Floating Tremolo Setup in 10 Minutes

Ever cussed at your Floyd Rose? Have you blocked your floating trem because its such a huge pain? NO MORE!!! Get that trem floating again with the TremWedge. In under 15 minutes your guitar will be playing like you always dreamed about. You'll hear the roar of the crowd and you'll smell the underwear being thrown at your feet.

[morbidangel]

One key thing I'd like to say for those of you trying this for the first time. Stretching your new strings properly before tuning and locking down your tremolo system is especially important on guitars with floating bridges. If you don't, your guitar will constantly be going out of tune, and you'll lose that perfectly level bridge over time. After you install the strings, tune them properly. Then begin stretching and retuning each string one at a time. Stretch the string by pulling it straight up away from the fret board at the 12th fret, then check it's tuning and adjust accordingly. Do this until the strings do not change tuning after pulling up on them. Hope this helps.

[Albee]

My first guitar had a Floyd Rose, after going through that hell no Floyd can break me.

[rileypinette]

this is actually the most useful video of a floyd rose ive ever seen

[onfire]

Worked for me 1st .... Best Floyd Rose setup video ever.. Massive thank you!!!

[Lando]

Dozens of videos I have gone through to try and understand my floyd and this guy showed me and told me things no one els even bothered to mention let alone explain. THX

[TheIArocks]

You saved my life! I was about to get someone else to set it up for me but your method worked flawlessly and my floyd never sat better in its life! Thank you so much!

[derrick]

I just happened to purchase this on amazon months ago without realizing that it's a special block that makes tuning floyd rose guitars easier. Thanks for the items and this video. I went from being nervous that I was going to destroy my guitar to feeling like a floyd rose expert.

[ofwolfandmanii]

It's funny how every video I watched doesn't use this technique, they block it on the other side of the brigde and all that does is stop it from sinking not lifting, this worked perfectly for me thanks my friend.

[morsteen]

Just got a jackson V with floating bridge. My first time back to playing in 12 years. Was starting to get really frustrated last night with the back and forth to go down to D standard. Saw a comment on another YouTube vid that mentioned a block. Then found this video. Looks like it will work great. I'd like to support you, but I have so many little wood scraps in the garage, that I'm just going to measure my gap and cut my own block, because I just want to get this done right away. Thank you for the great video and great tips however! We need good vids like this.

[cornellbobby]

Bought one for a vintage tremolo on a Strat. Took me 5 minutes with this method. Stoked.

[fndrn]

wow! never thought of stringing through the tuners first. the ball will hold the strings in place. super great tip

[eddysel]

I do agree to the comment below. This is indeed the one of the most useful videos on this matter. I had a lot of tunning issues with my PRS Torero. Now my guitar stays perfect in tune. Thx!

[EvelynRoods]

You probably saved me a good 30-40 dollars in setup fees.

[francoamerica]

I own several guitars, and I must say, this video is among the best I've ever seen. My Ibanez guitar constantly went out of tune within 10 seconds of stretching and tuning it, and this had been happening forever. Every time I came up with a great riff, trying to replicate it was a struggle because the guitar would be out of tune. It was incredibly discouraging, especially since it's my favorite guitar, but dealing with the tuning was a real hassle. I turned to YouTube and stumbled upon your video. I followed the procedure you recommended, unsure of what the final result would be. Miraculously, it worked! I've been playing it for days now, and the tuning is perfect. Thank you so, so much for your help. Please keep these videos coming!

[DMDvideo]

I actually like a light forward pitch to my trem setup. But I'll have to try the string reverse loading with the string ball at the tuner. That looks interesting!

[thrasher]

Not long bought a Jackson DK3 and I have never previously owned a guitar with a Floyd Rose! A string change was imminent but I had been putting it off since due to fear of making a hash of it. Having breaking a string earlier today, I had to find my minerals and at least attempt to restring the guitar, as it played phenomenally since the day I got it. After searching for an in depth but to the point tutorial, I settled with this video.
What a great step by step walkthrough! Could not have been simpler with the assistance of this video!

Thank you!

[JerrysThisandThat]

Well done, made that look easy and it sure isn't.

[FrayedString]

I'm a total noob, owned my first ever guitar (Mitchell HD400) for 2 days now and following your general directions (I just cut a small triangle wood wedge out of some scrap wood) I managed to re-string and fully tune my guitar in about an hour. Not too bad for my first time ever re-stringing a guitar and with a Floyd Rose no less. It will definitely go much faster next time. Thanks for the video.

[MrThemortgage]

One thing that I rarely see in these Floyd Rose set up videos are the round tuning adjustments for each string. I backed them off all the way and then tighten 1/2 turn. Strings stretch over time but they never tighten up overtime. So by backing that round tuning adjustment all the way out gives you a lot more adjustment capability as the string stretches over time. I hope I'm making sense here.

[skapegoat]

This is the best Floating Trem tutorial I've seen! I've always done it a different way but figured that had to be better ways, then saw your tutorial. Subscribed!