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

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

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 Well, Jin

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