DarrenD Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 I'm looking for a non-fine tuner and a vertical fine tuner like photos in attachments. Also interested in anything pre-1983 Floyd products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottcald Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Don't have any of this stuff, but I'd read in an interview with Brad Gillis that the original locking nuts Floyd made were a much tighter tolerance which is why he doesn't use the fine tuner models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthes Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 The guys on all the EVH pages go nuts for that stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrenD Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 Correct, Floyd made the his prototypes to smaller tolerances because they were hand name and wouldn't go sharp or flat when they were clamped down. Brad Gillis played an FRT-1 and later the FRT-3. The FRT-1 is the first bridge I showed. Fernandes Japan produced them for a short time. The later one with the vertical fine tuners is the FRT-4, the first style Floyd with fine tuners. K.K. Downing had one on his Hamer recently sold at auction. Most of these models I'm discussing were never on other Hamers, but I notice many people here have parts drawers with random tidbits.....figured I might as well ask. I have psychotic tendencies like EVH fans but just like old Floyds and collect them. I have a vintage Floyd project in the making, but it's not quite ready yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottcald Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 3 hours ago, DarrenD said: Correct, Floyd made the his prototypes to smaller tolerances because they were hand name and wouldn't go sharp or flat when they were clamped down. Brad Gillis played an FRT-1 and later the FRT-3. The FRT-1 is the first bridge I showed. Fernandes Japan produced them for a short time. The later one with the vertical fine tuners is the FRT-4, the first style Floyd with fine tuners. K.K. Downing had one on his Hamer recently sold at auction. Most of these models I'm discussing were never on other Hamers, but I notice many people here have parts drawers with random tidbits.....figured I might as well ask. I have psychotic tendencies like EVH fans but just like old Floyds and collect them. I have a vintage Floyd project in the making, but it's not quite ready yet. Thanks for confirming and the extra info. Interested to see the project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serial Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 On 4/19/2020 at 10:36 PM, DarrenD said: Correct, Floyd made the his prototypes to smaller tolerances because they were hand name and wouldn't go sharp or flat when they were clamped down. Brad Gillis played an FRT-1 and later the FRT-3. The FRT-1 is the first bridge I showed. Fernandes Japan produced them for a short time. The later one with the vertical fine tuners is the FRT-4, the first style Floyd with fine tuners. K.K. Downing had one on his Hamer recently sold at auction. Most of these models I'm discussing were never on other Hamers, but I notice many people here have parts drawers with random tidbits.....figured I might as well ask. I have psychotic tendencies like EVH fans but just like old Floyds and collect them. I have a vintage Floyd project in the making, but it's not quite ready yet. I had a few Floyd Rose trems for Les Pauls that I got cheap off of eBay in the early days (97-98). Put them up on some message board where they sat for years with zero views. Two were complete and NOS, another was in great shape but had a few missing parts. Totally forgot about them in a drawer and got an email out of the blue from a guy who offered me $400 for a complete one. Sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrenD Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 Interested in seeing those photos. Those were made in the mid-80s during the Kramer years. They didn't sell well and their saddles were taken off to settle warranty claims. I heard they are pretty decent, but not many people have actually put them on a guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz Prof Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 22 hours ago, serial said: I had a few Floyd Rose trems for Les Pauls that I got cheap off of eBay in the early days (97-98). Put them up on some message board where they sat for years with zero views. Two were complete and NOS, another was in great shape but had a few missing parts. Totally forgot about them in a drawer and got an email out of the blue from a guy who offered me $400 for a complete one. Sold. Like this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthes Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Biz Prof said: Like this one? Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottcald Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 12 minutes ago, cmatthes said: Yep. Are those "better" than the ones for Gibson they have out now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrenD Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 I only know of one guy who put one on his guitar, and he claimed the liked the sound better than the newer FRX version. I've heard it won't fit most modern Gibsons because it's too high. Vintage Gibsons weren't as steep as guess, so it works better on them. All in all, almost everyone I know that owns one has never put it on a guitar, so I guess it's hard to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottcald Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Gotcha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthes Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 12 hours ago, DarrenD said: I only know of one guy who put one on his guitar, and he claimed the liked the sound better than the newer FRX version. I've heard it won't fit most modern Gibsons because it's too high. Vintage Gibsons weren't as steep as guess, so it works better on them. All in all, almost everyone I know that owns one has never put it on a guitar, so I guess it's hard to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrenD Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 Never seen that pic before. Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamersandstrats Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Is this the model you seek? No idea what year it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrenD Posted April 26, 2020 Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 No the model I'm looking for has fine tuners that are vertical 90 degrees from the base plate as shown in the second pic in my first post. The one you shown is a typical "whale tail" modern version you generally see today. There are certain "whale tail" versions which people are interested in, but that is not it. Thanks though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARM OF HAMER Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 http://alienxnation.com/vintage-1980s-guitar-resource-blog/category/Floyd+Rose+Tremolo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZR Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Guys, look at DarenDs Floyd Rose website he posted up in another thread... It's really great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Studio Custom Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 When did Brad Gillis get annotated tone guru? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottcald Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 On 4/26/2020 at 10:33 PM, ZR said: Guys, look at DarenDs Floyd Rose website he posted up in another thread... It's really great! Yeah, it is really cool. Even if you're not a Floyd person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottcald Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Not sure if this is what you're looking for, but just stumbled on it: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Authentic-Floyd-Rose-Tremolo/133055291454?hash=item1efab6a03e:g:vGIAAOSwy-5byL72 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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