Alchool Posted April 17, 2003 Report Share Posted April 17, 2003 Hi all, there is another couple of stupid questions from your friend Alchool: 1) If make a recessed route for floyd rose bridge, will I need to angle the neck on a neck-through guitar? And now this is the most stupid question: 2) How do I insert the studs? Ok, you can stop laughing now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted April 17, 2003 Report Share Posted April 17, 2003 1. Nope, you will need to have an angled headstock though. 2. Drill just a hair smaller than the diameter of the trempost anchors then press fit them in. A little force is ok, but there really should not be a need to gorilla style hammer them in And no question is stupid thats how we learn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86barettaguy Posted April 17, 2003 Report Share Posted April 17, 2003 why would he have to angle the headstock? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vh-guitarstore.com Posted April 17, 2003 Report Share Posted April 17, 2003 you dont have to angle the headstock....you just have to have some angle between the nut and tuners which most guitars have around 5-10 % Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlexVDL Posted April 17, 2003 Report Share Posted April 17, 2003 Couldn't you just use a retainer bar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alchool Posted April 17, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2003 That would not be a problem because I just was thinking of making an angled headstock, and I have a retainer bar too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vh-guitarstore.com Posted April 17, 2003 Report Share Posted April 17, 2003 using a retainer bar will help...thats basically what peavey does to get around the angle issue on the wolfgangs, which have almost no natural angle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlexVDL Posted April 17, 2003 Report Share Posted April 17, 2003 I use the retainer bars on all my floyd rose guitars, with or without angled headstock. I have noticed that the curve in the toplock is too much, even with angled headstocks. If you don't use a retainer bar, the strings won't go along the curve but hang a bit over it at the side of the headstock. This way you will push the strings down when tighten the lockscrews. This causes the strings to badly detune! My english isn't that well, so here's a pic to explain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Rosenberger Posted April 17, 2003 Report Share Posted April 17, 2003 The Ibanez Satriani's dont have angled headstocks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlexVDL Posted April 17, 2003 Report Share Posted April 17, 2003 But they do have string retainers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted April 17, 2003 Report Share Posted April 17, 2003 alex is right,i do the same thing on my sabre.but some guitars don't have angled locking nuts(fernandes for example).you have to have the retainer just right or it will raise in pitch.by the way alex your english is better than alot of americans i know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted April 20, 2003 Report Share Posted April 20, 2003 i just took a closer look at my fernandes,it too has an angled locking nut. d'oh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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