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Post by Adji on Jun 20, 2005 4:26:13 GMT -6
Ok this has been wel land truly pissing me off for the last THREE hours. For three hours non-stop i have tried tio tunne in my guitar but failed. Ive never had a guitar wiht a trem before and there is no useful information in the manual or on the internet. Whenever the strings ar ein tune the bridge is ridiculously high, whenever the bridge is low i cannot get any strings in tune. When one is in tune the rest go flat. So i tried tuning the E and A a step higher, and D and G half a step higher but i still cant do it!!! Please someone help.
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Post by dangerousdave on Jun 20, 2005 5:26:35 GMT -6
Don't worry mate I'm sure everyone has had this problem before. First, open the back plate and there you should see 2 (or thereabouts) large springs. These are holding the trem in place. Basically, if the trem in incredibly high when the guitar is in tune (I'm assuming by high you mean leaning forward) then it means that these springs are not tight enough. What you have to do is adjust the springs so you have a balance between the amount of pull these have and the amount of pull the strings have. Basically if the springs are pulling more than the strings (when in tune) then the trem will be leaning back, whereas if the strings are pulling mroe it will be leaning forward. Take a screwdriver and keep slowly turning the screws on the strings int he desired direction (I'm am unsure of whether you mean it is too far forward or back. Each time you adjust the springs a little, retune the guitar and look at how much this has improved your problem. It is basically of case of turn-tune-turn-tune until you have the trem 'floating' directly in the centre.
A word of warning, remember what string gauge you're using because if you buy different ones next time, you will have to do this all oevr again.
Be sure to reply if you don't understand anything
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Post by fast fingers on Jun 20, 2005 13:16:13 GMT -6
i dont know how much you know about floating trems, but they usualy come with locking tuners or a locking nut. if your guitar doesnt have either of those but has a floating trem you wont be able to keep your guitar in tune no matter how hard you try.
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Post by Adji on Jun 20, 2005 15:33:32 GMT -6
It has a lockin nut.
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Post by Dangerousdave1 on Jun 21, 2005 7:29:52 GMT -6
That's cool then you just have tune is with the locking nuts open while altering the springs in the back, and then after you have locked the nuts you can fine tune it with the little screws on the back fo the trem
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Post by TRPLEXXX on Jun 21, 2005 8:24:47 GMT -6
There is one post about this settings search for it, Blondie posted the link in fact this link will show you in windows media P. how to do it is like a movie and show you how to setup your trem and tune your guitar it is very good, you can learn a lot from it, it was good for me and believe sometimes the trem system give you problems cause if you raise the floyd then the strings get to high or they not tune correctly or the trem is not parallel to the body it can not be in angle hast to be parallel to the body check that link i guess under gear Blondie posted good luck otherwise take to tech guy he will do it right for you for less than $25.00
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Post by Blondie on Jun 21, 2005 19:48:15 GMT -6
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Post by Adji on Jun 22, 2005 10:59:43 GMT -6
Cheers for that link man its helpful and funny:
'Hello, youre going to need very professional tools sucha sthis battery wrapped in tape'' lol
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Post by Blondie on Jun 22, 2005 21:09:58 GMT -6
Yeah he's great and really seems to know what he's doing
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