Changing strings on a Floyd Rose

Bar Rat · Post by **Bar Rat** » Fri May 29, 2009 5:28 pm

OK...I wouldn't exactly call myself a musician but I bought a Jackson back in 2005 that still has the original strings on it. I know...what a fucking idiot! The D string finally broke and I have never changed strings on a Floyd rose. Do I just cut the ball end off the new string, stick it in the slot and tighten the alan screw? It seems to me that it wouldn't hold with all that tension but....

Aeon · Post by **Aeon** » Fri May 29, 2009 8:03 pm

Bar Rat wrote:OK...I wouldn't exactly call myself a musician but I bought a Jackson back in 2005 that still has the original strings on it. I know...what a fucking idiot! The D string finally broke and I have never changed strings on a Floyd rose. Do I just cut the ball end off the new string, stick it in the slot and tighten the alan screw? It seems to me that it wouldn't hold with all that tension but....

Yes. Cut the end of the string with the hoop on it and place the cut side into the string cavity with the little block, then tighten it up with the allen key. Assuming it's the same gauge as you had before everything should be OK.

Bar Rat · Post by **Bar Rat** » Fri May 29, 2009 8:43 pm

Thanks. I play that thing so infrequently, sometimes I'll be watching T.V., look at it and say to myself "Oh yeah...I have a pretty cool guitar" and fire up the Laney and the Digitech RP-Whatever.

Dawdy · Post by **Dawdy** » Fri May 29, 2009 9:33 pm

just make sure you dont over-tighten the screw, because you can bust the little block

Bar Rat · Post by **Bar Rat** » Sun May 31, 2009 12:52 pm

Dawdy wrote:just make sure you dont over-tighten the screw, because you can bust the little block

I watched a youtube demonstration and the guy made sure to mention that. I still have to go buy strings...maybe I'll try to buy online to avoid Guitar Center.

chuckbuksquared · Post by **chuckbuksquared** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 2:54 am

Bar Rat wrote:
Dawdy wrote:just make sure you dont over-tighten the screw, because you can bust the little block
I watched a youtube demonstration and the guy made sure to mention that. I still have to go buy strings...maybe I'll try to buy online to avoid Guitar Center.

You have to get that Dio emicon back bro. I used to picture Dio hanging out at a bar and throwin' it up. Now I just see your meaty face and..well your still a cool dude.

Bar Rat · Post by **Bar Rat** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 5:12 pm

You love my meaty face and you know it!

gay_hayride · Post by **gay_hayride** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 10:55 pm

shoot heroin then do it

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Changing strings on a Floyd Rose

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