The great Floyd Rose Big-Block Shootout.

[ZahZoo]

Jay thanks!! Great comparison ans sold me on the value of the upgrades!

[Kristy]

And on a side note, some other great Floyd's

Floyd Little


Pretty Boy Floyd


Pink Floyd


Sgt Floyd Pepper


Floyd The Barber



Sorry to derail, I'm in a strange, strange mood.

[Nitro Express]

I had a guitar with a Wilkinson trem and locking tuners. It didn't sound as good as my Floyd equipped guitars. I like the sound of the old Strat bridge. I have a 72 Strat that sustains like you wouldn't believe. All my Floyd are hard down Van Halen style and just doing that beefs the tone and that how I like mine.

[jhale667]

Adam could probably verify, but I've always heard EVH preferred the vintage Strat bridge for recording, and would switch it out with the Floyd(s) on Frankie in the studio up until like 1984 or so(?). Interestingly, the prototypes HAD big-blocks, so it wouldn't have been for that reason...different strokes.

But if you like Floyds, and want one to sound FAT as shit, Big-Blocks are it.








For the record, if not moving Kristy's post outright, I should at the very least groan her for omitting the Mayweathers Sr. and Jr. from her list of "great Floyds".


I mean, please.

[Kristy]

I thought about them Hale. But c'mon, it's Floyd the Barber! The creepiest of the creepiest old man ever to be on T.V.

[jhale667]

But c'mon, it's Floyd the Barber! The creepiest of the creepiest old man ever to be on T.V.

Until this shit hit cable, maybe...

[GAR]

But if you like Floyds, and want one to sound FAT as shit, Big-Blocks are it.

If you can play like this, you rely on an amp for your tone - that way, any loss of tone from using any 2-pt pivoting (Floyd) block or 6-pt one (standard Fender classic block) is quite negligible.

[jhale667]

Fail.

If you can play like this...blah blah

Yeah...Last I heard the EVH replicas had Big-Blocks...and of course you'd scoff at people like Steve Stevens and Warren Demartini too...:tongue0011:

[ULTRAMAN VH]

Adam could probably verify, but I've always heard EVH preferred the vintage Strat bridge for recording, and would switch it out with the Floyd(s) on Frankie in the studio up until like 1984 or so(?). Interestingly, the prototypes HAD big-blocks, so it wouldn't have been for that reason...different strokes.

But if you like Floyds, and want one to sound FAT as shit, Big-Blocks are it.








For the record, if not moving Kristy's post outright, I should at the very least groan her for omitting the Mayweathers Sr. and Jr. from her list of "great Floyds".


I mean, please.

Call me crazy, but during the Diver Down tour I noticed Ed's tone became very thin and the warmth he had on say the rhythm tracks for YRGM and Jamies Cryin became non exsistent. I personally blamed it on the chunk of wood carved out of Frankie to accomodate the Floyd. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[jhale667]

Call me crazy, but during the Diver Down tour I noticed Ed's tone became very thin and the warmth he had on say the rhythm tracks for YRGM and Jamies Cryin became non exsistent. I personally blamed it on the chunk of wood carved out of Frankie to accomodate the Floyd. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Crazy. And will correct you because you are indeed wrong. The standard Floyd rout is not that much bigger than a vintage Strat bridge, so no "chunk" of wood removed (that story refers to the Shark mutilation).

[jackassrock]

I like the brass one best too.

[Blackflag]

Am I the only one that thinks the tone in all three sucks? If you're interested in tone, drop the floyd rose.

[jhale667]

Pretty much.

Am I the only one that thinks the tone in all three sucks?

You're one of maybe two people out of a thousand or so to listen thus far...so, yeah -and since you're both trolls, does your opinion even count?

If you're interested in tone, drop the floyd rose.

Yeah, tell that to EVH and about a zillion other guitarists, Floyd-hater.

[Blackflag]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but his best tones were without the floyd. And now that hes devoted, how is his tone?

[jhale667]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but his best tones were without the floyd.

Depends on if the rumors of him switching out the Floyd for recording up until '84 are true...

And now that hes devoted, how is his tone?

Any qualms I'd have with his tone these days would have more to do with the current amp, wouldn't you agree?