Shask
Well-Known Member
I am curious to see if anyone else notices this.....
Long story short - I used tremolo (Floyd) guitars for many years and used fairly light strings (9's or 10's detuned). I then started using hard tail guitars and noticed that I needed larger strings for the guitars to stay in tune. I got used to using strings that are a little heavier (10's -> 11's range). I recently started going back to Floyd guitars, and now I am noticing that they are tearing up my wrist. (I have a history of fretting hand wrist issues).
This seems kind of crazy to me, but makes sense because when you you bend notes you are causing the trem to pull out of the body. I could see there being more tension because of the springs.
So, anyone else notice this a lot? Do you have to use lighter strings on your Floyd guitars vs. your hard tail guitars? (assuming scale length and everything is the same)
Long story short - I used tremolo (Floyd) guitars for many years and used fairly light strings (9's or 10's detuned). I then started using hard tail guitars and noticed that I needed larger strings for the guitars to stay in tune. I got used to using strings that are a little heavier (10's -> 11's range). I recently started going back to Floyd guitars, and now I am noticing that they are tearing up my wrist. (I have a history of fretting hand wrist issues).
This seems kind of crazy to me, but makes sense because when you you bend notes you are causing the trem to pull out of the body. I could see there being more tension because of the springs.
So, anyone else notice this a lot? Do you have to use lighter strings on your Floyd guitars vs. your hard tail guitars? (assuming scale length and everything is the same)