Converting a Floyd Rose guitar?

MoNkeE

MoNkeE

MoNkeE

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Hey all,

Firstly, I'm not sure if this if the right forum to use - first time I've posted in this forum :)

Right, basically I have a Maverick X1 guitar - which uses a floyd rose bridge. Whilst it's great when it works, I just can't for the life of me get it to stay in tune, and when it's out of tune, I find it WAY too difficult to get back in tune. What I was wondering is is it possible to convert it to a fixed bridge? I'm not even too bothered if it costs and I have to send it away for a few weeks; would just be great to have it working again :)

Ta,

-RaZ
 
Sorry, when I say stay in tune I mean in the process of restringing it; had a string snap on me, and I couldn't for the life of me get the individual strings to stay anywhere near in tune to lock it back up and then fine tune it.

I will admit it's fantastic when it's intune, but it's been sat with a broken string for months now because I just can't get it working :(

-RaZ
 
Sic said:
what position do you have your strumming hand in whilst you're playing? i had to train myself out of leaning it on the bridge because it used to mess about with the tremolo.
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I had to do the same thing; used to play my cruddy Encore for so long resting on the bridge that I got used to playing like that! Learnt not to do it with the Maverick though and fortunately stuck to not doing it with the Iceman :)

-RaZ
 
Sic said:
for the tremolo to work properly, dont all the strings need to be on there? it's all based on balancing and counter-balancing...get a new set of strings on there (if you've never done this before, get someone to show you how it's done) and it should be fine. you'll never get it to tune accurately with 5 strings...at least i couldn't when i had an FR
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Oh no, I've not been trying to tune it in with only 5 strings on; I gave up after I snapped another string.

Sidewinder, that's some fantastic advice there, and really makes sense. When the chap at the shop told me how to do it, he basically just said keep tuning it in until it eventually stays put. Unfortunately, that never seemed to do the trick; as I'd be sat there for 45 mins to an hour and it still wouldn't stay in tune.

Unfortunately for this guitar, I think I'd rather just scrap the FR than keep it and try and figure it out. Is this a pretty unusual thing to have it converted, then?

Yeah, as you can see, the chap who sold me the guitar had forgotten to point out the FR, and being a total noob at the time, I hadn't even noticed... :o

-RaZ
 
By blocked, d'ya mean sticking something under the locks, or actually in the spring mechanism in the back of the guitar? After a couple of hours of trying to get it in tune (close, but no cigar), I'm about ready to hurl it out the window ;p

-RaZ
 
Right-o chaps, I've got some wood handy, now what part do I block?

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A or B? Or Both? Sorry; I'm a complete nab at this :)

Ta,

-RaZ
 
Well chaps, I followed the link that Sidewinder posted, and it's worked a charm - my Maverick X1 is now back in a playable state! Thank you very much to all of you for your help and input :)

-RaZ
 
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