Archtop Rhoads ?

[Hellswrath]

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Shreddermon, thanks for the explaining, I actually was thinking of a soft archtop myself (but I didn't know it lol)...
I was also trying to decide whether such a guitar should have a recessed floyd or a non recessed one... Any input as to what would best fit an archtop Rhoads? [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[veliyasin]

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Shreddermon, thanks for the explaining, I actually was thinking of a soft archtop myself (but I didn't know it lol)...
I was also trying to decide whether such a guitar should have a recessed floyd or a non recessed one... Any input as to what would best fit an archtop Rhoads? [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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Why TOM w/ string-thru of course! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Hellswrath]

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Well, I would have done just that a few years ago, but since I got my RR1 and have learned to use and set my floyd, I really love those fuckaroundgadgets [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[veliyasin]

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Well, I would have done just that a few years ago, but since I got my RR1 and have learned to use and set my floyd, I really love those fuckaroundgadgets [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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Eh. I don't like how they feel, I don't like how they make the strings feel all loose, I don't like how they are so unstable with aggresive bends, I don't like the way they sound... [img]/images/graemlins/nono.gif[/img]

Floyd [img]/images/graemlins/eviltongue.gif[/img]

[shreddermon]

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I was also trying to decide whether such a guitar should have a recessed floyd or a non recessed one... Any input as to what would best fit an archtop Rhoads? [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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Go with what you prefer.

[Hellswrath]

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Well, I would have done just that a few years ago, but since I got my RR1 and have learned to use and set my floyd, I really love those fuckaroundgadgets [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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Eh. I don't like how they feel, I don't like how they make the strings feel all loose, I don't like how they are so unstable with aggresive bends, I don't like the way they sound... [img]/images/graemlins/nono.gif[/img]

Floyd [img]/images/graemlins/eviltongue.gif[/img]

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Maybe it was not meant to be but I use all 5 springs, and I must say that the bending problem, while still present of course, is almost fixed... but I must say I'm more of a noisy floyd user rather than a very technical melodic one (I'm a wanker, YES, haha), so I don't need my floyd to be easy to pull-up or push-down... But I still love fixed bridge axes, it's not like it's a handicap or anything [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

I was asking the recessed vs non-recessed question 'cause it seems there's a difference in feel... For example, I got used to the fact that the strings are so close to the body on my RR1 (recessed floyd, am I right?) but in the future, I'd rather have the strings a bit higher... would a non-recessed floyd be just that?

[Sunbane]

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I was asking the recessed vs non-recessed question 'cause it seems there's a difference in feel... For example, I got used to the fact that the strings are so close to the body on my RR1 (recessed floyd, am I right?) but in the future, I'd rather have the strings a bit higher... would a non-recessed floyd be just that?

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Yup, correct on all counts. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

I much prefer non-recessed Floyds for that very reason. First of all, it's a more comfortable playing position for me. With recessed Floyds, my wrist ends up in a really weird position, which feels inhibiting on my freedom of movement. Then there's the other thing: I always had trouble with the volume knob on other guitars - I kept hitting it with my pinky, and the volume would be rolled off with each chord. With the strings higher off the body, this isn't that big a problem anymore. It's even better on an archtop body, because when the volume knob is recessed into the top, it almost completely clears the strings of the non-recessed trem.

[Hellswrath]

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Thanks for the details!
Still no pictures of an archtop KV/RR?