Recessed Tune 'o' Matic. Pic Wanted.

[ninjasuz]

Does anyone have a pic of a tune 'o' matic recessed into the body????????

If someone has done this let me know it turned out.

Thanks.

[ihocky2]

Do a search in the Project section for Project Penatly Shot. It is not compelted yet, but the recessed TOM is my preferred method. Only tricky part can be getting paint in there evenly sometimes.

[Donut Man]

That guy makes it look way to easy.

I guess having decent templates makes all the routing easy, that and the soothing music.

[ae3]

I resessed a tune-o-matic on my last build.

It went well, however I put the string through ferruls too far back from the bridge and now the strings like to wander out of the grooves in the saddles.

I'm sure I could fix it with some filing or whatever but haven't gotten round to it.

If you draw things at full scale and make templates you'll be right.

[SJE-Guitars]

Not exactly close ups I know . . but a recess is a recess!

To recess them in as I have here I actually modify the thumb wheel so it's flush with the body of the t-o-m so the recess slot can be exactly the same size as the bridge opposed to the large Warmouth style recess.

Forgot to say - remember when you recess a t-o-m the strings will be obviously be closer to the body so much so that standard humbucker rings can end up being to tall to fit under the strings. So it's either modify them to fit or make custom ones - of course this is dependant on just how deep you recess the t-o-m!

[Rick500]