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Position:Home>Performing Arts> Help with restringing my Floyd Rose Trem system?Question: Help with restringing my Floyd Rose Trem system!? I have a Washburn WG228 guitar!. It has A Floyd Rose!. I tried restringing it and it ended in disaster!. The bridge raised up or away from the body and I don't know what to do!. I didn't know what gauge the old strings were so I just placed ones that I have lying around!. Could the change in string gauge be the cause!? If so HELP ME!!.
Oh, and what string gauge is ideal for this guitar!?Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: The string gauge is entirely down to your personal preference, but a Floyd Rose will need to be adjusted to suit the tension of differing gauges!. If your bridge is pulled forward/up away from the body, it means that the tension of the strings you've used isn't holding the bridge in its correct place!. That doesn't mean you've used the wrong strings, just that you need to tweak the bridge a little to suit your choice!. The way to do this is to move the spring claw in the tremolo cavity at the back of your guitar!. The claw is the bit of metal which holds the springs, and is held to the body with two long screws!. If you tighten these screws, you'll increase the "pull" or tension of the strings; conversely, Lighter gauge strings = less tension, so that means that you need to tighten the claw screws and increase the spring tension in order to balance the tension!. Don't go crazy tightening the screws; just try giving them one full turn, and then re-tune the guitar to see how you're doing!. It'll take a little while of trial and error experimentation, but you'll soon get the hang of adjusting it so it's just right for you!. also remember not to tighten so much that the bridge ends up dipping backwards and/or hitting the wood of the guitar!. It should really "float" in perfect balance, otherwise you'll get a nasty clunking noise whenever you use the Floyd, made as the bridge block hits the body of the guitar when it returns to its resting position!. That said, if you don't use the Floyd, you want to deliberately set the bridge like that so that it stays still and acts like a fixed bridge!. Happy tweaking!.Www@QuestionHome@Com I would imagine the 009's or 0010's would be the right choice!. Maybe its a case you have to reset the bridge!.!.or do you mean it has pulled away from the body!?!.!.I can't imagine this has happened because it would take alot of pressure to actually break !. Sounds fixable!. I'd suggest you bring it into your local guitar shop and get someone to take a look at it!. I'm sure it can be sorted!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |