floyd rose or not?

[zhaf93]

been thinking of getting a schecter damien guitar..
but i dunno whether want to buy the guitar with the floyd rose or not.

can someone help me?

 

[Nicholasim]

my take is , if u wont be using it much then get the fixed bridge one cause FR is very troublesome if u're not used to it.

 

[kahuna]

do u want to hav drop tunings?like drop d or drop c or lower?

 

[subversion]

ditto- if you have the need for it, get it. some people are too bothered by the re-stringing/ tuning hassle, they've never come to appreciate it...

 

[zhaf93]

yeah i mostly play songs using drop d and drop c tuning

 

[kahuna]

than i dun tink u can use a floyd rose cos when u drop d the other strings will go out of tune

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

actually its possible to tune to those tuning. Just a matter of playing around with the number of springs behind/position cum setting up the guitar for those tuning. Only thing is it will remain in that tuning all the way. Cant changed as like when playing halfway.

 

[RazrAsh]

Floyd rose is like condoms la. better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. :lol:

 

[gutturalpiss]

not really. to some, floyd rose is just a gimmick. sure, there are plenty of nifty effects that hanging bridge adds, but beyond those tricks you won't get any more constructive. You can wham w/ a normal bridge, just no higher pitch shifting.

and whoever says lower tunings != FR is joking. FR-equipped guitars are the most convenient to have a permanent tuning different from the standard ones. Hell, you can tune it 10 steps down practically and you'd still feel it's normal.

 

[xklusivly4u]

aside from cool effects you can get tuning stability from floating trem system, provided they are well made.

 

[RazrAsh]

guttural piss, thats really subjective. but you;ve gotta change the string gauge. if not the setup is gonna be really really screwed.