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 the 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,

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: Licensed Versions (Schaller, Kahler, Gotoh, Takeuchi, Ping Well, Jin Ah) Part 3: Proprietary Versions (Fernandes, St. Louis Music, Aria Pro II,

In the beginning, Fernandes Electric Sound Research Group Co. Ltd. of Japan (not Schaller) was Floyd Rose’s first commercial manufacturing partner, producing the early Floyd Rose tremolo system for Floyd Rose. 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. 1976–1981: Origins 1976–1980. Following its development in 1976, American