mailman Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 hey guys i was thinking of getting this old guitar and floyding it up. my brothers taking woodshop and stuff again this semester at his highschool so he could probably give me a hand with this, but how hard is it to do? or should i just leave something like this to profe$$ionals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonx Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 If you do not have a template and if you do not know how to measure the scale and position the template, then I'd suggest taking it to a shop and getting it done professionally, cause you'll ruin the guitar irreparibly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiggz Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 wat he said. seriously using a router isnt that hard, make urself a perspex or mdf templateand visit here for assistance with mesurements, or you u can get routing templates from stewmac also have a look here it may help with the positioning of the bridge bridge locator enter ur scale lenght and number of frets etc, this finds where ur studs will have to go relative to the nut. luke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mailman Posted January 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 yeah, ive used that fret/bridge calc a few times for my current build design if i were to get him to help me do this, id obviously have a template and know where to put it, i was just wondering beyond the basic instructions how hard it is and how easy it is to **** the entire guitar up forever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGGR Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 wat he said. seriously using a router isnt that hard, make urself a perspex or mdf templateand visit here for assistance with mesurements, or you u can get routing templates from stewmac also have a look here it may help with the positioning of the bridge bridge locator enter ur scale lenght and number of frets etc, this finds where ur studs will have to go relative to the nut. luke Would suggest you run your posts through a spelling check before you post next time. You might sound cool among your 12 year old friends, but on on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhoads56 Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 I just had TWO, yup, TWO people come in with guitars which had the floyd routed in the incorrect positions, rendering the guitars unusable. But hey, they saved $100!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mailman Posted January 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 I just had TWO, yup, TWO people come in with guitars which had the floyd routed in the incorrect positions, rendering the guitars unusable. But hey, they saved $100!!! whats the usual rate to get this done professionally? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhoads56 Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 what has your local professional quoted you?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mailman Posted January 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 what has your local professional quoted you?? havnt asked him yet. i will when i go to pick up one of my guitars from him in 2 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiggz Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 wat he said. seriously using a router isnt that hard, make urself a perspex or mdf templateand visit here for assistance with mesurements, or you u can get routing templates from stewmac also have a look here it may help with the positioning of the bridge bridge locator enter ur scale lenght and number of frets etc, this finds where ur studs will have to go relative to the nut. luke Would suggest you run your posts through a spelling check before you post next time. You might sound cool among your 12 year old friends, but on on here. Dont you have somthing better to do? My spelling normally isnt that bad, measurements, is one, the "templates and" and "length" most of these are missed keystrokes, a post knocked out quickly for the mailmans thread. You, on the other hand may want to consider your grammar. FYI im not 12, i have just finished yr 12 (final year, with close to a 90% grade) luke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setch Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 wat urself u ur I think these are what he was referring to. When you're using a mobile phone which charges by message length, saving 5 characters makes sense. When you're using an international web forum it's good manners to use proper spelling and punctuation, if nothing else it makes life easier for people who are not native english speakers. Quite frankly, if what you want to say is worth saying at all, it's worth the few extra keystrokes... OK? Or, for an alternate viewpoint 'Prince is allowed to get away with that stuff. U R not' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiggz Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 fair enough i see where you're coming from, but it was a very quickly written post. but, back on topic if you measure well (measure twice cut once) then there should be no issue with the positioning, and if you make sure you have a centre line, and align templates etc to that, you should be laughing. use the bridge locator to find your stud positioning, then use the template either from stewmac or one you made from the FR website, then it is just a matter of routing, following the template, i have done this on my RG170 coverting to a OFR easy as pie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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