Graph Tech introduces new nut for Floyd Rose bridges
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How much fucking torque do you require on a Floyd system? 140-150 lb-ft?
No wonder you bent the fucking thing!
Here's more evidence that anyone can use to make up their minds:
The Amazon listing for a 2-pack has 261 reviews of this product with a 4.7 star rating.
(I'd link, but the board does not allow Amazon links for whatever reason - easy to look up)
Now, you'd think if this tool was a turd, people wouldn't be giving it such lofty praise.
The Amazon listing for a single pack is even better with 363 reviews with a 4.8 star rating.
(I'd link, but the board does not allow Amazon links for whatever reason - easy to look up)
So, something's rotten in the state of Denmark, and it sure the fuck ain't me or the HexHider.
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Eagle
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What I wrote was perfectly clear.How much fucking torque do you require on a Floyd system? 140-150 lb-ft?
No wonder you bent the fucking thing!
According to Floyd you need the nut squeaky tight and he’s right. I’ve been fitting and using these since 83. Thousands of setups and must be couple of hundred installed.
Eagle
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How much fucking torque do you require on a Floyd system? 140-150 lb-ft?
No wonder you bent the fucking thing!
Here's more evidence that anyone can use to make up their minds:
The Amazon listing for a 2-pack has 261 reviews of this product with a 4.7 star rating.
Now, you'd think if this tool was a turd, people wouldn't be giving it such lofty praise.
The Amazon listing for a single pack is even better with 363 reviews with a 4.8 star rating.
So, something's rotten in the state of Denmark, and it sure the fuck ain't me or the HexHider.
It’s a great idea but badly flawed in execution.
J_Hotch
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I believe the use case for the graph tech product is retrofitting a guitar that already has a shelf cut for a locking nut.
Good luck!
Sascha Franck
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In that case, I'd go for a locking nut (if there was a FR type system installed) every day.
Shredder777
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Of all the pain points on a fr guitar, it never occurred to me that having a small magnetic thumb key would much change the experience. If a string breaks you are fucked anyway. It takes five extra seconds to grab an allen wrench from your case.
I bet for the price of that thumb key you can buy 10 hex wrenches from ali and leave them everywhere.
The only real solution is to have backup guitars. I love fr guitars but if i was gigging i would take an extra.
I bet for the price of that thumb key you can buy 10 hex wrenches from ali and leave them everywhere.
The only real solution is to have backup guitars. I love fr guitars but if i was gigging i would take an extra.
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Hell, that's nothing.
I dug out my 3mm wrench and as I was turning it on the locking nut screws, it snapped in half... the loose part that wasn't in my hand bounced off the table 17x and then penetrated my skull by 3" - right in the forehead! Had to go to ER but they just told me I was crazy... wrapped a bandage around my head, gave me a couple Nuprin ("little, yellow, different") and sent me home. Had to use a pair of vise grips to pull the thing out.
Anyhoo, once I was done extracting metal from my forehead, I dug out my HexHider and finished the job with zero medical issues and zero guitar issues!
(Then again, I might be incredibly full of shit... just like the post above me)
I dug out my 3mm wrench and as I was turning it on the locking nut screws, it snapped in half... the loose part that wasn't in my hand bounced off the table 17x and then penetrated my skull by 3" - right in the forehead! Had to go to ER but they just told me I was crazy... wrapped a bandage around my head, gave me a couple Nuprin ("little, yellow, different") and sent me home. Had to use a pair of vise grips to pull the thing out.
Anyhoo, once I was done extracting metal from my forehead, I dug out my HexHider and finished the job with zero medical issues and zero guitar issues!
(Then again, I might be incredibly full of shit... just like the post above me)
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Hell, that's nothing.
I dug out my 3mm wrench and as I was turning it on the locking nut screws, it snapped in half... the loose part that wasn't in my hand bounced off the table 17x and then penetrated my skull by 3" - right in the forehead! Had to go to ER but they just told me I was crazy... wrapped a bandage around my head, gave me a couple Nuprin ("little, yellow, different") and sent me home. Had to use a pair of vise grips to pull the thing out.
Anyhoo, once I was done extracting metal from my forehead, I dug out my HexHider and finished the job with zero medical issues and zero guitar issues!
(Then again, I might be incredibly full of shit... just like the post above me)
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GuitarBilly74
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My experience with the Hexhider somewhat matches Eagle's. I can't say I had a problem with it, because I'm not a heavy trem user, so it locked it tightly enough to work for me.
But when I checked the tighteness with a regular wrench, there was about a 1/4 turn left even though it felt completely tight with the HH.
On the OT, this is cool but honestly I only unlock the nut in for string changes.
Once my strings are properly stretched and locked, the fine tuners give me enough range for the minor tuning tweaks l need.
But when I checked the tighteness with a regular wrench, there was about a 1/4 turn left even though it felt completely tight with the HH.
On the OT, this is cool but honestly I only unlock the nut in for string changes.
Once my strings are properly stretched and locked, the fine tuners give me enough range for the minor tuning tweaks l need.
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Sascha Franck
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Me neither.
Lock vibrato properly during string exchange, stretch strings properly when done, possibly play a bit with the nut unlocked, stretch again, lock nut, done. I always kept a suitable hex wrench in little clip at the back of the headstock.
I absolutely don't understand all the fuss people make about FR systems.
Like putting locking tuners on a LP never had a problem w/a LP.
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Well the post above is true but yours is full of shit,Hell, that's nothing.
I dug out my 3mm wrench and as I was turning it on the locking nut screws, it snapped in half... the loose part that wasn't in my hand bounced off the table 17x and then penetrated my skull by 3" - right in the forehead! Had to go to ER but they just told me I was crazy... wrapped a bandage around my head, gave me a couple Nuprin ("little, yellow, different") and sent me home. Had to use a pair of vise grips to pull the thing out.
Anyhoo, once I was done extracting metal from my forehead, I dug out my HexHider and finished the job with zero medical issues and zero guitar issues!
(Then again, I might be incredibly full of shit... just like the post above me)
Here it is on the guitar I am building.
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Yep - there it is. "Conclusive proof" that yours broke on you.
Looks healthy to me. Even if it did break on you, the overwhelmingly positive reviews on Amazon squash that bug.
You simply don't understand how things work when you make bold claims.
"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence."
There can be no doubt you are, as they say, "taking the piss" with that picture here.
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Yep - there it is. "Conclusive proof" that yours broke on you.
Looks healthy to me. Even if it did break on you, the overwhelmingly positive reviews on Amazon squash that bug.
You simply don't understand how things work when you make bold claims.
"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence."
There can be no doubt you are, as they say, "taking the piss" with that picture here.
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