Thinking of bumping up to a pretty heavy string gauge (like 12-60) to experiment with some new tunings on a 6-string like C standard or Drop A#. I know that’s a pretty big bump for a normal nut from a ”regular” gauge like 9-42 or 10-46 and there might be some filing required. My question is for any Floyd rose owners with locking nuts, have you had any issues using large gauge strings like this and the locking nut on a 6-string? If not I may just take one of my Floyd guitars and designate that specifically for this tuning to experiment with instead of having an existing nut filed.
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Originally posted by drache713 View PostThinking of bumping up to a pretty heavy string gauge (like 12-60) to experiment with some new tunings on a 6-string like C standard or Drop A#. I know that’s a pretty big bump for a normal nut from a ”regular” gauge like 9-42 or 10-46 and there might be some filing required. My question is for any Floyd rose owners with locking nuts, have you had any issues using large gauge strings like this and the locking nut on a 6-string? If not I may just take one of my Floyd guitars and designate that specifically for this tuning to experiment with instead of having an existing nut filed.
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I do Drop A# with a 10-52 NYXL set. That said...
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...I don't think I ever had an issue with bridge cables and Floyds, aside from needing to rework the bridge level. Those nuts are basically just gigantic V's compared to a normal nut, so you should be fine there, and I don't think you can buy a guitar string thick enough to not fit in the bridge saddle.
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