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Floyd Rose Original

Floyd Rose is the organization that licenses, distributes and manufactures the Floyd Rose Locking Tremolo invented by Floyd D. Rose. It also manufactures guitars using the system. Floyd Rose owns the patents on the design, and licenses these patents to several original equipment manufacturers. The Floyd Rose Locking Tremolo is an example of a vibrola. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Image File history File links Summary Floyd Rose Original Source: Floyd Rose Guitars According to Adam Reiver at Floyd Rose Guitars, these images are public domain. ... Image File history File links Summary Floyd Rose Original Source: Floyd Rose Guitars According to Adam Reiver at Floyd Rose Guitars, these images are public domain. ... A tremolo arm, tremolo bar, vibrato bar, whammy bar, or twang bar is a lever attached to the bridge and/or the tailpiece of an electric guitar or archtop guitar to enable the player to quickly vary the tension and sometimes the length of the strings temporarily, changing the pitch... Floyd D. Rose is the founder of Floyd Rose and the inventor of the Floyd Rose locking tremolo. ... A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a government to an inventor or applicant for a limited amount of time (normally maximum 20 years from the filing date, depending on extension). ... Original equipment manufacturer, or OEM, is a term that refers to containment-based re-branding, namely where one company uses a component of another company within its product, or sells the product of another company under its own brand. ... A tremolo arm, tremolo bar or whammy bar is a lever attached to the bridge and/or the tailpiece of an electric guitar to enable the player to quickly vary the tension and sometimes the length of the strings temporarily, changing the pitch to create a vibrato, portamento or pitch...

The Floyd Rose system consists of:

• A lock at the nut of the guitar, which prevents the tuning heads from being used and holds the strings taut
• A "floating bridge", where the other ends of the strings are also vise-locked, hence, "double-locking")

The locking system helps to keep the strings in tune while the strings are slackened to a degree which was not achieved with older tremolo systems, such as those found on Fender Stratocaster, allowing dive bombs, a rapid lowering of the pitch of a note. Since the tuning heads are ineffectual with the lock in place, the Floyd Rose bridge has heads for fine tuning; the guitar is tuned before the lock is put on, then fine tuned afterwards. “Stratocaster” redirects here. ...

History

In the early 1980s, Floyd D. Rose cemented an agreement with Kramer Guitars, whereby Kramer became the exclusive distributor of Floyd Rose Locking Tremolos, even those that were not attached to guitars.^[1] The agreement stipulated a royalty paid out to Floyd D. Rose for every unit sold. Kramer saw a great potential in the new double-locking tremolo, and with the endorsement of Eddie Van Halen playing a guitar with the Floyd Rose Locking Tremolo, they dropped the earlier Rockinger Tremolo in favor of the new Floyd Rose Locking Tremolo between June of 1982 and January 1983. However, Kramer eventually defaulted on the agreement, which resulted in a lawsuit between the two parties. Later, distribution of the Floyd Rose Original was left to Floyd Rose whereas the patented designs were licensed to other manufacturers to use. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Edward Van Halen (born Edward Lodewijk van Halen on January 26, 1955[1] in Nijmegen, Netherlands), is a guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter and producer most famous for being the lead guitarist and a co-founder of the hard rock band, Van Halen. ... In finance, default occurs when a debtor has not met its legal obligations according to the debt contract, e. ...

Principles

The basic principles of the action of a double-locking floating bridge are shown in this simple illustration. Its proportions are exaggerated to demonstrate the effect.

Position I illustrates the normal position of an ideally tuned Floyd Rose bridge. The bridge (green) balances on a pivot point, being pulled counter-clockwise by the strings' (red) tension and clockwise by one or several (usually up to five) springs (light blue). Controlled by special tuning screws (sky blue), these two forces are balanced such that the bridge's surface is parallel to the guitar body (olive). The strings are locked tightly with a special mechanism at the nut (also green, as it is a part of the Floyd Rose bridge) as well as at the bridge, hence "double-locking". Image File history File links Description: Principle of Floyd Rose action illustrated in simple scheme Source: scheme made by Mikhail Yakshin Date: created 2005-09-06 Author: Mikhail Yakshin (Mikhail Yakshin) Permission: GFDL Other versions of this file: none Summary Principle of Floyd Rose action illustrated in simple scheme Licensing... Image File history File links Description: Principle of Floyd Rose action illustrated in simple scheme Source: scheme made by Mikhail Yakshin Date: created 2005-09-06 Author: Mikhail Yakshin (Mikhail Yakshin) Permission: GFDL Other versions of this file: none Summary Principle of Floyd Rose action illustrated in simple scheme Licensing... Helical or coil springs designed for tension A spring is a flexible elastic object used to store mechanical energy. ... Screws come in a variety of shapes and sizes for different purposes. ... The nut of a string instrument is a small strip or block of hard material forming a transition between the strings playing length and the tuning machines on the headstock, or the tuning pegs in the pegbox at the upper end of the fingerboard. ...

Position II illustrates the position of the bridge when the tremolo arm is pushed down towards the guitar body. The bridge rotates around a pivot point counter-clockwise and the tension in each string decreases, lowering the pitch of each string. The sound of any notes being played becomes flat. Pitch is the perceived fundamental frequency of a sound. ... Figure 1. ...

Position III illustrates the position of the bridge when the tremolo arm is pulled up away from the guitar body. The bridge rotates clockwise, tension in the strings increases, the pitch of the sound increases and so notes sound sharper than normal. Figure 1. ...

Note that:

• All strings are affected simultaneously, as contrasted with the B-Bender, where only one string is affected. Due to the different tensions of each string, the degree of pitch shift will vary from string to string, so the tremolo arm is commonly used on single strings or 2-3 adjacent strings.
• If the tremolo arm is pushed down, action increases and usually become less comfortable to play due to the lowered tension.
• If the tremolo arm is pulled up, action decreases and strings may hit the frets on the fretboard, making unwanted sounds. Also, excess tension applied to strings makes them more fragile and increases the chance of string breakage.

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Models and varieties

Floyd Rose Pro

• Floyd Rose Original is the oldest model still in production. Since 1977, production models bearing this name are mostly the same as the first model, with only minor changes. Note that the name "Floyd Rose Original" is used to differentiate this system from "Floyd Rose Licensed". The first Original Floyds were double locking but did not have fine tuners, requiring the nut to be opened any time minute string intonation changes needed to be made.

• Floyd Rose II is a lower end version of the Original Floyd used mostly on import and mid-range instruments. Originally, Floyd IIs were single locking, locking only at the nut. Later versions were made double locking, but used weaker materials than the Original Floyd Rose, making them less dependable.

• Floyd Rose Licensed are made by other manufacturers that have purchased a license from Floyd Rose. These model generally follow the designs of the Floyd Rose Original, but tend to deviate slightly from the original for the manufacturing process to be more cost-efficient. Most licensed companies use the same design that makes their parts inter-changeable between any two licensed tremolos, but not the Floyd Rose Original. The bridges of such systems are clearly engraved "Licensed under Floyd Rose Patents" and Floyd Rose does not offer any customer support for them. Construction quality of Floyd Rose Licensed tremolos may be compromised due to the cost-efficient techniques, but the reliability of licensed models that match the price of originals are usually high, whereas cheaper variations are often of lower quality as they would have used cheaper manufacturing processes. Two well-known manufacturers of Floyd Rose Licensed tremolos are Schaller and Gotoh.
  • Yamaha Finger Clamp is a variety of Floyd Rose that have build in levers, and thus when tuning, no allen keys are needed.

• Floyd Rose Derived In order to reduce licensing cost from Floyd Rose, some manufacturer further improve their double locking tremolo that, despite beind double locking, are no longer considered a licensed product, but are distinct relative derived from it.
  • Ibanez Edge is Ibanez's Floyd Rose variant. There are 4 versions including a pro version. These are considered to be the best licensed version and many consider it equal or even better than the Original Floyd Rose. Starting with Edge III and Edge Pro, these are considered as mere derivative, and are not licensed from Floyd Rose.
  • Ibanez Zero Resistance is another of Ibanez's Floyd Rose variant. It uses a ball-bearing mechanic which gives the tremolo more consistency after use, and a stop-bar to help the guitar stay in tune, even with heavy abuse of the tremolo or string break.
  • Ibanez Fixed Edge. While it still uses the locking nut and locking bridge, it was mounted on top of the body, and was used not as a tremolo system, but to provide even more tuning stability on a hardtailed guitar (they can go out of tune during bending, with fingers)

• Fender Deluxe Locking Tremolo. A specially designed system that was made by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation in conjunction with Floyd Rose himself, utilizing locking tuners, a normal Fender 2-point synchronized tremolo with locking bridge saddles and a special low-friction LSR Roller Nut which allows strings to slide during tremolo use. This is a double locking system, except the other locking point is at the tuner instead of nut.

• Floyd Rose 7-String is a redesign of Floyd Rose Original for 7-string guitars. The design and working principles are otherwise the same.

• Floyd Rose Pro is a low-profile version of Floyd Rose Original. The bridge and arm design is changed in such a way that the guitarist's hand will be generally closer to the strings while holding the tremolo arm. The bridge has a narrower string spacing (0.400 inches or 10.16 mm in this design versus 0.420 inches or 10.66 mm of the Floyd Rose Original). Fine tuners are slightly angled for more comfortable play.

• Floyd Rose SpeedLoader Tremolo is a redesign introduced around 2003 that combines Floyd Rose Original with the SpeedLoader system to produce a new design that overcame many disadvantages of the original Floyd Rose Locking Tremolo design, but required special strings.

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Parts

Floyd Rose Pro: disassembled, parts numbered

Floyd Rose tremolos are known for their excellent serviceability: the mechanism is well-documented and spare parts can be purchased directly from manufacturer or via dealers. Usually, Floyd Rose device (as Floyd Rose Pro Tremolo on the image) consists of these parts: Image File history File links Summary Floyd Rose Pro (disassembled, parts numbered) Source: Floyd Rose Guitars According to Adam Reiver from Floyd Rose Guitars that Ive contacted, these images are public domain. ... Image File history File links Summary Floyd Rose Pro (disassembled, parts numbered) Source: Floyd Rose Guitars According to Adam Reiver from Floyd Rose Guitars that Ive contacted, these images are public domain. ...

1. Saddle — A metal box the string is locked into. There is one saddle for each string, hence six for the standard 6-string guitars, while seven for 7-string guitars. Each saddle contains a long screw that fixes the string holder block inside it. An Allen wrench is required to loosen or tighten these.
2. String Holder Block or Saddle Block — A cube-shaped metal block that presses the string end into the saddle wall thus locking it tight.
3. Intonation Screws — Screws that hold saddles on the base plate; when loose, the saddles can be moved forward and backward, effectively changing intonation of a string and producing the vibrato effect. An Allen wrench is required to loosen or tighten these.
4. Fine Tuners — Screws that are used to fine-tune strings instead of the machine heads which cannot be used after the nut has locked the strings at the neck. It can be rotated with bare hands.
5. Tremolo Arm — The most visible part of mechanism, a handle that can be used to change played notes pitch up and down during play.
6. Nut — A string clamp, installed as the "zero fret" at the neck. It has screws and braces called "locks" to clamp on the strings that run through it. An Allen wrench is required to loosen or tighten the nut.
7. String Retainer — A metal bar installed at headstock to retain strings that go to the machine heads.
8. Springs — Springs that pull the bridge clockwise around the pivot point. They are installed into a cavity that is usually accessible from behind the guitar body and is hidden under plastic cover. There are usually 3 springs. However, to change the resistance of arm to more comfortable one, some guitarists may use anything from 1 to 5 springs.
9. Spring Claw Hook — A connector between the guitar body and springs. It has special "claws" to attach the springs to. This part is usually mounted to the guitar body using loose long screws that can also be used to change the tension of springs and thus re-balance the whole tremolo system.
10. Allen wrenches — Three sizes are usually supplied with the tremolo. The smallest is used for intonation screws; the mid-sized wrench is used for fixing screws on saddle blocks and the largest is for nut screws. Floyd Rose Licensed systems usually supplies and uses only two sizes of wrenches as their variation uses the same size for the screws on the saddle blocks and nut.

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Setting up

To remove a string, one must first unlock it at the nut with an allen wrench, loosen the string, unlock it at the bridge with an allen wrench, and then remove the string. To install a new string, you must either cut the ball end off or run the string backwards down the guitar, leaving the ball end at the tuning gear, then reverse the process of removing a string.

Some models, such as Yamaha's Floyd Rose license, include build-in cranks that operate the clamps, and thus need less allen keys, while others, such as Fender's Deluxe Locking Tremolo, is basically "normal" floating tremolo and tuners, but each with locking mechanism, and incorporate friction free (roller base) nuts.

With the newer Edge Pros on certain Ibanez guitars, such as the JEM and JS and RG series, it is not necessary to cut the ball ends. They are equipped with a top sliding string block that you loosen with an allen key to allow insertion of the string from the top. This improves string life and tuning and speed of string change.

Advantages

The Floyd Rose Locking Tremolo has several advantages over other more common tremolo systems such as Fender's Synchronised Tremolo and Bigsby Vibrato Tailpiece.

• It offers a wide range in the vibrato effect. The standard models may bend notes 3-4 semitones down and 2-3 semitones up. Customised variants of the Floyd Rose Locking Tremolo are able to bend notes as far as 8 semitones down and 5 semitones up.
• Strings return to their original tuning even after repeated raisings and lowerings of the pitch. This would cause older, non-locking types of tremolo systems to go out of tune due to the rapidly-changing string tensions. A well-made and properly fine-tuned Floyd Rose system with a tight locking nut can hold strings in tune for weeks without string readjustment.^{[citation needed]}
• It can be used to create a whole new range of sounds.
• It can re-use a broken string if the broken string is still long enough, as it does not require a ball end on the string.
• It can be removed and re-inserted with the strings still attached.

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Disadvantages

Generally, the most widely criticized disadvantages of the Floyd Rose Locking Tremolo as opposed to other tremolo systems relate to the difficulty of initially setting up and balancing it.

• Changing strings takes longer and is more difficult than on a normal guitar.
• If the strings are not properly stretched before locking them in place at the nut, heavy string bending can cause a string (usually the high E string) to stretch beyond the ability of the fine tuner to compensate. This then requires the nut to be unlocked and the string re-adjusted.
• Heavy palm muting moves the bridge, unless it is set up with the bridge lying flat on the surface of the guitar, while the inner springs are tightened all the way, allowing only forward motion of the arm and bridgeplate. (This is a disadvantage to any floating tremolo, not just to Floyd Roses.)
• Finger Bending one string causes all others to lower their pitch, so some compound bends are harder to play or even impossible. This can be mitigated by applying pressure on the floating bridge with the right hand during compound bends to compensate. (This problem also occurs with every floating tremolo bridge.)
• Floyd Rose bridge absorbs some of the string vibrations and may shorten the sustain of a note.
• Adjusting the intonation of a bridge requires more work, as the saddles are held fast to the bridgeplate by small bolts. While vintage tremolo bridges require only a phillips screwdriver to move the saddle, on the Floyd Rose Locking Tremolo a small bolt must be unscrewed to move the saddle and then re-tightened again. Furthermore, as strings usually have to be loosened before the saddle is moved, a Floyd Rose user has to loosen the nut as well. However, since intonation is usually only adjusted during the initial guitar setup, the nut is usually not locked at the time of intonation adjustment.
• Application of this bridge turns tuning into an iterative process. As one string is tightened to bring its pitch up, the pitch of the remaining five strings drop. This requires one to painstakingly re-tune several times. An experienced player will intentionally "up-tune" the lower strings to compensate for the drop in pitch that comes with tuning the subsequent strings. On the other hand, retuning is not necessary for a long time after properly tuning, locking and fine tuning the strings.
• In a normal Floyd Rose, breaking one string will also knock the other strings out of tune, and thus require the retuning of all strings. Due to the mechanism, however, this cannot be done on the spot. The solution is to use a tremsetter or similar mechanism, such as the Ibanez ZR Tremolo; however, doing so typically renders the tremolo non-locking.
• It becomes more of a necessity for a performing guitarist to maintain at least one back-up guitar to quickly switch instruments if a string breaks, due to the difficulty in performing impromptu maintenance work on a Floyd Rose Locking Tremolo during a concert or gig, even when stalling for time.

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Popular use

The use of the Floyd Rose Locking Tremolo was popularised by Dave Murray, Adrian Smith (from heavy metal band Iron Maiden) Vinnie Vincent and Eddie Van Halen. Many modern electric guitar players (Avenged Sevenfold's Synyster Gates , Metallica's Kirk Hammett, Allan Holdsworth, Shawn Lane, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Children of Bodom's Alexi Laiho, Brad Gillis, Trivium's Corey Beaulieu, Freak Kitchen's Mattias Eklundh, et al.)make heavy use of the whammy bar. David Michael Murray (born December 23, 1958 in Edmonton, London) is an English guitarist and songwriter best known as one of the original members of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. ... Adrian Frederik H Smith (born February 27, 1957 in Hackney, East London, England) is a songwriter and one of three guitarists/songwriters in the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. ... This article is about the band. ... Vincent John Cusano, stage name Vinnie Vincent (born August 6, 1952, in Bridgeport, Connecticut), is a guitarist and songwriter most famous for his brief membership in the band KISS. Vincent played lead guitar on the album Creatures of the Night and subsequently toured with KISS in Ankh Warrior makeup. ... Edward Van Halen (born Edward Lodewijk van Halen on January 26, 1955[1] in Nijmegen, Netherlands), is a guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter and producer most famous for being the lead guitarist and a co-founder of the hard rock band, Van Halen. ... Avenged Sevenfold is an American metal/hard rock band. ... Synyster Gates (born Brian Elwin Haner, Jr. ... Metallica is a Grammy Award-winning American heavy metal/thrash metal band formed in 1981[1] and has become one of the most commercially successful musical acts of recent decades. ... Kirk Lee Hammett (born on November 18, 1962) is the lead guitarist in the band Metallica. ... Allan Holdsworth (born August 6, 1946 in Bradford, West Yorkshire) is a British jazz guitarist and composer. ... Shawn Lane (March 21, 1963 – September 26, 2003) was an American guitarist and composer. ... Joseph Satch Satriani (born on July 15, 1956, in Westbury, New York, U.S.) is an American guitarist and former guitar instructor. ... Steven Steve Siro Vai (born June 6, 1960 in Carle Place, New York) is a Grammy Award winning guitarist, composer, vocalist, and record producer. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Alexi Wildchild Laiho (born Markku Uula Aleksi Laiho) is the lead guitarist in the bands Children of Bodom (where he is also the vocalist), Sinergy and Kylähullut. ... One time guitarist for Ozzy. ... For any other uses, see Trivium. ... Corey King Beaulieu (born November 22, 1983 in Brunswick, Maine) is the lead guitarist of Trivium. ... Freak Kitchen is a heavy metal/hard rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1992. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Mattias Eklundh Mattias IA Eklundh (born 1969 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is the lead guitarist and vocalist of Swedish power trio Freak Kitchen. ...

Many guitarists use these system to create new sounds that were not practical to achieve with traditional tremolo systems:

• Joe Satriani uses his whammy bar to raise the pitch of a pinch harmonic, usually on the open G string, in order to do his signature "Satch Scream". He also lowers the whammy bar while sliding up on a string in order to do his "Lizard Down the Throat" technique.
• Dimebag Darrell, formerly of Pantera, and Damageplan, made use of the bar for his signature "Dime squeals". This requires a flick on the open G while the bar is beign pulled away the body, then a natural harmonic over the 1-5 frets and a rapid pull towards the body for a high-piched squeal.
• Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave uses the whammy bar in conjunction with his pickup toggle switch and Digitech Whammy pedal to create sounds reminiscent of hip hop.
• Karl Logan of Manowar is known for simulating sounds of bike engine burn-in — this "guitar versus bike" duelling effect is particularly used on Return of the Warlord track.
• Herman Li and Sam Totman of DragonForce use the system to create video game-esque noises.

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References

1. ^ The Floyd Rose Tremolo at VintageKramer.com

Patents

Floyd Rose holds a number of patents on floating bridge design:

• US4,171,661 (PDF version) (1979-10-23) Floyd D. Rose Guitar tremolo method and apparatus  — bridge mechanism patent;
• US4,497,236 (PDF version) (1985-02-05) Floyd D. Rose Apparatus for restraining and fine tuning the strings of a musical instrument, particularly guitars  — first fine tuners and saddle patent;
• US4,549,461 (PDF version) (1985-10-29) Floyd D. Rose Apparatus for restraining and fine tuning the strings of a musical instrument, particularly guitars  — second fine tuners and saddle patent;
• US4,555,970 (PDF version) (1985-12-03) Floyd D. Rose Tremolo apparatus capable of increasing tension on the strings of a musical instrument  — spring and claw mechanism;
• US4,882,967 (PDF version) (1989-11-28) Floyd D. Rose Tremolo apparatus having broken string compensation feature  — early patent for a tremstopper device;
• US4,967,631 (PDF version) (1990-11-06) Floyd D. Rose Tremolo and tuning apparatus  — patent for Floyd Rose Pro, low-profile version;

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External links

• Floyd Rose website.
• Setting Up A Floyd Rose Tremolo