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"Floyd Rose" bridge
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1.
base of the tremolo
1A. knife edge of the tremolo (13)
2.
tremolo arm socket
3.
locking cap of the tremolo arm
4.
tremolo arm
5.
bridge saddle
6.
saddle block screw
7.
string locking screw
If your guitar is equipped with a tremolo system, you can smoothly change the pitch of
strings - either by raising or lowering it. Although the change in pitch works on all strings at
the same time, the amount of the change is not equal to all strings, which means that while
lowering the pitch of a chord the sounds will not change in proportion. Using the system to
the fullest and its proper work can only be achieved after it is adjusted properly.
Adjustment procedures are correlated with the way the bridge reacts to tuning. The bridge
is set up properly when the base of the bridge is perpendicular to the two studs that hold it.
Usually this means that the base of the bridge is also parallel to the instrument's body. (fig.
13). This is achieved by tuning the instrument and adjusting the spring tension adjustment
screws (12). The goal of this procedure is to balance the tension of the strings with the
tension of the springs. Depending on the gauge of the strings, the tension of the springs
needs to be weakened or strengthened. Thicker gauge sets require increasing the tension of
the springs, that means tightening the screws (12). Thinner gauges need loosening of the
springs. By the process of decreasing the error, we reach the situation, in which the springs
balance the correctly tuned strings' tension and the base of the bridge is parallel to the
surface of the body.
When changing strings, the best solution for the new set is to be of the same gauge.
We change the strings using the following procedure: we remove the old E6 string and
immediately replace it with a new one and tune it to the desired pitch. We perform the same
procedure with the remaining strings.
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fig. 13 Floyd Rose tremolo
system bridge
8. fine tuner screw
9. the fin of the tremolo
10. springs
11. spring hook
12. spring tension adjustment screws
13. stud bolt holding the tremolo's base
14. stud (13) socket
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