Floyd Install

[DC Ross]

Hey all,

I'm installing an OLF Floyd (redundant much?) in a Guitar Fetish Strat body that's HSH routed, but there isn't enough meat forward of the bridge for the posts (see pic). My initial reaction is to A ) use a different bridge, since the mounting holes would be further back (customer really wants a Floyd though); B ) Glue a shim at the back of the pickup route (but I wouldn't be able to match the finish); or C ) Relocate the neck somehow.

Any ideas?

Here's a pic of what I'm dealing with (disregard the "centerline" notes - that's a separate issue):

Thanks,

-dcr

[Tim37]

i had the same reactions as you move the neck back or put in a block to give you some more meat you could put tape it off and paint a area under the floyd black so that it would match the trem maybe it wouldnt look too bad.

[The Fiddler]

Are you sure your studs end up where you have marked them. They seem quite a distance from the knife edges.

[DC Ross]

Absolutely certain it's correct -- 25" from the frontside of the nut. The route will need to be opened up to accomodate the bridge.

Thx

[The Fiddler]

Absolutely certain it's correct -- 25" from the frontside of the nut. The route will need to be opened up to accomodate the bridge.

Thx

Isn't it supposed to be 25.5" not 25" (is that the scale length your talking about). I take it where you have the bridge is the exact placement for it. It just seems that if you drill where you have marked, the bridge will have to move towards the neck to have the pins that go in the studs actually sit in the knife edges. Edited May 28, 2010 by The Fiddler

[WezV]

on a floyd guitar with 25.5" scale length you do drill the studs about 25" from the nut (specific floyd models vary so its worth checking your bridge)

You drill for a strat bridge screws/studs at about 25 1/4" from the nut - so the studs on a floyd do end up about 1/4" closer to the nut