This chart shows some of the geometry needed to make a nut work well. The reissue of the 1984 Floyd Rose tremolo is mostly about aesthetics. It's kinda unusual to hear that from a Floyd locking nut unless somebody's been filing on the slot improperly. You need an abrupt edge where the string leaves, or you'll get that "sitar" sound. You need some clearance for that, as the slacker they get, the wider the vibrational travel, and you'll start buzzing real early.Īs far as your high E buzzing even when it's open, that's a problem at the exit side toward the speaking length of the string at either the nut or bridge. 008" of relief in the neck, and you'll be able to lower the bridge overall to get your action down where you're happy.īe aware that Floyds have more "down" range than most vibratos, so the strings can go quite slack on a dive. Get those two things taken care of, put about. You need an ~18" radius at the bridge to get the strings to lay across a 10"-16" compound radius fretboard evenly. It's more likely your frets aren't as level as you need them to be and/or your bridge isn't compensated for the compound radius, so your bridge is set too high. The small amount you could gain would be nearly imperceptible. But, really, I don't think you need to make that move. Then, you can't really change the slot depth of the nut itself. The shelf is large, and trying to get a flat, even cut across the width of a neck by hand with a file is asking a lot without a jig or some sort of controlled cutter. It's difficult to lower Floyd nuts reliably. 015" to be pretty low, so if you think your action is high, I'm guessing you mean farther up the neck. Any lower than that, and the string is going to start hitting frets when it's vibrating. I usually adjust to ~.012", but that's really pushing it. 015" at the first fret for the low E is not really that far off.
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