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Original message:543 days 6 hours 5 minutes ago

Member: sammy reynolds

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i received a guitar for christmas with a floyd. the first string change went flawlessly and ever since they have been a pain in the butt. whenever i put the new string in the saddle and start to tighten the locking screw the string wants to work its way to the side and you probably know it pops out. anyone tell me whats going on?

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Reply:543 days 5 hours 55 minutes ago
Member: ibzRG

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Can you post a pic of the bridge? Or better, a pic of the bridge and the string? I'm having a little trouble imagining why this would happen.
You sure you doing it right?

Anyway. Hold the string in place against its own will if you have to while you lock it.

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Reply:543 days 5 hours 45 minutes ago
Member: sammy reynolds

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if i had a camera i would post a pic. its a licensed floyd bridge.

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Reply:541 days 1 hours 48 minutes ago
Member: ibzRG

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Everything that floats and isn't an original is a licensed one... There's plenty of them out there and they are not necessarily identical with each other...

If you didn't solve the problem yet, maybe I can find enough info if you disclose your guitar's model...

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Reply:543 days 3 hours 50 minutes ago
Member: sixsteelstrings

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ya that happend to me once. it was really frustrating so i put it down for a little while then came back and made sure that i was doing everything really carefuly. when you put the string in the bridge, make sure its not too far down, then put in the pin and push really hard for a few seconds then just thread it into your head stock and tune it carefully.

you'l get it

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Reply:540 days 18 hours 25 minutes ago
Member: humstrat1

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I'm having the same problem with a cheap licensed Floyd I have on a guitar, the G string keeps popping out of the saddle. I ordered some new string blocks to see if that would fix the problem. If it doesn't, I'm springing for an original Floyd Rose. I've heard horror stories about licensed Floyds and they seem to be true.

[edit]: The new string blocks fixed the problem on my guitar, so you might want to look into that.

Reply:506 days 3 hours 17 minutes ago
Member: sammy reynolds

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problem solved. it would help if i put in the string in the right place to begin with

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