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