IMGuitarFan Posted January 22 Posted January 22 (edited) Hi, Here is my guitar Jackson Adrian Smith SDX MN SW: https://www.thomann.pl/jackson_adrian_s ... _mn_sw.htm Bridge: Tremolo Floyd Rose Special My issue is that I bought it years ago (I like this guitar) but I don't use whammy bar and I can't stand 3 hours of changing strings everytime due to the complicated bridge with all those screws. I am looking for a simple fixed bridge to put this to my guitar. It should be simple and fixed, I just wanna easily change my strings when necessary and not to lose 3 hours to set up the bridge everytime when changing strings. Can you please recommend me something? I'm a noob according to guitar parts, so despite my effort I can't find proper bridge in online stores. I don't wanna visit luthier, I will be so glad if the new simple bridge matches the guitar Thanks all who can help me Edited January 22 by IMGuitarFan Quote
ezbass Posted January 22 Posted January 22 From the pictures, it looks like it is floating in a carved out well (like a lot of Floyd Roses). Unfortunately, with my limited experience with FRs, this rules out flat loading it with lots of springs, like a Strat. Therefore, I imagine that you’d have to insert a couple of blocks of wood, either side of the string block to stop it moving back or forward. Once happy with their positioning, you could glue them in place. Hopefully, some wiser folk will chime in with a different solution. Quote
EdwardMarlowe Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago Yeah, the only option I'm aware of here would be to block the trem, same as Clapton did with his regular Strats. It's a very easy (and highly reversible - you don't need to stick the block down, just size it right to wedge it in there and the tension will hold it in place). I once blocked the trem on a Squier Std Strat just by lowering the trem against the body (screw the spring claw in as far as possible), then shoving in the block. Improbable as this sounds, what I used was a synthetic wine cork, and the difference in tone and sustain on that particular guitar was immense. This won't work for your desired outcome, though. The traditional trem-blocking approach with a Strat was for players who didn't want to use the vibrato and desired the added tuning stability of a fixed bridge. If you block your Floyd, though, you'll just have a fixed bridge with all the other properties of the Floyd Rose, which is clearly an issue here. To the best of my knowledge, there's no drop-in replacement solution for a Floyd, so the solutions are much more drastic, and would involve either filling in a lot of the body cavity to enable a more traditional fixed bridge to be fitted, or having a whole new body made. A whole new body is probably a much cheaper option there... I'm sure you could get something fully finished to your preference for under £300. And then there's another question that comes up here... whatever you change at the body end, you'll still have the locking nut on the neck that will be superfluous to requirements with a fixed bridge. If you're happy to still work with that (or, I suppose, just leave it not locked down?) no worries, AFAIK you just have to remove the locking pads and you're good. If you want to replace it with a traditional nut, a luthier can do that, adding a bit of wood to fill the gap (iirc, a FR locking nut is wider than the traditional nut). TL/DR: your options to get away from the hassle of the FR are: fill in the body cavity, buy a new body, or buy a new guitar. For the latter, there are lots of superstrat styles around these days with fixed bridges, so it won't be hard to find something that works for you. Quote
