PRS tremolo should float parallel with the body?

[Torstein]

According to this:

https://support.prsguitars.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408309706779-PRS-Tremolo

...the bridge should float 1/16 off the body.

According to this, parallel with the strings:

How do you set yours up?

 

[ruger9]

I usually float mine parallel with body... and that goes for my DGT (which, thanks to the set neck I think, is closer to the top than the others), the Bladerunner on my strat, and the Floyd Rose on my Charvel. The latter 2 are 2-3/16" up, the DGT is more like 1-2/16"

BTW the DGT was set that way from the factory, with 11s, which is the gauge I play on PRSi. I play 10s on the strat and Charvel.

 

[Erick_S]

It used to be parallel to the body, but PRS changed it a few back to being parallel with the strings. The change was due, in part, to the curvature of most of the tops, making it difficult to choose a perfectly parallel line. The other part is that it makes more sense for the line to be parallel with the strings, since that is the direction of string tension - aligning to that ensures the float point is in-line with the string pull.

 

[Greywolf]

good vid ,thanks for the link

 

[Warmart]

Parallel with the strings here.

 

[bodia]

Parallel with the strings here.

Likewise

 

[ruger9]

OH WAIT... yeah- parallel with the strings. Me too. I said body, but that's because on my other 2, the bodies ARE parallel with the strings. but yeah- parallel with the strings, then whatever the height of the bridge is off the body, it is.

 

[Nadir]

According to this:

https://support.prsguitars.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408309706779-PRS-Tremolo

...the bridge should float 1/16 off the body.

Read it as "the bridge is lifted 1/16" ... and it is parallel to the body

 

[ruger9]

I don't get too hung up on the measurement- I only use the bar for subtle effects (no Vai here), so a little is all I need. So long as it stays in tune, I don't care what the actual measurement is.

 

[JasonE]

I have not had to change most of mine due to them coming stock with the gauge of strings that I use so they were set correctly at the factory. However, I have set these for other people and on a couple of mine that I modified and I use a small metal ruler to set them level with the body, which pretty much ends up level with the strings. I have never measured this but from eyesighting it, it looks level with the strings. I started using the ruler a long time ago because it is visually tough to set with the body carve at the back end of the trem.

 

[Warmart]

I have not had to change most of mine due to them coming stock with the gauge of strings that I use so they were set correctly at the factory. However, I have set these for other people and on a couple of mine that I modified and I use a small metal ruler to set them level with the body, which pretty much ends up level with the strings. I have never measured this but from eyesighting it, it looks level with the strings. I started using the ruler a long time ago because it is visually tough to set with the body carve at the back end of the trem.

A straight edge is a great help, if you want to be really picky in getting it level with the strings, lol.