The Floyd Rose II was a genuine Floyd Rose tremolo made for Floyd Rose by Schaller in the late 1980s as a cheaper alternative to an Original Floyd Rose used on Kramer guitars and was also supplied as an OEM product to many other guitar brands with import lines throughout the 1980s and 1990s. The Floyd Rose II has exactly the same dimensions as the Original Floyd Rose but is made of cast iron. It was made in Germany, as with the Original Floyd Rose. Available for immediate pur

We all know that the Takeuchi TRS-101 has been out of production for over 15 years. 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. TRS-101 clones can be bought on AliExpress, Amazon or eBay from $25 to $100, but usually not left-handed. They are all made in China. The original TRS-101 was used by many guitar brands during the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, such as Jackson, Charvel, B.C. Rich, Wash

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   (Kahler, Gotoh, Takeuchi, Ping Well, Jin Ah) Part 3: Proprietary Versions   ( Schaller, Kahler, Fernandes, Ibanez, SLM, Aria

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   (Kahler, Gotoh, Takeuchi, Ping Well, Jin Ah) Part 3: Proprietary Versions   ( Schaller, Kahler, Fernandes, Ibanez, SLM, Aria

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   (Kahler, Gotoh, Takeuchi, Ping Well, Jin Ah) Part 3: Proprietary Versions   ( Schaller, Kahler, Fernandes, Ibanez, St. Lo

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   (Kahler, Gotoh, Takeuchi, Ping Well, Jin Ah) Part 3: Proprietary Versions   ( Schaller, Kahler, Fernandes, Ibanez, St. Louis

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 Late 1981: Floyd Rose meets Fernandes representatives at the 1981 NAMM show. A contract is signed almost immediately. Fernandes (a Japanese marketing/distribution company) outsources the actual metalwork – almost certainly to Gotoh, though this has never been offi

Originally written 2009. Updated 2025. NOTE: There are many other well-known tone woods used in the making of acoustic guitars. This...

Update: November 2025. It has taken me more than two years to put this series together, but I have finally written the absolute definitive guide on left-handed Floyd Rose tremolos. I spent thousands of hours, and it turned out to be more of a rabbit hole than I anticipated. I have drawn from personal experience and research. This is everything you would ever need to know (if you were interested) in Floyd Rose and other types of OEM or proprietary locking tremolo systems. I a

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