Intonating a floyd?

[Sunbane]

Re: Intonating a floyd?

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[aldog1330]

Re: Intonating a floyd?

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nice! They're good for taking the tops offa parking meters too

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Or Meter Maids for that matter [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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hahaha [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Chad]

Re: Intonating a floyd?

I spent the money on one of those key thingies, but I actually prefer just doing it the manual way.

[St.James]

Re: Intonating a floyd?

what are these tools and where can they be found?

[Chad]

Re: Intonating a floyd?

I bought mine from StewMac several years back, but I think they stopped carrying them. It was a 3 pack of different keys for different trems and also came with some shim stock to help adjust the radius of Floyd style bridges. It was around $50....I doubt if many sold because it was kinda pricey for what you got.

[Newc]

Re: Intonating a floyd?

AFAIK the Tool doesn't work on Schaller Floyds due to the fact that it has to grip the post, but the Schaller posts are smooth.

Anyway, the way I do it is to loosen the string a little (more like detuning a few steps rather than loosening), loosen the saddle screw, then push the saddle back a hair with a flathead screwdriver, lock the saddle, tune and check.
Rinse and repeat.

[fett]

Re: Intonating a floyd?

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AFAIK the Tool doesn't work on Schaller Floyds due to the fact that it has to grip the post, but the Schaller posts are smooth.

Anyway, the way I do it is to loosen the string a little (more like detuning a few steps rather than loosening), loosen the saddle screw, then push the saddle back a hair with a flathead screwdriver, lock the saddle, tune and check.
Rinse and repeat.

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[Chad]

Re: Intonating a floyd?

It is actually easier to move the saddles back to start with, then move them forward as necessary....since that's the direction the tension wants to pull anyway. It's easier to tune up than down too.