n3rrd Posted November 18, 2004 Report Share Posted November 18, 2004 I've highlighted the important parts (my questions) in red, incase you want to skip all the background info. I've been thinking about trying to do a custom paint job and replacing hardware to match on my guitar. Throughout this process, I keep stumbling across the idea of getting a tremolo and tremolo bar added to my guitar. I am just curious about whether the tremolo and locking nut (say, a floyd rosenburg) could be added to any guitar? Right now I am using an Epiphone G-310. The bonus to possibly screwing up this project is it will finally give me a reason to go out and finally get my hands on an Ibanez IC200-400. OH! And on a side-note, I figure it'd help to ask this question now, as opposed to creating a new thread later on. I took apart my guitar to get used to it and get to know it a bit better. The problem is, the humbuckers are mounted against the pickgaurd using springs and two screws. Like an idiot, while trying to unscrew the humbuckers, I stopped paying attention as a friend was talking and screwed it the wrong way. This added far too much stress on the pickguard and seems to have slightly cracked it. Now I am at the stage of trying to re-piece together my guitar and I cannot get the second stupid humbucker to mount properly. Would this be due to the cracked pickguard possibly not allowing the screw to go straight down? Perhaps the part of the pickup where the screw attaches has been bent out of position? Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marossy Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 I am just curious about whether the tremolo and locking nut (say, a floyd rosenburg) could be added to any guitar? The simple answer is no. If you can get the bridge to even work, you will surely run into trouble when it comes to the nut at the headstock. Those Floyd Rose nuts need a 5/8" long flat area. Quite a bit wider than a typical nut is... Now I am at the stage of trying to re-piece together my guitar and I cannot get the second stupid humbucker to mount properly. Would this be due to the cracked pickguard possibly not allowing the screw to go straight down? Perhaps the part of the pickup where the screw attaches has been bent out of position? Any ideas? Possibly. Are you sure that all of the wires on the underside are going where they are supposed to go? They can get in the way sometimes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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