1982 Floyd Rose Restoration Prototype

My take on a Schaller Floyd Rose FRT-3 with Divebomb Inc. FRT-1 saddles and a retro arm.

BRIEF FLOYD ROSE TREMOLO "FRT" HISTORY

1976-78 - Floyd Rose designed and created the first locking tremolo prototypes
1979-80 - FRT-1 no FR logo, hump saddles, no fine tuners, around 50 made in the USA and went to the well-known guitarists at the time (Edward Van Halen, Neal Schon, Brad Gillis, Randy Hansen, etc.)
1981 - FRT-1 made by Fernandes in Japan
1982 - FRT-2 Fernandes: string-through version of the FRT-1
1982 - FRT-3 Fernandes: re-designed saddles for the FRT-1 with Floyd Rose logo
1982 - FRT-4 Fernandes: vertical fine tuners added in late 1982
1983 - FRT-5 mostly same as the current "Original" model; manufactured first by Fernandes, then Schaller (via Kramer), with Hansen MetalWorks USA making some in early 1983 (off-centered Floyd Rose logo) as the Schaller factory ramped up to produce; these early 1983 models are also known as the "Whale Tail"
1983 - Schaller begins making both the "FRT-5" (w/ fine tuners) and the "FRT-3" (no fine tuners) for Kramer
TODAY - the German-made "Original" model still produced by Schaller as just the "FRT"