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  2. Floyd Rose - Wikipedia

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    Floyd D. Rose first started working on what became the Floyd Rose Tremolo in 1976. [3] He was playing in a rock band at the time, inspired by Jimi Hendrix and Deep Purple.He frequently used the vibrato bar but could not make his guitars stay in tune using traditional approaches like lubricating the nut, or winding the strings as little as possible around the tuning pegs.

  3. Vibrato systems for guitar - Wikipedia

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    As of 2006 the Speedloader system is the latest Floyd Rose design, but has yet to catch on to the degree Floyd Rose's original tremolo did. In 2015, [ 29 ] the company began the commercialization of the FRX surface-mounting locking tremolo system, designed to fit exactly on Tune-O-Matic bridge guitars, but with a locking nut that is fastened to ...

  4. Floyd D. Rose - Wikipedia

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    Floyd D. Rose (born 1948 [1]) is an American musician and engineer who invented the Floyd Rose Locking Tremolo System in the late 1970s, eventually founding a company of the same name to manufacture and license his products. This double locking system was notable for its ability to stay in tune despite repeated use and wide variations in pitch.

  5. Jackson Dinky - Wikipedia

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    A dark blue Jackson Dinky with a Reverse Headstock and Tune-O-Matic style fixed bridge (as opposed to the far more common Floyd Rose tremolo system), 2005. The Jackson Dinky is a Superstrat-style double-cutaway electric guitar built by Jackson Guitars. [1] The "Dinky" is named for its slightly smaller than normal (7/8) body size.

  6. Jackson Rhoads - Wikipedia

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    Indonesian RR3 models from 2016 onwards have a neck-through construction and 1000-series Floyd Rose double-locking tremolo. RR5: RR5 has a maple through-body neck with alder wings and rosewood fretboard. The main difference between RR5 and RR3 is a neck-through and a fixed bridge for RR5 vs a bolt-on neck and a floating bridge for RR3.

  7. Machine head - Wikipedia

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    On some guitars, such as those with Floyd Rose bridge, string tuning may be also conducted using microtuning tuners incorporated into the guitar bridge. Likewise, 'headless' guitars and basses, notably those designed by Steinberger and their licensed imitations, such as the Hohner Jack Bass, and unlicensed imitations such as the Washburn Bantam ...

  8. Dive bomb (guitar technique) - Wikipedia

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    It is usually best performed when using a locking tremolo (whammy bar) such as the Floyd Rose version so that rapid changes in string tension do not take the strings out of tune. This allows the guitarist to pick a note, and widely vary its tone, either by quickly pushing (or pulling) the bar as far as it goes either way or slowly moving the ...

  9. Peavey Predator - Wikipedia

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    They also fit the Predator with the best bridge in the business—a Floyd Rose® double-locking tremolo. It's a world-class whammy bar that stays in tune and you rarely find it on guitars in this price range. Other features include 25-1/2 in. scale, body binding, and high quality sealed, die-cast tuning machines. [3]