Floyd Rose for Les Paul...

[Don Corleone]

The only person I've heard of doing this is Ed (as in the pics from Vintage Kramer). However Ed has gone on record as saying (about the Les Paul presented to him by Les Paul) - "The only thing I wish he hadn't done was stick a fucking floyd on it".

[jhale667]

I've seen Brad Gillis and Neal Schon use LPs w/Floyds also, just off the top of my head....

[ashstralia]

Originally posted by Matt White
I never liked the idea of a Floyd on a Les Paul.....
Just seemed dumb to me.....

me too, matt.
like putting a mustache on the mona lisa.

i've seen richie sambora with something similar, i near puked.

[Don Corleone]

Kirk Hammett's ESP jobbies (the KH-3), there's another one with the Floyd on it.

[Coyote]

Originally posted by jhale667
I've seen Brad Gillis and Neal Schon use LPs w/Floyds also, just off the top of my head....

Didn't Ace Frehley have that too? I remember seeing a pic in GuitarOne some years back...

[Coyote]

Originally posted by Don Corleone
Kirk Hammett's ESP jobbies (the KH-3), there's another one with the Floyd on it.

[jhale667]

Originally posted by Coyote
Didn't Ace Frehley have that too? I remember seeing a pic in GuitarOne some years back...

Nope...that was a Wonderbar, too!

[ELVIS]

I have a Wonderbar...

[jhale667]

Originally posted by ELVIS
I have a Wonderbar...

Does it work? Never tried one.

[J-Axe]

Mr. John Sykes famously used an original Floyd Rose on his Les Paul. Great in the Whitesnake days.

[Matt White]

It just seems hokey to me.....


No bend behind the nut......



HEY!



That sounds like a "Public Service Announcement"!!!

[jhale667]

Originally posted by J-Axe
Mr. John Sykes famously used an original Floyd Rose on his Les Paul. Great in the Whitesnake days.

Now THAT I had not heard. I read a review of a Whitesnake show back in the day that said he used a Strat with a Floyd for a few songs, but never heard of him doing that to a Les Paul, nor have I seen it in pics of his collection.

Met him a few times, nice guy. I seem to recall him mentioning having a few Charvels...

[J-Axe]

You met Sykes?:eek:

[J-Axe]

Yea, Sykesy did. Vandenberg might have played some charvels, but has the Peavey Vandenberg. Reb Beach plays Pensa Suhr's or Charvels famously.

Sykes' was very like Neil Schon's here. Only with a standard LP neck.


Here's Beach's Charvel.


Just for the laugh, check out this massive Peavey Wolfgang in construction..

[jhale667]

Originally posted by J-Axe
You met Sykes?:eek:

Yeah, and he's totally cool.


Dude, I've been sooo lucky. I'm not gonna be a complete name-dropper, but let's just say I've been fortunate enough to meet most of my heroes.

And the review I was talking about was from the pre-Vandenberg-Vivian era, back when Sykes first joined Whitesnake, and before the self-titled album.