yeah.. i have not tried original floyd.. juz on ibanez.. but for me its just ok.. i dunno much about floyd thing..
i still love fixed bridge..

i think licence will out of tune lah

that depends actually. my schaller license is dead stable 95% of the time. i think gotoh is ok too. it's those cheaper license stuff that's bad.

i dont know bout that, but my LTD licensed FR can stayed tuned for weeks,
the trick is just like u said, u need to stretch the new strings before u locked it..

for me after installing new strings, i will not locked the nut straight away,
id left the nut unlock and played the guitar as usual for 2,3 days, that is to let the strings stretch,
then will i retune and locked the nut, after that it will stayed tuned for weeks,
even if it slightly out of tuned after weeks of abuse, i still can use the fine tuner to tune it back to pitch..

Gotoh makes better floyds than Schaller made Floyd Rose Original and Floyd Rose II now.

maybe cos the original floyd rose u may have confused the schaller with the MIC ones

yea, MIC are now making original floyd rose.
formerly was under the brand name Ping, but now they can legally put the floyd rose branding on it.

im not sure who Ping are, but i do know fender uses their tuners.
so maybe fender also owns Ping, just like how fender owns floyd rose.
so they can choose to do anything.

on that note, strings actually made some difference too. some string brands are not suitable for FR bridge. i can't recall where i read that though.

well, in my book, gotoh and schaller are somewhat on par with each other.

yeah, ive heard about it and still experimenting which string is best for my axe setup,
so far, the winner is daddario .10-.46,
currently im using ZW Sign strings, a bit disappointed with the tone tho, not my taste,
well there are lots of strings that i havent tried yet, experiment continue ..

actually, if TS wants a cheap solution, can try to find 2nd hand Schaller's Licensed FR on ebay. I'm not sure they still make them though but it's still pretty decent.

But then, what's the point of upgrading that Ibanez.

I'd say, save up a little more, get the Schecter C-1 Hellraiser FR (with Ori FR). That guitar is seriously worth way much more than it's price tag.

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Schecter C-1 Hellraiser .. how much is that?

and i relly like that ibanez design....

I think it's around USD800 so in RM will be 3k give or take.

but that guitar seriously blows away my own PRS Hate to admit it but it's true.

RM3k!! dude.. i better go for Jackson Rhandy Rhoads 3 lol!.. or perhaps RR5...

haha...

whoa! are u sure?

RR3 is about the same price but....

RR3 has lousier Pickups (SD JB/Jazz I think) compared to the Emgs 81/89 on the Schecter
RR3 is only using a License FR whereas that Schecter is using Original FR.
Plus, I don't quite like the RR3's tone. Tested one years ago and can still remember. But the Schecter totally blew me off.
Schecter comes with 24 frets

RR3 has it's own unique tone. Sure, you can compare parts and what-not, but it still sounds unique.
I LOVE my RR3.... but I also love my Zakk Wylde LP AND my Razorback 255 AND my LP-100....... each of them has it's own unique features and quality.

yeah.. still depends on user taste...

i really like RR.. haha...

No wei, seriously the Ping one, cannot compare la
but Gotoh ones a lot more consistent than Schaller now.
=/

with that kind of money i'll rather buy the bullseye

i would get the rr3 if it had 24 frets =/
main reason why i didnt get it actually