Floyd rose intonation help

[threadkiller]

I have a guitar with a Floyd that I'm having trouble with setting the intonation on one string. I basically run out of adjustment. I have the screw in the third hole, the one closest to the fine tuners, and am able to get it intonated correctly but in doing so I am having to move the saddle back so far that it is starting to ride up the slope at the back of the floyd and I am left with almost no adjustment available on the fine tuner. Any fix for this? Hopefully what I'm saying makes sense.

 

[f550maranello2]

I have a guitar with a Floyd that I'm having trouble with setting the intonation on one string. I basically run out of adjustment. I have the screw in the third hole, the one closest to the fine tuners, and am able to get it intonated correctly but in doing so I am having to move the saddle back so far that it is starting to ride up the slope at the back of the floyd and I am left with almost no adjustment available on the fine tuner. Any fix for this? Hopefully what I'm saying makes sense.

 

[shredhead7]

What string and what gauge? I have Floyd's on 7 different guitars and I've never had that problem. The only string that I even had to move saddle to a new screw slot was the G when I went to 11's.

 

[cardinal]

Are the other strings intonated really far back too?

My suggestion: dump that string and try again with a new string. I suspect that the string is bad, you missed the intonation point and now have moved too far back, or maybe both.

 

[AndyK]

I always found that if I ran out of room, I was doing it wrong! If you send a photo of your Floyd showing how the saddles are arranged that would help.

What I would do is move the high E and B set screws to the first holes, G set screw to the second hole. D set screw to first hole, remaining A and low E to second hole. Then set the saddles in a nice, staggered pattern, starting with the high E almost all the way to the front edge of the trem plate. Then stagger the rest to look like this:

Odds are, you will be much closer intonation-wise.

 

[rottingcorpse]

Had this same problem once when I ran a custom set of strings,with my low E being freaking HUGE! Could not get the low E saddle back far enough without it sitting on the ramp with no ability to tune. This was way before extended range stuff was common.

I pulled that saddle and ground a small bit off both the back and a 45 degree on the bottom to allow the saddle to sit flush with the base at the point where the base rises up. Not much off the back, as that's where the screw comes in to lock the string block...too much off the back and there won't be enough threads.

All the grinding was done with the saddle in a pair of vise grips and a sanding wheel...total redneck style....in 1992.

Worked like a charm. Wasn't pretty, but neither was the music we played.

Tho I would suggest you try a new string first, as already suggested. If you still have the issue, maybe try a smaller gauge string in that position, as that should bring the saddle farther forward.

 

[threadkiller]

I've never had this problem with a Floyd either. I am running 9's and the guitar is tuned down 1/2 step so Db tuning, standard intervals. I don't think I can stand to go to a lighter string gauge.