None Floating Floyd
None Floating Floyd
I've noticed this a lot but why are all Floyd bridges floating? It's rare to see a manufacture make a guitar with a Floyd Rose locking system that isn't floating. Now I know there are methods to locking its direction but why not just let it rest on the body?
Thank,
Gary Simonelli
More fun purhapes stable tuning not so much. Put a D-tuna on a floating Floyd. This would be unheard of. Break a string absolute crap. If the thing rests on the body all these things can be avoided. Ok so all you do is dive thats ok with me thats all I want to do anyway. I'm just wondering why any of the manufactures don't offer something like this. I won't play it at a gig if doesn't have a floyd.
I did use a D-tuna on an Original Floyd but I realized it was pointless. It never works perfectly and it disables the bridge fine-tuner which is annoying. Also, I had to unscrew the nut all the time and tune the E string via headstock tuners, then recrew the nut. I got tired of carrying around an allen wrench so I ended up removing the D-tuna after a week.
I've noticed this a lot but why are all Floyd bridges floating? It's rare to see a manufacture make a guitar with a Floyd Rose locking system that isn't floating. Now I know there are methods to locking its direction but why not just let it rest on the body?
Thank,
Gary Simonelli
Floyd Rose bridges float to allow the pitch of a note to either be pulled up in pitch or to loosen the tension of the strings for "dive-bomb" effects. If a Floyd Rose were to rest on top of the body this would not allow for notes to be shifted upwards in pitch, this is similar to how a vintage or synchronized tremolo functions.
Floating trems are more fun and have better tuning stability, esp. if you use the whammy. The only real downsides are changing strings and tunings, but it's easy enough to block it.