Make a truss rod adjustment
3) Check the intonation
Is there anything i wouldn't be doing that i would need to do, or do i need to approach this from a different angle. Any help or opinions would be great.

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

That's pretty much it right there... I would just add new strings before you set intonation.

 

[dfrady]

Thanks Pete ! I turn the truss rod clockwise to add relief, right.

 

[dfrady]

Never mind i figured it out. How many of you guys are running 10's on your Luke's ??

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

I run 10s on pretty much everything, the LUKE included.

 

[brentrocks]

i did the same thing to my luke, i may go back to 9s though, unless i can curtail the string hangin up in the nut issue.....good call

 

[Sub1 Zero]

I'm looking to do the exact opposite to my silo, but I think I'll let the tech do that this time... I don't trust myself

 

[dfrady]

Well, i fixed my tremolo to lower pitch only, strung it up with RPS 10's and i have come to the conclusion that the 10's will turn your Luke into a Tone Monster .
I checked the Intonation and it was fine, the only problem is from the 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th frets, when i do string bends the string dies out. I've played with the truss rod a little, but possibly not enough, with the guitar in the playing position i am turning the truss rod towards me, that is correct, right.