6 Best Cheap Guitars With Floyd Rose Tremolos! - The Best Dive Bomb'able Guitars Under £500!
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- Опубліковано 14 чер 2024
- In this video Dagan checks out 6 of the best affordable guitars featuring double locking tremolos! There are so many awesome guitars on the market that feature this amazing tremolo at this price point, and Dagan loves them all (if you couldn't tell he's a BIG Floyd Rose fan!) But more specifically here are 6 of his favourites under £500; why they're awesome and why you should consider buying one!
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Schecter C6 FR Deluxe - bit.ly/3IgBnLi
Jackson Dinky JS32Q DKA - bit.ly/3BzFxdO
Ibanez JEM Junior - bit.ly/3MxbdXs
Squier Contemporary Stratocaster - bit.ly/3M8KPlj
Kramer Pacer Classic - bit.ly/3o7sqNA
00:00 Intro
0:46 What Is A 'Floyd Rose' & Why They're Awesome!
1:30 What Dagan Means By 'Cheap' Guitar
02:08 Kramer Striker
05:55 Schecter C6 FR Deluxe
07:00 Jackson Dinky JS32Q DKA
13:01 Ibanez JEM Junior
18:03 Squier Contemporary Stratocaster
23:06 Kramer Pacer Classic
27:30 Final Thoughts
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I was impressed with that Floyd on the first Kramer. Dagan gave the trem a damn good thrashing and it still held tune. They don't usually do that at this price point.
yes, i concur
not at this point of price
Thanks! If you properly set up the bridge and stretch your strings in, a double locking tremolo will hold it's tuning no matter what! 🤘
I believe Krammer's were the first guitar company to sell guitars with Floyd Rose trems. EVH knew Floyd while he was developing it. He later endorsed Krammer, as everyone knows. Absolutely terrific demo btw!
Bought my Jem Jr from the Newcastle store just over a year ago. Absolutely love it. Almost a year to the day from buying it I had it modified too to look even better and more bespoke, and replaced the adequate trem with a much better Gotoh trem. Wonderful piece of kit. Absolutely adore it.
Sorry man, which gotoh 1996t did you use? The one with the 33mm block?
@@robertoabate1718 I used the gold one with a 36 mm block I think. I had a luthier fit it, but as long as you use the original posts it fits really well.
Gotta love that you posted a vid about this as I was interested in looking around
Dagan-
My sincerest thanks for doing the magic you do with our shared insturments of choice!!!
Your videos manage to be insightful, informative, and entertaining as well. The breadth of your knowledge, as well as your incredible talent, never ceases to both boggle my mind as well as reducing me to "I'm not worthy", leaving me staring at my own guitar stable, wondering at times why I continue to even try!
Fortunately we live in an era of instant pause, forward and reverse, and slow motion, which allows me to be a student in the presence of Masters such as yourself.
Again, my sincerest thanks for your contributions to my musical journey through this lifetime!!! -Eric-
I have a Jackson js32 and it is a beast it’s the best guitar I’ve ever played
Yeah, this guitar is actual extremely good. Probably the best neck ever. However, you will be required to replace the licensed floyd rose with the original one because the licensed one is wearing out fast.
@@vovayuzvishen9513 yea that is the one main issue I have with it other than that perfect
Tried one in the shop and it felt like a brick rofl, really bad neck access to the higher frets as well, way better guitars out there. The jem jr is based on the spec of a £2000 guitar its a no brainer really
@Dung Eater isnt it a scarf joint? 😂 i see stuff like this with harley benton all the time, i had 2 theyre the worst guitars ive ever seen but my friend who has had 2 guitars thinks it feels amazing until i show him my prestige and he says yeah this just doesnt even feel like its a guitar when sat next to that hahahaha
@Dung Eater It certainly is for me my pro series dinky feels flawless. "lmfao"
Love watching your videos and I like watching you play. Keep up the good work !!
I only know Dagan from these videos. He's an incredible player, historian and informative as hell. Great natural style from experienced hands.
He’s awesome! 🖤
It is going to be the Striker for me, just for that combination of the single coil and humbucker option.
It's an awesome guitar!
Thanks for what you do my brother love your channel. I just picked up the Kramer Pacer in Blue and its a great axe for $300.
i like how happy he is when playing probably enjoy most of these guitar youtubers
That For the love of God rendition was superb. cracking job
Thanks!
The Jackson looks and sounds lovely.
Surprised by the Squire. That's got some serious bite and great sustain. Even by Squire standards.
Both great choices!
I haven't tried the Squier or Schecter, though I have the Demon 6-FR, and it's great. I found the tuning stability and smoothness of function to go Ibanez, Kramer then Jackson. Though all were very close. The biggest thing to me was how different every one of these guitars feels from the other.
I own a Jackson js32 like the one shown in this video, even the same color and finish, can confirm it absolutely shreds and is worth it, stays in tune great
Someone I know shreds on one really high level.
Sweet video. I underestimated the Floyd Rose Squier. I have one with the hard tail weird SSS setup. But the Floyd Rose with the HH configuration and the five way switch..man.. that is an amazingly versatile guitar ..
I really wanted to hear a comparison between the Kramer Striker and Kramer Pacer and this totally delivers. I love your list and would have also put the Pacer first, as I play the Blue one myself and that's my favorite Super Strat. These pickups beat the Squier when it comes to hair metal, just love 'em!! 🤘
PS: Dagan, you were the major inspiration for me buying the Pacer and I just love it, man!!! Thank you so much and to PMT as well!!! ❤🔥
Can you please make another video like this with these kind of prices. I completely loved this one and i would like to look on some other options!!!
Diggin your videos! Versatile player and a great delivery. No ESP/LTDs?
Hey, Dagan. Awesome playing, as always. How about a video on the new Charvel Pro-Mod So-Cal HSS FR M? I can't decide between that one and the Ibanez RG550 Genesis.
Dang Dagan I think you ripped the guts out of that guitar and left it on the floor ,man you tore that guitar up your playing I haven't heard somebody as good as you since Angus Young. I don't know why you are not playing lead guitar in some famous band. DAMN GOOD VIDEO.
I have this Kramer Pacer and had to sand the frets a bit and plan out some frets. The Flyod Rose special is blocked backwards with a tremstoper (down action only). I wired everything on a single 500k volume pot and a big Gibson style toggle switch. The tone is off. After these small changes and works the guitar stay in tune correctly, and the 2 humbuckers have gained in treble and slightly more output level.
The Pacer Classic is probably my favorite.
Dagan loves it too!
That Squire Contemporary is an homage to the classic "E Series" Contemporary strats from Japan, made in the 80s by Fuji Gen Gakki.
I just purchased a 2014 MIJ strat which is also a very rare Japanese market only homage to the Contemporary strat. It's a ST62-FR. Black neck, black headstock, vintage white alder body, rosewood fingerboard, hot HSS pickups, one volume one tone, black 3 ply pickguard, factory Gotoh tuners and Gotoh GE1996T trem. Its one sick puppy, and they are definitely not common. I'd rather this over any modern style shred guitar. Strats are my thing, it's what my hands are comfortable with, and I just love the look of a rodded up strat. It's so 80s.
I own both Kramers,the Jem Jr and the Squier. They are all really good guitars for the money, the Jem Jr is the best playing out of the bunch. I replaced all the trem blocks with brass ones, other than that the only one I did no other mods to other than changing strings and set up was the Squier. All the other one's pickups get too muddy with extreme metal gain tuned to c#, the neck on the Squier is pretty chunky but it definitely is the best straight out of the box of the ones I own.
The Transparent Green Burst Jackson Js32 is Happy Birthday to me real soon.
🤘🤘🤘
I own the Squier and after a while the pink also goes a little orange which looks good I think.
Dimebag gettin thr honorable mention in a Floyd rose video. Love it
I have a Squire Stage Master with Floyd rose. I love it.
Thanks Dagan and you Rock🤟 I wish there were more like you here in the US because you help me more packing guitars then the actual ones trying and go in knowing what to look for and do before they ask and they don’t even seem to care sadly so a HUGE THANK YOU! From the US and keep rocking dude 🤟🤟🤟
Thank you so much!! 🤘🤘
I have the Squier (the least pink of all my pink guitars) and the Kramer Striker in red w/maple fingerboard. Both great guitars for the money.
I have a regular Pacer which I love. I have tried the Gem Jr which I thought was nice to play, but didn't give me the Stratty out of phase vibe. Was looking at getting the Striker as I saw a video that showed some lovely cleans, but a lot of the review vids I watched were pretty scathing. I settled on a cheap Strat for cleans, and will probably look at getting a full fat Baretta next instead!
I have one of the Kramer Striker in that Translucent Red finish. I am in decision as to if I will change out the Floyd Special for a Floyd 1000 with fully upgraded parts on it.....or leave the Floyd Special as is.
do you recommend a floyd rose on someone who’s been playing for about a year and a half??? i’ve been using my SSS squier and i feel like a need a new guitar but i’m not sure whether the floyd is too much of a big step from my squier. thank you.
Fun fact about the Contemporary Strat. Back in the 1980s, the original Fender Contemporary Strat was actually a MIJ (Made in Japan, for those of you who don’t know) response by Fender to all the superstrats on the market from Jackson, Charvel, Kramer, and Ibanez.
I know this, the more i hear these St James amps the more I like them.
I bought a Kramer Assault 220 because I like single cuts and I too wanted to be a Floyd abuser. It's my first and only with a Floyd. I like everything about it except, the neck flexes a good bit at the nut. Is that normal?
Kramer all the way! I own the Baretta Vintage with a Floyd Rose and can’t put it down (and I own 27 guitars… and counting).
I was rather shocked by the Squier. I have had one or two, and can’t say anything bad about them. However, the one you demonstrated just sounds weak compared to the other guitars. It has the traditional Fender tone, but the pickups seem low output? Not in the same ball park as the others. MHO.
Hey guys, I see that 5150 kramer is almost every video of you guys, is there any chance you could please tell where to buy or give me a link?
Love and Peace To Dagan and the rest
✌️🤘
I have schecter banshee fr extreme...i think is great superstrat to buy
I used to own the Jackson JS32Q DKA Dinky and i want one again so bad Because it was the prettiest guitar ive ever owned
This man speke very fast 💥✈️🚀⚡☄️🧨
Dagan doin his best work with a Floyd Rose 🤟🤟🤟🤘🤟🪨....love it!t
I am not sure between that Kramer striker and that green Jackson
How come you didn't add the Jet JS850FR?
UPDATE: My order got all messed up, BUT, I wound up with the pearly white one, I wanted in the first place, lol! Music stores are so fun!
How the Floyd on the Kramer does it stay in tune?
The kramer jersey star is my favorite
It's legendary! 🙌
Can you pls try the Mitchell MD 200
Hey Dagan , if you are in a band I wanna know where on you tube we can see you?
Are all of these bridges the same size as a real Floyd Rose? So if you wanted to swap one out for an authentic Floyd Rose, will it fit without any modifications?
What's the best for tuning stability/set up? I'm not a beginner.. slightly more experienced.
I'm waiting on a Fender Japan ST62-FR strat with a factory Gotoh Floyd. From my research, full floating is a little finicky unless it's a quality unit like a German made Floyd or a Gotoh.
Many people install a tremstop and set them up to dive only. Set with more spring tension, so it's as stable as a hardtail but you can dive bomb all you want. Makes string changes easier too, and you can drop tune and wont go out of tune when breaking a string. Also you won't have all the other strings going flat when you bend a string.
The other option is a trem stabiliser. This is a little gadget with an adjustable spring loaded piston thing that sits in contact with the block. This is combined with more spring tension, so the trem can be set floating, but now it will be forced to return to zero by the stabiliser. You lose flutter capabilities a little, and have a slightly stiffer action, but if you break a string it won't go completely out of tune. You can also drop tune, and bending is more stable. This is what Steve Vai uses in all his Floyds.
Otherwise for full Floyd action, hopefully yours is quality (knife edges and posts tend to wear and cause instability on cheap units) and you should block the trem with much higher spring tension than you need, then stretch strings, tune up and intonate ect if necessary, lock down, then remove the block and adjust the spring claw until it falls back into tune. Then it's floating with the trem perfectly parallel with the body.
Something I like to do is bend the strings by just pressing on the back of the Floyd rose 💥
The squire is snappy as hell
I got a question about the Jackson JS32Q DKA AH, is it possible to put emg pickups on that ting? Im pretty new to guitar, only played for a year, so I dont know much about modding. Rn I'm on the edge between buying the Jackson JS32Q DKA AH or the LTD KH202 but feel like if I buy the Jackson i wanna do some modding on it, but is it worth it to just buy the KH202 at that point?
If you wanna buy a guitar to modding it in the future - buy Jackson and yes, you can put emg’s in it, a lot of place for battery inside, if you don’t wanna do any mods go for KH202
the green Jackson or the squire contemporary
Had a Musicyo Kramer Striker with a very terrible FR copy. However, the Pickups are Hot.
jem jr all day, ibanez best quality for money full stop
It's an awesome guitar!
Kramer Pacer is my first choice. 100%. I know you can't go up on the trem with it not being fully floating but I don't need that. I'm looking for a cheaper backup guitar that is different to a Strat but not so different it feels weird. The Pacer ticks every box. The Squire just seems a little TOO cheap when I've read up about it.
I want a Kramer striker so I asked my mom she said no but she got my sister an $1100 MacBook pro
How does the ibanez S520 stack up compared to these?
I wanted to know this too cause i wanted an affordable ibanez s with trem but that jem jr seems nice too so ye...
Harley Benton makes a nice SC (Les Paul) design with a floyd rose, one version comes with Active EMGs, if that tickles ya.
Look into the Harley Benton SC-Custom Plus EMG FR VBK
Quality control is allover though my telecaster had microphonic pickups and some sort of glue splashed up the frets, amarok 7 string had fret ends so sharp it cut my hand and electronics wired wrong. Wont go near harley benton again qc is atrocious
@@chaosclg Both of mine aren't bad, I bought the SC with the Floyd, but not the EMGs, and the Amarok BT, B-stock. I couldnt find what made either of them B-Stock, but neither of them were sharp, and they didn't seem to Hum or be wired weird.
I Feel like with any company its going to be hit and miss when it comes to QC, at least as far as the models that are slapped together for mass production anyway. So might as well NOT pay a ridiculous price.
@@nocheckmarkgames ive never had qc that bad from anywhere else, i dont know if you seen kdh's videos but apparently they're ok with selling broken products. I'll just steer clear. best cheap guitars are ibanez hands down, the necks are amazing for the price and never seen an issue once!
@@chaosclg differing experiences, I just know to stay away from that Model with Those Pickups.
Im sure Ibanez makes a fine guitar for a decent price. But I'm sold on Harley.
Does anyone played de Ibanez RG350DX ? It's better than the Jem Jr?
anyone knows what he played at 18:06?
I got an Ibanez rg 270 for next to nothing dive bomb all day long 🎉
Great guitar! 🤘
Awesome video, Dagan you are soooo good. I hope to reach even somewhere close to your level someday. I'm a new guitar player, just started about a month ago. I got calluses, and trying to learn but man its a challenge at first, I have arthritis so, its now or never but I'm not giving up....
Anyway, I probably should've waited, but I just had to have the Ibanez Steve Vai, too good to pass up. It will be here in 3 days!!! I'm pretty sure my credit card is maxed out and my husband will kill me, but I WANTED It so bad!! Anyway, love your videos, you inspire me to keep practicing, rock on!!
As a somewhat more advanced player I’d recommend to learn a lot of guitar rock/metal guitar solos and stuff etc high energy Eddie van halen type stuff. And then learn your pentatonic scale, and some tapping. You’ll be shredding in no time!
If I never oil my fretboard from now does it means it will resonate more ??
Nope!
Unfortunately the Jackson JS 32 Floyd on my Rhoads doesn't stay in tune at all. Not even if i don't use it.
Must need a set up & the strings stretched in more. Every one I've played has been awesome.
You just cannot introduce Kramer without playing some Mötley Crüe😆🔥🤟
i swear to god the js32's by jackson are so good if youre still unsure just go for it
Honestly theyre garbage 😂 all the new jackson stuff goes in the bin
They're brilliant!
i gonna buy some floyd rose in future but i can't decide between ibanez rg320exz or jemjr i love rg320 brigde but i don't know is it better than jemjr can someone give some opinion on my choice?
did you buy it?
Btw rg320exz is better
What about EVH?
What’s the amp you are using sir?
Blackstar St James 6L6! 🤘
Can't..... make..... up my mind. I think I want them all!!! I'm being greedy but that Stryker, Jem......dang it Dagan my wife is gonna kill me if I buy all these!
Love kramers because their the only super strats that look like super strats
He doesn’t show you the whammy pedal that he’s using to make the dime bag squeals. Dimebag used a Wahwah pedal and pinch harmonic at the second fret when he did his high-pitched squeals, that’s how he got his tone.
Schecter has got em all beat I think they have the best sound
Owning & operating an FR equipped guitar is an education. Lifetime employment as a guitar tech. Minimum.
Kramer seemed very impressive
Forget these. Get a Kramer Baretta or 84 for £500 (yes you can get these new for this price). You get an actual Floyd 1000 series trem as oppose to the vastly inferior Specials AND Seymour Duncan pickups. Out of these the Striker is the better value imo.
Actually, the only difference between the Special and 1000 is the saddles and block. Replace the zinc saddles and block with 1000 Series steel and block and you have a 1000.
@@scottdunn2178 Yep but why bother replacing and fiddling when you can just buy it outright for £500? The difference might seem small but massive improvements to tone and playability. Coupled with Seymour Duncan pickups - think it's a no-brainer really. I'd rather get a £500 Kramer with these appointments new than a Schecter for near £1000 for a Floyd Special for example or a Jackson X Series for £500 with non-Seymour Duncan pickups and a Special bridge. Honestly outside Kramer there really isn't a better Super Strat for the money and don't get me started on Harley Benton 🤣.
@@EricCPOP I'd take a Harley Benton Fusion lll with a FR 1000 for $444 over any of these. I could care less what it says on the headstock. These are all bought out companies anyway.
@@scottdunn2178 Each their own. Cheers. Personally I'd take the Kramer for the pickups as well as the Floyd 1000 but that's just me.
@@EricCPOP Don't do slanted buckers...
"Im a floyd rose abuser, every single day of my life i do at least 16 divebombs, its just the way i roll"
i've literally never heard a better sentence in my life
Ayeeee motley crüe ❤
I’m so sad bc when I found this video the guitar I rlly wanted to checkout was out of stock
John 5 is a great guitarist, but Dagan could definitely fill in for Mick Mars.
It'll make his day when i tell him this comment! 😂🤘
bro did not play civil war by guns n roses on the js32
I didn't know Russell Brand played guitar
Kramer and Jackson are some of best guitsr brands in existence for price to what you get. Jackson juat needs to file down those frets.
Niice! Yeah, it's awesome!
All the new jacksons have a scarf joint rofl terrible
This video sounds like a Kerry King solo
😂😂😂
I'd buy a Harley Benton Fusion lll with a Floyd Rose 1000 Series for $444 over any of these. The soft zinc saddles on the Special will eventually fail.
Love a Jackson, but the tone is all wrong for me. I had a nice not so cheap Japanese hss. The tone is just so deep , the lows are so low the almost destort themselves out. I have a Ibanez now , it has just the righy tone for me..
Lol listen to dagan go on about the colour of the wood changing tone nope ... but the body being painted Red does change the tone trust me on that
“Squier!”
You're a McRiffin' dude!
🤘🤘
The Les Paul is not a signature model because Les Paul had nothing to do with the design. It is an endorsed model. Les Paul started endorsing it a year after it was first made.
The late Edward Van Halen endorsement deal with Kramer WAS FREE . At the time Kramer guitar prices were very inexpensive . There was very little in profits being made with the guitars that had Floyd Rose tremolos . That's the main reason Eddie never made any money endorsing for Kramer . That's proof of one of many of Sammy Hagar's lies in his POS book RED . It wasn't about making money all the time with Ed .
if you're on a "super budget", get a Jackson Dinky js11. super cheap but absolutely sings! includes an FR too
What? It doesn't have a FR
Dagan did one too many dive bombs today...that's why he is the crazy English bomber 👑 ..each bomb hurts his brain a bit more each time
Those things sound dead!! No bloom watsover! Sound like cinder blocks especialy with that amp😮
These are not Floyd Rose Tremolos. Just double locking non licenced tremolos.
He said that at the beginning of the video,can tell you paid attention to it
At least 16 dive bombs a day😂😂
genius deleting the monkey grip on the thumbnail.