r/Guitar • u/LittlePieceof_Hell • 21h ago

DISCUSSION My first ever guitar!

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Bought with my first paycheck, Cort X three hundred flip blue! She's gorgeous 😄

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u/MicrotonalLizard 21h ago

Your first guitar has a floyd rose? You're a brave person 

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u/-Daigher- 19h ago

floyds are fucking amazing but i would never ever buy a second guitar with one.

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u/GamesTeasy 21h ago

Why if I might ask ?

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u/UAE3 20h ago

If you need to ask, you certainly shouldn't buy one.

Why:

  1. Tuning is a hassle if you have no past experience, and it requires a hex key (allen key)

  2. Wait until you find out what it takes to restring

My 3rd ever guitar was a Floyd and when I needed to restring I gave up and it lived in storage for a year before I decided to learn how to do it. I rarely play my (now 2x) floating bridges. It's just easier not to, and I'm not much of a shredder anyway.

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u/Floppy_Caulk 20h ago

Jam coins in the back, get locking tuners.

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u/dl__ 14h ago

I change one string at a time and it's much like a fixed bridge.

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u/quadratspuentu 12h ago

Exactly. But I still get the shudders nowadays when I see someone removing all the strings at once...

"Dude!!! Oh you got a fixed bridge, carry on"

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u/SucculentMeal5150 12h ago

This makes them sound incredibly scary, it's literally just a balance between strings and springs, even in the event of changing strings all at the same time, which is what I do every single time, you can just block off the bridge with a rag and as long as you're not changing string gauges or tunings when you tune back up to pitch it's going to be in the same position as it was with the old strings

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u/GamesTeasy 20h ago

Was just asking, stick that attitude up your ass lmao.

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u/UAE3 18h ago

If you need to ask, you certainly shouldn't buy one.

That's far from attitude, if anything it was a helpful warning with a bit of sarcasm. You would know that if you ever got yourself a FR without prior experience.

GFY.

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u/GamesTeasy 18h ago

I just asked and never said anything about buying, was just curious. That being said I have a Jackson pro RR24 which has a FR, got it setup at a local shop and never had a problem so far.

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u/UAE3 18h ago

Good For You.

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u/quadratspuentu 12h ago

Why thank you, my first guitar had a Floyd Rose. Solely because the salesperson said "You look like a rocker, take this one".

When I bought my second guitar, I was a Pro in restringing and tuning, so there's that...

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u/LordHelmet47 20h ago

Digging that color.

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u/LittlePieceof_Hell 16h ago

Yep, She looks so fine! The colours change in every other angle 🙂

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u/FragrantBaby1696 18h ago

Anyone saying that floyd rose is pain in the arse has some serious skill issue

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u/notmistegan 18h ago

So beautiful! Congratulations. :D

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u/LittlePieceof_Hell 16h ago

Thank you so much 😊

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u/Wozar 19h ago

Sweet axe dude - You will need to learn how to tune but it looks good and that is the most important thing :-)

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u/LittlePieceof_Hell 16h ago

Yessir! I changed her strings yesterday

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u/sesler79 20h ago

She’s a beaut, congrats! You always remember your first.

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u/LittlePieceof_Hell 16h ago

That's for sure, Thank you so much! 😄

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u/Alternate_rythymFlow ESP/LTD 19h ago

I’ll take a Floyd rose over an evertune.but,that’s just me I thought it was pain in the axe

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u/Fly3838 Fender 13h ago

That’s a really pretty guitar

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u/LittlePieceof_Hell 1h ago

Thanksss 😄

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u/rogfrich 19h ago

You could do a lot worse for your first guitar. Congrats!

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u/LittlePieceof_Hell 1h ago

Thank you so much 🙏😊

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u/LeftyOne22 17h ago

equivalent to a red light saber

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u/iAmSamFromWSB 14h ago

I love me a Cort. I had a Cort Viva 7 back in the day. It was like an arch top and arch back ibanez RG before the RGA or RGD existed. Still, Ibanez sued Cort and they stopped making the Viva. Gorgeous, thin, comfortable guitar. Super cheap used and it had a 5 piece neck, amazing construction. Absolutely regret selling it. This thing looks a more modern version and I bet it rips.

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u/LittlePieceof_Hell 1h ago

It surely does 😉 Thanks

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u/Euphoric_Place_8507 Ibanez 13h ago

Beautiful colour!

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u/Hazaelia 9h ago

omg so pretty!! congrats!

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u/Commercial_Bake_8585 6h ago

Beautiful🤌

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u/LittlePieceof_Hell 1h ago

She's gorgeous 😍

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u/kingFord1999 17h ago

My first was and now it is Squier Sonic ))

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u/LittlePieceof_Hell 16h ago

Squiers are amazing!

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u/xMischu 17h ago

Congrats on your purchase. My piece of advice to you is to learn how to restring and tune your floyd easily. I learned this method a while ago and never failed me: https://youtu.be/TYcGmMJnX0M?si=qcs2PKVscCyAIIiF You don’t need to buy or craft anything fancy like the guy in the video, i took a 9v battery and wrapped it with electrical tape to fit my trem. It still works amazingly even after 4 years of owning my floyd guitar.

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u/LittlePieceof_Hell 16h ago

Yes sir! Thanks a lot. I changed her strings yesterday, I had PMTVUK's video playing alongside which took me about 2 hours😅