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Changing strings on a Floyd Rose
Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 5:28 pm
by Bar Rat
OK...I wouldn't exactly call myself a musician but I bought a Jackson back in 2005 that still has the original strings on it. I know...what a fucking idiot! The D string finally broke and I have never changed strings on a Floyd rose. Do I just cut the ball end off the new string, stick it in the slot and tighten the alan screw? It seems to me that it wouldn't hold with all that tension but....
Re: Changing strings on a Floyd Rose
Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 8:03 pm
by Aeon
Bar Rat wrote:OK...I wouldn't exactly call myself a musician but I bought a Jackson back in 2005 that still has the original strings on it. I know...what a fucking idiot! The D string finally broke and I have never changed strings on a Floyd rose. Do I just cut the ball end off the new string, stick it in the slot and tighten the alan screw? It seems to me that it wouldn't hold with all that tension but....
Yes. Cut the end of the string with the hoop on it and place the cut side into the string cavity with the little block, then tighten it up with the allen key. Assuming it's the same gauge as you had before everything should be OK.
Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 8:43 pm
by Bar Rat
Thanks. I play that thing so infrequently, sometimes I'll be watching T.V., look at it and say to myself "Oh yeah...I have a pretty cool guitar" and fire up the Laney and the Digitech RP-Whatever.
Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 9:33 pm
by Dawdy
just make sure you dont over-tighten the screw, because you can bust the little block
Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 12:52 pm
by Bar Rat
Dawdy wrote:just make sure you dont over-tighten the screw, because you can bust the little block
I watched a youtube demonstration and the guy made sure to mention that. I still have to go buy strings...maybe I'll try to buy online to avoid Guitar Center.
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 2:54 am
by chuckbuksquared
Bar Rat wrote:Dawdy wrote:just make sure you dont over-tighten the screw, because you can bust the little block
I watched a youtube demonstration and the guy made sure to mention that. I still have to go buy strings...maybe I'll try to buy online to avoid Guitar Center.
You have to get that Dio emicon back bro. I used to picture Dio hanging out at a bar and throwin' it up. Now I just see your meaty face and..well your still a cool dude.
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 5:12 pm
by Bar Rat
You love my meaty face and you know it!
Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 10:55 pm
by gay_hayride
shoot heroin then do it