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Iggo

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10. Hate. Them. (Hated them and never got over it, to be clear.)

Reply to Sewa (Original post)

Fri Dec 25, 2020, 05:49 PM

Dec 2020

I did most of my early guitar familiarization in the eighties, and Floyd Roses sucked all kinda balls back then. Avoided them like the plague ever since. They might be great now, for all I know, but the bad taste never left me.

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Floyd Rose tremolo - love'em or hate'em [View all] Sewa Nov 2020 OP

I'm a banjo player, mindem Nov 2020 #1

You should be able to lock it. Defeats the purpose of a tremolo though. Beakybird Nov 2020 #2

Spent a fair amount of money putting a Floyd Rose on my Strat Jarqui Nov 2020 #3

I added two springs to the unit Sewa Nov 2020 #5

I did that Jarqui Nov 2020 #6

Are you tuning it right after restringing it? Eko Nov 2020 #4

Floyd Rose Love:Hate Alacritous Crier Nov 2020 #7

They sound scary stevil Dec 2020 #8

Fine By Me ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #9

Hate. Them. (Hated them and never got over it, to be clear.) Iggo Dec 2020 #10

Different Strokes ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #11

Yeah, I'm from the Jake E Lee school now. Iggo Dec 2020 #12