Hey guys I have a few questions regarding floyd rose spring types. I've been looking around the internet for explainations on heavy duty, springy, and other forms of springs for your floyd and their applications. The problem is that many of these places don't really explain what the type of springs are actually good for aside from being noiseless. So I was wondering could anyone shed some light on which situations and setups each type of springs would work best for? thanks.
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Well, let's say you've got "normal" springs with regular tension and you use three of them. A heavy-duty spring would provide higher tension and make the Floyd (or any floating type of trem) "harder" or stiffer to push down on, and you could use two of them to get the same amount of force as your regular normal springs. I find the heavy-duty version to just actually be slightly shorter than regular springs and that's why they seem to have a little more tension to them.
On any guitars I've ever had with Floyds, I'd use four or five springs, as I liked the stiffer feel it gave and wouldn't pull the guitar out of tune as quick when bending strings when using only three. Some people only use two, and I even saw someone set up their Floyd with only one spring.
As far as "vintage" or lighter-duty or whatever, it's just they give the trem more pull and don't hold the trem back as much, making it a little easier to use. It's all a matter of preference, but you just need to make sure the trem is level and returns to pitch after using it.
Hope that kind of makes sense to you.
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Originally posted by toejam View PostWell, let's say you've got "normal" springs with regular tension and you use three of them. A heavy-duty spring would provide higher tension and make the Floyd (or any floating type of trem) "harder" or stiffer to push down on, and you could use two of them to get the same amount of force as your regular normal springs. I find the heavy-duty version to just actually be slightly shorter than regular springs and that's why they seem to have a little more tension to them.
On any guitars I've ever had with Floyds, I'd use four or five springs, as I liked the stiffer feel it gave and wouldn't pull the guitar out of tune as quick when bending strings when using only three. Some people only use two, and I even saw someone set up their Floyd with only one spring.
As far as "vintage" or lighter-duty or whatever, it's just they give the trem more pull and don't hold the trem back as much, making it a little easier to use. It's all a matter of preference, but you just need to make sure the trem is level and returns to pitch after using it.
Hope that kind of makes sense to you.
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Not really. Though, the strings of a floating bridge tend to move a little more as your bridge is being pulled forward when bending, but you might just have to bend a tiny bit more to get the string to pitch. I never really thought much about it.I feel my soul go cold... only the dead are smiling.
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I pretty much stuck with four or five whenever I used Floyds.
I got the noiseless heavy duty red set a couple months ago for my G&L Legacy, just wanted to try them out. They're actually cut a little shorter than a typical spring, so they pull the trem back more. I only wound up using one and having to loosen the claw a little bit since there was quite a bit of pull. I probably could have gotten away with two of the red ones and it would most likely have been around the same tension as the three regular springs, but I wanted a tiny bit more tension than the regular springs that were on there. Seems to be fine, but I don't really notice the noiseless properties with the other two regular springs. I just put some foam behind the backplate, anyway.
G&L's trem claw is also weird in that it's only got room for three springs, so I'd have to get a whole new claw if I wanted four or five, plus I'd have to redrill because of the weird offset holes compared to any other claw.
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The number and resistance that a spring provides definitely has an impact on how much bending a string pulls the trem. Stiffer and more springs helps but it also makes the trem more stiff. Finding the balance you like is the trick.
There are all sorts of springs... I like the tension the Gotoh springs bring, they're a little stiffer than standard OFR German springs. And there are coated noiseless springs, probably several different spring weights as well. There are a lot of cheap springs that are really weak that can have problems with bridge stability.The 2nd Amendment: America's Original Homeland Defense.
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Originally posted by xenophobe View PostThe number and resistance that a spring provides definitely has an impact on how much bending a string pulls the trem. Stiffer and more springs helps but it also makes the trem more stiff. Finding the balance you like is the trick.
There are all sorts of springs... I like the tension the Gotoh springs bring, they're a little stiffer than standard OFR German springs. And there are coated noiseless springs, probably several different spring weights as well. There are a lot of cheap springs that are really weak that can have problems with bridge stability.Jacksons haven't failed me so far
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