Sketchy Setups #6: Locking Tremolo Guitars

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Sketchy Setups #6 Locking Tremolo Guitars covers

• the tools you’ll need
  
• how to measure and set relief
  
• how to measure and set action
  
• how to balance the Floyd Rose tremolo
  
• how to balance Ibanez Edge tremolo systems
  
• setting up the Kahler trem
  
• locking nut setup
  
• setting up the guitar’s pickups
  
• setting intonation and the quirks of these bridges
  
• this information should be applicable to pretty much any instrument fitted with a Floyd Rose, Ibanez Edge, or Kahler-style tremolo system.
  

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