floyd help please
floyd help please
Well i just purchased my first floyded guitar (an alexi-200) and after playing the heck out of it i broke a string :(
iv never really changed them before so i was wondering if you guitar wizards out there could give me some tips
also i herd that you cant use slinky strings with a floyd is that true?
and if so what strings would you suggest for them
Ernie Balls strings are great. The only reason I could think someone would advise against slinkies is like Death says: if they're referring to very light gauges (ie. extra slinky), they're probably not ideal for use with a floating trem. Regular slinkies and above work just fine with floyds, though.
I knew a guy that used a floyd & 8s... he stayed in tune just fine.
But, he was a punk & would screw a piece of flat brass stock underneath the springs so that just in case he broke a string his bridge would hardtail itself. Fucking weak, right?
That means he could go all spaghetti strings with it but not do insane uber highs with it. :x And IMO, that my friends = teh ghey.
Some people say that EB slinkys dont stay in tune or something like that but Iv never really tried them. I use Rotosound strings with my BC Rich which has a trem.
What I will say though is the bigger the gauge the more stable your trem will be (it will stay in tune better)