westhemann Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 i am looking high and low for a floyd style locking nut...black,1 5/8" wide,topmount,with a 14" radius...and i absolutely can not find it. i know it exists,because i already have one in chrome...i bought it from krazyderek a few years ago,and he no longer runs that business... every one i have found has been either a 10" radius,or with the radius unlisted...the import 42 mm would work,if it's the right radius,but i can't find anyone who lists it anyone know this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmarlin Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 I was just looking at the floyd rose site and most of them were 10 and a 15 and a 17 but no 14, that is strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmarlin Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Found it at stew mac the R2 is a 14" radius 1 5/8" locking nut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 The Stewmac is rear mount. I had ended up buying the StewMac one when I was looking for the same thing, only in chrome. I made bevels on the screw holes with diamond abrasive burrs so top mount wood screws would work. That was very hard to do, and I don't think I'll ever do it again, but felt I had no choice. Maybe I had seen some options on Ebay, but didn't trust them (many locking nuts are made of softer metal, and some don't actually have the radius that is advertised.) See if there's still a place on Ebay with a name something like strawberry castle or something like that. They might have had that locking nut. Just don't blame me, if they do say they do, and it ends up being crap. I just don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmarlin Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 I just called Carvin and they said theirs are 10" and they modify them, and they have topmount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 I'm curious about what exactly they "modify". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneshowmaster Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 what happens if you dont have the correct radius ligned up with your fret board? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted February 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 what happens if you dont have the correct radius ligned up with your fret board? the better the match,the better the playability....if everything is perfectly matched(within reason)the guitar will have better action along the length of the fretboard,and the guitar will play like butter... i originally bought the rear mount from stewmac,and screwed up a neck trying to install it...topmount is the only way to go... i have found some imports that might be the right specs,but the machining is so godawful poor i can't see using one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postal Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 I was just given an OFR with the floyd nut and 2 other lock nuts from other companies (forgot which ones) Got them put away for a future project. I'm saying that i have no experience with them yet, but can't you just file the string slots to the radius you want and the string locks will still engage the string properly? I always *assumed* this was the case.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted February 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 no you really can't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 A properly made Floyd type nut is case hardened steel. Regular file steel can't do jack to it. There are copy nuts (Some Peavey ones, especially) that are so soft, the strings themselves can wear grooves right into the metal. That's why I had to get a replacement. And the guy at Peavey said " you don't want a nut made of real hard steel, 'cause it will break strings". And of course, I posted that on this forum, and a bozo or two said " Oh yeah, he's probably right about that real hard steel is bad" . As much as I hate floyds, I still think if you're using one, it should all be made right, and the crap copies need to be avoided. See, that's the problem, people buy the crap ones, and those companies stay in business, and then the quality stuff gets made in smaller amounts as the years go by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted February 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 you don't want a nut made of real hard steel, 'cause it will break strings". i think salesmen will say anything.in all my years of floyd usage,i have never had a string break at the nut...and all i use are hardened nuts.they tend to break down where the string leaves the block,behind the saddle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneshowmaster Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 I was going to buy one of those fret boards off ebay for my jem project (the one with the inlays....) it has a 20 inch radius fretboard. Should I go for a 16 inch nut or after putting the inlays in should I re-radius the fretboard? And what does the 1 5/8's nut width do diffferently than the 1 11/16 (or whatever it is)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneshowmaster Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 Can anyone help me with the question I posted in the above comment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legiticus Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 You should by a ibanez nut then. It will have the correct radius and width. Try here: http://ibanezrules.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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