How to Stay in Tune When Playing a Floyd Rose, Double Locking & Floating Bridge - Herman Li

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Shred Test! What's the best way to keep your guitar in tune? DragonForce guitarist @HermanLi discuss tuning, compare and examine different guitar bridges, such as the ones the Ibanez EGEN18, Music Man Majesty, PRS Custom 24 Floyd Rose Original, Kiesel headless with Hipshot, Jared Dines Signature, Dean Exile with Floyd Rose 1000. What other guitar tech topic would you like to see Herman discuss on Twitch and KZbin?
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[@dragonforce]

I miss spoke during the livestream. The Floyd Rose 1000 is not licensed. It is made in Korean and only available to OEM guitar manufacturers. They are meant to be the same specs as the Original Floyd Rose but a lower cost. - Herman

[@edgardomoragamellado6856]

yep but they perform worse. waaaay worse. At this point i just install the gotoh ge1996t in all my guitars

[@higler.]

@@edgardomoragamellado6856 Gotoh is the best

[@edgardomoragamellado6856]

@@higler. I see you're a man of culture as well

[@higler.]

@@edgardomoragamellado6856 haha yep. Gotoh is so good and one of the cheapest. Only fools buy anything else due to brand or hype.

[@AbnerEC1]

@@edgardomoragamellado6856 Schaller, Gotoh, Original Floyd Rose, is excellent Brands actually...

[@dbassir87]

“The better you do the faces, the more your guitar will be in tune...it will distract the audience” 🤣

[@EvilSlothsTony]

I will print this on a T-shirt t and confuse the shit out of people

[@sanuloatheist6336]

@@EvilSlothsTony hell yeah😂

[@jacobdarrigan826]

Steve vai moment

[@jacka2664]

If you can't do the faces you are playing the wrong instrument

[@xrip75]

Toneface is a real problem, i wish somebody had told me i would catch it before i started playing guitar

[@TheStrykerProject]

Damn...bad news for us fat guys and whammy bars. 😕 wife: why are you going on a diet now? me: so my Jackson stays in tune! wife: 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@larskronke]

In that case you can tune the guitar parallel to ground

[@TheStrykerProject]

@@larskronke Ha! Good point.

[@michaelbrand1173]

tune the guitar the same way you play and you're good.

[@aristotlefromebay]

LOOOLL

[@MVH5150]

Me too I need to stop eating alot

[@mrs.smiths7662]

I love how dragon force mainly hurman li makes videos not just to talk, react and more but to give tips love this band

[@kaiying74]

9:50 Gotta love that PRS build quality. This was the single most informative video I've ever watched on Floyds. You're absolutely right, noone teaches you this stuff.

[@TheEllis197]

PRS plus Floyd Rose, better stability than most hard tails

[@SirLoinMagroin]

My PRS Left hand tremolo works great on my PRS SE Custom 24 but is not a FR replacement by any means. You have shown the hard cold true facts of what they are. And are not. God bless you.

[@fhenixeh]

6:02 “don’t do this at home” Don’t worry Herman, I CAN’T AFFORD to do that anywhere anyway

[@hotasianstepsister3039]

Same!!! I can't even buy a better or a decent strings either!

[@derkeksinator17]

Well, I don't do that, but I stab my ceiling a lot! Maybe I should have bought a less pointy guitar, although it's holding up pretty well. At least better than my ceiling...

[@synhet84]

@@hotasianstepsister3039 I know buy my strings on Aliexpresse for 1€50 a pack. Real ernie ballzzzzz

[@Jopeymessmusic]

In my entire playing career, the last 12 with a Floyd bridge equipped guitar not a single person told me about these things. This was a very informative video. Thanks Herman! Floyd originals for life though, them is some great bridges.

[@whiskybravo4648]

Thanks Herman, you’re right man, most people don’t talk about or teach how to use the whammy bar.

[@mikemaki9841]

No human can pull up on a whammy bar without making a face

[@ElectromagneDikk]

Damn you and your accurate assessment

[@akdragon]

truth

[@cheetahfish]

Uh oh, what are you trying to tell me? Was I built in a lab?! Tell me damn you!

[@jamescashin5637]

Not just any face... ORGASM FACE!!!

[@aristotlefromebay]

Dude I don't make any face while doing crazy whammy stuff WHICH LAB DID THIS TO ME!!!

[@captainshiner42]

I had to learn this stuff the hard way when I started playing again 4 years ago after a 15 year break from playing only acoustic guitars. I have to say, I was NOT aware of half of these. Thanks for all you do Herman.

[@SeanEnginetechnology]

God I know all too well about trying to come back after 15 years of completely putting my biggest love in life before that away, aside from playing a few hours at family gatherings for a week or 2 a year at most.. 😢 I had 20 years of playing solid, lot of it jamming 6 or 7 night's a week for a good bit of that! Absolutely break's my heart - oddly enough I have started somewhat regularly because my young for my age daughters love music and singing and dancing etc so want to make sure they're exposed to the musical playing I was growing up so they know how important music is to health in general. But man it's so sad, my fingers are so slow and weak and horrible for the accuracy and ESP playing the classical stuff and finger picking etc . Keep at it, many hundreds and more hours of playing is probably the only way we can get back what was lost!

[@andrewawakened628]

LOL....You are the perfect guy to be addressing this question...

[@Uncle_Mark2600]

So much can be learned here... Herman, you are a great teacher as well as an incredible player.

[@shivambulsara8509]

No one talks about these things. I hope he keeps sharing such information for us new generations.

[@calvee1100]

This is exactly what us inspiring players need to hear! Thank you so much for passing down your wisdom!

[@CpuSamurai]

Mind Blown over the tuning change on guitar angle.

[@wolfganghumboldt4830]

Yeah we need more videos about floating bridges. Learned a ton here.

[@bigchiefsmackaho387]

Proper spring tension, string angle at the nut, and well lubed and maintained trem posts are the key. if youre having issues with tuning after you tighten the nut or use the whammy those 3 things are the first things you need to check. Sometimes its as simple as replacing the springs in back or installing a string tree or retainer bar on the head stock. Hope this helps someone!

[@DOCKent-3339]

It took me a long time to get my old Strat to go up and down well and return to tune. The fellow who bought my old guitar did not appreciate the subtle modifications I did to accomplish that. He was grateful I had not modified the guitar so that it could not be restored to original. After 40 years I have a Strat coming with a FR original and I am told that's so 80's. Well we shall see and hear how dated I am and sound. I appreciate the efforts and demonstration here. Our first piece is a serious piece never done before on an electric guitar. I don't have the chops but it is a 10 minute piece. Damn, did I bite It off! Trying to impress and challenge the kid. He says he's willing to carry my amp. 😊 ❤

[@JonDeth]

I have some 20 bucker floyds that are surprisingly impressive in performance but also have owned some expensive ones and the sheer appearance of the metal and its plating on them screams elite quality and worth some mula. When it comes to returning to pitch, I've seen many expensive floyds that wouldn't retirn to 0. My solution has always been soaking the springs in oil a few times a year, always making sure the knife edges qerent pitted and put bearing grease between the knife edge and posts. Once the parts settle in after those tactics, my guitars would return to perfect pitch without having to push q certain directiong to get it back to 0. Lubrication to the springs and posts works miracles on most anything including other styles of 2-point tremolos.

[@SeanEnginetechnology]

Thanks, as much as I've played with almost exclusively with tremolos and floating one's esp, my Lord i hate having my guitar go out of tune so easily! Just getting this Ibanez to hold tune when changing a half step in tuning for playing different stuff is ridiculous -- think I'm gonna grab a capo for the electric and just start leaving it a half step down and capoing it at the first to at least not have to deal with everything going way out.. Next guitar is gonna be locked no tremolo...

[@higler.]

5:45 haha this is why I love Herman! I was so scared of the headstock snapping

[@mholden020]

I bought a guitar with a fully floating Floyd back in 2013 and it took YEARS to figure most of this out and even today I still get frustrated with some tuning struggles! This video is great and honestly should be required viewing before you purchase a floating bridge guitar so you know what you're getting into. 😄

[@megalove_music]

Facinating how much your guitar goes out of tune when it's flat! Will be testing the big lunch belly guitar angle tomorrow! :)

[@ivangomez8584]

Herman speaking about the position of the guitar when you tune is something that a lot of people really miss out, that affect a lot the tuning when you are playing live, I have an Ibanez RG270DX with a Gotoh GE1996T tremolo in it, that guitar stays incredibly in tune even abusing the whammy bar, what's the secret about the zero return point?, as Herman mention, the quality of steel is so important, The GE1996T and the LoEdge have a cool sharp blade that is touching the guitar studs so precise and helps with the return, but with the pass of time they get loose and impact to your tuning, so it is important to have a good edge touching between your trem and studs, another important thing is the lifetime of the springs, springs should be replaced each 2 or 3 years, depending the use of them, and one of the most important things (at least for me) is the lubrication between each metal component that is working in all the setup, from the screws that touch the claw of springs, the contact between claw and the spring, the spring and the trem block, the trem edge and the studs, the tremolo and the string, the string and the double locking nut. I use Big Bends Nut Sauce, this is the holy grial to fix or improve significantly the tuning stability.

[@lookandlisten5740]

I don't think the dog was in tune after that.

[@1analist]

XD

I think he definitely needs a new setup

[@xanhteps648]

Ive sat down to tune only needing to tune again when standing. Thought it was just more of my own crazy. Out of all the wierd guitar myths and truths I had never ever heard of this before! Thanks dude!

[@MattHazeMusic]

this is therapy for me, just watching someone go through all the same pain I feel on a regular basis with the mechanics/intonation maintaining of guitars. The solutions are awesome, but my head and emotions feel not alone, haha!

[@Undercoverfire]

The Floyd Rose 1000 sets itself apart from other lower quality Licensed Floyd bridges by using the higher quality metals that are used in the Original and Pro Floyd Rose models. I have a FR 1000 on my Solar V and it's the most stable trem I own, pretty much exactly the same as your results here, Herman. I put a stabilizer on it and increased the spring tension so I'm able to drop tune it using the fine tuners, EVH style, but even before I did that it was rock solid in terms of tuning stability.

[@Twanaboneless1999]

I have one on my harley benton fusion and once you tune it you will never tune it again

[@gorftz2863]

Wow. Next bridge Will be 1000 FR. Actually I have Ibanez lo pro edge but I can't see how much is stable because I haven't a precise tuner like Herman :(

[@Twanaboneless1999]

@@gorftz2863 i only tuned it when o changed the string and itbwas a like a month ago that sucker is still in tune but it's hard to fing guitars with floyd 1000 under a 1k the best bets are schecters and harley bentons Harley benton fusion 2 fr and sc custom fr comes with floyd 1000 and that's the lowest you can find and schecter sun vally supershreder with burst finish also comes with floyd 1500 which is the same

[@matthewguarna2975]

I was gonna comment the same

[@maxmustardman298]

Which stabilizer are you using ? Looking at the tremmory right now but not sure if its worth the 100 bucks.

[@LocrianDorian]

The 1000 Series is really good, just imported, the ones that are made from cheaper pot metal and eventually wear down are the Floyd Rose Special bridges.

[@2204JCM]

Yeah, I looked into it. The Floyd Rose 1000 is the same specs as the original Floyd. Its just made in Korea vs Germany (Schaller) They both use C45 steel as far as I can see.

[@Wargasm644]

1000 series are the most bang for the buck. The Specials can be good too if you upgrade the springs and dial it in correctly. I run the 1000’s on most of my guitars and never had a problem with them. I’ve got one special on an LTD 401 that I was going to throw a 1000 on. But I just upgraded my springs and claw, and works as well as my 1000 series. But I do put tw25b grease on the posts to keep the knife edges from getting chewed up. The Specials do have softer metal. But if taken care of, they can perform well. Typically I won’t buy a guitar unless it has at least a 1000 series or better. But someone sold me that 401 for 200$. Couldn’t pass it up. Does it play as good as my ESP or Gibson’s? No. But it’s a damn fine playing guitar and comes surprisingly close to guitars I have worth 10 times the amount. 🤘🏻

[@ciaranw520]

@@Wargasm644 Hey. I'm looking at a Schecter Hell Raiser, but don't have a lot of experience with Floyd Roses. Does the 1000 really hold up? I'm meticulous about tuning so I'm a bit concerned. Especially after finding out it's a cheaper model than the original. Can you suggest anywhere to learn everything there is to know about them?

[@Wargasm644]

@@ciaranw520 the Floyd 1000 is similar to the original German version. Except made in korea. They are really good units and will never go out of tune if dialed in correctly. It’s about the most expensive version top builders currently use. Even the Floyd special can be a good unit with upgraded springs and a proper set up. Floyd’s are not easy to master (setting up). It takes time and patience. But once you know how to do it, it’s hands down the best tuning stability available. If you’re looking at schecter, they are pretty good at sending their units out set up and ready to play. But just remember, if you change string gauges or tunings, it will throw the Floyd out of whack and you’ll need to dial it back in. Floyd setups is spring tension vs string tension. A delicate balancing act. If you understand that concept, you’ll be able to dial them in. There are two different types of mounts too. You have the flush mount (only dives down) and full floating (can be pulled either direction). Full floating is the best for me personally. Most people have a hard time figuring out how to set up Floyd’s. But with enough reading and watching videos, you can become a pro. It took me a few months to get good at it. But I’ve been playing Floyd’s for 30 yrs. so it’s second nature too me at this point. Good luck

[@stefanfilipov7254]

@@ciaranw520 Tuning and stability are not 100% related to the floating bridge alone. As you heard Herman Li said his favorite tremolo is the Edge Zero. Any Floyd Rose will behave respectfully if set up correctly and doesn't have issues with wear or design flaws. I personally have 2016 Ibanez Jem 77BFP with Edge Zero2 and 1998 LTD which was the first year of their manufacturing and has a cheap licensed Floyd. The Jem has much thinner neck and headstock, and even with 0.9 strings there is a lot of movement in the whole instrument. The LTD is rock solid, the damn thing weights 10kg and nothing is moving, the cheap tremolo is nearly 25 years and with minor maintainance it does actually stay perfectly in tune no matter how much of abuse it takes....

[@cosmicprison9819]

Actually, my guitar teacher back in the day indeed mentioned the "pulling back in the opposite direction" when I was still playing a regular strat-type guitar without a locking whammy bar system. So I kept doing that trick once I was playing guitars with Floyd Roses. Because I did have the impression that it slightly improved the pitch accuracy after returning from a dive / whammy-bar pull. But I never examined it as systematically as you did here. Seeing that even your high-end guitars with Floyd Roses don't completely return to original tune, that kind of makes me question whether Floyd Roses are as much needed as I've been thinking for all those years. Given that even with non-locking whammy bars, if you pull back up so that the strings fully slide back through the nut, that can still also work. Not too surprising if you think about it, though - people have been playing strats and using their whammy bars for decades, after all. I still feel "safer" with my guitars having Floyd Rose systems (I guess they're also licensed on the Schecter Hellraiser series), but anyone who plays a more standard strat-type guitar with a regular whammy bar might get by just fine if they keep doing that "push / pull in the opposite direction trick". It's just less reliable without the added stability of the locking nut, I'd assume.

[@Quicksilver_Cookie]

Main benefit of the floyd rose is range. Strat trems do the job, but they don't do the same job. Locking nut is simply a necessity at this point, not just for tuning stability but preserving your tuners and nut.

[@kennethcarlin9629]

Thank you, Herman Li, for letting us know about how the position of the guitar affects the tuning. I tried that with my Dean CFR350 the other night and was surprised how off the tuning was.

[@jeffreymonroe153]

I can't thank you enough. This was incredibly informative.

[@krogwaugh]

This video was incredible. Thank you Herman!

[@adrianamorphous]

Wakes up at 12pm and sees this notification - yep this is what I'm watching to wake up

I'm researching this issue about 6 months. People think if a floating trem have a tuning issue, the knife edges got damage, nut got loose, saddles got loose or something. I asked guitar techs, some of them said thats not normal. But the strings can not come back %100 pitch, never. This video tells what am I trying to say. thanks!

[@bensonaw3251]

so there is isnt really a fix for pulling up sharp other than pressing the trem bar down?

@@bensonaw3251 If you pull the bar back (sharpening the notes), after you release the bar the tune gonna be sharper. You should do a little dive trick (pull the bar front, flatter notes). After you dive the trem, the strings gonna come back to the perfect pitch.

[@bensonaw3251]

@ would changing different brand of strings help in anyway ? i tried on all the strings ,somehow low E and stays perferct after dive or pull , the g and b strings pulls sharp a little , but of course it return perfect after a dive,

@@bensonaw3251 its completely normal issue for all floating trems. you should strech all the new strings when you replacing with new ones. and i think dont ignore it too much that issue, as i said its normal.

[@liquor8396]

especially for old guitars changing the floyd springs is a life saver had an old universe i fought that guitar so much setting it up i finally i asked a tech said to change the springs and she play perfect now!

[@ArtGuitarLTX]

Years ago I learned after a dive or pull, I right away do a flutter with the bar facing opposite the pickups. 😂 It worked about 98% of the time. This was for my cheaper guitars back then, my Ibanez Premium that I got 8 years ago… no issues anywhere. I learned some things along the way. Never adjust your trem height with full tension… learned that the hard way 😂. Cheaper metals for the bridge and studs shave faster. It’s better to pay more for the harder metals like an actual Floyd Rose or Edge Zero. I’ve noticed they can take a beating and stay in tune. Thank you for this video. 👍

[@Captain_Yata]

That PRS with the Floyd is one of the best looking guitars I've ever seen

[@QuakeGamerROTMG]

I bought an Ibanez RG as my first guitar with a floating trem and it's nice to know that it's normal for them to settle a little flat when you go down or a little sharp when you pull up. I learnt to counter it the same way you said but it's not something I have ever heard people mention and being my first floating bridge I figured it must be a flaw with the Edge Zero.

[@glenjamin2703]

These are some real valuable tips and tricks here. Thanks Herman 🤘

[@christopherhorton4634]

Herman, I don't think I can live without a Floyd Rose anymore. lol. I love them! It DOES take a little time to set them up, but it's worth it in the end. I have become very fast at fixing these bridges nowadays. Great video, and I love some Dragonforce! Keep rocking, brother.

[@GalanDun]

Thank you for the push-pull trick to get it back to perfect tune, my 7 string Floyd Rose 1000 occasionally does that and it makes things so much easier! Now if I could only get my Jackson Floyd Rose on my King V to stay in tune for more than three songs lol.

[@unknownpleasures_nic]

I like that he talked about what us common folk use, I do have a dean with a Floyd ross special that actually stays in tune better than my Ibanez RG (that I no longer own), the Ibanez was the cheapest RG I could find so it is understandable.

[@sunstrip_ave]

Holy smokes, you just filled a huge knowledge gap in my head! Thanks for sharing all of this, finally an insightful not-click-bait lesson (presented so chill it doesn't feel like one, but teaches you more than one). Props!!

[@kamasotomonte5043]

Dude thanks , we as guitar nerds love these kind of videos ♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@_Yep_Yep_]

High quality information on a niche part. Thank you, Herman Li. Ordered a guitar with original floyd on it, was told it was important:)

[@picksalot1]

That was far and away the best and most useful demonstration of tuning stability and instability, and what to realistically expect from a variety of Tremolo Bridge types and designs, and how to accommodate the performance of one's own bridge. I've considered getting various locking systems for my guitar, but having seen the demo, I don't think that would substantially improve the performance I'm already getting out of my Bladerunner Super-V Trem bridge. Thanks, Subscribed. 👍😎

[@SirLoinMagroin]

Although I'm new to the Floyd-Rose but been playing over 50yrs, I am currently trying to maximize my Floyd Rose 1500 on my Schecter Reaper using your expertise and explanation. It has me much closer than when I 1st started trying to get it together. It's all a matter of sussing/figuring out what works with what you are trying to accomplish vs what you have and what you want. Thank you for pointing out the variables.

[@JohnFaulkner56]

Bro this is so weird. I have the 1500 series on my Synyster Custom S. and it stays im absolute perfect tune even after insane divebombs that make the strings floppy.....maybe you didn't lock it properly?

[@SirLoinMagroin]

@@JohnFaulkner56 Sorry if my post read that way. It stays in tune so well it's scary. And yes, my Reaper is the FR-S with the sustainiac so the Floyd-Rose gets a workout lol.

[@JohnFaulkner56]

@@SirLoinMagroin Maybe I was just high or some shiz lmao. Hope you enjoy that guitar man🤟🏻

[@christopherclarke3022]

Thank you for the comparisons. I not seen your site before. I am very much a Gibson LP player but have a couple of strats which keep there tuning reasonably well with use of moderate tremolo/vibrato use as long as you don't do massive dives. I have a old US Peavey Tracer with a Licenced Floyd rose by Kahler - spider trem it is a night mare keep in tune it was bought 2nd hand in 2002 maybe it worn not sure. I also have a Ibanez Jem 77p with a Zero edge II which is sort of OK. But with today's technology surely some one must eventually come up with a more reliable trem/Vibr system.

[@Kippy8472]

I have new-found appreciation and respect for wes borlands guitar tech

[@piotrkowalewski6190]

Thank you for showing the actual tuning stability of those bridges. Very informative video

[@ludwigvanbeethoven5483]

Very good information. Some of the most useful that I hadn’t seen

[@vege-gaming]

Herman is so entertaining and the video is incredibly informative

[@Jonw8222]

This was a great video in terms of the info shared and the comparisons, but the only bridges missing were the original Ibanez Edge, and the Gotoh shown at the end.

[@TahmidRahman]

Thanks a lot Herman, i thought i was the only one who faced this problem. Nobody really talks about this.

[@johnnyshreds3735]

you just solved all my problems with my sterling majesty guitar, thank you herman!

[@Clintamis]

You give me hope. Just got one of those.

[@guitarste]

Extremely difficult not to like this guy. Thanks for the demonstrations and your time Herman

[@emilyspector2728]

I am LOVING this video. You are one of my fave guitarists and play the way I want to learn. I used to own a Fender in my late teens, now I know why I hated mine. I am learning a lot!! I am getting an Ibanez soon so I know I’m in the right place lol. Love you Mr. Li😁😁

[@evalroach666]

I’m kinda shocked by how well the Floyd’s did, and never knew flipping the guitar around would change it that much. I suspect the mass of the bridge is effecting that. Cool vidya boss.

[@akphoto2010]

Amazing, been playing for 20 years and I didn't ever notice this.

[@riplead]

I've been battling this for years. The thing that seems to usually improve it for me, is making sure the locknut is tight. Not the clamps, I mean the mounting screws. Also the neck bolts. Just did that to my Ibanez RG and it definitely helped. I hate having to train myself to dump the trem or bend a string after each pull-up. I've had Strats before where that was mandatory. For them, I use Nut Sauce everywhere, even the bridge saddles. I've had pretty good luck with that so far.

[@HimothyBurton]

I have noticed the authentic floyd's are the way to go. My first floyd was on a cheap jackson soloist, it had a floyd style, but designed by Jackson and it was pretty sloppy. Definitely worth the upgrade

[@cc_1983]

Awesome video - answered a lot of questions and some cool tips and tricks and valid points

[@jameson3500]

Tune it as you would be holding it to play. Such a great tip Herman.

[@alexandercheskis]

FR1000 are supposed to be factory spec the same as OFR but manufactured in Korea. You can only buy them used because they are only allowed to be sold new for manufacturers to put into guitars. I don't know how much of that is marketing BS but i have 3 OFR and 2 FR1000 and I honestly can't tell the difference other than their tremolo arms do not quite work with each other. They do, but you can feel some extra friction screwing in an OFR arm into a fr1000. I think something with the washers is different just to make you have to buy the specific tremolo arm.

[@IndependenceGuitar]

1000 series bridges are not “cheap”. They are imported and made to the same specs as the German made Floyd’s, same metals. They are just made at a different factory. The idea of them being “cheap” came from the inconsistency of where they sourced the material from when they were first made. The Korean factory has since stepped up their QC and where they source the metal from. This has resulted in my 1000 series staying in tune better than my German made. But I’ve also learned how to set up a Floyd rose correct, and now I have no tuning issues with either. A huge part of that is making sure and taking the time to fully stretch the strings out before you set the bridge tension.

[@jmbgouveia]

Thank you very much!!!... hugs from Lisbon, Portugal.

[@eDrumsInANutshell]

I am drummer :-) recently sanded the saddles of a damn cheap Harley Benton Floyd Rose Special. I grabbed it used, and the strings were popping out. So the saddles were worn out and there were some metal grain-ish things in there and destroyed my strings. The blocks were OK. So, now, I put new strings on, put a little bit of grease on EVERY moving part of the bridge, the intonations screws, the saddle groves and strings, the claw, the springs, the fine tuners, cranked the blocks up and now im fine again, WITH the drop or bend again trick after pulling the bar (but that seems to be an issues that also expensive bridges have). I will see how long this will last for a drummer shredding power cords and doing dive bombs. And then ... I will grab a GOTOH bridge.

[@jamesbder5898]

Wow.... 👍👍👍 This is something new for my knowledge. Thank you for sharing the knowledge. Loving it

[@supernoobsmith5718]

Loved it, great info!

[@axtremist8160]

very informative demos ! thanks herman

[@PowerTrip1r2]

I love these videos you do

[@travishein]

I never considered the angle of holding the guitar can change the tuning that much. Thank you for the video.

[@billzaferatos2256]

REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN SETTING INTONATION

[@Snaffdude]

So here I am. 2 hours in, multiple retuning's, spring adjustments ... Nobody ever once told me to try setting the bridge back to flat after a Divebomb. My first Floyd rose in 20 years of playing and I was another hour away from blocking it off lol

[@williampercival7662]

Absolutely good demonstration you are right brother nobody teachers these things or explains it properly yes very interesting thank you so much for that

[@geezberry8889]

there's a trick i do to help tuning stability. once the nut is locked down, loosen each peg a turn. This ensures when divebombing the tension after the nut doesn't pull the nut towards the tuner end, this would make the strings sharp after dive bombing. this also ensures the nut is tight against the fretboard

[@stevesin3981]

Your tone is wicked man!

[@thehunter7422]

I love these weird Guitar Science Class lessons with Herman, i want more. What do i need to do to have Herman be my music teacher lol? I wished we teachers like him back in high school

[@rocnroll1715]

Cool insight of the floating trem.

[@theelmagoo]

That was really cool!! I never tried the "hold the guitar face up / down and check the tuning" thing... fascinating. Just to add more info to your tests though, I've got a very old Jackson that I had an original Floyd Rose installed in as the Schaller it came with wouldn't stay in tune at all. And Just like you saw with your Floyd Roses here, whether I go down / up with the bar it comes back in tune every time just fine without having do a jolt or purr on the bar. The Ibanez's I have do not do that and have the exact same problems you show here in that if you pull up on the bar, you have to jolt the bar down some how to get it back in tune. Interesting story though from back in 2009ish when this was driving me crazy. A guitar tech I talked to in Los Angeles that happened to be working at a Sam Ash music before they closed their stores mentioned how, and this is his opinion, that it has to do with the knife edges of the tremolo unit and how it sits on the posts. By knifes edge, I mean when you take the tremolo unit off the guitar, the two points of contact where the unit touches the posts. Sometimes the knifes edge on the Ibanez tremolo units don't quite form a fine enough point, so he recommended to file these two points down to make sure the edge is as fine as you can make it. I tried this with one of my Ibanez's that has an original Edge Tremolo (not the Lo Pro or II or variants), and sure enough, while it didn't fix the issue completely, it did make it noticeably better. Anyways, this was a great video!! Thanks for the info and great playing!! :)

[@arkeyn3831]

just bought Korean made PRS with Floyd, and I'm blowen away with it. it has Floyd like Herman said made in Korea. I've put a trem setter and D-tuner and it's my favorite guitar right now, it returns and stays in tune, I'm using gauge 10-48. Idk why would somebody sell that gem. It's very versatile. S/N dates back to 2016 Korean. wonder why PRS switched their manufacturing to Indonesia.

[@kevon217]

Such a great demonstration. I’m gonna try stabilizers. Floating tremolos are the bane of my existence.

[@philzaiart]

Thank you for this!! I've started working on my "belly tuning compensation tone tuning" technique now! I luv the gravity demonstration too!!!

[@ivanov_n]

Very cool info from a touring guitarist! Usually guitarists don't bother that much, but you do! I have 5 guitars with whammy bars (2 lo-pro edge, 1 edge pro, 1 ofr, 1 schaller) and you say all my thoughts in your video!

[@stoltobot]

I know the feeling! It drives me crazy when a locking bridge becomes unreliable! Nice video

[@espiritguitar]

Excellent details. We are trying with stabiliser. Thanks

[@andrewbraybrook6410]

Very interesting and unexpected! I found your video while looking for tips on tuning and balancing Floyd Rose bridges. It`s a time-consuming task. I have an ESP Arrow 7. Just gotta say: thanks for Road of Resistance! Also very much enjoyed the Extreme Power Metal CD and hope to see you play live sometime soon. Keep up the good work.

[@siricortana9550]

VERY VERY VERY INFORMATIVE VIDEO!

[@Traynoramp08]

I thought I was the only one that knew this problems when your guitar has a problem staying in tune when you move up or down or had a big lunch. For almost 30 yrs I dealt with this problems.

[@McRocklin]

Very useful video! 🤘🏻

[@jparkerriffs]

Hell yeah McRocklin!

[@egormurzaev1772]

Thank you very much! No one really talks about these things

[@flatgroundtv7097]

Wow. So much information. Thank you for sharing.

[@edwinstovall3334]

Herman, I actually didn't think that I would get very much out of this video, but you surprised me! I never considered how simple gravity could affect the tuning of a guitar with a vibrato unit. Now, as far as I can tell without experimentation, the "gravity drift" effect we saw with the Floyds should be lessened with hard tails and some surface-mounted vibes like Bigsbys. I don't think, though, that the effect would disappear from these guitars, since gravity is flexing the neck of the guitar. You advice as to how to position the guitar when tuning should be good across the board, for every axe! Thank you!😎❤️️🎸‼️

[@dragonforce]

Glad you found my video useful! Thanks 😁👍

[@allboutthemojo]

@@dragonforce Herman, got a couple of quick questions. Do you think the hipshot whammy system is the best then? Or just the combination of it being on the headless guitar made it work really well? What is you experience with the Floyd Rose 1500 ? It's supposed to the best of Floyd Rose Which whammy stabilizer are you using? Thanks

[@Maverick06723]

Hey man it’s a ripper see no worms I told Dave he didn’t have to buy the guitar as well and you don’t need them it’s just a bit of fun bit of support anyway we all know you’re a good sport you’re a legend so funny I love you Qatar collection it’s more than what I could dream of anyhow thanks for the videos cheers

[@sharathchandraks4316]

Playing for 8 years never knew about any of these!!! This definitely helps

[@juanmelgar152]

That was so much wisdom thanks!!

[@DecoD100]

Thank you so much for free knowledge.🤟

[@Anjohl]

I love how we got stagecraft lessons as well! Fun fact: it's only a mistake if you tell them it was!

[@wozg83]

Great info dude 🤘🤘🤘

[@DreidMusicalX]

Herman I have a 2000 Ibanez RG Japan made and it has the TRS low bridge in it. Its still stays in tune and its the same bridge and saddles here in 2024 and I play the crap out of that guitar.

[@ToxicSentinelTTV]

Got a jackson king v with a jackson licensed bridge, that thing has rock solid stability