westhemann Posted September 18, 2003 Report Posted September 18, 2003 so the lo pro is the smallest floyd style?i ask because a guitar body i just bough has an extremely small rout and none of my liscensed floyds fit. Quote
krazyderek Posted September 18, 2003 Report Posted September 18, 2003 when i went from my squire standard liscend floyd to a real floyd low pro i noticed there was a bit of extra room at the back of the pocket, so my guess whould be yes... you using the schallers original floyd? Quote
westhemann Posted September 18, 2003 Author Report Posted September 18, 2003 i have a variety but they are all too large for the new body.i do have a lo pro but i hate to insult my ibanez by taking it out to compare.and it is tough to measure Quote
krazyderek Posted September 18, 2003 Report Posted September 18, 2003 so is it just the back that's to short for the long allen key bolts/ fint tuner levelers? that doesn't sound like to much/bad of a routing job.. Quote
westhemann Posted September 18, 2003 Author Report Posted September 18, 2003 no it's the distance between the center of posts to the back of the plate .on the trem rout comparison chart it is measurement "e" Quote
johnuk Posted September 18, 2003 Report Posted September 18, 2003 Does anyone know the minimum thickness a body should be to install a Floyd original? Floyd Rose's link to Stewmac's installation diagrams is messed up. Their whole site is. I was able to view other people's submitions to Floyd Rose while trying to contact them because the form wasn't set up properly!? They need to seriously sort it out considering the kind of things they sell. My piece of wood started out at 2", then I watched on in horror as the guy fed it thru the machine trimming off big shavings of it. It's just over 1 1/2" thick now, I think it's something like 39mm, so he took about 5mm off. Now I'm concerned that I shouldn't route the cavity until I have checked out the bridge, in case I need to rapidly convert the project to a fixed bridge! Oh yea.... and of course, as normal, this guy happened to have Brazilian Mahogany lying around. I phoned everywhere in the North West, even a privately owned tree plantation in Wales, and NO WHERE had it. I buy the wood, take it for planing, and it's sitting there. Quote
Saber Posted September 18, 2003 Report Posted September 18, 2003 To johnuk, if this is of any help, I have an Ibanez S540 which is a very thin body, and I measured it at exactly 1-1/2 inches thick near the tremolo pivots. It has a lo-pro edge tremolo. Quote
Reaper Posted September 18, 2003 Report Posted September 18, 2003 Does anyone know the minimum thickness a body should be to install a Floyd original? That would depend on the block length... Quote
westhemann Posted September 18, 2003 Author Report Posted September 18, 2003 you can buy shorter tone blocks,shave down the existing one(and redrill the holes for the springs,)or you can add a cap to your body to bring it back to the thickness you want. mmmmmmm,maybe a nice lacewood or bubinga cap for extra tastiness. Quote
johnuk Posted September 19, 2003 Report Posted September 19, 2003 Good ideas! I was going to use a maple veneer but somehow I doubt that'll be thick enough. We have a Bridgeport mill in school so if it's too thick I'll whip the tone block down a tiny bit. Hopefully I won't have to touch it but it's best to check first I guess! Quote
daveq Posted September 19, 2003 Report Posted September 19, 2003 Where can you buy the shorter blocks? Quote
daveq Posted September 19, 2003 Report Posted September 19, 2003 Does anyone know the minimum thickness a body should be to install a Floyd original? I bought a Floyd Original from Warmoth and put it in a guitar with a body of 1 3/4" thickness. It was a recess installation. I just barely had enough room to recess the trem cover on the back (just over 1/16" recess for the cover). For a 1 1/2" body, you might have to do something like westhemann said. For me, the 1 1/2" body would not have worked. I'd really like to know where you can buy these blocks separately. I always thought I was stuck with the large block size and was a little pissed when I saw how short my Ibanez block was. I hate it when the big manufacturers get all of the breaks but it turns out that I was just missing out on this one. Quote
krazyderek Posted September 19, 2003 Report Posted September 19, 2003 ya.... you can always add a 1/2" or 1/4" top... i had a really long blcok form my floyd pro, my dad just took it into a machine shop at work and got it redrilled then cut based on the old liscened length block. Quote
johnuk Posted September 19, 2003 Report Posted September 19, 2003 I've not tried it yet, so I have to ask, does the block come away from the base of the tremolo itself? If it does, machining it will be easier. If it doesn't I'll have to watch out for marring the bridge into a low quality, ebay purchase, finish! I wanted to profile the body similar to the S series from Ibanez. Would a 1/4" thick top even bend that much without steaming? I don't really want to try steaming a top into place yet. Quote
krazyderek Posted September 19, 2003 Report Posted September 19, 2003 if you remove all the saddles there are 3 counter sunk screws holding the block on for an S top you might as well just buy a 1/2" top then carve everything into that, unless you want to get a 1/4 and bed it over the arm rest the carve the rest... Quote
westhemann Posted September 19, 2003 Author Report Posted September 19, 2003 i'm sorry that may be bad info. i just was told you could buy them but i never have.you would probably be better off shaving it down Quote
Brian Posted September 20, 2003 Report Posted September 20, 2003 AllParts BP 0270-001 Tremolo Block (short) for Floyd Rose and Schaller,1-3/8" Retail $20.00 just go to your local Guitar shop and have them order you one, if you have a problem e-mail me Quote
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