GuitarMaestro Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 Hi! I am currently building a 7-string JEM from scratch. I have the body done now and it is time to start the routing of the Tremolo Cavity. I have a 7-String Ibanez Lo Pro Edge Trem. I want the guitar to NOT have a neck angle. I am quite lost where to start as I did not do the neck pcoket route so far. This leaves me countless options how to place the trem, as I could always change the depth of the neck pocket in order to make everything line up properly again. My questions is how deep to recess the trem. Is there a standard? I thought about doing a 4mm recess. And then after the floyd is installed I would route the neck pocket so that everything lines up properly. How deep is the trem recessed on the original JEM? Please help me here.... Thanks, MK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammy Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 I have an origional jem to hand - let me know where you want me to take a measurement and I'll try to do it. You gotta remeber that the lions claw may make it difficult for me to give you a definative depth measurement - but ill try my hardest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarMaestro Posted March 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 @Jammy: Really interesting would be how deep the area is recessed where the mounting studs are installed. But I doubt you can measure that without deinstalling the trem which I dont want you to do.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammy Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 Gimmie a min - ill see if i can do it witout taking the trem out. If im not back in 5 mins, wait a little longer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammy Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 0.5cm exactly (thats from the face of the guitar to the area where the studs are mounted) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarMaestro Posted March 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 Wow thank you VERY much Jammy! Unfortunately there are no "credits" for guitars like it is the case with movies and pcgames. If there would be a creditd listing for my guitar then you would definatley be in the "very very special thanks to" area..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammy Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 I try my best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 draw a straight line on a peice of paper, about 25.5" long, then draw another line under it to represent the body, now take out your calipers and start measuring, you should be able to figure out the rest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlexVDL Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 This is from the original jem blueprint; the depth at the studs is 6mm and behind the studs it's 12mm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarMaestro Posted March 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 Thank you very much Alex for the drawing....I'll just install it with a 5mm recess and route the neck pocket accordingly so that everything lines up properly. Thanks again, MK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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