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The Floyd II is basically identical to the Schaller Floyd, and it's a good trem. The only exception would be if it's one of the very early ones that were single-locking. You don't see many of those. The biggest difference between a Floyd II and an Original Floyd is that the II has a cast metal baseplate with hardened inserts for the knife edges, rather than being made entirely of hardened steel.
Unlike cheaper trems, with the OFR I haven't had the problem of the knife edges going blunt (I don't use the trem like Mr Vai, lol) but with the Schaller/FR II version with the inserts, you can replace them and the knife edges are like new again.
Someone change the OFR of my Kramer Stagemaster Custom before I got it to a FR II... Can I change them? one of the post that go in the body seem to be push in like if the FR II has smaller post spacing than the OFR, is this true?
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Actually, both are cast. The one commonly called an OFR is just made to look polished. The knife edges are the only part that's hardened.
Also, both the OFR and the FRII are made by Schaller. IMO they are both just as good.
Not tryin to be a know-it-all. But that's what Floyd said in an interview
Bob
You're right. The OFR is cast steel, but the FR II & Schaller trem baseplates are made of a softer cast metal with a lower melting point, so they can be made in re-useable steel molds to save on production costs. Here's more info from Henrik's trem page:
"Regarding the Floyd Rose variants: The base plate of the Schaller FRII wasn't containing threaded inserts in the early years. It is not made of iron or a poor grade steel... it's made of zinc.
Due to the low melting temperature, zinc can be cast at temperatures below 500 degress celsius. In other words: casting zinc is possible in molds made of steel and this is much cheaper than casting steel in baked sand molds (at ~1100 degrees of celsius), which can't be reused!
In fact, Schaller uses the inferior zinc on the delicate base plate and the costlier brass for the simple spring bar!"
You're right. The OFR is cast steel, but the FR II & Schaller trem baseplates are made of a softer cast metal with a lower melting point, so they can be made in re-useable steel molds to save on production costs. Here's more info from Henrik's trem page:
"Regarding the Floyd Rose variants: The base plate of the Schaller FRII wasn't containing threaded inserts in the early years. It is not made of iron or a poor grade steel... it's made of zinc.
Due to the low melting temperature, zinc can be cast at temperatures below 500 degress celsius. In other words: casting zinc is possible in molds made of steel and this is much cheaper than casting steel in baked sand molds (at ~1100 degrees of celsius), which can't be reused!
In fact, Schaller uses the inferior zinc on the delicate base plate and the costlier brass for the simple spring bar!"
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