@@theneer-do-well3240 yes you have to. Stretch with index finger pulling string vertically up and down at the 12th fret so equally tension on nut and bridge. Keep working it until u feel the string isn't stretching anymore. Once stretch out u can lock the nut. No point locking b4 as it has to stretch out fully.
I've been playing guitar with fixed bridge ever since and this vid inspires me to re-evaluate my life decision about buying a guitar with floyd rose lol
Yeah fax I’m in a band rn and I always say to my self soon we’ll be big enough to where I can play a Floyd rose but I won’t have to worry about restringing it because I’ll have a tech lmaoooo
I wish i had a strat i instead have two kramer strikers one from 88 and the other 99 and Both have floyds. I also have a Charvel san dimas from 2017 with a floyd. Hmm i should have bought a strat but i can’t get enough with the superstrats
I miss those days, it took me hours to do it being a beginner but it was always fun. I like threading the strings ball ends through the headstock tuners so I only had to cut once and using d’addarios it always made it look snazzy 😜
@@thef4lsepr0phet yeah but you might face one cause we're not always sure if the tension is gonna be the same again, even if you use like a piece of plastic under it there's a change the springs are not gonna go back to exactly where they were, so you lose intonation and it's a pain in the ass to intonate a Floyd rose
First thing you should’ve showed is how you kept the bridge elevated. First guitar I was happy to get was an old RG-7 back in the day with a Floyd rose. Hated restringing it. Never got it right. Tuning was a pain. Honestly don’t think I ever learned the way to do it step by step properly. Swore I would never get another floating bridge in my life lol.
Unfortunately he's leaving out the part where you have to tightened and untightened the headstock nuts over and over while returning cause the strings are stretching. I wish it was a one shot tune, tightened, retune ...done.
I just got my 3rd Floyd rose and I love them! Restringing them isn't as much of a pain as people say. You just need to keep streching strings until they can hold tune even after bends and then lock the nut. If you've done this correctly then you won't have to play with the nut a hundred times to retune the thing
just a reminder none of you are alone ! God is with you all and he will never leave you . you are loved and accepted by him and that will never change . God bless you all
Hi Jamie, quick tip, don't over oil the fretboard 1-2 times a year is fine if you soften the fretboard too much the frets may lift. Aight have a nice day😊
Is it actually ‘bad’ for the bridge if I don’t have the wedge to hold it up? Or does it just make it easier to change the strings with one? I was told I was living dangerously not having the wedge in with the strings off
Bro Floyd rose aren’t even that bad I bought a js series Jackson last week yesterday I jammed all day with it and to my surprise it was In tune for all 5 hours of thrashing
I remember when I restrung my DBZ venom guitar with an original floyd rose on it. I got jumpscared by the string flying out of the floyd since I don't know how hard I should tighten the string on the floyd.
This is where he cut 90% of the footage of the brige being too high or the strings not being in tune. Like I just setup a guitar that was in C# Standard and put it in D#, worst but most rewarding experience when I finally got it to stay on tune.
If you do one string at a time it keeps tension on the neck, plus the added benefit of already being almost perfectly tuned. That’s how my dad does it on the basses at least
One thing I’d change, I know I started playing guitar 5 months ago and have only had a Floyd rose for 2 months, but to make shit simpler don’t cut the ball end. Put it on the tuner and cut along the middle of the bridge tuners and the saddles like literally in the middle. I get exactly one wrap on each string and it’s faster easier and maybe I’m crazy but it feels like it sustains ever so slightly more
He makes this look ridiculously easy.... I've had atleast 25 different guitars with Floyd's on them over the years and it is something you just have to get use to doing with practice. Jamie has all those toys that he uses that speed up the process and make it easier which is why it looks simple. If your switching gauges or tunings your gonna be adjusting the springs too. If you stick to fixed bridge guitars just because you don't want to learn how to do this, then trust me, you'r missing out on all the tricks you just can't do without a Floyd.....
Not everyone’s bothered about doing divebombs though to be fair. I have a gotoh 510 trem on my charvel without a locking nut which stays perfectly in tune for most whammy bar tricks it can take a good amount of Floyd rose type abuse before going out of tune. I’d say that’s far more practical for someone who’s playing doesn’t involve loads of divebombs and Floyd rose tricks
I never had a Floyd rose in my life and for some crazy reason, decided to have one. This is the long ritual we have to do each time we change our strings. The cons: very cumbersome and time consuming. The pros: freedom to dive bomb and create crazy licks to your delight.
This! but also check my neck with a straight edge while i chage the strings, and give my fretbars a quick polish. I feel like anyone who plays a guitar should know how to do this.
Just had to do mine yesterday. Broke a string midway through the first song of my after work jam session lol. Was very very bummed. But i a freshly cleaned and conditioned fretboard. Theres a silver lining in everything.
I feel like something that’s overlooked to restringing a guitar is polishing the frets. I feel I don’t see it very often. Having them nice and shiny makes bends feel way less scratchy. Lizard spit is the brand I use.
use elixir strings they're coated so the tone is nice and they never get grimy meaning you really never have to change them. they're a little more expensive than most brands but it's worth it for sure.
If you balance your bridge out and it's level you can put a 9-volt battery behind it which will hold its position so when you restring you're not tuning for 45 minutes lol.
Man that brings back so many painful memories. My first electric had a FR and I remember every damn detail you show here and more! 🤣🤦♂️ Unless you have roadies... stay far away. 🤘🏼
I must not stretch my strings good enough. I spend longer than i care to admit chasing the tuning around with the strings stretching and me working against the springs as i tune on string down the neck and find the first string out again. Its a nightmare. Love it once all that settles in though
was expecting the guitar to be out of tune again by the end like everytime i restring mine... so that was pretty satisfying to watch not gonna lie
Omg it was. But obviously the experience was shortened for entertainment purposes lol
Do you pre-stretch your strings enough before locking down your nut?
Yeah, he didn’t have a beard when he started this process 😅
@@theneer-do-well3240 yes you have to. Stretch with index finger pulling string vertically up and down at the 12th fret so equally tension on nut and bridge. Keep working it until u feel the string isn't stretching anymore.
Once stretch out u can lock the nut. No point locking b4 as it has to stretch out fully.
@Matthew James yep .
Also restring 1 string at a time dont cut all strings at once
I've been playing guitar with fixed bridge ever since and this vid inspires me to re-evaluate my life decision about buying a guitar with floyd rose lol
I bought mine a few months ago definitely worth it
Don’t do it. He made it look easy. It’s a 30 minutes process
@@JoeBidensAdderall it’s easy
@@connerwright94 yes and no the Floyd rose is a tedious process which can be easier once mastered but if you are starting it is hell
@@Bloorgusgoorge the first time it took me 2 hours to fully restring
should use elixirs on floyd guitars! dont have to change them nearly as often :)
I enjoy doing it :) endorsed by Ernie ball also
Happy holidays to both of y’all.
Ayo love ur vids mcnasty
mcnasty why do i see you everywhere, are you following me?
The purple Nyxl’s are my favorite. They last forever.
And this is the exact reason why I decide never to use a Floyd Rose. I am happy with me Strat.
Yeah fax I’m in a band rn and I always say to my self soon we’ll be big enough to where I can play a Floyd rose but I won’t have to worry about restringing it because I’ll have a tech lmaoooo
My Strat has a Floyd Rose 😂
@@billyboy1872 sacrilegious. Jk i have a hardtail strat
I wish i had a strat i instead have two kramer strikers one from 88 and the other 99 and Both have floyds. I also have a Charvel san dimas from 2017 with a floyd. Hmm i should have bought a strat but i can’t get enough with the superstrats
My Tele ain't never done me dirty, Floyd roses just seem like a real pain to own. Would love to have a friend with one tho lmao
I miss those days, it took me hours to do it being a beginner but it was always fun. I like threading the strings ball ends through the headstock tuners so I only had to cut once and using d’addarios it always made it look snazzy 😜
Me too
heresy
@@jollyviking8583 hey
I've been stringing them my whole life like that! Back off!!!
@@CMM5300 you are scaring me 😂😂
You can't put strings on backwards! It reverses the polarity of your pick up magnets causing everything you play to be reversed and summon the devil!
It’s easier to change it one string at a time rather than cutting them all, so you can maintain tension
I suspect he did this to polish his guitar, especially the fretboard, but you are correct sir
I take all my ones off and tune them until the floyd levels it’s self, never had a provlem
He used the piece of plastic for that
@@thef4lsepr0phet yeah but you might face one cause we're not always sure if the tension is gonna be the same again, even if you use like a piece of plastic under it there's a change the springs are not gonna go back to exactly where they were, so you lose intonation and it's a pain in the ass to intonate a Floyd rose
@@StealthBeeKid I’ve done it the same way since I started and so has my dad. No issues yet
I was expecting more screams of anguisg
I can’t believe he took the most stressful thing on planet earth and made it calm.
That little smile in the end made my day.
First thing you should’ve showed is how you kept the bridge elevated. First guitar I was happy to get was an old RG-7 back in the day with a Floyd rose. Hated restringing it. Never got it right. Tuning was a pain. Honestly don’t think I ever learned the way to do it step by step properly. Swore I would never get another floating bridge in my life lol.
Unfortunately he's leaving out the part where you have to tightened and untightened the headstock nuts over and over while returning cause the strings are stretching. I wish it was a one shot tune, tightened, retune ...done.
Yeh because then the video would have been 4 hours long 🤣
Ummm just leave the nut loose and manually stretch ur strings. Then tune. Then tighten the nut. Then use fine tuners or retune if necessary.
It is if you know what you're doing, you take forever because you don't manually stretch them, which you're supposed to do with or without a trem
you’re actuallt supposed to stretch your strings before clamping down the locking nut. this also applies to fixed bridge guitars.
Boil em first - EVH
I’ll never have a sleepless night again 😂
Being blessed enough to own one myself I can confirm that Floyd Rose guitar maintenance is a very satisfying way to pass the time.
I just got my 3rd Floyd rose and I love them! Restringing them isn't as much of a pain as people say. You just need to keep streching strings until they can hold tune even after bends and then lock the nut. If you've done this correctly then you won't have to play with the nut a hundred times to retune the thing
You are literally amazing. I have been nervous to restring my new rga42hpt and as of now I am READY BROTHER! lol
This is the reason I got rid of my ESP and Ibanez. Cannot stand Floyds.
The fact that he could restring it within 60 seconds is amazing
I use that same same trem block. Worth every penny!
That last part, where the chord was in tune... it made me happy. It also made me sad.
I love the bulbasaur tuner, i have the Squirtle one!
that’s so sick :0 where do you get them??
@@namejeff7616 amazon
I was expecting never ending tuning lol
Awesome videos man keep it up
Deadass rather buy a new guitar than resetting them floyd rose 😭 (i have 4 guitars now)
just a reminder none of you are alone ! God is with you all and he will never leave you . you are loved and accepted by him and that will never change . God bless you all
Hi Jamie,
quick tip, don't over oil the fretboard 1-2 times a year is fine if you soften the fretboard too much the frets may lift.
Aight have a nice day😊
Thxxxxxxxx most of it is for the meme to be fair haha
My fav restringing vid ever
Is it actually ‘bad’ for the bridge if I don’t have the wedge to hold it up? Or does it just make it easier to change the strings with one? I was told I was living dangerously not having the wedge in with the strings off
the best thing about the wedge is its easy to get the new strings back in haha
yes, you put yourself at risk of committing suicide
Bro Floyd rose aren’t even that bad I bought a js series Jackson last week yesterday I jammed all day with it and to my surprise it was In tune for all 5 hours of thrashing
"ASMR"
*strings being wound that sound like screams*
this video is so satisfying im gonna buy a guitar with a floyd rose now so i can tune it
I remember when I restrung my DBZ venom guitar with an original floyd rose on it. I got jumpscared by the string flying out of the floyd since I don't know how hard I should tighten the string on the floyd.
Now this is ASMR i can get behind. This also confirmed that I will never buy a guitar with a floyd rose lol
This is where he cut 90% of the footage of the brige being too high or the strings not being in tune.
Like I just setup a guitar that was in C# Standard and put it in D#, worst but most rewarding experience when I finally got it to stay on tune.
Oh gosh! That one is as beautiful as the green one!
Love the color
If you do one string at a time it keeps tension on the neck, plus the added benefit of already being almost perfectly tuned. That’s how my dad does it on the basses at least
I bought a FR guitar and attempted this. I gave up less than 10 minutes later and sold the guitar a few days after that.
One thing I’d change, I know I started playing guitar 5 months ago and have only had a Floyd rose for 2 months, but to make shit simpler don’t cut the ball end. Put it on the tuner and cut along the middle of the bridge tuners and the saddles like literally in the middle. I get exactly one wrap on each string and it’s faster easier and maybe I’m crazy but it feels like it sustains ever so slightly more
He makes this look ridiculously easy.... I've had atleast 25 different guitars with Floyd's on them over the years and it is something you just have to get use to doing with practice. Jamie has all those toys that he uses that speed up the process and make it easier which is why it looks simple. If your switching gauges or tunings your gonna be adjusting the springs too. If you stick to fixed bridge guitars just because you don't want to learn how to do this, then trust me, you'r missing out on all the tricks you just can't do without a Floyd.....
Not everyone’s bothered about doing divebombs though to be fair. I have a gotoh 510 trem on my charvel without a locking nut which stays perfectly in tune for most whammy bar tricks it can take a good amount of Floyd rose type abuse before going out of tune. I’d say that’s far more practical for someone who’s playing doesn’t involve loads of divebombs and Floyd rose tricks
😮 thank you LEGEND! 😊
Super strat with fixed bridge is what I like god damnit
YOU MAKE IT LOOK SO EASY!!! 😩😩😩😩
I never had a Floyd rose in my life and for some crazy reason, decided to have one. This is the long ritual we have to do each time we change our strings. The cons: very cumbersome and time consuming. The pros: freedom to dive bomb and create crazy licks to your delight.
Awesome guitar
He makes it look so easy
That's actually pretty satisfying 🎸
44 seconds. But who's counting lol
Nice! I'm not really into FRs UT I really need to get one of those string change kits!
Such a beautiful guitar
So satisfying
I want a Floyd Rose but am satisfied with my SAT30 tbh, can’t beat that look for a Floyd for that matter
You made it look so easy
That is the most satisfying thing I watched today...
Beautiful
Restring and tuning a floyd rose guitar can be pretty frustrating sometimes. U never know if the springs or the strings are bad.
tuning myst have been a living hell for ya
Lovely guitar man
This! but also check my neck with a straight edge while i chage the strings, and give my fretbars a quick polish. I feel like anyone who plays a guitar should know how to do this.
I’ve owned a guitar with FR for the past 5 years and this is like the reverse ASMR for me, it just made me more anxious
This video makes me so happy to have a hardtail.
I bought my only FL equiped guitar about 20 years ago. I think I've changed the strings on it twice since I bought it.
I want a Floyd Rose so bad but they look like so much work.
so satisfying
i always leave the ball ends on and string it up from the tuner down to the bridge, is like having locking tuners
To think I’ll have to do this after this Christmas pains me, worth it
Just had to do mine yesterday. Broke a string midway through the first song of my after work jam session lol. Was very very bummed. But i a freshly cleaned and conditioned fretboard. Theres a silver lining in everything.
you make it look so easy!!
I recommend wedging the block when your restringing a Floyd rose. Skyscraper guitars makes specialized wedge blocks for that purpose.
didn't know that I needed this
Nice work dude guitar looks sickk!!!
This is why I pay my buddy 25 bucks to re-string my Schecter Banshee
Totally fell asleep watching this ngl
Awwww
Ugghhh I remember those days. Why I use fixed bridges now and a whammy pedal.
Conalt slinkys are awesome as well, last a lot longer
I feel like something that’s overlooked to restringing a guitar is polishing the frets. I feel I don’t see it very often. Having them nice and shiny makes bends feel way less scratchy. Lizard spit is the brand I use.
That’s a real nice guitar oooo
yooo that tuner’s sick :0
Sooooooooo satisfing
That smile at the end😂
Satisfying, especially the fact that the tuning doesn't take 3 hours 😩
Okok the bulbasaur tuner is on my wishlist now
It’s nice too see that some people still know how to string a guitar without 500 loops around the tuner!!!
.-. And here I am like. That.. is a LOT of work. I should consider doing this to mine.
Change one string at a time a.d tune as you go. Changing all at once or having all the strings off at once will mess with the neck a lot.
This is my kind of asmr
Ive tuned a floyd rose before and it is a lot harder than if looks!
use elixir strings
they're coated so the tone is nice and they never get grimy meaning you really never have to change them. they're a little more expensive than most brands but it's worth it for sure.
Every time I used them they broke 1 by one after whammy dives. Never had that issue with Ernie balls
You inspired me to change my strings
If you balance your bridge out and it's level you can put a 9-volt battery behind it which will hold its position so when you restring you're not tuning for 45 minutes lol.
I mean I would go with 9a but this is satisfying none the less.
Thank you Messi
Re strung my guitar last week, let it sit for a day before tuning it & SNAP, broke the high e string…. BUGGER!!!
Fyi you can run the strings in the opposite direction instead of snipping the ends off
Love the look of satisfaction he has at the end 😆
Just realized it's jamie's video when I saw his face at the end xDDDD
Man that brings back so many painful memories. My first electric had a FR and I remember every damn detail you show here and more! 🤣🤦♂️
Unless you have roadies... stay far away. 🤘🏼
Jamie slays Asmr
This is asmr
You need a string Stretcha. Just got one. It’s awesome
I must not stretch my strings good enough. I spend longer than i care to admit chasing the tuning around with the strings stretching and me working against the springs as i tune on string down the neck and find the first string out again. Its a nightmare. Love it once all that settles in though
I recommend always stretching your strings until they don’t change tuning anymore before locking your nut.
A cheeky hack is to tune them up half a step higher than you want and they will gradually come back down
Practice lots of bends and also pull-ups with the floyd... settles them in real quick!
Can't wait the pain i'll suffer when i will have to change strings on my jackson kelly