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I've spent the last 10 years playing a PRS SE 'Floyd' Custom 24 and before that it was a Jackson Soloist with the same Floyd 1000 bridge. I'm now looking for a new guitar and this time I'm ideally looking for a bolt-on neck for a brighter tone but that still has excellent upper fret access. I'd like a guitar in either alder or mahogany. At the moment, my two frontrunners are the Jackson Pro Dinky and the Charvel Pro Mod DK24 HH FR but the JIVA 10 has also really caught my eye. I've always had a soft spot for the 'S' series and this particular one looks fantastic.
There are obvious issues in that it's somewhat more expensive than the others, despite being made in Indonesia and I will certainly have to change the pickups to suit me but neither of these are deal breakers. The real concern is the bridge!
I've used a Floyd 1000 for so many years that I have 100% faith that it is totally reliable and extremely durable but I'm less sure about the Ibanez units. I know that some of the Edge bridges are as good as a Floyd 1000 and some are possibly even better but I also know that some of the Ibanez bridges are nowhere near as good as a Floyd. Could you please tell me which Ibanez locking trems are as good as a Floyd 1000 or better and which are not of that standard? I am naturally particularly interested in the Edge-Zero II as that's on the JIVA10 but I may consider other models so it would be useful to know how all the options compare to the Floyd.
There are obvious issues in that it's somewhat more expensive than the others, despite being made in Indonesia and I will certainly have to change the pickups to suit me but neither of these are deal breakers. The real concern is the bridge!
I've used a Floyd 1000 for so many years that I have 100% faith that it is totally reliable and extremely durable but I'm less sure about the Ibanez units. I know that some of the Edge bridges are as good as a Floyd 1000 and some are possibly even better but I also know that some of the Ibanez bridges are nowhere near as good as a Floyd. Could you please tell me which Ibanez locking trems are as good as a Floyd 1000 or better and which are not of that standard? I am naturally particularly interested in the Edge-Zero II as that's on the JIVA10 but I may consider other models so it would be useful to know how all the options compare to the Floyd.