Stupid Trem Question

[tvanveen]

My AL with vintage trem came with the trem set so that it rested on the body. IOW, you could only divebomb, you couldn't pull up.

Is this they way they're shipped? Are they supposed to be this way?

Last night I set it up to float. I'm using 9's, and couldn't really decide on 1 or 2 springs...I ended up with 2, so now it floats about a 1/4 inch above the body. Does that sound right?

Seems to work pretty well so far.

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[Estin]

EB doesn't produce floating bridges of any kind that i know off. all the floyd rose equiped guitars EB makes lower pitch only and rest on the body as well. also i've never heard of a vintage style tremelo being able to raise pitch. even on strats and everything they've always rested on the body. it gives them much better resonance and easier string change. my guess is having the AL's bridge floating this way gives you a weird playing angle on the bridge doesn't it? dropping it down to rest on the body i beleive is the proper setup.

 

[Squawk]

I own 3 guitars with trems - both my 2000 Am Series Strat and '62 AV Jaguar RI have trems that pull up. My EBMM Sil Special does not. Then again, it stays in tune much better than the other two. In fact, pulling up either the Strat or Jag is asking to pull it out of tune - you can go a set reasonably well if you only trem down. And the Sil does dive bomb more than the Strat. The Jag's trem latitude is narrow by design (but boy, does it do surf music the best).

My daughter has an ESP with a Floyd which swings up and down and stays in tune very well.

 

[tvanveen]

Well, I wasn't really sure which way was correct. It's floating now and seems to stay in tune ok...after I reset the action it sounds pretty much the same. Feels a little different, but not bad.

Then again, I haven't really had time to thoroughly test it...

 

[JDouglee]

EB doesn't produce floating bridges of any kind that i know of.

dropping it down to rest on the body i beleive is the proper setup.

The LUKE actually comes from the factory floating. Same vintage bridge. It just tilts forward. Works like a charm.

 

[tvanveen]

Derek? Jon? What's the official word here?

 

[jongitarz]

The Luke and Petrucci models are the only ones with floating bridges.

Jon

 

[tvanveen]

Thanks.

Can someone explain the physical differences between the floating and non-floating bridges? They look the same to me.

 

[jongitarz]

They are the same...On the Luke its all in the setup..the bridge is at an angle not flat so you can pull up or divebomb. On the Petrucci the trem cavity is routed out so when at rest, the bridge is flat, but because of the way the cavity is, the is movement in both directions..I hope this makes sense.
Jon

 

[Estin]

thanks for clearing that up guys, i wasn't aware of any floating bridges availible by EB.

 

[tvanveen]

You're helping, but I'm not quite there yet...

Is there anything about the Axis SS or AL trems that prevent them from floating?

Am I asking for some sort of trouble in setting up my AL trem to float? It seems to work....

 

[jongitarz]

They can both be setup like the Luke..2 springs, bridge tilted forward. We set the Luke up so when you pull back on the arm it goes up a step and a half.

Jon

 

[jongitarz]

If you go to the F.A.Q section of our website there is some info on setting up a Luke. You can use it for the AL or SS
Jon

 

[tvanveen]

Thanks Jon!