Personally the Gotoh 1996t is my favorite.

I personally think the Ibanez edge is a better Floyd than Floyd

I have a 1000 series on my Jackson dinky pro. Every screw I could upgrade, I did with titanium parts, even the posts. I replaced the fine tuners with real German ones and it did make quite a difference with not only tuning stability but also with resonance. Thanks for your informative video 🙏🏻

I think the "S" on the Special stands for: 💩, which would explain a lot. I have a Fender Players Stratocaster with a Floyd Rose Special. These are made in Mexico and retail for $929.99!! They were going for $979.99. Thar is ridiculous pricing to have this horrible piece of hardware on it. The most annoying aspect of it is that the knurled lock nut for the arm tension doesn't hold whatsoever. It's completely useless. I'm hoping the Made In Germany models don't have this problem. I'm assuming they don't?

Something I think should be mentioned in all FR videos is loosen the strings before changing the height of the posts. You will destroy the knife edges if you turn those posts with the strings tight.

I have a 1500 series (1000 series with stainless steel screws/locking parts) and it is hands down my favorite. Specials suck.

Ibanez Zero resistece the BEST tremolo

All Floyd Rose guitars should have the original or the Schaller one. The original is my favorite.

so curious if I have a 1000 on my Charvel ProMod Dk24 If I bought an original or a Lockmeister will they fit directly? Im also a lefty so not sure if they are made in left handed just assuming

i just looked at my floyd 1000 the base plate has no signs of bieng bent. and i installed on my dean Dime of flame bought of ebay pre covid under 100 bucks.

I've used FRs since the mid 80s and thus far I've been pretty happy with my EVH 1000 series models. There is a "feel" difference between it and the OFR but haven't experienced issues "yet." It stays in tune great and always returns to pitch without issue. I ended up with that same intonation tool, it's fantastic and works on Ibanez Edge bridges as well!

Out of the box/factory, an Original Floyd Rose and a 1000-series one will sound 99% identical.

Thanks! I have a ~ late 1980’s - early 1990’s Fender HM Strat with 24 frets and a FR tremolo. I’m gonna have to get it out and take a closer look at it.

From what I've gathered as I just purchased a guitar with the FR special. The special saddles are 20$. The 1000 saddles are 90$ so I would say the hardware starts at the 1000 and up. I'm upgrading my special to 1000 black saddles if they ever get off backorder..

Also, sustain blocks are the key to tone with a FR bridge.

The Redbishop is designed to be a generic tool for floyds so you can use it on bridges with lower profiles or angled finetuner mounts. As far as, I'm aware the Redbishop is machined in Japan if that's something anyone wants to know. I bought mine to deal with a Edge III trem on one of Ibanez guitars.

I built a Warmoth guitar with a Lockmeister and it's FANTASTIC. It's virtually identical to the German Floyd Rose and much cheaper to buy (In the UK at least). Plus the Lockmeister is available in multiple radiuses, so you're not limited to 10 inches unlike the Floyd Rose branded one.

New sub! Thanks for the comparison for the bridge. I own 4 guitars with specials but I wanna upgrade one on my own with a 1000 or original someday

If anyone wants to truly evaluate the overall quality of a genuine floyd vs. any other copy (except schaller) you just have to handle both of them. What a video won't show but is obvious in person is that a genuine floyd is a finely crafted precision tool and the others are like a lower resolution copy, identical from a few feet away but up close you start seeing the pixels so to speak.

Thanks a lot dude that was a really helpful video for a rookie like myself ! you seem like a really nice guy dude. God bless and hope you have a great day