PSA: Homeskoolin’ Bonus “How To Get A Floyd Rose Nut To Not Feel Like Sh1t"

[Saul Goodman]

 

[Victor (Fret Friend)]

Floyd’s are easy as f*** to setup. You just have to learn how to do it. If you’re too lazy to learn how to, 2 things. 1. don’t buy one and 2. stop saying Floyd’s are garbage… 

[Saul Goodman]

8 minutes ago, Victor (Fret Friend) said:

Floyd’s are easy as f*** to setup. You just have to learn how to do it. If you’re too lazy to learn how to, 2 things. 1. don’t buy one and 2. stop saying Floyd’s are garbage… 

My guess is you didn't watch the video.

[Disturber]

Floyd guitars still sound like shit. No matter how well you set them up. 😄

[Victor (Fret Friend)]

18 hours ago, Saul Goodman said:

My guess is you didn't watch the video.

I did I was just commenting regardless… 

[RobB]

The radius mismatch has always been a problem with Floyds. My Edwards Random Star has a 10” radius fingerboard with the best OFR set up of any factory guitar I’ve owned. 

Joe Glaser is a legend in the world of luthiery, but I don’t see the wisdom in doing a permanent mod on the locking nut like that. Floyd Rose is now offering multiple radii and widths on their locking nuts. Same with Schaller, from whom I just ordered a 12" radius locking nut for my Jackson Rhoads. 

Edited November 30, 2025 by RobB

[Victor (Fret Friend)]

1 hour ago, RobB said:

Joe Glaser is a legend in the world of luthiery, but I don’t see the wisdom in doing a permanent mod on the locking nut like that. Floyd Rose is now offering multiple radii and widths on their locking nuts. Same with Schaller, from whom I just ordered a 12" radius locking nut for my Jackson Rhoads. 

This ^^^

[Saul Goodman]

2 hours ago, RobB said:

The radius mismatch has always been a problem with Floyds. My Edwards Random Star has a 10” radius fingerboard with the best OFR set up of any factory guitar I’ve owned. 

Joe Glaser is a legend in the world of luthiery, but I don’t see the wisdom in doing a permanent mod on the locking nut like that. Floyd Rose is now offering multiple radii and widths on their locking nuts. Same with Schaller, from whom I just ordered a 12" radius locking nut for my Jackson Rhoads. 

Well, he did explain in the video. 

[Victor (Fret Friend)]

Using the same cutting disk width and slicing into the base of the nut is not good IMO. I'd personally grind some material from the base of the nut using a nut with the correct radius. I might even consider routing a little wood from the nut shelf (if I thought it wouldn't alter the integrity/strength of the headstock joint). Joe's method seems like unneccesary butchery to me...

Edited December 1, 2025 by Victor (Fret Friend)