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Man I had two windows up. One with todays threads and one with the search function. I got them confused. Totally didn't mean to bump this old ass thread up lol.

I have no experience building guitars, and I am sure all of you have a lot more knowledge on the subject. However to say wood has virtually no effect in over all tone is ludicris imo.

I sold guitars at sam ash with 5600 square feet of sales space for the better part of a year. I probably played a dozen different guitars every day through a dozen different amps and effects setups. Just the difference between hard ash and swamp ash is huge. Granted every individual peice of wood even from the same species has its own characteristics, but you can definitely get a generalized sense of common differences. You could have a dead peice of swamp ash or an amazing peice. But swamp ash in general is going to tend have its own common trend in tonal variances than say maple. lol.

actually taking a closer look at that bridge it looks a lot different than a regular licensed floyd. it does say it would drop in most floyd equipped guitars? how accurate is that claim? you guys have first hand experience?

I'm guessing they're Grizzly brand

And good luck finding a speedloader. Last I checked they were pretty hard to come by, or at least compared to the price of a regular Floyd knock-off. But I see what you're saying, the benefit of not having to cut your strings first is huge.

confusion! those are pretty much the only ones in circulation on the internet right now. at least that ive seen. and 100 bucks is cheap for a floyd now?

look here:

cheaper speedloader floyd system

very very nice. man i wanted black real bad. but a speedloader and you dont have to use speedloader strings. and for 60 bucks. that maybe to sweet to pass up.

cant the speedloader be adjusted to a fixed? could i theoretically then get a floyd speedloader, adjust it to a fixed, keep it that way and not need to get the locking nut?

edit - xanthus, man those are some nicely priced licensed floyds. thanks for the site. i wonder what company those are.

yeah i would much rather settle for the locking trem then fill the rout.

thank you finally someone kinda understands where im coming from.

anyway i just came across this on the floyd rose website. have no idea if itll fit or even where to buy one. seems like it doesnt exist in the merchant world. anyone know anything about these things?

http://www.floydrose.com/fixedbridge.html

well i dont have a trem equipped guitar because i dont use then lol. and if i dont use them then why would i want to deal with a locking trem? but im not really complaining either. sorry if i came off that way. i mean ill definitely go with the floyd if there was no other viable option and be happy with it.

thanks for the advice on the other sites.

here is a pic of the body for you all. i am still excited about it even though i have to 'settle' with the floyd

http://photos-e.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-...327932_2206.jpg

i dont wanna sell something someone gave me that they could of made a chunk of change on, but instead was very generous.

So you're saying you want a tremolo, but not a locking trem? Your call, man. I don't see the problem, as cheap as Floyds are, and as cheap as ebay necks are, to go that route. I mean, think of the money you would have spent if you didn't have such a generous (read: big mistake) friend.

But in answer to your question, no, there are no other trems that would fit in a Floyd post setup. The only one that comes close is a Wilkinson, and that's still off by 1/4"

i really dont feel comfortable buying a neck from ebay sight unseen. i think ill just wait until i have the cash to buy from warmoth.

i dont use a trem at all really. but maybe i can grow to like a floyd. ive never even owned a guitar that had a trem locking or otherwise.

but thanks guys.

first, why dont you want the floyd? second, is the rout recessed? are the holes for the posts already drilled? if so, then no, there isnt one. some regular strat trems will fit in a non recessed floyd rout , but that wont work if the holes are already drilled. floyds are really great, i want to know why you dont want a locking trem. have you ever used one?

well guess im out of luck, because yes it is recessed and the holes are drilled.

i dont have a lot of experience with them. but i hardly ever use a tremelo when i play and its not worth the set up pain (sometimes i like to change up my string gauges) and the restringing trouble to me, especially when i have to pay for it.

Hello all.

ive never done any real work on a guitar before and am attempting my first put together after a budy of mine gave me a stunningly gorgeous warmoth australian lace wood strat style body for free. my only problem is that it is cut for a floyd rose. i do not want a floyd rose, nor to i have the money for one or the extra 45 dollars warmoth charges for necks with locking nuts. and most importantly, i dont want a floyd rose or locking tremelo of any kind .

So i am guessing there is really no way out of this predicament other than getting a floyd. However is there anyone out there who by chance might know of a non locking tremelo bridge that would fit in a body cut for a floyd. i know i am stretching here. but it doesnt hurt to ask. i would be such a happier person if such a thing existed and was attainable.

thanks a lot.