The following information is the definitive guide on Floyd Rose tremolos (and variants) with a special (but not exclusive) emphasis on left-handed guitars: genuine, licensed, and proprietary - past and present. Nowhere else on the internet will you find all this information in one place. This article is in five parts: Part 1: Original and Genuine Floyd Rose   (Floyd Rose, Fernandes, Schaller, Sung il, Ping Well) Part 2: OEM Producers   (Schaller, Kahler, Gotoh, Takeuchi, Ping

The following information is the definitive guide on Floyd Rose tremolos (and variants) with a special (but not exclusive) emphasis on left-handed guitars - past and present. Nowhere else on the internet will you find all this information in one place. This article is in five parts: Part 1: Original and Genuine Floyd Rose   (Floyd Rose, Fernandes, Schaller, Sung-il, Ping Well) Part 2: OEM Producers   (Schaller, Kahler, Gotoh, Takeuchi, Ping Well, Jin Ah) Part 3: Proprietary V

NOTE: The following information is the definitive guide on Floyd Rose tremolos (and variants) with a special (but not exclusive) emphasis on left-handed guitars: genuine, licensed, and proprietary - past and present. Nowhere else on the internet will you find all this information in one place. This article is in five parts: Part 1: Original and Genuine Floyd Rose   (Floyd Rose, Fernandes, Schaller, Sung-il, Ping Well) Part 2: OEM Producers   (Schaller, Kahler, Gotoh, Takeuchi

The following information is the definitive guide on Floyd Rose tremolos (and variants) with a special (but not exclusive) emphasis on left-handed guitars: genuine, licensed, and proprietary - past and present. Nowhere else on the internet will you find all this information in one place. This article is in five parts: Part 1: Original and Genuine Floyd Rose   (Floyd Rose, Fernandes, Schaller, Sung-il, Ping Well) Part 2: OEM Producers   (Schaller, Kahler, Gotoh, Takeuchi, Ping

The following is the ultimate guide on left-handed Floyd Rose tremolos: genuine, licensed, and proprietary—past and present. Nowhere else on the internet will you find all this information in one place. This article is in five parts: Part 1: Original and Genuine Floyd Rose   (Floyd Rose, Fernandes, Schaller, Sung-il, Ping Well) Part 2: OEM Producers   (Schaller, Kahler, Gotoh, Takeuchi, Ping Well) Part 3: Proprietary Versions   ( Kahler, Fernandes, Ibanez, St. Louis Music, Ar

I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas for 2025. It's a strange world we live in at the moment. A lot can be said about that. We used to call this country "The Lucky Country." Hardly now... Getting back to guitars: If you are keen on realizing your "dream lefty guitar" feel free to drop me a line to discuss your project for 2026. If you can't get the lefty you want... you know who to call. I am still making left handed guitars . I am doing restorations too. Re-s

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For over three decades, Gary Moore’s 1961 Fiesta Red Stratocaster has become one of the most revered instruments in Rock and Blues history. This guitar was used on Gary's 1982 album "Corridors of Power" and the 1983 album "Victims of the Future," where the guitar's tone became a key part of his sound. The Strat was used intermittently on later albums as well, including "A Different Beat" (1999), "Power of the Blues" (2004), "Old New Ballads Blues" (2006), "Close As You Get" (

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The Takeuchi TRS-101 has been out of production for over 15 years. The original TRS-101 was used by many guitar brands during the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, such as Jackson, Charvel, B.C. Rich, Washburn, Ibanez, ESP, Kramer, Yamaha, Aria Pro II, and others. The TRS-101 was always and continues to be the most copied Floyd Rose style tremolo of all time. It's as legendary as the originals. If you have a guitar that is more than just a beater to you and you need to replace the tre

I just found out that Floyd Rose will now be making all his tremolos in the United States. This is after 40 years of exclusive production by Schaller in Germany. I am happy about that for a few reasons. I am a not a fan of Schaller because of a personal "bad customer experience" with Lars Br ü nning a couple of years ago that put me offside. Since then, I have pretty much refused to use or recommend Schaller products. I took their locking tuners and tremolos off my website. T

In the very beginning, Fernandes Electric Sound Research Group Co. Ltd. of Japan  (not Schaller) was the first company to mass-produce the Floyd Rose double-locking tremolo. 1981 - 1983 Genuine Floyd Rose Production June 1981: Floyd Rose meets Fernandes representatives at the 1981 NAMM show. A contract is signed almost immediately for Fernandes to mass produce Floyd Rose's hand-made double locking guitar vibrato system. Fernandes (a Japanese marketing/distribution company) ou

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