Floyd rose voes

[KristinnEs]

Ok.. The thing is.. I have a guitar with floyd rose.. I bought it off a guy here on iceland, only he had Thicker strings on it than I am used to..

The guitar:
http://www.mmedia.is/~baral/cm/images/washburn_jb.jpg

I tried to change out the strings (.10) to my usual thickness (.09)... Adjusted the screws in the back, fiddled around with some things.. But now its out of whack.. Intonation is wrong and weird buzzes coming when I try to play it..

Needless to say, I have no idea what I am doing around floyd roses, Does anyone have any info on how to get it back in tune?

[Jstickley]

Is the bridge sitting inside of the body, instead of level with the body?

Take some pictures from the side, so i can see where the bridge is setting..

Once i see where it is setting i can help you a little more.

Jesse

[Whiskey]

This might help:

http://www.nextlevelguitar.com/aforum/showthread.php?t=149

[Jstickley]

yup was gettign ready to post that.

What is in that thread, i believe is exactly what your experiancing. You went from 10's to 9's which is letting the bridge sag into the body. Thicker strings have more tension on them, thinner strings have less, wihch is why this is happening. In that thread I went from 9's to 8's and thats what happens. Get her back level, and shes golden ;)

Jesse

[KristinnEs]

Yeah, looks like it might be what I´m after, I´m still afraid that I might have mis-adjusted the spring-screws in the back.. Just in case. I snappes some pics through my in build webcam :P

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/talmir/floyd001.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/talmir/floyd002.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/talmir/floyd003.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/talmir/floyd004.jpg

[KristinnEs]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/talmir/floyd005.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/talmir/floyd006.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/talmir/floyd007.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/talmir/floyd008.jpg

[KristinnEs]

btw.. stupid question, but the black, round buttons on above each string, that you can turn with your fingers... what are they for?

[Jstickley]

btw.. stupid question, but the black, round buttons on above each string, that you can turn with your fingers... what are they for?

They would be your fine tuners. Once you lock the nut down, you cannot use the machines to tune the guitar anymore (unless you unlock the nut), which is why you have the fine tuners on the back. You tune the guitar to your tuning, lock the nut, and then use the fine tuners on the bridge to put it dead on if you need to.

As far as your buzzing/string change issue. It is exactly as I suspected. Your bridge is sagging towards the body. What you need to do, is first pull out the MIDDLE spring, retune, see where the bridge is setting. If it is still sagging, turn each screw OUT 1/2 of a turn(the trem spring screws). If it is still sagging, turn each screw OUT 1/4 of a turn. At this point you should be REALLY close, if not dead on.

Remember, each time you turn the screws or when you remove the spring, you have to retune back to A440. Also, do this whole process, with the nut unlocked ;)

Post your results.

Jesse

[KristinnEs]

Awesome.. I think its fixed now :) Thank you.

[Dave_D]

floydrose.com has very detailed step by step instructions for your tremelo system. I can rip mine down piece by piece and have it tuned and intonated in about an hour now.

[KristinnEs]

I´ve looked through floydrose.com :( but I´m still having a slight problem, everything works perfectly now, except.. Now my high e string buzzez wickedly, unless I fret it at any fret.. then the buzzing isnt there anymore.. I wonder if its something to do with the nut-locks?

[KristinnEs]

ooh.. sorry its fixed.. I took the locking nuts off and rotated them 90 degrees.. Fixed it all up.. Seemed to have been vibrating against the nut or sumthing :P