Hey people,
I just got my first Ibanez, also my first Floyd Rose Guitar ever. Been playing fixed bridges for all the years and I must say I am really excited about my new baby, which is in exceptional state for it's age. I got it from a real nice guy who already taught me many things and checked some of the stuff for me.
Its just that right now I am trying to setup the Git and I have some problems. Tried watching a lot of videos, but some answers weren't there. And I never know whether there is something wrong with the guitar, or I don't have the skills, or I expect too much in general.
Problem is, it holds tuning "okay", I don't really know how well, since I haven't owned a Floyd Rose before. When I tune it with the fine tuners, I get it to quite nice, the strings being of by a few cents each. I have tried several methods I found online, but I don't get it up to perfection. And then comes the Tremolo... When I push it downwards (tension release) it mostly holds tuning, but when I lift it up, some (!) of the strings pitch up and stay there. And this messes up the tuning in general. When I push it down again, it mostly returns to the not-so-perfect-tuning I had before.
For example: I let the low E-String ring and push the tremolo down, it stays, and then I pull it up and the reading on my fine tuner goes up by several cents.
Things I have tried:
- Several tensions on the 3 locking nut screws, does not make a difference
- Opening the nut and stretching the strings before I lock them
- Tightening the intonation screws (I am not sure how tight they shoud be)
- Carefully tightening the neck-through locking screws (Please tell me how tight these have to be, they feel kind of loose but I don't want to carve them into the neck)
Alright, thank you for your help!
I just got my first Ibanez, also my first Floyd Rose Guitar ever. Been playing fixed bridges for all the years and I must say I am really excited about my new baby, which is in exceptional state for it's age. I got it from a real nice guy who already taught me many things and checked some of the stuff for me.
Its just that right now I am trying to setup the Git and I have some problems. Tried watching a lot of videos, but some answers weren't there. And I never know whether there is something wrong with the guitar, or I don't have the skills, or I expect too much in general.
Problem is, it holds tuning "okay", I don't really know how well, since I haven't owned a Floyd Rose before. When I tune it with the fine tuners, I get it to quite nice, the strings being of by a few cents each. I have tried several methods I found online, but I don't get it up to perfection. And then comes the Tremolo... When I push it downwards (tension release) it mostly holds tuning, but when I lift it up, some (!) of the strings pitch up and stay there. And this messes up the tuning in general. When I push it down again, it mostly returns to the not-so-perfect-tuning I had before.
For example: I let the low E-String ring and push the tremolo down, it stays, and then I pull it up and the reading on my fine tuner goes up by several cents.
Things I have tried:
- Several tensions on the 3 locking nut screws, does not make a difference
- Opening the nut and stretching the strings before I lock them
- Tightening the intonation screws (I am not sure how tight they shoud be)
- Carefully tightening the neck-through locking screws (Please tell me how tight these have to be, they feel kind of loose but I don't want to carve them into the neck)
Alright, thank you for your help!