the responses which correlate to the idea 'get a guitar which is setup 'originally' with a floyd, use right tool for right job', are understandable, but I dismiss them all. a floyd rose was a retrofit from day 1 to begin with. secondly, I won't play something else than a les paul, because all other guitars feel wrong, and believe me, I've tried 'm. I've tried them all. but I only like the feel and shape of a les paul. or a singlecut. so, in that retrospect, why is a (carved top) tele with floyd ok, but a les paul utterly wrong?
a les paul with hardtail? I have 15+ of those. I don't want my newest builds to have stratty tones, tele tones and 'les paul' tones, all in one package, with a trem to top it off. no, I want MY tone. and my experience with my 2 trem-equiped les pauls show me that I really like the tone a trem has, and I like the possiblities of a trem. I also know that I find a piezo to be a useless add-on, and I really rarely use that feature.
I'm going to be using a gotoh floyd. the good thing about those is that the studs are the same size as a OFR, the stringspacing is same aswell, and since I won't be using a recess (no recess means angled neck means neck sits deeper in the pocket meaning better looks and more wood-to-wood contact thus better tone) I won't be bothers with the longer screws sticking out of the gotoh (they're 3mm longer than an OFR).
a les paul with floyd looking bad? perhaps. but my guitars will not look like a regular les paul, at all. supersuperquilted maple on one, figured koa on the other, crosses as inlay, special finishes, no bindings but pinstripes, etc etc. the only thing 'les paul' is the carved top and the shape.
the ibanez edge zero is cool, but a huge step away from my usual fair. I want a guitar that can be retrofitted with a trem if needed, in 30 or 40 years from now. a floyd rose has been consistent for the last 30 years, the 2 point trem for the last 15-20 years (thinking that the studspacing of a 2 point trem like the american standard or hipshot or wilkinson is just the outer screws of a 6 point vintage trem). the ibanez edge zero is just too 'new' and unique for my purposes. besides, if I want a 'zero' point, I'll modify it myself with some stuff like the rockinger blackbox, hipshot tremsetter (which is essentially that 'zero' technique, though I hear both work equally dorky and difficult) or a tremelno, or my own rework of the tremelno.
the reason why I won't be using a wilkinson trem is that I already have 2 hipshot trems, which are exactly like a wilkie except they have rollerbearings as 'knife'edges instead of, knives
and i also like the finetuners. some people tend to think that a floyd 'cuts' tone because you have less string through the bridge/block, as compared with others, whilst I tend to think that less string in the block means more energy due to vibration being transfered to the studs and block and springs, thus more tone. in any case: I like floyds, only if they're set up properly and the guitar doesn't go out of tune when I just do a small bend (kahler; I'm looking at youuu!!!!!!).
ps: the gotoh trem also has the pop-in arm, just like the floyd. also with a small adjustment screw to control the tension of the arm
and it also has locking studs... sweet!
a les paul with hardtail? I have 15+ of those. I don't want my newest builds to have stratty tones, tele tones and 'les paul' tones, all in one package, with a trem to top it off. no, I want MY tone. and my experience with my 2 trem-equiped les pauls show me that I really like the tone a trem has, and I like the possiblities of a trem. I also know that I find a piezo to be a useless add-on, and I really rarely use that feature.
I'm going to be using a gotoh floyd. the good thing about those is that the studs are the same size as a OFR, the stringspacing is same aswell, and since I won't be using a recess (no recess means angled neck means neck sits deeper in the pocket meaning better looks and more wood-to-wood contact thus better tone) I won't be bothers with the longer screws sticking out of the gotoh (they're 3mm longer than an OFR).
a les paul with floyd looking bad? perhaps. but my guitars will not look like a regular les paul, at all. supersuperquilted maple on one, figured koa on the other, crosses as inlay, special finishes, no bindings but pinstripes, etc etc. the only thing 'les paul' is the carved top and the shape.
the ibanez edge zero is cool, but a huge step away from my usual fair. I want a guitar that can be retrofitted with a trem if needed, in 30 or 40 years from now. a floyd rose has been consistent for the last 30 years, the 2 point trem for the last 15-20 years (thinking that the studspacing of a 2 point trem like the american standard or hipshot or wilkinson is just the outer screws of a 6 point vintage trem). the ibanez edge zero is just too 'new' and unique for my purposes. besides, if I want a 'zero' point, I'll modify it myself with some stuff like the rockinger blackbox, hipshot tremsetter (which is essentially that 'zero' technique, though I hear both work equally dorky and difficult) or a tremelno, or my own rework of the tremelno.
the reason why I won't be using a wilkinson trem is that I already have 2 hipshot trems, which are exactly like a wilkie except they have rollerbearings as 'knife'edges instead of, knives
and i also like the finetuners. some people tend to think that a floyd 'cuts' tone because you have less string through the bridge/block, as compared with others, whilst I tend to think that less string in the block means more energy due to vibration being transfered to the studs and block and springs, thus more tone. in any case: I like floyds, only if they're set up properly and the guitar doesn't go out of tune when I just do a small bend (kahler; I'm looking at youuu!!!!!!). ps: the gotoh trem also has the pop-in arm, just like the floyd. also with a small adjustment screw to control the tension of the arm
and it also has locking studs... sweet!
