How to tell if you have a REAL Floyd or a Ping Licensed

[JerEvil]

There has been a lot of controversy about wether certain Jacksons have REAL floyds or the Licensed "Ping" Floyd Rose. Easy way to tell ... click the link below, it will bring you to some pics of a Ping. If your Floyd is all silver, its a real Floyd. If it is silver and brass ... IT'S A PING!

Pings have a brass saddle and trem arm barrel, there is a little "P" buy the trem arm, and SOME say licensed by Floyd Rose even though they all have the Floyd Logo.

Click here to see what I mean.

http://www.axcessories.com/proddetai...prod=axfrpingc

ALL the RR24 bridges have a silver saddle and barrel. Also look at the edges that rest on the posts = brass!

Rant over. I apologize.

[Sunbane]

Good posting.

[scotty]

What about that strange logo by the bar. So is the Ping a piece of shit? It looks decent. I also noticed it has a short block.

[KBRR]

Thanks for the help!

[JerEvil]

What about that strange logo by the bar. So is the Ping a piece of shit? It looks decent. I also noticed it has a short block.

I have read some older reviews (2005) that said the Speedloader trems, which were the first ones Ping made, had parts that rusted easily. I can't speak as to the validity of that claim. For $139 - $149 it better not be a piece of shit!!! I am going to assume that since these are the ONLY licensed Floyds on the market that carry the Floyd Rose logo on them they would have to meet some type of standard from the man himself.

Black Version of Ping Floyd (shows the little "P" logo by the trem are better):

http://www.axcessories.com/proddetail.asp?prod=axfrpingb

I'd probably just pay the extra $20 bucks for the actual Floyd though.

Thanks for the help!

No problem.

[scotty]

I saw OPL wolfgang copy at a pawn shop and the saddles looked awful. They were completely tarnished to the point I couldn't tell if they were chrome or black. They wanted $199 for it. Other than the Floyd the guitar was in great shape.

[JerEvil]

I saw OPL wolfgang copy at a pawn shop and the saddles looked awful. They were completely tarnished to the point I couldn't tell if they were chrome or black. They wanted $199 for it. Other than the Floyd the guitar was in great shape.

Who was the bridge made by?

[toejam]

A real Floyd block is also brass... it's just steel plated.

[jackson1]

Also look at the edges that rest on the posts = brass!

No way. I think it's a reflection. Look at the second shot. Following your logic, the back side of the fine tuner rail should then be brass too.

[JerEvil]

A real Floyd block is also brass... it's just steel plated.

The block on the RR24 trem is steel plated also, whether or not it is brass. The Pings are not.

[JerEvil]

No way. I think it's a reflection. Look at the second shot. Following your logic, the back side of the fine tuner rail should then be brass too.

Possible. However, no reflection is gonna change all sides of the block or trem arm barrel.

[jackson1]

I only commented on this, where you say that the knife edges are brass:

Also look at the edges that rest on the posts = brass!

[JerEvil]

I only commented on this, where you say that the knife edges are brass:

As I replied, that is entirely possible. However there is not denying there are obvious signs that a Ping Floyd has the P logo and licensed by floyd rose stamp in front of the fine tuners. Also, if in fact anyone has used/owned a ping, was it sub par??

[Sanctuary]

If you tap the trem and it goes "Pinnnnnnnnng", then you have a Ping. If you tap it and it goes "Pong" then you have an OFR.

[JerEvil]

If you tap the trem and it goes "Pinnnnnnnnng", then you have a Ping. If you tap it and it goes "Pong" then you have an OFR.

Irrefutable Scientific Proof! Case Dismissed! By the way, is that a BC Rich Eagle in your avatar???