Floyd Rose Special Series Tremolo Bridge with R2 Nut Black Nickel

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I bought this to resurrect my old trusty ESP. I had retired it a few years ago due to the work it needed done to it. Among the things needed was a saddle insert change, but instead of fighting the corroded inserts out of the saddles, I decided to upgrade the bridge altogether. I made them mistake and didn't pay attention to the nut size, it comes with an R2, and mine uses an R3. I kept the original nut on it and it works perfect. The black nickel finish looks great and compliments the original hardware of the guitar. the bridge functions super smooth and is very stable returning the guitar to perfect tune even after some harsh divebomb abuse. I would definitely buy again to upgrade any of the "special" bridges that I have.

I bought it from Amazon, not a third-party seller. The price was really good. It is a genuine Floyd Rose, although it is the « Special », a more economical version, and not the «Original ». The guitar tech who installed it was happy with it. I am happy playing it. I find the fine tuners lack lubrication, in spite them having been lubricated. Still merits five stars.

This Floyd Rose dropped right into my Ibanez RG270 with only minor mods to the body for clearance. All in all, it took less than 20 minutes to replace the old "Licensed by Floyd Rose" which was a poor quality tremelo at best.After stretching the strings and setting up the string to spring balance, this bad boy holds tune like a pit bull on a bone! Even radical trem use is no problem, it just stays in tune.The area where the base plate meets the studs is where the old Floyd Rose had problems. After a while it develops divits or flat spots which can be filed out but return quickly. Having a Floyd Rose is a lot of work, setting it up and maintaining it, but it is well worth the effort. One of the best purchases I have made in years. I have been playing for 50 years and do all my own luthier work on my guitars. Having used many different tremeloes thru the years I can honestly state this is a gem of a device.

I have played guitar for almost 30 years and I have used the floyd rose special on many guitars with no problems! Most people who complain about the floyd rose special that it's junk they are so wrong!! Yes it's not the original but the only thing that isn't the same as the original is the saddles!! The saddles on the special are zinc alloy and the original are steel!! Out of the last 8 years I have replaced the saddles on my fav guitar which has the special 1 time so the quality is there! And easy to install if you know how if you don't. watch a few videos on YouTube and decide if this is at your level of do it yourself project.