Strats, Floyd Rose, And Crippling Fear

[skye]

I'm most the way through restoring some 1-star factory made (+abused over the years+) strat-replica guitar; being a southpaw, I've recut the body to my own personal design (at least, trimmed the horns) and bought some new pickups for the crummy old thing, and just finished repainting it. But what I need to know: it came with a basic modern strat-styled tremolo system and I'm ready to change my systems (my normal strat has a normal trem, but it's a highway 1 so I don't want to mess with it); just how much cutting (and in what places) will be neccessary to change this standard into a (preferably recessed, but open to 2-point floating) Floyd Rose?

I've looked over descriptions in things online... but they're all too impersonal for me to want to overly-risk an otherwise well-restored guitar.

Also, is there anyone with some pictures posted anywhere online of totally custom built (hand-built and designed) six- or seven-string with at least 2 pickups? I'd love to see them for some inspiration!

[westhemann]

Also, is there anyone with some pictures posted anywhere online of totally custom built (hand-built and designed) six- or seven-string with at least 2 pickups? I'd love to see them for some inspiration!

all over this forum and the main site...start reading through all the old threads...and the new ones as well

[skye]

all right, yeah man, I've seen the kind that have got my gears turnin (even got some sketches for bodies I'll hop on after my leftie Les Paul is done)... now, anybody happen to know (or be able to give me) a tutorial on changing this trem system?