I need help settin up my low-pro

[batmancrusader]

Hey,
I've played acoustic for two years now and I just got an Ibanez Rg470 with a floyd rose low pro. I have tried to sting the thing twice now and can't figure out how to d oit correctly. Somebody help me with how to do this correctly. If there are any tools I will need please metion them as well...

[State]

It seems like you made the same mistake I did, you bought an Ibanez with a Floyd Rose thinking youd be able to deal with it. I feel for you, I really do.

Since you bought an Ibanez RG i can already tell that your no tone junkie so I'll give you my easy guide to ending your Floyd Rose woes.

1. Go to an office supplies store and get a package of those fancy white plastic Staedler erasers. I think they come in threes, you only need one but the extras are helpful in case you make a mistake.

2. Remove the back cover from your guitar exposing the trem springs. Remove ALL of the springs from the Floyd Rose. If you removed your strings before starting your entire bridge may actually fall out of your guitar, this is ok as long as you put it back. When you put it back in make sure the knife edges are lined up otherwise you get into a mess when you try to play.

3. Shave the eraser down to the right size so that when you stick it in between the part of the bridge the springs were attached to and the body the bridge sits flat.

4. Stick the eraser into the spot I described in step 3 and tune your guitar. The pressure put on the bridge by the strings will hold the eraser in place and make sure it doesn't move at all.

5. Now your Floyd Rose is a big fancy lookin' hardtail. This little job will make your life with an Ibanez a hell of a lot easier.

6. Work a few extra hours so that you can make a down payment on a Les Paul or a PRS if you have a good job.

[LennyNero]

Hi,

Restringing an edge (or lo-pro) guitar isn't that difficult. You'll need a new set of strings (the same gauge which was on before, most times Ibanez-Trem guitars are equipped with 9th) an Alan wrench (not sure if that is the right word... it's this little peace of 6-edged metal) and something to cut the strings.

1st: you've got to change strings one by one

2nd: unwrench the top-lock (you have three "screws" on your saddle, which is called top-lock) you do not need to remove them,. just loosen them.

3rd: start with the low E-String... loose it 1st with the tuner

4th: loose the screw on the tremolo (with the lo-pro it's that one nearer to the string) (where the Alanwrench goes)

5th: get the string off the guitar

6th: take the new string and cut off the ball-end (about 2cm string + ballend go directly to the wastebin)

7th: fit it into the trem with one end (right where the other was ;) ) an fasten it tight

8th: take the other end of the string, move it through the top-lock into the tuner

9th: tune the string to the perfect pitch

10th: do step 2 - 9 for the other strings

11th: on your trem you have six scrwes which you can turn with your hands (they are called fine-tuners) - get them all in a middle position

12th: after you changed all six strings tune your guitar, low to high. You might have to do this more than one time, just until all are in tune (because the lo-pro is a floating trem. It's held in balance by the springs and the strings. Changing pressure (expression?) will have an effect on all strings).

13th: if all strings are in tune fasten the three top-lock-screws (with the Alanwrench, once again) - not too tight, not too loose

14th: Control if the strins are in tune, if all is set prefect they should be okay. They might be slightly off, correct that with the fine-tuners.

A good place to ask for help would be your local music-store (if you bought your guitar there). They sure can help and show you how to change the strings

Have a visit on http://www.ibanez.com on the US-Section they are having maintainance-manuals as pdf for trem-guitars having some good pictures of giving you an idea how to set-up the lo-pro.

@State: I can't believe your guitar (if you still have your Ibanez) is perfect in tune. Most people I know blocking their trem use wood and not some erasers. The angle of the trem should be offset too... little chance you'll get an "e" playing 12th fret. Sorry to be hard, but your advice is ... well it's not an advice. If a newbie to the E-guitar follows that... well... he'll have to go the music-store (or find someone) to setup the guitar again.
And did you ever wonder how so many people get around with their Floyd Rose (or fr-copies) equipped guitars.

Bye,
Lenny


P.S.: have a look at the forum on http://www.jemsite.com ...lot's of post regarding Ibz-Trems there

P.S. again: stumbled across: http://www.ibanezrules.com/images/parts/edge_manual.pdf , an 1.1 Mbyte Download which explains stringchanging very good

[elmoismyhero]

how about restringing a floyd on a fender? last time I tried, the trem floated at an unsafe height...