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ChristopherSchlegel
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06/22/2021 6:26 pm
Originally Posted by: BredtoshredWhen I press the whammy bar down to the point all the strings go loose except for the second (b) and first (high e) strings. They do lose tension but not to the point of the other strings. The other four get floppy while the first and second are still under a bit of tension.

In my experience that's completely normal Floyd Rose vibrato functioning. Every video you watch of a locking nut vibrato system shows exactly that: low strings floppy, high strings tighter.


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