Side note...
 
The Floyd Rose is the reason I stopped playing guitar for a lot of years. I had hyper-hydrosis (excessive sweating of the hands and feet) and rusted out strings within days - even if I played only once. It because so cumbersome to maintain my guitar that I just gave up. In retrospect, I should have bought a different guitar with a basic bridge and kept at it.
 
I had surgery to correct this (sorry if it's oversharing) and then rekindled my love for the guitar in a big way. Now my strings last forever! :)

Starise
James that looks like a great solution to my problem ( well one of them anyway). Thanks for that info.

You bet! Let me know if you have any questions and I'll be glad to help out.

bapu
...by any other name is just a tremelo.
 

 
 
[pedantic]  Strictly speaking, it's a 'vibrato' (change in pitch) and not a 'tremolo' (change in volume)  [/pedantic]
 
 
 

[pedantic]  Strictly speaking, it's a 'vibrato' (change in pitch) and not a 'tremolo' (change in volume)  [/pedantic]
So true, but Leo changed that a long, long time ago....
 
T
 
I too solder the ball end, but just the tie.
No ill effects when soldering up to the saddle Bats?

 
I once tried soldering my ball ends...
 
 
I haven't been able to walk in a straight line since
 
 

James we have at least one other here who has that problem ( excessive sweating ) it was causing the hardware on his guitar to tarnish. This was a subject here on the CH not long ago. Yeah we will discuss just about anything here. Some of the things we discuss get us in trouble sometimes but maybe you already noticed that.
 
It seems to be a common thing. I sweat a lot when it gets hot out, I don't know if it's considered excessive but it's a lot. Is soaking a few shirts and the crotch of my pants excessive? I sweat and it runs down into my pants. 
 
 

Starise
James we have at least one other here who has that problem ( excessive sweating ) it was causing the hardware on his guitar to tarnish. This was a subject here on the CH not long ago. Yeah we will discuss just about anything here. Some of the things we discuss get us in trouble sometimes but maybe you already noticed that.
 
It seems to be a common thing. I sweat a lot when it gets hot out, I don't know if it's considered excessive but it's a lot. Is soaking a few shirts and the crotch of my pants excessive? I sweat and it runs down into my pants. 
 
 

Tim, that's just TMI!!

 

 

Sorry. 
 
I sincerely needed to know. FWIW my sweat is clean and it smells nice.

I'll take your word for it. 

After been a member here for many years, but only recently ventured into the CH, and glad I did!!! :)
 
If anyone has questions on the sweating of the hands/feet I'd be happy to tell them about my experience (feel free to point me to the thread). I won't go into details if no one cares, but I will say if you are suffering from it you KNOW the social issues and even mechanical issues (such as rusting out trem parts). Fixing this was one of the single greatest things to happen in my life.