hahaha no fade in at the start! oops! Thanks for watching guys, thanks to Adam at FU-Tone for sending the parts over! These are great and easy mods, super straight forward to install and sound brilliant! Check them out at www.fu-tone.com/
While we are at it, mark your drill/sand/scrape spots and protect whatever you don't want sliced with tape before taking chunks out of your guitar. Ask anyone that has tinkered with guitars, it is very easy to overdo a scrape/drill/sand spot just eyeing it out.
Adam at FU tone has the single most comprehensive and easy to understand video on setting up a Floyd Rose. He removes all the confusion. He is a very organized thinker.
Hey Bea, how about tremol-no? Have you tried it? I really really recommend it, you can basically switch between full floating trem to hardtail in seconds.
Or a couple of coins (number of coins will vary depending on country lol), some tape, and double sided tape, wrap coins in tape, stick the tapped coins with double sided tape to the wood in front or behind (or both) the block (front of block if you want to drop tune) take 5 minutes to and is very effective, and costs the price of the coins and tape...
RiffsNReviews Mal von Ox That's what i did on my trem. Cost me exactly half a euro and some tape. Hasn't moved half a millimeter in over 2 years, and made the guitar twice as good.
yeah, but tremol-no let's you block the trem on demand, moreover if you block of trem the 'cheap' way you might miss on a bit of sustain, there's a reason why luthiers use big wooden chunks to block trem permanently.
Did this recently with a Jackson Dinky with a cheap and nasty licensed floyd with next to no tuning stability. Cut a block of wood to size and stuck it in place and tightened up the springs to keep it locked. You can still do a dive bomb if you want but the guitar plays better, holds its tuning perfectly and the good wood-to-sustain-block contact has really increased the sustain a noticeable amount. A great way to make a cheap instrument perform a hell of a lot better!
Damn, Bea, you got a monster tone! I think those rubber coated springs are an awesome thing! However call me insane, but I kinda like hearing the springs creak when I'm jamming. Got some old recordings from like 15 yrs ago that I made using a Samick Strat knockoff and it would squeak like a fieldmouse with high gain, but I thought it added a little roughness to the recordings which I liked
I really like hearing stories like these, where people think 'imperfections' are a good thing :) I'm the kind of guy who wants everything to be as perfect as can be, and it stresses me out from time to time. I could learn something from you haha! The only 'abnormal' thing I do to my basses, is setting the action quite higher, at least higher than what it should normally be. Simply because of the fact that I like 'battling' my strings :)
Thomas Raes ha, thanks. I have always liked hearing imperfections in music. Like EVH's tremelo springs creak on the divebomb in "Eruption", or the amp hum on the "quieter" parts of "Are you gonna be my girl" by Jet, or the audible sound ofJohn Lennon flipping his switch from his neck pickup to his bridge pickup on "I want you". I don't know, it just brings a bit of realness to music for me.
The twang from the springs are a problem in a recording. - The same as the bits of string between the nut and the tuners or the bridge and the stop-tail that exists. - Anything that rings outside of the string between the nut and bridge can really ugly up your amplified or recorded sound.
For the 3rd mod, I`ve always used rolls of coins on one side of the cavity. Cheapper, easier and also improves the sustain because of all the metal being next to the floyd block. I also used it to stop some guitars` tremolo.
I think more sustain and crispier sound. Makes a difference. Some people can say, I don't care the difference isn't worth the money, but that little difference in sound makes Your sound more distinctive and it separates hobby guitarist from pro player. Am I right?
I changed all the bridge saddles as well as the tremblocks fot titaniumparts...my god, why don't guitarcompanies to that to all guitars. #sustain #clarity #durability
Made almost the exact same to mine a few years back when he still had the Floyd Upgrade name :-)... Did not got the red springs but still better springs and have a small piece of cloth inside each spring that works great. I did made one change later as I got noises when the block was hitting the adjustment screw - was solved with a small piece of hard felt on the tip of the screw.
I used to think I could get away from floyd style guitars, but tracking in the studio sucks with stable bridge/locking tuner equipped guitars, the floyd does so much well, the double locking aspect is great and the fine tuners are just so useful. At the end of the day, it turned out that a blocked floyd is the perfect stable bridge guitar, and really the best bridge you can opt for, as blocked it beats everything but an Evertune, and floating, it's simply the best there is
Hi Bea, thanks for this video and this awsome Mods. Your VX Kraken Profile for the Kemper sounds great! Is there any chance to get this profile? Do you bought it? Thank you very much!
You missed the brass claw upgrade. I found that my floyd lost some of the highs and mellowed out with the big brass block making it a bit mid heavy, the brass claw which comes with brass screws for about a tenner seemed to balance it out a bit.
I can vouch for the big brass block. Put one on my S2020X Prestige, and it made a considerable difference to the sustain. The tone doesn't really change, but it sings for days. Definitely worth the money.
I made the Floyd on my Kramer hardtail. They are such a pain in the rear lol.... I just put a solid metal backplate on it and run a threaded bolt with some washers and nuts to hardtail it with the bridge level.
I'm an American who stumbled upon Andertons videos a few months ago. Through the Andertons videos I got turned on to Dorje. Very good stuff! Definitely dig your tones and you seem to be full of all sorts of gear knowledge. The most badass thing about ya is actually that I see replies to people in the comments lol
It's somewhat difficult to tell differences in sound, but since you are intimately familiar with this guitar, you will notice the difference more than your viewers. Cool upgrade!
Changing the stock tremolo plate, poles & block of my ibanez js for a gotoh + heavy brass block made a huge difference to the tone and feel of the guitar. Especially the block made the tone richer and more resonant and increased sustain. I'd recommend it to any floyd rose user. Springs seem like an interesting improvement. Question: do you prefer back plate on or off? (And why)
Cool...I think I'll check this out.I have a couple guitars with Floyd's, but I'm not a huge fan of them. Seems to me you can really tailor it to your liking with this upgrade....Thanx Bea!! 👍👍👍
Better off using a Tremol-No. It gives you 3 modes including the ability to block it without having to screw anything into your guitar. Not to mention if you eventually want to use the floating trem again it's as simple as undoing the thumb screws.
First thing I notice is a huge difference in the sustain immediately! Also a bit more clarity in each note as I compare the before and after. My Sire S7 plays beautifully but the sustain on the high E and B strings sucks because of such a small OEM block. I've already added FU Tone springs because there was a noticeable rattle even though it doesn't have a full on Floyd Rose. Yeah it definitely helped.
Whole new generation, ha ha. Never heard anybody refer to the Floyd Rose as being a “floating tremolo system.” Especially since after 40 years of using Floyd’s, I never had a floating one until about a year ago. Then, after fighting with that tuning instability, I finally put trem-stops on those guitars, ha ha.😝🤘🏻🎸🇺🇸
Also I have some of those noiseless springs but I noticed I get grounding issues with them installed. I think the coating maybe should be ground down at the claw and block.
I'm personally don't really care about tremolo thing, but springy noise that it makes drives me nuts. there's something raw and brutal about it, i love it.
After he said ‘Futone,’ I had to look at when this video came out. Six years ago now, so I’m thinking he doesn’t call it that anymore. Hopefully, ha ha. That was awesome!😝🤘🏻🎸
I once buried a Fender Telecaster under some peat & moss for three months to assist in it's relicing process but, your guitar (ML-1) looks like its 30+ yrs.old...amazing ..now what was that about the Flloyd Rose tremolo system?
100% noticed a difference when you added the brass FU-tone block. suddenly there was some mud cleared up from the tone so notes were clearer and a definite brightness over all...but that's brass i suppose haha. epic little mods. keep up great work with Dorje, Toska and the youtubes man, hope to see you at a gig again soon 😊
Hi I need help I put a brass block 42mm on my FRO And live it but I can’t get it flush even tho I have 4 springs and it’s tightened screws are to the wall what do you recommend do I 5 springs? And take off my Tremelo Stoper L bracket? I don’t want to hard tail my Floyd Rose but have no more room for adjustment please let me know your ideas thank you I’m using .9 super slinky’s like I’ve use always nothing has changed in my guitar in years except the new 42mm brass block upgrade , please help thank you.
hey bea! I know this isn't relevant to the video, but I'm in a bit of a bind. I don't have any guitar stores near me to test amps out. I have 500-600 dollars for an amp. fine with used. I play ink Floyd, Hendrix, stones, and I'm branching into metal a bit more but sticking with my classic roots. what would you suggest? thanks for so much helpful content by the way. helped me tame my Floyd on my syn custom !
Seems like the new rubbed springs won't make electrical contact between the earth wire-plate and the bridge. I think you should peel out some rubber from the edges of the spring to solve that. Did you notice something about this question?
The Fu Tone Stuff is way to expensive, sorry but charging over 20 bucks for 3 springs or 25 bucks for 3 screws and an L-shaped piece of brass... Just put a thin piece of foam into the spring. Doesn't affect the spring behaviour at all if it's not too thick and costs you 1 cent. Go to your local hardware store and ask them for a brass L-shaped piece and in 80% of the cases you can get it there for under 5 bucks with all the screws you need. The brass floyd block is legit in my opinion but all the other stuff is just hilariously expensive.
Hipshot also makes a really really handy gadget they call the TremSetter. It's an additional spring (more or less) for your conventional strat-style tremolo system. Once it's set it makes the strat style trem absolutely SOLID. Use one on all my strats, and it makes that trem (which feels awesome, but historically detunes the guitar) absolutely rock solid. I never buy a strat now without putting one in.
when the grub screw hits the block it clicks quite loudly, so made a mod mod for that with some foam! otherwise I did this exact same mod a couple of years ago with FUTONE bits
Utter rubbish. Big blocks only prevent the string energy from interacting with the body, not always musical. only fit one if you have a problem with the resonance of the instrument.most of FU tone stuff is total troll logic , some even unfit for the purpose it is sold ( brass locknuts and titanium Floyd saddles are too soft.) The FU Floyd is a third party bridge that can be purchased for $200 less than FU charge for the exact same bridge less the logo. Avoid this ripoff rubbish.
The best mod is the Tremmory if you can live without flutters. Sustain blocks are a scam, all they do is limit the range of your trem, just play with more volume if you want sustain.
People that have problems with floyds are usually beginner guitarists that don't understand how to set them up. Also like me, I love floyd type trems even though I don't use a whammy bar because playing a Floyd equipped guitar feels different than a hardtail. There's a softer feel when picking with a Floyd guitar, less tension feel. Hardtails feel stiffer.
Hey Bea, just want to add that I get the wanting to do things quick and easy; but without predrilling, you could've split that body in two with those two screws. It's 1 extra step but it could mean the difference between completely destroying a guitar and having a working guitar.
was just about to order a trem stopper for my ibanez 7 string until i would literally have to pay 50 USD for 3 bolts and a bracket + shipping. fuck this shit im just gonna go to a hardware store and build one myself
soooo... i found a Torino T1 body In an alley the other day. anybody have any cheap suggestions for humbuckers and other parts so I can try and bring it back to life?
I dont understand this product at all. The whole point of a floyed rose is to have a floyed rose. Maybe you would be better off in buying a guitar you can handle? I don't know, i just dont see the novelty. Most of my Guitars have Floyed roses and I prefer to have them. Maybe i Just dont agree with gimping your guitar.
Alright butt! Cool vid. Seems brighter to me with extra sustain. Reminds me that I need to sort out/finish off modding my old Ibanez. Stuck a set a BK's in it which included a Warpig in the bridge. Totally different guitar now. Bridge change is next as the stock one is garbage. Hope you're well dude!
Blocking floyd : Get a couple of coins (number of coins will vary depending on country lol), some tape, and double sided tape, wrap coins in tape, stick the tapped coins with double sided tape to the wood in front or behind (or both) the block (front of block if you want to drop tune) takes 5 minutes to and is very effective, and costs the price of the coins and tape...
I don't know why there's a misconception about the fender trem, It is a floating trem, the thing is that people that don't know how to properly set it up, just put the plate flush to the guitar body, probably making more problems if you use the trem that way. I replaced the sustain block of a fender trem and the change in tone is amazing
Question here.I heard mick thompson? the slipknot guy, say he had his tremolo blocked but he still uses the springs 'to get the action trough the guitar.When you use foam or coated springs isnt that sustaine killing?
And what about intonation? You just put the saddles in random positions and that's it? You didn't even say "take a photo with your phone to see later where they were" before disassembling the bridge
Why ppl hate floyd rose i LOVE mine admitedly its not a licenced floyd its a cort floyd rose but if anything that would make it more shitty but i love the thing
Cool little vid, These trem stoppers are good as you can set them up as the hard no pull up and full dive used something like this for a long time that one hooked up to the block. Have you tried having the springs parallel?
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YOU TALK WAY TOO FUCKING MUCH AND NOBODY WANTS TO SEE YOU. HOW ABOUT CAMERA ON THE GUITAR AND INSTANT ACTION WHILE YOU TALK AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE. FUGLY BASTARD
It helps to mark the position of the saddles with a pencil before removing them. I'm a big fan of billet trem blocks, steel also works and is brighter and more aggressive sounding. But both steel and brass are way better than the pot metal blocks you find on cheaper trem units. Cheaper bridges with pot metal saddles can be similarly upgraded to stainless or brass and the effect is even more noticeable than swapping the trem block. Conversely, graphtech and similar saddles are darker and warmer sounding than brass or steel but give better sustain than pot metal.
really cool mod! thanx for the video...i use a standard strat, I'd like to have the trem slightly floating so I can go up in pitch a tiny bit, any suggestions? btw I think the best part of this video is infantile in the background hahah..finally was able to stop binge listening to illumo and chalk teeth, infantile my new favorite \m/
hahaha no fade in at the start! oops!
Thanks for watching guys, thanks to Adam at FU-Tone for sending the parts over! These are great and easy mods, super straight forward to install and sound brilliant!
Check them out at www.fu-tone.com/
I'm afraid your URL to FU-Tone might be wrong, isn't it this one? www.fu-tone.com/
Thanks for that! All updated!
Rabea Massaad Rough day? 😜
+Rabea Massaad Any opinion on Proto Floyds (FRT-3)?
What size block did you fit in?
Always always pre drill, don't force a screw in you can split the wood
While we are at it, mark your drill/sand/scrape spots and protect whatever you don't want sliced with tape before taking chunks out of your guitar. Ask anyone that has tinkered with guitars, it is very easy to overdo a scrape/drill/sand spot just eyeing it out.
@@HondaWanderer Those screws aren't self-tapping so pre-drilling is always the way to go.
Bro you've lost quite some weight since last year. Well done!
Adam at FU tone has the single most comprehensive and easy to understand video on setting up a Floyd Rose. He removes all the confusion. He is a very organized thinker.
Wow - Thank you!!!!
Thankyou for not using the word "hack."
GigglingDickhead hack
Hey Bea, how about tremol-no? Have you tried it? I really really recommend it, you can basically switch between full floating trem to hardtail in seconds.
Or a couple of coins (number of coins will vary depending on country lol), some tape, and double sided tape, wrap coins in tape, stick the tapped coins with double sided tape to the wood in front or behind (or both) the block (front of block if you want to drop tune) take 5 minutes to and is very effective, and costs the price of the coins and tape...
RiffsNReviews Mal von Ox That's what i did on my trem. Cost me exactly half a euro and some tape. Hasn't moved half a millimeter in over 2 years, and made the guitar twice as good.
yeah, but tremol-no let's you block the trem on demand, moreover if you block of trem the 'cheap' way you might miss on a bit of sustain, there's a reason why luthiers use big wooden chunks to block trem permanently.
Yeah, i read up on tremol-no before doing it. It's badass, but i'm a student so cheap is usually the way to go. For now at least... Have a great day!
If it works for you then that's great. Have a good day as well!
Anybody else read the title as F-U tone? Meaning a mod to make your riffs sound angry?
I'm pretty sure the company's intention is to make it look like "Fuck You Tone". - No joke.
I did
CraZi HD it is f u tone. Not because it makes tone sound angry. Futone use to be Floyd rose upgrades and Floyd rose sued them so they said f u!!! 😂😂
ZorxZi: The Valiant Ones im pretty sure thats what it was intended to be, F. U,, TONE
I would add an F-U tone to my guitar
Very professional, well done! Is it safe to assume these components are perfectly suitable for another type of floating trem system?
+glyn humphreys absolutely man. He does mods to all kinds of Guitars
Did this recently with a Jackson Dinky with a cheap and nasty licensed floyd with next to no tuning stability. Cut a block of wood to size and stuck it in place and tightened up the springs to keep it locked. You can still do a dive bomb if you want but the guitar plays better, holds its tuning perfectly and the good wood-to-sustain-block contact has really increased the sustain a noticeable amount. A great way to make a cheap instrument perform a hell of a lot better!
Damn, Bea, you got a monster tone! I think those rubber coated springs are an awesome thing! However call me insane, but I kinda like hearing the springs creak when I'm jamming. Got some old recordings from like 15 yrs ago that I made using a Samick Strat knockoff and it would squeak like a fieldmouse with high gain, but I thought it added a little roughness to the recordings which I liked
I really like hearing stories like these, where people think 'imperfections' are a good thing :) I'm the kind of guy who wants everything to be as perfect as can be, and it stresses me out from time to time. I could learn something from you haha! The only 'abnormal' thing I do to my basses, is setting the action quite higher, at least higher than what it should normally be. Simply because of the fact that I like 'battling' my strings :)
Thomas Raes ha, thanks. I have always liked hearing imperfections in music. Like EVH's tremelo springs creak on the divebomb in "Eruption", or the amp hum on the "quieter" parts of "Are you gonna be my girl" by Jet, or the audible sound ofJohn Lennon flipping his switch from his neck pickup to his bridge pickup on "I want you". I don't know, it just brings a bit of realness to music for me.
The twang from the springs are a problem in a recording. - The same as the bits of string between the nut and the tuners or the bridge and the stop-tail that exists. - Anything that rings outside of the string between the nut and bridge can really ugly up your amplified or recorded sound.
For the 3rd mod, I`ve always used rolls of coins on one side of the cavity. Cheapper, easier and also improves the sustain because of all the metal being next to the floyd block. I also used it to stop some guitars` tremolo.
I think more sustain and crispier sound. Makes a difference. Some people can say, I don't care the difference isn't worth the money, but that little difference in sound makes Your sound more distinctive and it separates hobby guitarist from pro player. Am I right?
I changed all the bridge saddles as well as the tremblocks fot titaniumparts...my god, why don't guitarcompanies to that to all guitars. #sustain #clarity #durability
Made almost the exact same to mine a few years back when he still had the Floyd Upgrade name :-)... Did not got the red springs but still better springs and have a small piece of cloth inside each spring that works great. I did made one change later as I got noises when the block was hitting the adjustment screw - was solved with a small piece of hard felt on the tip of the screw.
Sounds like theres slightly more cut in the highs. Would have been cool to hear a clean comparison, too. Good work, Bea!
I used to think I could get away from floyd style guitars, but tracking in the studio sucks with stable bridge/locking tuner equipped guitars, the floyd does so much well, the double locking aspect is great and the fine tuners are just so useful. At the end of the day, it turned out that a blocked floyd is the perfect stable bridge guitar, and really the best bridge you can opt for, as blocked it beats everything but an Evertune, and floating, it's simply the best there is
Hi Bea,
thanks for this video and this awsome Mods.
Your VX Kraken Profile for the Kemper sounds great! Is there any chance to get this profile? Do you bought it?
Thank you very much!
I own 6 guitars...4 of them have Floyd’s...I love Floyd Rose...it takes a while to deal with them but once you get it down it’s all good
Noel Perez Right. 👍🏼
Great mod bea. I can definetly hear the sustain difference. I will try the same with my Ibanez.
Put a strip of tape on the saddles!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then remove them.
You missed the brass claw upgrade. I found that my floyd lost some of the highs and mellowed out with the big brass block making it a bit mid heavy, the brass claw which comes with brass screws for about a tenner seemed to balance it out a bit.
you have to sodder it, pain the in the ass
Adam is a super cool guy. Highly recommend his products!
I can vouch for the big brass block. Put one on my S2020X Prestige, and it made a considerable difference to the sustain. The tone doesn't really change, but it sings for days. Definitely worth the money.
How big size of them 34 mm, 37 mm, or 42 mm?
I made the Floyd on my Kramer hardtail. They are such a pain in the rear lol....
I just put a solid metal backplate on it and run a threaded bolt with some washers and nuts to hardtail it with the bridge level.
Even if you disable the tremolo action - you can Big Block it for massive tone!
I'm an American who stumbled upon Andertons videos a few months ago. Through the Andertons videos I got turned on to Dorje. Very good stuff! Definitely dig your tones and you seem to be full of all sorts of gear knowledge. The most badass thing about ya is actually that I see replies to people in the comments lol
It's somewhat difficult to tell differences in sound, but since you are intimately familiar with this guitar, you will notice the difference more than your viewers. Cool upgrade!
I love having a foyd rose so many more options for sounds in my opinion
Darren Bollati but its such a pain in the ass especially for changing tunings
I have 2 Floyd rose guitars on in E stadard and one I D# those are the only tunings I'm using at the moment so I never have to change tuning
Try the trem stopper. Simple to change tunings without having to do a tension reset.
Changing the stock tremolo plate, poles & block of my ibanez js for a gotoh + heavy brass block made a huge difference to the tone and feel of the guitar. Especially the block made the tone richer and more resonant and increased sustain. I'd recommend it to any floyd rose user.
Springs seem like an interesting improvement.
Question: do you prefer back plate on or off? (And why)
Hey Bea, been using the foam trick in my strat for 20+ years. You're a great reviewer and a helluva guitar player.
Keep up the great work brother!!
Single notes are devastating.. \m/
subtle difference but it is such a nicer clearer sound with these new mods, the high registers seem to ring out better than before
Cool...I think I'll check this out.I have a couple guitars with Floyd's, but I'm not a huge fan of them. Seems to me you can really tailor it to your liking with this upgrade....Thanx Bea!! 👍👍👍
Better off using a Tremol-No. It gives you 3 modes including the ability to block it without having to screw anything into your guitar. Not to mention if you eventually want to use the floating trem again it's as simple as undoing the thumb screws.
First thing I notice is a huge difference in the sustain immediately! Also a bit more clarity in each note as I compare the before and after. My Sire S7 plays beautifully but the sustain on the high E and B strings sucks because of such a small OEM block. I've already added FU Tone springs because there was a noticeable rattle even though it doesn't have a full on Floyd Rose. Yeah it definitely helped.
Whole new generation, ha ha. Never heard anybody refer to the Floyd Rose as being a “floating tremolo system.” Especially since after 40 years of using Floyd’s, I never had a floating one until about a year ago. Then, after fighting with that tuning instability, I finally put trem-stops on those guitars, ha ha.😝🤘🏻🎸🇺🇸
I just wanna upgrade my fat10 bridge to F.R.(Floyd Ross) bridge, so can I upgrade my Ibanez 170dx fat10 to F.R. bridge? please let me know.
I've put the brass blocks on all my guitars and I love them.
Also I have some of those noiseless springs but I noticed I get grounding issues with them installed. I think the coating maybe should be ground down at the claw and block.
I'm personally don't really care about tremolo thing, but springy noise that it makes drives me nuts. there's something raw and brutal about it, i love it.
After he said ‘Futone,’ I had to look at when this video came out. Six years ago now, so I’m thinking he doesn’t call it that anymore. Hopefully, ha ha. That was awesome!😝🤘🏻🎸
I once buried a Fender Telecaster under some peat & moss for three months to assist in it's relicing process but, your guitar (ML-1) looks like its 30+ yrs.old...amazing ..now what was that about the Flloyd Rose tremolo system?
After; sounded slightly brighter with more clarity. Maybe the brass block. Interesting video.
My upgrade will be on a 89 MIJ Strat that had Kahler/Floyd for the Ghost Floyd Rose Piezo and for Pickups using Vintage Strat set from JBE
100% noticed a difference when you added the brass FU-tone block. suddenly there was some mud cleared up from the tone so notes were clearer and a definite brightness over all...but that's brass i suppose haha. epic little mods.
keep up great work with Dorje, Toska and the youtubes man, hope to see you at a gig again soon 😊
Hi I need help I put a brass block 42mm on my FRO
And live it but I can’t get it flush even tho I have 4 springs and it’s tightened screws are to the wall what do you recommend do I 5 springs? And take off my Tremelo Stoper L bracket? I don’t want to hard tail my Floyd Rose but have no more room for adjustment please let me know your ideas thank you I’m using .9 super slinky’s like I’ve use always nothing has changed in my guitar in years except the new 42mm brass block upgrade , please help thank you.
hey bea! I know this isn't relevant to the video, but I'm in a bit of a bind. I don't have any guitar stores near me to test amps out. I have 500-600 dollars for an amp. fine with used. I play ink Floyd, Hendrix, stones, and I'm branching into metal a bit more but sticking with my classic roots. what would you suggest? thanks for so much helpful content by the way. helped me tame my Floyd on my syn custom !
Hey Bea
Hey Harry!
Love your vids! They help me and my band. Keep up the good work!
Stopping the Floyd from floating has been the biggest tone changer IME.
P.S. Fuck brass.
Seems like the new rubbed springs won't make electrical contact between the earth wire-plate and the bridge. I think you should peel out some rubber from the edges of the spring to solve that. Did you notice something about this question?
The ends are not coated where they make contact. No issue for grounding.
nice..it was impossible to notice that looking the picture 😅
I've spent a lot of money at that website. Worth every penny.
Thank you!!!!!
The Fu Tone Stuff is way to expensive, sorry but charging over 20 bucks for 3 springs or 25 bucks for 3 screws and an L-shaped piece of brass... Just put a thin piece of foam into the spring. Doesn't affect the spring behaviour at all if it's not too thick and costs you 1 cent. Go to your local hardware store and ask them for a brass L-shaped piece and in 80% of the cases you can get it there for under 5 bucks with all the screws you need. The brass floyd block is legit in my opinion but all the other stuff is just hilariously expensive.
Hipshot also makes a really really handy gadget they call the TremSetter. It's an additional spring (more or less) for your conventional strat-style tremolo system. Once it's set it makes the strat style trem absolutely SOLID. Use one on all my strats, and it makes that trem (which feels awesome, but historically detunes the guitar) absolutely rock solid. I never buy a strat now without putting one in.
damn....you lost a lot of weight Rabea.........you look slim!! Great job! Nice video by the way also hahahaha!
when the grub screw hits the block it clicks quite loudly, so made a mod mod for that with some foam! otherwise I did this exact same mod a couple of years ago with FUTONE bits
yes - if you have a heavy hand, I sometimes put a small square of gaff tape there.
cheers Adam
A bit of the loop half of velcro works nicely
Utter rubbish. Big blocks only prevent the string energy from interacting with the body, not always musical. only fit one if you have a problem with the resonance of the instrument.most of FU tone stuff is total troll logic , some even unfit for the purpose it is sold ( brass locknuts and titanium Floyd saddles are too soft.)
The FU Floyd is a third party bridge that can be purchased for $200 less than FU charge for the exact same bridge less the logo. Avoid this ripoff rubbish.
The best mod is the Tremmory if you can live without flutters. Sustain blocks are a scam, all they do is limit the range of your trem, just play with more volume if you want sustain.
People that have problems with floyds are usually beginner guitarists that don't understand how to set them up. Also like me, I love floyd type trems even though I don't use a whammy bar because playing a Floyd equipped guitar feels different than a hardtail. There's a softer feel when picking with a Floyd guitar, less tension feel. Hardtails feel stiffer.
Hey Bea, just want to add that I get the wanting to do things quick and easy; but without predrilling, you could've split that body in two with those two screws. It's 1 extra step but it could mean the difference between completely destroying a guitar and having a working guitar.
was just about to order a trem stopper for my ibanez 7 string until i would literally have to pay 50 USD for 3 bolts and a bracket + shipping. fuck this shit im just gonna go to a hardware store and build one myself
soooo... i found a Torino T1 body In an alley the other day. anybody have any cheap suggestions for humbuckers and other parts so I can try and bring it back to life?
I dont understand this product at all. The whole point of a floyed rose is to have a floyed rose. Maybe you would be better off in buying a guitar you can handle? I don't know, i just dont see the novelty. Most of my Guitars have Floyed roses and I prefer to have them. Maybe i Just dont agree with gimping your guitar.
Alright butt! Cool vid. Seems brighter to me with extra sustain.
Reminds me that I need to sort out/finish off modding my old Ibanez. Stuck a set a BK's in it which included a Warpig in the bridge. Totally different guitar now. Bridge change is next as the stock one is garbage.
Hope you're well dude!
loool....i think its f.u tone......but as a heavy whammy user, i only use the stopper for setupd
Slick mods. Surprised you didn't add the brass PMS plate for the pickups.
Nice vid! Are the Spings covered with plastic? If so, your Bridge have no contact to the ground-cable anymore. Just to mention it.
Polymer coating and a foam core to kill the vibration. The ends are not coated to keep the proper contact.
Good to know. Thx
This is exactly something I've been looking for I don't really like floyds so a good way to hardtail and better them is perfect
Blocking floyd : Get a couple of coins (number of coins will vary depending on country lol), some tape, and double sided tape, wrap coins in tape, stick the tapped coins with double sided tape to the wood in front or behind (or both) the block (front of block if you want to drop tune) takes 5 minutes to and is very effective, and costs the price of the coins and tape...
Double sided tape? Sounds like a tone choke to me. I'll pass
I don't know why there's a misconception about the fender trem, It is a floating trem, the thing is that people that don't know how to properly set it up, just put the plate flush to the guitar body, probably making more problems if you use the trem that way. I replaced the sustain block of a fender trem and the change in tone is amazing
Hey Bea,
I noticed at 9:00 that you had your iphone monitoring your main cam. What camera and app are those? They look super handy.
Question here.I heard mick thompson? the slipknot guy, say he had his tremolo blocked but he still uses the springs 'to get the action trough the guitar.When you use foam or coated springs isnt that sustaine killing?
I highly recommend the trem-stopper for anyone using a D-Tuna.
So would you say 2 red springs = 3 normal springs?
And what about intonation? You just put the saddles in random positions and that's it? You didn't even say "take a photo with your phone to see later where they were" before disassembling the bridge
How do you know much to drill before hitting the pickup cavity?
If you break a string will the other strings still go sharp? On mine I noticed this. But it’s a strat style bridge
Yeah I've been using this stuff for years, cannot recommend enough.
Bea you are the man, man! 🤘
Why ppl hate floyd rose i LOVE mine admitedly its not a licenced floyd its a cort floyd rose but if anything that would make it more shitty but i love the thing
Do you think that the noisless springs from Floyd Rose are worth it as the one's from FU-Tone ??
Check out csl Sophia tremolos... They will blow your mind
I can't believe there is no replacement bridges for Floyd Rose/Ibanez edge pro if you get rid of the floating bit and have a solid bridge.
Cool little vid, These trem stoppers are good as you can set them up as the hard no pull up and full dive used something like this for a long time that one hooked up to the block. Have you tried having the springs parallel?
YOU TALK WAY TOO FUCKING MUCH AND NOBODY WANTS TO SEE YOU.
HOW ABOUT CAMERA ON THE GUITAR AND INSTANT ACTION WHILE YOU TALK AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE.
FUGLY BASTARD
my favourite channel to watch, Rabbea is such a nice, down to earth guy :)
It helps to mark the position of the saddles with a pencil before removing them.
I'm a big fan of billet trem blocks, steel also works and is brighter and more aggressive sounding. But both steel and brass are way better than the pot metal blocks you find on cheaper trem units.
Cheaper bridges with pot metal saddles can be similarly upgraded to stainless or brass and the effect is even more noticeable than swapping the trem block.
Conversely, graphtech and similar saddles are darker and warmer sounding than brass or steel but give better sustain than pot metal.
wow I didnt expect to hear much difference other than sustain but man it sounds thicker
Is that an original Floyd you're using in your guitar? Looks a bit like the Gotoh version...
have you gotten to mess around with the Floyd Rose FRX??? what are you thoughts on it???
Bought some of them silent springs last month for my PRS and Ibanez guitars. They sound fab
Did he just pull the strings through the string locking screw with the ball still on the end of the string?? how is this possible???
Can you still pull the Floyd up if you remove the black screw of the trem-stopper but leave the actual L-shaped brass piece on?
Yes - you can set it a little further back and engage it or disengage when you want to.
That's great. Thanks for the reply.
If you played clean i might have heard a diff? But with all that distortion???
really cool mod! thanx for the video...i use a standard strat, I'd like to have the trem slightly floating so I can go up in pitch a tiny bit, any suggestions? btw I think the best part of this video is infantile in the background hahah..finally was able to stop binge listening to illumo and chalk teeth, infantile my new favorite \m/
We make Strat blocks as well!
I've watched the whole video even tho i dont have guitar with floyd rose lol
We do Strat, Les Paul, Tele and Acoustic stuff too!
Great video 🤘 glad your happy with the outcome 👌🇦🇺
Bea should I bother using my fender vintage trem? Seems too finicky, loses tuning etc
I make a Strat block as well. Also check out the nut lube on the fu-tone site.
Just put the red springs and the trem stopper on my old Schecter Banshee! It's so much better than the tremel-no
you look more awesome man! reduced weight.
I pop a length of surgical tubing into my trem springs. It shuts them up nicely
I always call it F- U Tone cuz its more fun to say 😂😂
Hi, Any difference in the attack with the brass block?