Compound Radius - details?

[toejam]

Wait a minute, so the Floyd bridge is set to a 10" radius by default? Doesn't that mean that every Jackson out there would need to have shims under all of the saddles to get it closer to the correct radius?

My '05 Charvel Star came with some copper tape under the saddles to shim them. You can also buy metal shims to set the radius to your preference, so it's no big deal.

[rjohnstone]

Just checked the Floyd Rose website and I have a correction to make from my previous post about nut radius.
All Floyd Rose nuts up to R8 have a 10" radius. R9 has a 15" radius.
ALL Original Floyd Rose and Floyd Rose Pro bridges have a 10" radius.

Source: http://www.floydrose.com/nutsizes.html

Tremolos
FRT-100 Chrome
FRT-200 Black
FRT-300 Gold
All Original and Pro Bridge radiuses are 10" (254mm)

Nuts
Nut #1 - Neck Width 1-9/16" - 10" radius
Nut #2 - Neck Width 1-5/8" - 10" radius
Nut #3 - Neck Width 1-11/16" - 10" radius
Nut #4 - Neck Width 1-11/16" - 10" radius
Nut #5 - Neck Width 1-3/4" - 10" radius
Nut #6 - Neck Width 1-9/16" Bullet - 10" radius

Nut #7 - Neck Width 1-5/8" Bullet - 10" radius

Nut #8 - Neck Width 1-11/16" - 10" radius
Nut #9 - Neck Width 1-11/16" - 15" radius

[sgainar]

From the link it looks like the speedloader nuts come in 12"... but I'm not familiar with them... are they the same as the standard? I wonder if this is what Jackson uses. It's hard to believe they would use a different nut radius than the fretboard. It also wouldn't be too dificult to cut down a 15" if needed.

[rjohnstone]

Speedloader nuts are significantly different from regular OFR nuts.
Trust me... Jackson uses off the shelf Floyd Rose nuts.

[Voyager1000]

Wait a minute, so the Floyd bridge is set to a 10" radius by default? Doesn't that mean that every Jackson out there would need to have shims under all of the saddles to get it closer to the correct radius?

I think you're right, I know they don't quite match.

I've got some copper tape laying around that I've used for shielding.

Looks like a project for a sunday afternoon.....

[Spivonious]

I think you're right, I know they don't quite match.

I've got some copper tape laying around that I've used for shielding.

Looks like a project for a sunday afternoon.....

Yeah, I might have to do that to one of my licensed trems and see if it makes a big difference.