Floyd Rose trem-arm tightening?

[YorkeFan06]

How does one go about tightening the trem-arm on a floyd rose [liscensed]? Mine is lose and I'm not able to get what I want from it. :mad:

[Peter C]

When I had one, I would use a wrench on the top of the guitar (can't remember what size) and hold the bottom of the trem screw with needle-nose pliers (underneath the guitar).

Hope this helps...

[Baba]

The ORIGINAL Floyd, meaning the ones I played in the early 1980's, had a nut on top and a nut underneath the bridge, you have to hold a wrench on one, and tighten the other with another wrench (same size).

The ones they sell now (they call them original) come with that thumb-type knurled screw on top, I really don't know how to tighten that up. By my experience, you can tighten that nut as much as your thumb/fingers will allow. Take the arm, and bend it down (dive) as much as you can, you'll be able to see how it works from underneath.

[Andrew Chen]

Who made your Floyd? Was it Kahler? Ibanez? The adjuster for trem arm stiffness can vary based on the manufacturer.

[YorkeFan06]

Its an Ibanez, on an RG220