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: Licensed Versions (Schaller, Kahler, Gotoh, Takeuchi

In the very beginning, Fernandes Electric Sound Research Group Co. Ltd. of Japan (not Schaller) was the first company to commercially mass-produce the Floyd Rose double-locking tremolo. The following is a concise summary of Fernandes' connection with Floyd Rose and subsequent developments of its own guitar vibrato systems with particular emphasis on left-handed guitar production. 1981 - 1983 Genuine Floyd Rose Production February 1981: Floyd Rose meets Fernandes representativ