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After reading your comment I went and looked at stewmac’s page on shimming necks. Looks simple. I may try it out on a strat first to see how it goes. Thanks for the suggestion.

I agree with what you’re saying about the string through the nut. It makes the whammy very unreliable. It’s built like a tank though. I like you’re song. That’s cool you’ve got the ability to play with a drummer like that

@@MrArnoldarnold I agree with you, it's built pretty tough! Glad you liked the tune, definitely fun to play with my buddy on drums! He just blew his shoulder out though..so we haven't played in a while.

Thanks for taking the time to respond thoughtfully! I have it set that way because I despise bending a string while playing a normal fretted string right behind it and the Floyd raising up throwing the guitar out of pitch while doing so. The Floyd sits parallel to the body and dives just fine. It’s probably more stiff because the screws are all the way in and there are 10’s on but it’s how I prefer it. If I get another Floyd I may set it up differently as you have mentioned. Thanks for the kind words. Keep Rockin’ Hard!!

@@MrArnoldarnold Ahh! I see what you are saying ... I saw your demonstration as well. I recently read, or saw a video, of someone else talking about the bridge moving while doing a simple string bend/vibrato. I had not really thought of that, but I may just take one of my Jackson guitars and try your method! The main thing is that it sounds amazing and looks killer - keep rocking friend!!

Thanks man! Hope you like yours as much as I like mine!

Thanks! I don’t see it being a necessity to upgrade but the FR Original would be a superior metal if you have the extra cash. The main thing I’ve seen with the special is scarring from the cheaper metal that’s used. I’ve never played a FR Original but I would assume the scarring isn’t as bad because of the harder metal it’s made out of. The special has stayed in tune just fine for me so I don’t see it being a tuning stability issue but more of a longevity issue. As far as the locking tuners go, unless you’re planning on not locking down the nut I don’t see why you would need locking tuners. The string should be just fine locked at the nut. Having said all that, I am no FR expert by any means. I have put some time in on standard strat trems and set the Floyd up using the same principles and works exactly the same. Good luck! You’re going to love the guitar!!

@@MrArnoldarnold ok great thanks for the reply…. Can’t wait to get my hands on that bad boy

I love this guitar. Great value for the money. It has the Kramer sound. I’ve never played an original Pacer so I can’t compare the two but I’m never selling mine.

It depends on how you set it up. If you raise the pole pieces higher than the body then you will have room to pull up. If you lower the pole pieces so the Floyd rests against the body then you will only be able to dive down and not pull up. This Floyd has little pieces underneath that hold the tuning rods in place so unless you take them off (this would be like what Eddie Van Halen did) it won’t sit flush on top of the body. So it seems as though it’s intended to sit a little bit off the body so you would be able to do dives and pull up with little issue. Check out my whammy test video on this guitar for more whammy exploration.

No problem man. I do a full dive at 12:00 and then do a little more aggressive wobbling right after that, then go back to clean shortly after to see if it stayed in tune. But no I don’t abuse the whammy to see if it stays in tune. See if that’s what you’re looking for. If not I’ll do one just for whammy abuse.

im looking for some abuse😂

@@sambaughman3967 I’ll be sure to take it through the ringer. I’ll try to do that tomorrow. I wanted someone to do that too when I was looking so I understand.

@@MrArnoldarnold ok thank you

@@sambaughman3967 Just uploaded the whammy bar test. Stayed in tune fine.

Yea I can do that to provide a litter more depth as to what I did and why. I may make that video soon. In reference to your other question about fret work. I don’t see any reason to do fret work on it. The ends are slightly rough in some areas but I would be hesitant to use the word sharp. For how I play I don’t notice it, only if I run my hand along the sides. The low E string has some buzzing after the setup. I’ve raised it probably higher than I want to raise it and it still buzzes slightly so that would be the only issue I’ve noticed after setup.

This is my preferred playing style. Thanks for your comment.

I admit it’s unorthodox, I’ve played that way for 18 years and have tried to open my hand up in the past here and there but it feels so unnatural, it completely changes the way I play, and I don’t have as much control so I think at this point I would have to completely start over if I opened my hand up and I don’t know if it would be worth it to me after playing this way for so long. If I for sure knew the benefits outweighed the time commitment to relearning I might would do it and I’m sure at some point I’ll try it again.

Thanks fellow lefty! It’s really a cool guitar, you should definitely get one. It plays itself.

Haha thanks for the comment. I’m not offended. I’m sorry my very average guitar playing disappointed you! The setup was pretty terrible out of the box. Everything higher than the 12th fret was slightly sharp. The string retainer was at different lengths. I don’t normally play metal or heavier songs but I want to start trying. If I could play every song note for note I would but there’s no telling how many hours that would take and I just can’t make it a priority at the moment.

@@MrArnoldarnold just don't give up my friend.it does take many hours of dedication I should know I've been playing for 60 years now.i don't play professionaly anymore.just at home now.🤘..

@@mikecooper8465 bro back off no reason to be mean

The tuning stability seems fine. In the video I am playing factory strings and was having issues with the high e staying in tune. Every time I dive bombed it went out. I just got some new strings and am going to string it up and see how it does. My bridge poles are also high so the action after the 12th fret is high so I’ll lower those when I change the strings and we’ll see if that helps as well.

I have debated putting a JB in the bridge as well. The bridge pickup reminds me of a coil tapped humbucker. It’s lacking some overall power. The neck pickup and middle pickup are your basic alnico sounding pickups. They are stratty. I already have a sss strat with 65 pickups in it and the lower output of the bridge of the 70s CV is making me want to put a hotter pickup in it. If vintage is your thing I think these sound fine. The bridge is a tad hotter than a normal strat bridge. If you’re wanting a hotter sound I would replace them. Hope that helped.

Also the humbucker naturally sounds fuller. Gives off a Boston vibe or an early AC/DC sound compared to the normal brittleness of a single coil bridge.

...so I have spent over a month debating whether or not to replace the humbucker mainly with a JB, Tone Zone, or Pearly Gates. After hours of listening I’m going to keep the stock pups in. I think they are great overall for what I do. If I want to play harder metal songs I’ll either use this, my Les paul or just buy a guitar more geared towards that (charvel, Kramer, etc) that has a Floyd.

You wish.

Yea I like the cleans for sure. I sold my 2011 maple neck mim standard after I bought this. It’s pretty awesome.

No. The tone knobs do not effect the bridge pickup. Thanks!

You can get it wired to do that.

Just takes a half inch piece of wire.

No. Neither of the 2 tone controls effect the bridge pickup.