THE 2 MOST COMMON ISSUES WITH A BRAND NEW FLOYD ROSE,HOW TO FIX YOUR TUNING STABILITY IN 10 MINS

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When you change from a hard tail or stoptail bridge to a floating bridge like a floyd rose it can be daunting.
When you buy a new guitar and it wont stay in tune ive found it can be 2 main problems and neither is hard to fix.In 10 minutes your floyd rose can be fully stable simply by tightening a few screws.
I hope this video helps a beginner or newbie to solve their floyd rose tuning issues.

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[askmatt]

I have been jamming for over 30 years and have come across those issues many times. In my opinion the best things you can do to improve Floyd Rose tuning stability: 1) Use a string stretcha every time you install a new set of strings 2) Adjust your tremolo so that it rests as close to perfectly parallel to the body as possible 3) Place a DROP of gun lubricant on the tremolo where the knife edges make contact with the tremolo posts. You want the metal on metal action to operate as smooth and free as possible. This will help your tremolo return to the exact position it was prior to pivoting. I have gone through many multi hour jam sessions without a single loss in tuning stability by using these steps. I wish someone would have shared those life lessons with me long ago and I could have saved myself a ton of frustration. Love your channel. Keep up the good work!

[VanHalenIsolated]

Omg I was spending so much time retuning my guitar and the tip on making the locking nut flush worked! I tried the string retainer and everything else and finally this did it. God it feels good to play for a long while and not go way out of tune at random times. Thank you for this.

[shane_and_sue]

Cheers mate, just got a evh wolfgang standard and it's doing me yed in, gonna try this. 👍

[Dan_Ranger]

Great tips Neil. I take my guitars apart every so often just to know I am 100% to go. I have been playing Floyds or Ibanez Edge Trems since they came out. I now can't play fixed bridges LOL Yeah, I am that old! Nearly all the problems can be solved with a few simple tweaks. STRETCHING new strings is a big must. And tweaking ones nuts is always a great idea. Check those nuts and bolts ladies and you'll be chirping like Brad Gillis in no time!

[ncku]

+1 sub you are a saviour. I was just about to give up on my 10 days old Floyd because of tuning stability issues and i am so glad that i ran into your video. Cheers mate, made my day

[arnoldrab]

Just got my new Kramer SM - 1H last week and I noticed that noise issue you were pointing out while using my Floyd Rose. I did what you advised and it worked. Thanks for the tip!

[michaelboccabella]

Recently purchased an EVH bumble bee stripes series. Love this guitar. Just low E string kept going out of tune. Watched this video and tried your tips. Dude you nailed it. It was the screws on the nut. Very loose on the low E string side. Tightened it up. Problem fixed.

[NazreenNasaruddin]

First method fixed my click sound at the nut. I bought a new guitar and this issue happen, went back to the shop, even the luthier there cannot figure it out, advised there is no issue and just need to do “pro setup” which it will incur extra charges as they are selling the service., I insisted it need to be fixed with warranty covered, they said they will try but will take time. left the guitar for 2 days, and found your video, I decided to bring back and DIY. Boom! Fixed. This was a year go, just came back to this video to say Thank you ❤ . sub ever since

[SparkyGoldsmith]

I take apart every guitar I get especially FR ones, and go through every part, deburring, chamfering, blowing out the sawdust and polishing compound, lubing what moves, Loc-titeing what stays put, preemptive shots of De-oxit D5 in pots, intonation, relief, action height, everything. It takes time but I'm never sorry I did it. Here's a new one I found today. My son kept telling me his strings were "slipping" and the guitar was detuning. I thought he was imagining things. I was swapping out his saddles today from zinc FR "Special" to steel 1000 series, and found out he was right while trying to set it back up. Turns out the damn FR springs kept stretching! I caught it because the angle of the bridge kept changing slightly. I was like are the trem claw screws pulling out of the body?! Then it occurred to me the springs were probably stretching, as unlikely as that seemed. Changed them to some EVH springs I had from a guitar I have apart. Solved. New fear unlocked. LOL

[psychoshredder]

Good points. I do the same even when I buy a used guitar because you nevee know what your getting into.

[sampease]

Thank you very much. Just got a new EVH Wolfgang. Was clicking. The bolts on the locking trem we loose. Nice job man.

[AchillesWrath]

I had an issue where one of the screws that holds the nut to the head stock wasn't close to being tight. It was actually raised up. So when i locked the nut it wasn't even locking the strings down like it should. The nut lock was hitting the screw instead and that's as far as it would go. This was on an EVH Wolfgang Standard. Another thing with these guitars is the head stock isn't angled back like a lot of guitars. So it really needs that string retainer to create a proper break angle over the nut. I noticed mine wasn't adjusted low enough. If you looked real close you could see there was a slight gap between under the strings and the top of the nut. So when you tighten down the nuts everything would go sharp. My Floyds are only set up to dive bomb. I want to get one of those trem stoppers just to make things like string changes easier and keeping the Floyd perfectly level.

[supernoobsmith]

Another small but important tip is wear out. Even hardened chromoly. Saddles, nuts, screws, wood, etc.

[rickk]

Great instructional video. Just subscribed.

[gcr]

Great video! Yeah the dreaded clicking noise. Like you said it happens to any guitar with a floyd nut mounted from the top (bottom mount is a little more stable but can still get the click) I have a brand new Jackson MJ soloist and it happened. If you practice the dime squeal your gonna get it 😅. I tightened my screws and it held for a while but the click came back. I ended up using gorilla super glue gel on the nut. Just tiny dabs, you don’t need a lot, use a toothpick tip or a pin to apply tiny dabs. I put two dabs on the base of the nut and two where it meets the fretboard. The gel gives you a little more time to work before it sets up. I can’t stress enough just a little bit, it doesn’t take a lot of force to keep it in place. You want to make sure you can get your nut off without damaging your guitar. Also make sure your screw holes are not stripped out, use the toothpick trick or dowell them and redrill if they are. Anyway, its working like a charm now. Thanks for the video, this will help many new floyd owners.

[stephanpetersen]

Now I dare to buy a guitar with a FL! Thanks buddy! 🙏🥳

[robpags]

Question: my Floyd floats. I can get it in tune but once I dive bomb, it’s goes flat when it returns to normal position. If I pull up on the bar it stays sharp when it returns to normal position. Any thoughts on how to fix this?

[tomjanssen]

I always loosen the strings with the machine heads after locked down to alleviate any tension against the backside as a preventative measure.

[KROLSKI]

Great vid Neil!!! Any news about a sequal of your "unlock the fretboard" vid😎

[educationplaylists]

Can anyone tell me how to stop my saddle lock screws from touching my strings when i pull up? is this a standard floyd rose problem? i get about a full step bend and then the screws touch the string and cuts out...