Help: New (to me) Luke I… questions about the Floyd…
I recently purchased an original 1994 Luke I from eBay. It arrived needing a fret polish and full setup. I decided to undertake this myself as a learning opportunity (never actually setup a Floyd). I looked on the FAQ from Music-Man.com and used the instructions for the floating FR Morse. Customer Service confirmed this recommendation.
Ok, to my point, I followed the instruction and at the point of adjusting the post screws for the action, the knife edges of the Floyd seem to have cut into the posts. It removed some black paint as a minimum. I have the action, relief, intonation, and spring tension otherwise set so that the bridge is extremely flat and level with the body. I get very little string buzz on the low e and none on the rest of the strings. Intonation is about as close as it can get. As best I can tell the setup is nearly perfect… except it will not stay in tune. I am very concerned that I have damaged this bridge. I started reading FR forums and it seems that most suggest removing string tension before adjusting the bridge height. This is not what the Morse recommendations say. Any advice would be very appreciated.
Ok, to my point, I followed the instruction and at the point of adjusting the post screws for the action, the knife edges of the Floyd seem to have cut into the posts. It removed some black paint as a minimum. I have the action, relief, intonation, and spring tension otherwise set so that the bridge is extremely flat and level with the body. I get very little string buzz on the low e and none on the rest of the strings. Intonation is about as close as it can get. As best I can tell the setup is nearly perfect… except it will not stay in tune. I am very concerned that I have damaged this bridge. I started reading FR forums and it seems that most suggest removing string tension before adjusting the bridge height. This is not what the Morse recommendations say. Any advice would be very appreciated.
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