Lo Pro Floyd Layout...help!

[ibnaz5150]

Have some issues here ! I bought a template off ebay a few months back. I'm at the layout stage and I scratched my head at least 200 times on this templates dimensions and centerline. I got out a digital caliper ...took the bridge apart and proceeded to measure and measure and measure some more. From a few books I've read to my understanding I should measure and find the center of the bridges string spread....in this case should be between the 3rd & 4th saddles. I attached a few pix ...1 with template on centerline and second and correct me if I'm wrong but what I believe to be the right measurement. You can see and it measures 5/64's off the templates centerline.The lo pro is offset and my guess is whoever laid out this template did'nt compensate for that or it was a floyd knock off that the measurments where taken. Take a look at pix and let me know which is the correct center..

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h108/ibn.../tempcenter.jpg

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h108/ibn...mpoffcenter.jpg

Thanks

Tom

[Magnus]

It looks like the second one is right on.

Do you have an original Floyd Rose?

If so, take some measurements from it.

Like you said, it does look like the FR Pro

is offset just a little.

[ibnaz5150]

Thanks Magnus...it's 5/64's off center according to the template....think that would be a big ouch when I strung it up only to find my low E off the fret board. Good thing I double checked measurements before I dug into it. Guess lesson learned here is never trust someone else's work. The bridge is a original Lo pro floyd....if you go to floydrose.com the only similarity in route comparison to a original is it's ream distance and reams for the actual bushing. Everything else is off somewhat. Probably could dump a lo pro in a regular floyd's route however the route would look sloppy. It's these little invariences from ones bridge to another that can kill ya!