It's been a few months since I updated my blog and a lot has been happening in my guitar gear world and virtually nothing with regard to firearms.
As I mentioned in another post, I was given a Floyd Rose guitar with the speedloader system to work on. Fortunately, the guitar had a fresh pack of strings with it because the strings are no longer made and are becoming increasingly pricey.
According to Floyd Rose's website they are looking for a new manufacturer, but until that happens, ebay if you best bet and even there the strings range in prices wildly depending on how many auctions are listed and how many people need strings that week.
Anyway...The guitar needed to be set up and the owner wanted it set up floating instead of blocked with the supplied blocking device.
The Floyd Rose site actually has pretty clear instructions on how to do this and they work exactly like they are supposed to. You set the guitar up blocked and then remove the block and loosen the springs until the guitar is in tune. Done. Simple, right?
Some things I liked about the guitar were the ease of string changes. Hmm...Well that is about it.
The guitar felt...cheap. It was made in china and while the finish looked really good, the fret job was not impressive. The guitar is not an expensive instrument, but their are better options in the same price range in my opinion (and not just because of the string availability).
The neck also required a stubby allen key. For those of you who don't know, a stubby key is a normal allen key that has been ground down on a grinding wheel so that the allen key can slip into the truss rod channel between the nut and the string retainer. Otherwise you have to remove the string retainer to adjust the truss rod which requires you to do a whole lot of guessing since you ideally want to adjust the truss rod while the neck is under normal string tension.
Fortunately, I have access to a grinding wheel and a load of spare allen keys. I made a couple of stubby keys in various sizes for use later.
Another quirk that I wasn't too fond of was the fine tuning range adjustments for the strings. It is cumbersome. You have to keep adjusting this silly little set screw on the side of the saddle until the string is in tune. Granted, you only have to do this once if you buy the same gauge strings every time (although good luck with that - beggars can't be choosers).
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