Different Floyd Rose models explained. And let's talk about MODS 

schaller will sell a new coupling kit for the lockmeister... which is supposedly the same as an OFR, but doublecheck dimensions. I have that couplingkit retrofit to my pre-2016 lockmeister, can recommend.

Schaller makes the German Floyd Rose for Floyd Rose. The original German Floyd Rose Pro has a narrow string spacing .400 which I prefer has been discontinued for the Pro 1000 .420 I wish someone made the .400 inches spacing tremolos. Really want to build a Fu-Tone FU2 trem or upgrade an Original Floyd with Fu-Tone parts.

This is awesome! Very useful informations!

Good to see a Stealth getting some love. Great guitar!!!! Have one in the red wood grain ash. Congrats finding one in the stone finish. Just found your channel and already sold on it. Great content and looks like a definite Jackson fan. Love it. Keep it coming .

The Japanese Gotoh 1996t is on par with the German floyd but has a superior push in bar design over the collar type....I will still take an edge, edge pro, or Lo-Pro Edge over an OFR any day of the week

Red Bishop makes a great push in replacement bar.

Hey man how's it going ?🤘🎸🍻 thanks for this video bro a very interesting topic 👍

cool video would be interested in a weight and a hardness test on the metals, you can get hardness tester file kit at harbor freight for like $13. I'm also interested in how compatable the floyd roses are with the ibanez edge systems i've never measured the post widths and it would be great to upgrade some of my ibanez with floyd or gotoh bridges.

Everything you said here is on point my guy,and I have a bunch of Floyd rose variations of their tremolos and the original one is by far the most annoying lol I gotta tighten that thing after playing everytime i definitely said screw this no pun intended and ran with with push pull,FYI be careful with Satin Finishes as well because the colors will vary as well lol #BUFFALO #NEWYORK

I put a schaller in my jsx94 (pre cursor to the performer series) and man wjat a huge upgrade it was over the pot metal jt6 that was in there

Have you tried the Graphtech String Saver Saddles? They're made by Gotoh for Graphtech who assembles them and impregnates them with whatever that "string saver" material is but they are zinc saddles. I have those on a 1997 OFR when they still came stamped Original Floyd Rose anyway, got the Stone Tone on that with titanium string lock blocks, Hollow Points and I like it. I've known Rob at ST for while and been using the blocks for a long time. I also love the FAT blocks, tungsten and brass... I need a titanium block, I'd like to check those out. I have a few OFR's and 1000's sitting around that I swap in and out of guitars at string changes and I've been using those Tone Claws...you need to get one of those...I always say go brass...but the other option just like the FR sustain blocks are just nickel plated brass. \m/

Is that the Het set emgs? I have a Jackson soloist from 1991 that I bought in 1991 and had emgs installed when I bought it. I put an 85 in the bridge and two SA's for the singles. I recently just bought another Jackson soloist that came with stock Seymour Duncan that I didn't care for. I also decided to put emgs in as well. However, it is also an HSS setup guitar, and I put an 81 in the bridge and two SA's. Most people love the 81 in the bridge but I found I didn't care for it and swapped it out for an 85 in it sounds darker and heavie. My original 91 soloist professional XL was made in Japan. It came with a Charvel stamped made in Germany by Schaller, Floyd Rose tremolo. The guitar is 33 years old and one of the problems with those bridges is the plate. The intonation screws stripped a couple of years ago. A total bummer! Just replaced it the other day with a lockmeister. As far as I could tell that's the only drop and go for that guitar. It seems like the cavity isn't as long or as wide as they are nowadays, and so it was either that or by a vintage one from somebody else that may or may not already be stripped and that will just end up stripping the intonation screws, so I went with a brand new lockmeister and wow, it performs amazingly! The flutters on it are absolutely out of control now! They used to be weak😂😂 now if I want I can actually sound like it has a low Pro Edge in it LOL. That's what I compare a good tremolo to if it flutters like an edge Lo Pro then we're good

You know Fender and Schaller got together and made the BEST Strat bridge. My 93 deluxe plus Strat has a F Floyd Rose bridge and Fender would put a Hipshot Tremsetter in the case brand new. I installed mine cranked the bridge to whammy up and down 27 yrs ago. Play the crap out of this guitar and have never needed to mess with it again so far. But will need some fret work soon so will set the intonation after then. Amazing set up and no one knows about it. Fender/Floyd Rose.

1000 is made from softer Flow Steel and hardening process is faster than what Schaller does. 1000 was brilliant earlier, i have still few and they're great stuff, no probs, but 2023 i see folks having probs with them. I had to send one ESP Edwards E-SCYTHE back and seller responded they've never seen such wear in a new trem. My friend bought Jackson RR24 with 1000 and same probs, otherwise great axe but Floyd didn't stay in tune,. Always pitch up or down after trem use. Also gotoh springs made some hella noise, had to replace with Schaller springs after getting guitar back. FR1000 used to be great trem, but quality deteriorated somewhere 22-23. Its funny Harley Benton sells gits with FR1000 399€. I believe there are peeps saying 1000 is as good as OFR since 1000 used to be just OK, no probs whatsoever. I believe Korean factory has done some changes to quality, & that is if i believe seller and my own experience. Same dimensions and overall looks off course, official FR-site isn't obviously saying all the details but as we speak, FR1000 isn't as good as OFR. Otherwise OFR would be in cheaper gits

Did change the screws that hold down the string inside the Hollow Points to stainless steel on the first bridge?

The best one in my opinion is the Schaller Lockmeister - is an improved version of the original floyd which was also built by Schaller back then. Better Materials and harder steel on the Lockmeister.

I have to mark my tremelo arms so I don't mix them up, the Special's arms definitely don't work right in my Original's bridges.

I have an Alexi Lahio Greeny LTD 2018 i special ordered it from Sweetwater had it pleked ,the neck and action is smooth as glass,anyway its got 1000 series Floyd, would a original swap in without wood removal just curious..thanks man happy holidays cheers to u and yours man🤘🎸🍻🎄☃️🎅

The other bridges you need to talk about are the diferent ibanez edge bridges

Any difference in sustain or tone between a brass and granite block?

Hey man, thanks for the info, quick question: so you can't change old schaller trem with OFR without additional routing/drilling ?

The new original Floyd is no longer stamped made in Germany and the original FR nuts are a 10” radius special,1000 and 1500 is 12” radius

is that a Charvel desert crackle with the red bucker? ncie git . . .

Isn’t it the 1500 that you can’t buy off the shelf?

Have you ever heard of a German made Jackson branded Floyd?

So fn creamy

the posts in the charvel are not original, they look like ibanez edge posts which are 4mm, the original ones should be exactly like the OFR ones.

what they call metal today, isnt metal to me....but i was around from the start so. and some of the heros from back then turned out to be pretty shitty to their fans. as far as FR's, i never used them much, or floating trems, because you break a string at a gig n you are pretty much done unless you have a tech on staff lol

You should try the Red Bishop arm. It's made by the guy that designed the Gotoh trems.