There are many forums discussing the different types of
guitar bridges, which are the metal, or wooden for acoustic guitars, mounts
where a string is put in through to create tension on the bottom of the guitar.
Some guitars have fixed bridges, which are actually bolted onto the guitar to
maintain stability. These are by far the easiest to have because you just put a
the guitar string through and the
tension is equally distributed automatically whereas on a Floyd Rose (floating
tremolo) you need to clamp the strings to the top and balance the tension with
the bridge and the head-stock to use it to its full potential. I myself two
guitars with these types of bridges and the Floyd Rose is by far the most
complicated. I encourage a beginner guitarist to buy a guitar with a fixed
bridge because it is easier to handle. The price for a fixed bridge is a lot
less than that of a Floyd Rose due to the Floyd Roses’ intricate design.
Another piece of advice is if you really want to use a Floyd Rose make sure you
get a “Original Floyd Rose” because the “Licensed Floyd Rose” is even harder to
handle because they are cheaply made and they are mass produced more than the “Original”
but expect to pay over four-hundred dollars for the “Original.” A Floyd Rose is so difficult to work with that
many guitarists pay a specialized guitar tech to set it up for them.
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