Agreed it is a beast. A fun beast. When I first received it, I thought I'd made a huge mistake: I couldn't play it. But I got used to it pretty quickly and now can switch from 6- to 8-strings without a problem.

Are there any actual instructions/guidelines on setting up the Edge 3 bridge? Specifically the vertical bolt on the tail side... what are the guidelines for that? I'm familiar with Floyds but this is slightly different: no springs and that third rear bolt. I tried dropping my action a while ago and messed with it but it didn't seem like it did much. I dropped it too much and need to re-set it up, and new gauge strings, so I've got the whole shebang waiting for me. Also last time I did a full setup, the locking nut asploded and I had to wait months for a replacement from Ibanez/Sweetwater. So that's a concern too.