Is it bad to leave your Floyd guitar dropped to D?

[pott]

Last night I dropped my E to D without slackening any springs and it's still in this position... Is it bad for the neck?

Also, my friend's Ibanez GRG270's Floyd can D tune using only the fine tuners, not my JT6. If you use the fine tuners only, does it mean the other strings don't go out of tune? All my other strings were slightly out of tune after having tuned the E to D. Thanks for the help

[sully]

Re: Is it bad to leave your Floyd guitar dropped to D?

it's not bad, and yeah, the other strings may move a little bit when you do it, but that's what fine tuners are for! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[pott]

Re: Is it bad to leave your Floyd guitar dropped to D?

Good I feared that the treble side of the neck might get more tension than the bass and result in a twisted neck. My neck is PERFECTLY flat (17 years old :P ) and I really wouldn't want to warp it <3 Thanks!

[ZuliaArmy]

Re: Is it bad to leave your Floyd guitar dropped t

You can always get thicker strings to compensate, I guess!

[pott]

Re: Is it bad to leave your Floyd guitar dropped t

Right now i have .9s on it. The guitar tech said the neck won't bear .10s [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] I don't know what to do :cry:

[etaeniura]

Re: Is it bad to leave your Floyd guitar dropped t

I have had 10's on all my guitars at some point and they have never even needed a truss rod adjustment-even my HM strat which has the thinnest neck I have ever felt. WHat guitar did he say would not work with 10's? Either your guitar is overly fragile, or your tech is nuts.

[pott]

Re: Is it bad to leave your Floyd guitar dropped t

Charvel 4. 1987 as far as I can make out (sharkfins, JT6). He didn't say why, I just got the receipt with markings saying .10 wouldn't have fit :s. The neck is very straight... I hope it's not fragile.

[toejam]

Re: Is it bad to leave your Floyd guitar dropped t

Your tech is crazy! 10s will work fine.

[VitaminG]

Re: Is it bad to leave your Floyd guitar dropped t

I have .11s tuned to Eb on my Model 1A. No problem.

[ChlorineRR4]

Re: Is it bad to leave your Floyd guitar dropped t

i have 10-52's on my King V in standard E, and thats got a damn small neck, no problems yet