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Hmmmm. the old Floyd Rose pros and cons.!
First off, I have to say that its a whole different ball game if your using a "Licensed under" model or
an original Floyd Rose.!
Most of those cheap copies are nothing more than that... After getting my first Kramer with an original, Ive
had no tuning problems whatsoever... in fact, even now when Im on the road for weeks at a time, I can go
home and pick up any of my guitars and they're always in tune.. or perhaps just a twist of a fine tuner off..?

I can tell ya how I do mine... if its something ya already know... bear with me.. someone else may not.?
The easiest way to restring a Floyd bridge is to place something underneath the back to keep it at the right
setting.(I use part of a deck of cards.. or a little stack of business cards.)
and then do one string at a time... bring that new string somewhere close to the correct "tuned" position each time.

When tuning.. make sure all the lock nuts are loose and your fine tuners are set somewhere in the middle of the threads..??
Then start with the bottom and top stings... (the two Es) Bring them just a few cents above/higher then the desired tuning... then go to the next two strings.. 5th and 2nd.. bring them just a cent or so above the desired tuning... the middle two strings D and G should be tuned right on the money.! ( having a digital tuner helps immensly.!)
When this is accomlished, lock down the nuts and use your fine tuners to adjust any differences.!
Now, it all sounds kind of simple... but it takes awhile to get used to knowing exactly where everything needs to be
set etc.... but after a few times it becomes quite simple.! Honestly.!!
I only have a couple fixed bridge guitars in my collection... and I can restring a Floyd or Kahler guitar in only a couple
minutes longer than it takes to do my stop tail piece guitars.!

As far as setting up the action and proper alignment of a Floyd bridge... First of all.. a floating bridge when set up
correctly should float perfectly parralel with the body of the guitar.. this is done through adjustements of the bridge
screws and the tension springs in the back of the guitar.!
The part that sucks and takes time to get used to is, knowing how far to turn each screw... and then going back and
having to retune the guitar.. because with every turn of a screw.. the tuning changes and your back to starting all
over again.! Once again, it takes a lot of time fucking around, but once you get it figured out you too can charge
other guys money to set up their guitars for them.!
The local shop charges $50/hr for shop time... when I was home every night.. I had a half dozen guys/ young players
that would pay me $25 to change strings or tune their guitars for them.. $25/ for less than a half hour of work isnt too fucking bad.! Thats a bag o weed where Im from ;-)