Y2D + D-Tuna

[Richiesos]

Guys, I am loving this SM Y2D. It's my first rosewood neck EBMM and my first floating tremolo. I sent it to my tech to set it up for me. He put 10s on it and blocked the Floyd from raising the pitch. The floyd is sitting parallel on top of the body. I went to install a D Tuna. I figured it would be safe now since the Floyd no longer tilts back into the cavity. I got it to work, but with very little space under the D Tuna, and very little room to move on the fine tuner. Has anyone done this successfully? If so, then what am I doing wrong?

Thanks,
-Richie

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

I have a D-tuna on my Floyd-equipped Morse, but mine is one of the dive-only models.

With your tremolo being set to float, I can't really see the D-tuna working all that well - once you drop D the balance of tension between the strings and springs will change, and the rest of your strings will go slightly out of tune.

 

[joe web]

richie, the only way i see to make it work well, is to shim your neck a bit and bring up the tremolo. you´ll have to adjust the PUPs after that but you´ll get the space around the screws to pull in/out the d-tune.

i had a d-tuna on my dive-only Y2D as well. but i made it floating a few weeks ago. i did the same work to the guitar as written above. shim the neck and bring up the trem a bit. now i can bend it one step upwards as well. but no d-tuna anymore.

 

[Richiesos]

I have this set up for dive only. My tech blocked the trem from going up by putting a piece of wood in the back of the guitar (in the spring cavity. It works great, and the trem sits flush, but I had to adjust the fine tuner on the D Tuna so tight to get it to tune to E that the angle just doesn't work. I have a theory that if I grind down the top of the D Tuna itself it might work. Since that particular piece is relatively cheap, I may just try it out.

 

[Mark-NL]

I have no experience with Floyds, or D-tuna's, but wouldn't it be possible to have the Floyd sit "less than flush", so just above the body and have it be Dive only aswell? Just adjust the size of the piece of wood slightly. That way you wouldn't have to grind anything, and there would/should be just enough room for proper D-Tuna operation.

I might thinking too simply about this though.

 

[fsmith]

I have this set up for dive only. My tech blocked the trem from going up by putting a piece of wood in the back of the guitar (in the spring cavity. It works great, and the trem sits flush, but I had to adjust the fine tuner on the D Tuna so tight to get it to tune to E that the angle just doesn't work. I have a theory that if I grind down the top of the D Tuna itself it might work. Since that particular piece is relatively cheap, I may just try it out.

Richie,
I have one I bought for my Axis that I could never get to work right, it was just too tight. PM me your address and I'll send it to you. You can try modifying yours and if it doesn't work out you'll have a spare...

fred

 

[Lewis Brunton]

I have this set up for dive only. My tech blocked the trem from going up by putting a piece of wood in the back of the guitar (in the spring cavity. It works great, and the trem sits flush, but I had to adjust the fine tuner on the D Tuna so tight to get it to tune to E that the angle just doesn't work. I have a theory that if I grind down the top of the D Tuna itself it might work. Since that particular piece is relatively cheap, I may just try it out.

I have had 2 D-Tuna's on two different guitars and two different floyds without issue. The secret to getting them to work is to tune your guitar to drop d with the d-tuna out and the fine tuner on the d-tuna set flat.

Additionally the fine tuner on the floyd must be almost out.

Then pop in the d-tuna and adjust its fine tuner to get it to E.

If the fine tuner on the floyd is used beyond a few turns it really messes up the d-tuna.

Regards
Lewis