Any ideas for a late life crisis shred guitar

stratman3142

Kebabkid said:

Although they're part of the fun of these type of guitars, personally, I wouldn't buy one with a Floyd or similar locking nut system. They're a bloody faff. You can get similar results from Gotohs, Wilkinsons etc and locking tuners and thankfully, guitars that fall into that category now feature them.

Yes the AZ 2402 doesn't have that. It's fitted with Gotohs tuners. The locking tuners are a bit novel. I need to get my head around them.

Vibetronic

stratman3142 said:

Just to complete this old thread I finally made a choice (see link below). Thanks to @Vibetronic for suggesting the Ibanez AZ series.

https://thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/204810/ngd#latest

It's a bit of a departure from my original thoughts, but combines traditional looks with shred worthiness.
 

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ICBM

Kebabkid said:

Although they're part of the fun of these type of guitars, personally, I wouldn't buy one with a Floyd or similar locking nut system. They're a bloody faff. You can get similar results from Gotohs, Wilkinsons etc and locking tuners and thankfully, guitars that fall into that category now feature them.

Having now acquired an Ibanez with a Floyd, and also owning a PRS with a trem - which is at least as good as any other non-locking one - and locking tuners, I completely disagree.

The Floyd has a bend range that the PRS trem doesn't reach, especially pulling up (the Ibanez is back-routed). You can go to the extreme end of the range in either direction without even the slightest hint of tuning trouble, which you can't with the PRS - good though it is, it does go slightly out if used for more than a fairly gentle dive. And the Floyd has a steeper movement to pitch ratio which makes it easier to do precise wide bends. And although admittedly a slight faff to set up in the first place, once done is no hassle at all - with everything locked in place it remains so.

If you want a Floyd for the things a Floyd does best you need a Floyd.

I actually replaced the pickups on the Ibanez without even de-tuning the strings - I just took the bridge out of the guitar by removing the springs, and it was in tune when I re-fitted the bridge and put the springs back on... that's how good a Floyd is . (Even if you don't normally want to do that!)