Some guitars inspire us to reach beyond our own limited talent and attempt to play the songs they are best known for. In the case of a Floyd Rose equipped Kramer that meant trying to channel our inner Eddie Van Halen. It didn't go that well... 🤦‍♂️

00:00 intro & coming up
01:06 a kramer & a floyd rose
03:05 some lazy research
05:06 colours & specs
06:12 what does it weigh?
06:31 the floyd rose
09:45 string removal
12:57 fingerboard & frets
15:56 neck profile & measurements
16:36 pickup readings
17:12 re-stringing a floyd rose
23:02 control cavity
23:40 tuning & whammy bar dramas
26:03 todays rig
26:35 this is what it sounds like
29:29 tuning problems
29:46 no noodling this week
30:40 my first attempt at tapping
32:03 learning something new
33:55 I forgot to look under the hood
34:50 let's look under the hood
37:30 the neck pickup
38:30 let's sum up
39:23 there's a better version
40:45 this won't be my last floyd rose guitar
42:01 tv channel plug
44:04 play out jam

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