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ProfessorGAC

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11. Different Strokes

Reply to Iggo (Reply #10)

Fri Dec 25, 2020, 09:04 PM

Dec 2020

I couldn't live without mine.
There are times I really want a fixed bridge, and I can live with a Strat style bridge, but for the way I play the locking vibrato is a must.
But, there are thousand of Tele and Gibson players who don't want or need them.
So, I think it's strictly a matter of style.

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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