I have an ibanez RG-series floyd rose guitar and i dont know how to tune it . Ne!
Question: There's no easy way to explain this, but I think I know the problem you're having.
It's because of the springs in the Floyd Rose trem. When you have a guitar with a Floyd Rose trem, you *must* make sure you use the same guage of strings every time you restring. If you don't, the amount of tension in the neck changes and then it's a real b*tch to get the strings in tune with each other. You tune one string, go to tune the next one, then when you go back to the first one, it's all out of tune again. That's because of those springs...
You can basically do one of 4 things:
1. Get a new set of strings with the same guage as the previous set you were using, and restring.
2. Slightly readjust the truss rod to balance the new level of tension in the neck (*not recommended)
3. Open the back panel of the guitar and either tighten or loosen the springs, depending on which way you need to take it. This is what I ended up doing with mine, but you do need to be careful you don't unscrew the spring clamp too far. What you're going for is for the bridge to be at a 45-degree angle above the body of the guitar. If the bridge is too high off the body, you'd need to tighten the springs. If the bridge is too close to the body, you'd need to loosen them. There are most likely two screws holding the spring clamp to the body - make sure you tighten/loosen both screws equally so it remains balanced.
4. Trial and error. If you don't want to restring or readjust the neck or trem springs, this is pretty much your last option. You *can* get it into tune, but it will be *very* difficult because you basically have to rebalance the tension somehow and without readjustments, the only way to do that is for the strings themselves to take the tension. Not easy to explain, but trust me, it's a pain in the @ss. Easiest way I know of would be for you to get all the strings tuned as well as possible, then start fine-tuning the strings in pairs. Tune the low E, then the high E. Keep going back and forth between them until you get both to stay in tune together. Then go to the inner strings (A and B), and do the same thing, except this time you'll also need to go back and recheck the E strings. When those 4 are happy with each other, do this with the two middle strings (D and G).
My personal recommendation to fix this problem is #3 if you don't know what guage of strings you were using before, and #1 if you do know. After you get this worked out, just make sure you always use the same guage & you should never have this problem again. I recommend Ernie Ball's custom guage strings - they are fairly cheap & you can get boxes of 10 sets for about $35. But find a set of strings you like & try to stick with those. It's ok to change brands, but the main thing is you want the string guages to be the same whenever you restring.
Answers: There's no easy way to explain this, but I think I know the problem you're having.
It's because of the springs in the Floyd Rose trem. When you have a guitar with a Floyd Rose trem, you *must* make sure you use the same guage of strings every time you restring. If you don't, the amount of tension in the neck changes and then it's a real b*tch to get the strings in tune with each other. You tune one string, go to tune the next one, then when you go back to the first one, it's all out of tune again. That's because of those springs...
You can basically do one of 4 things:
1. Get a new set of strings with the same guage as the previous set you were using, and restring.
2. Slightly readjust the truss rod to balance the new level of tension in the neck (*not recommended)
3. Open the back panel of the guitar and either tighten or loosen the springs, depending on which way you need to take it. This is what I ended up doing with mine, but you do need to be careful you don't unscrew the spring clamp too far. What you're going for is for the bridge to be at a 45-degree angle above the body of the guitar. If the bridge is too high off the body, you'd need to tighten the springs. If the bridge is too close to the body, you'd need to loosen them. There are most likely two screws holding the spring clamp to the body - make sure you tighten/loosen both screws equally so it remains balanced.
4. Trial and error. If you don't want to restring or readjust the neck or trem springs, this is pretty much your last option. You *can* get it into tune, but it will be *very* difficult because you basically have to rebalance the tension somehow and without readjustments, the only way to do that is for the strings themselves to take the tension. Not easy to explain, but trust me, it's a pain in the @ss. Easiest way I know of would be for you to get all the strings tuned as well as possible, then start fine-tuning the strings in pairs. Tune the low E, then the high E. Keep going back and forth between them until you get both to stay in tune together. Then go to the inner strings (A and B), and do the same thing, except this time you'll also need to go back and recheck the E strings. When those 4 are happy with each other, do this with the two middle strings (D and G).
My personal recommendation to fix this problem is #3 if you don't know what guage of strings you were using before, and #1 if you do know. After you get this worked out, just make sure you always use the same guage & you should never have this problem again. I recommend Ernie Ball's custom guage strings - they are fairly cheap & you can get boxes of 10 sets for about $35. But find a set of strings you like & try to stick with those. It's ok to change brands, but the main thing is you want the string guages to be the same whenever you restring.
￡15/€20/$20 buys you an electronic guitar tuner. You can probably get them cheaper. Or ask a friend.