NGD! - EVH

I ordered the kill switch w/led +stereo jack. Not sure if i'll use the jack or just use a rocker switch. will be a fun little mod project. Don't think i'm going to worry about the neck pickup anytime soon. I mean if i want to play neck positions i'll reach for my other guitars. I like the simplicity of one pickup on this frankie.
 
Feeling blessed to have such amazing instruments. I've cycled through a number of guitars over the years but I think I can safely say these two are never leaving. Both fit my hands so well. The Govan feels like a Bentley/Mercedes. Exudes luxury and finesse. Truly well crafted. The Frankie feels like a fun weekend Ferrari. Just fun and inspiring to play....and rips of course!
 

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if you want a regular neck tele that isnt older usa (people asking funny money for those these days..) the player DE are solid.
 
Budda said:
if you want a regular neck tele that isnt older usa (people asking funny money for those these days..) the player DE are solid.
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Good to know! What does the DE mean? deluxe? Yeah i def will pick up a tele down the road. nothing anytime soon. blowing my load lately with these latest acquisitions.
 
Spending more time playing today and I'm reminded of what it's like working with double locking trem. My only other guitar with that is my Axis which I have not touched in over a year. I also forgot how delicate a setup the D-Tuna is. It was all great when I brought it home yesterday but it was setup in E Standard. All my guitars are in Eb so today tuned the Frankie down half step but it's thrown off the setup a bit. Engaging the D-Tuna for E tuning is throwing off other strings to go few cents flat. I'm guessing I may need to loosen the trem claws a tad. It's funny I've always aimed to have easiest action possible in the past but just tuning down half step here it's actually feeling a bit sloppy /loose. I usually use 9's or the hybrid (9-46). Frankie comes with 9's and was tuned to E standard and i actually preferred the feel better. hmm.....
 
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Spending more time playing today and I'm reminded of what it's like working with double locking trem. My only other guitar with that is my Axis which I have not touched in over a year. I also forgot how delicate a setup the D-Tuna is. It was all great when I brought it home yesterday but it was setup in E Standard. All my guitars are in Eb so today tuned the Frankie down half step but it's thrown off the setup a bit. Engaging the D-Tuna for E tuning is throwing off other strings to go few cents flat. I'm guessing I may need to loosen the trem claws a tad. It's funny I've always aimed to have easiest action possible in the past but just tuning down half step here it's actually feeling a bit sloppy /loose. I usually use 9's or the hybrid (9-46). Frankie comes with 9's and was tuned to E standard and i actually preferred the feel better. hmm.....
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Just curious, do you tune to Eb because if how it feels on your other guitars? How it sounds? Because you play songs whose original versions were done that way?

The obvious solution for the hassle you're hassling just to leave in standard pitch, as you've concluded, whether you actually do that or not :)
 
Dave Merrill said:
Just curious, do you tune to Eb because if how it feels on your other guitars? How it sounds? Because you play songs whose original versions were done that way?

The obvious solution for the hassle you're hassling just to leave in standard pitch, as you've concluded, whether you actually do that or not :)
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Had to think about why I actually do that. habit. I just started doing that long ago probably so i could play along to VH and also somewhat to have 'easier' action. My other guitars are all setup this way and its totally fine but its feeling a bit too loose so far on the Frankie. I havent' adjusted anything yet. This has me rethinking my approach. Is this a sign of 'growing up?" ha. looser feel is easier , sure but at the same time you need the right amount of tension for good technique also. I think part of this is getting reaquainted with this type of trem. Floating trems its just adjusting the trem claw to get the balanced tension to whatever tuning/string guage so the bridge is parallel.

edit: what I have done on most my guitars so that its not too loose is use 9-46. I'm finding 9-42 in Eb too loose (mainly the E&A strings) here so that's probably it.
 
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Chewie5150 said:
Good to know! What does the DE mean? deluxe? Yeah i def will pick up a tele down the road. nothing anytime soon. blowing my load lately with these latest acquisitions.
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Loose in E is a good time too ;) pick lighter, exert less energy overall, focus more because hamming doesnt work and enjoy (or something like that!?).

Pretty sure DE is deluxe edition yeah. The green is duncan quarter pounders and burgundy is ebony board, im sure theres more.
 
I decided using a pitch block was much easier than changing my guitar tuning!
The D-tuna is very touchy. My Wolfgang signature d-tuna works very well but I’ve had a couple that no matter how much I adjusted it- it would make everything off. 🤷‍♂️
 
I may not have been clear about what i meant in earlier post. I was comparing a floating trem where you achieve that balance of trem claw tension and tuning/string tension with the aim of a parallel sitting bridge. The Frankie like my Axis is surface mount. From what I can see on the Frankie there isnt room underneath if i were to pull the whammy up. So, really the only thing i'd achieve by adjusting the trem claw is only going to affect level of effort required to operate the whammy and not so much affect tuning stability if i'm thinking of this correctly.

I downtuned to Eb and wasn't really paying attention much the first day to how the D-tuna was behaving in E standard. So a slight change in string tension is all that has changed.....The slight issue i'm having with the D-tuna is when i engage it in to E. It is throwing off the next 3 adjacent strings flat a few cents. When I pop the cork out to D those same strings are going sharp by about the same amount. scratching my head as to what is causing this and what the solution is. I understand the process in tuning with the D-tuna. loosen locking nut. tune to pitch (low string to D). lock it down. engage the D-tuna to E and use the set /grub screw to fine adjust. My understanding is on the low E/D string to ideally leave the fine tuner adjustment on the bridge out as much as possible/not to use @Andy Eagle any idea what's going on with my D-tuna here?

edit: i may have found what is causing this. here's a pic of the rear of bridge. on the higher strings side there is a hairline gap there so perhaps i should tighten the claw on that side to pull it totally flush like the left side is.
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The spring plate is pushing down against the body when you push it in for E. Tune D with the fine tuner nearly all the way out and this won’t happen.
 
Andy Eagle said:
This is your issue though. The spring plate is flexing and altering the exact position. Nothing else is moving.
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I put on my magnifying glasses and turns out there is some thread on the fine tuner protruding. But the damn screw is so tight (actually all the fine tuners are difficult) i am trying to loosen that fine tuner on that string. even with pliers its very hard. Some googling...assuming this is a Floyd 1000 (well evh brand) but the threads at the end are crimped so can't fully back out. Thats probably it. I'm still confused as i've watched numerous vids on how to setup the Dtuna. the fine tuner should be backed out...but okay if it's slightly touching the screw. I may take it to teh shop and get their tech to look it over

Its very hard to capture a photo of this....i have the fine tuner backed out as much as i can without resorting to pliers and there's some thread still coming through. I don't know what the normal amount is supposed to be but given how stiff all the tuners feel i wonder if its just stuck and needs to be backed out a few mm.
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@Andy Eagle I put it back in standard E tuning and its no different. So when you say the culprit is the spring plate. How do i fix this? I'm getting neurotic about this hahha so thanks for your patience. Thing is I don't know if the fine tuner screw is supposed to be able to back out further. i'ts only portruding enough to make contact when dtuna is engaged but i tested other fine tuners and they all stop at pretty much same spot when trying to back out as far as possible.

also interesting is now back in standard E. Then tension/action feels just right again. All my other guitars are in Eb.
 
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