Ibanez Edge
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The Ibanez Edge Tremolo is a double locking tremolo system for the electric guitar very similar in design to that of the original Floyd Rose. The Edge offers a number of improvements from the Original Floyd Rose; it contains a heavy sustain block, locking studs (for improved tuning stability), and a pop-in arm.
It enjoyed massive success in the late Eighties and is still the tremolo of choice for players such as Steve Vai and Joe Satriani. Tom Morello has also been known to install these tremolos in his non-Ibanez guitars.
In 2003, Ibanez's patent with Floyd Rose ran out and production of the Edge and Lo-Pro stopped. The new Ibanez Edge III (for the Ibanez RG, Xiphos), Ibanez ZR (for S), and Edge Pro (for high-end Prestige models) trem systems are produced without Floyd Rose patents. The Edge Pro differs from the original Edge, as it is able to accept strings with the ball-ends still attached, and has no locking studs. Many players view it as inferior to the original Edge vibrato.
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[edit] Ibanez Fixed Edge
While it still locks at the nut and bridge like the floating Edge models, it is mounted on top of the body, and is used not as a tremolo system, but to provide enhanced tuning stability than that of a common hardtail bridge.
[edit] Ibanez Lo-Pro Edge
The Ibanez Lo-Pro Edge is a trem system that was designed as an improvement over the original Edge design. It is a lower-profile trem, with the fine-tuners out of the hand's way. No design sacrifices were made in the Lo-Pro, and both trems are very popular even today.
[edit] Ibanez Double Edge
The Ibanez Double Edge is a locking tremolo bridge fitted with a built-in piezo pickup system made by acoustic pickup manufacturer L. R. Baggs. It was introduced in 2000 and used on several Ibanez RG and S models since 2001.
[edit] Ibanez Edge Zero
The Ibanez Edge Zero, first installed in the 2008 RG Prestige line and Ibanez E-Gen, has a removable stop-bar/secondary spring, known as Zero Point System (carried over from the Ibanez ZR tremolo), that provides additional spring tension and thus extreme tuning stability; at the cost of having very limited pull-ups. Due to the ZPS, unlike other locking tremolos, even with a string break, the other strings can still stay in tune at an acceptable level.
The difference between Edge Zero and ZR Trems is that ZR trems use ball-bearings for pivots, while the Edge uses the traditional knife edge. Over the course of playing, a knife edge may dull, resulting in declining tuning stability (although it takes a few years for knife edges to dull enough to cause a problem, and they can be sharpened fairly easily).
[edit] See also
- Ibanez
- Ibanez RG
- Ibanez ZR, the other line of locking tremolo Ibanez produces.
- Floyd Rose
