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   (Kahler, Gotoh, Takeuchi, Ping Wel

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