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  1. sdn25

    Keep breaking strings on a Floyd Rose

    Thing is right, I polished that and it still broke, it’s not just one string, it happens on the high e,b,g and d unfortunately. All the saddle points are as smooth as smooth gets, yet they break. All these make me think it might be a faulty batch, because before I had only crusty d’addarios and...
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    Keep breaking strings on a Floyd Rose

    I have my Floyd blocked so it’s dive only, the strings are not moving in the block because when I remove the broken piece it’s definitely all the way in the socket, it breaks at the point where you see that little indent where the string rests, I’ve ordered a different set of strings to see...
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    Keep breaking strings on a Floyd Rose

    Because the schaller Lockmeister 6 is a German made Floyd rose. Easier to say Floyd rose than schaller Lockmeister. Read this
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    Keep breaking strings on a Floyd Rose

    Update: broke the D string, its a new set of strings (a week old) I have included a picture of what the break looks like. It seems like the solid core broke and the nickel winding unravelled. The fact that a wound string broke on a new set tells me something is wrong, I had also sanded the...
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    Tube life ?

    I built the amp so I’m comfortable with biasing it but I’ll consider getting spares, tubes are quite expensive nowadays unfortunately.
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    Tube life ?

    Yeah it does sound great, so I could expect like at least a year ? Or maybe 2?
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    Tube life ?

    For volume, as I mentioned, I have all the knobs on 10 running into a reactive load, so the tubes are under full load, I play for at least 3-4 hours a day, it lives on my table so no movement, since it’s into a reactive load there’s no vibration from speaker cabinets
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    Tube life ?

    What other information would you need to make a guess ?
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    Tube life ?

    How long can I expect a set of current production Mullard EL34s (made by new sensor) to last in a cranked (all knobs on 10) 50w jmp 1987? I have it biased at about 50-53%.
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    1987 plexi weird treble noise

    I have jj 12ax7s for v1 and v2 and I have a sovtek in v3. I was able to fix the issue without a tube swap, reduced the amount of gain in the circuitry and that solved it. If I had to guess, the output section was being slammed with too much gain and caused that noise.
  11. sdn25

    Keep breaking strings on a Floyd Rose

    I attack the string with the pick parallel to the string, this tends to put more force on it, I usually try to keep my wrist straight so this is a by product. Should I be angling the pick to dig in? So as to not stress the saddle contact point of the string ?
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    Keep breaking strings on a Floyd Rose

    I have a schaller Lockmeister, schaller is the company that makes the original German Floyd, the Lockmeister is the same OFR but with their branding which makes them cheaper.
  13. sdn25

    Keep breaking strings on a Floyd Rose

    The saddle blocks are fine, they have no grooves in them yet, again as I said they don’t break at the saddle inserts, but rather at the place where the string exits the saddle. Ran some fine sandpaper on the saddles, let’s see if they break again in 4 days Could it be my technique ? Am I...
  14. sdn25

    Keep breaking strings on a Floyd Rose

    Hmm, I had inspected the blocks too, they look pretty new to me, the string don't break at the block tho, they break just about where they leave the saddle behind the saddle adjustment screws.
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    Keep breaking strings on a Floyd Rose

    So I have this Schaller lockmeister 6 on my Charvel, the bridge is only about 4 months old, no visible wear except some sweat marks, but I keep breaking strings at the saddles. I read that the saddle may have burrs etc but the surface is shiny. Context: I break a string almost every 4 days, its...
  16. sdn25

    SV20C, OR120C, or DSL40C For Original *Dry* Early VH tone

    If you REALLY want the versatility for VH era from 70s to 90s get the 5150 iconic, it does it all, jack of all trades VH, master of none, as I call it :)
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    SV20C, OR120C, or DSL40C For Original *Dry* Early VH tone

    the black box is why it seemed like you didn't have enough gain. About 50% of the additional gain comes from the output section clipping and compressing. Using the black box lowers the signal going into the output section and won't let it clip, itwill severely hinder your experience, if you...
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    SV20C, OR120C, or DSL40C For Original *Dry* Early VH tone

    How did you run the amp when testing it ? Were you able to crank all the knobs to 10?
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    1987 plexi weird treble noise

    In stock form it was 820r + 0.68uf bypass cap, I now have a 2k7 like in the 70s circuits.
  20. sdn25

    SV20C, OR120C, or DSL40C For Original *Dry* Early VH tone

    You can build a simple attenuator for under $30. This is the way to go imo, sv20+att. Check out an L-PAD attenuator.

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