ESP M-II Floyd Rose - trem springs layout

[Mullet]

Hi guys,

Just restrung my M-II...

and it's all back up and running now but I am not sure if I have put the trem springs back in the right way. I cant remember if (when I took the trem cavity cover off) if the 3 tension springs were set up with one in the centre then the other two running parallel to the sides of the cavity... springs would look like:

|||

or,

If there was one in the centre and the the other two springs formed an A sort of shape around the centre one.... the springs would look like: /|\

Which is the right way guys? (I ended up fitting them back in in the A shaped option....

Thanks.

[The Guitar]

go ahead and run them parallel, theres not advantage, spring tension wise, to angle them.

[Mullet]

Thanks for the advice....

I have a mate who owns an M-II urban cammo...he checked his and they are set in parallel so all sorted now.

[Mister Guitar Himself]

If I'm correct, ESP always put the springs in this order /|\; I got my KH like that so..
but like "the guitar" said, there's no difference

[KH Guitar Freak]

There's no right way, but usually you want the tension on the right side and the left side to even out...

I have all my trems set up with that /|\ order...

[LordCliffton]

I have mine all set up with ||| or ||||| order.

Honestly, I find that both methods, including the /|\ method, administer even tension no matter which way you look at it.

FWIW, EVH used to use this method: / \ that's right, only 2 springs. But his Floyd was resting on the body.

It all works out in the end.

[Diurno]

I think there is not a "right" set up....every style is good....for me, tuning flat D with 10-60, the best is |\||...strange but true!

[Satch]

I've always prefered /|\ but again, no difference...

[LordCliffton]

has anyone tried this way: \|/ ?

:rollin

[ozzuk1]

No but I have found

|| \ to be a very good method of spring FR trems, doesent seem to work wit scahller FR's though...

The above is especially good for lfr's I heard about that method from the JCF someone bought a gutiar that used to belong to Roope and thats how it had the springs, it apparently balances the bass and treble strings a little more evenly.....

[mrclean77]

did you re-string with the same guage?


I'm not sure how you guys can say there's no difference...I can go along with no "right" way or no "wrong" way, but there's definitely a difference

setting up the springs /|\ forces the outside two springs to travel a little thus providing a ltitle more tension

although I used the very old springs in my Ibby Roadstar II, I changed from ||| to /|\ when I went from using .09's to .10's, oddly enough, that spring change was the only change I had to make in getting the trem to even out where it needed to be

[guitarsatbmusic]

No but I have found

|| \ to be a very good method of spring FR trems, doesent seem to work wit scahller FR's though...

The above is especially good for lfr's I heard about that method from the JCF someone bought a gutiar that used to belong to Roope and thats how it had the springs, it apparently balances the bass and treble strings a little more evenly.....

Every single Alexi out of Japan ships that way, always have, hardly a JCF revelation

[ozzuk1]

Might not be a revelation now, but he hasent always used ESP's nor does everyone know about that way of using the springs, He obviously got the Idea from Roope, and it is a fucking good one...

I think it was about two and a half years ago the guy bought that old Jackson might have been a little longer now Infact I think it was mid to late 05 I read about it and tried it with My Ran First it was around the time that ESP introduced the laiho models...Might have been just after...

Do ESP use any other guitars with that setup?

[Bouncepogo]

I prefer ) ( )

[mrclean77]

^Wha?



I prefer my bridge to look like this


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:p

[Sixstringhotshot]

has anyone tried this way: \|/ ?

:rollin




That's a bad idea because it only pulls from one point on the trem, so there's a good chance it won't pull both sides of the trem equally. EDIT: Oh, I suppose they wouldn't all ahve to go in the same hole on the trem. Still....ehh.

Also, EVH's floyd resting on the body has nothing to do with the springs. Most guitars need MORE springs to keep the floyd ON the body, not less.

[BrazilianBootyLover]

nevermind