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  2. Partially Filling Tremolo Block Routing

    in Solidbody Guitar and Bass Chat

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    On 4/1/2016 at 1:42 AM, Prostheta said:

    Take two pieces of good painter's tape and cover the area where that green box is both front and back. This tape will stop the epoxy leaking out and make a dam. Put a few more pieces of tape on to support it if needs be.

    Oh, wow!  This is exactly what I was thinking could be done, but didn't know exactly how to word it.  Thanks, Prostheta!  I greatly appreciate your input.

    Due to all of the other mods that I want to do to the guitar, I'm not all that worried from the "fix" being invisible.  My ultimate goal is to have the guitar look "industrial", slightly steampunk-ish.  So any imperfections will just give the guitar character.

    I will definitely use this week to plan for and this weekend to execute your suggestions.

    I shall keep you posted on my progress!  

  3. Partially Filling Tremolo Block Routing

    in Solidbody Guitar and Bass Chat

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    Hello, board.  First time poster here and I was wondering if you could offer any insight if possible.

    I am in the middle of converting an Ibanez GRX20 from a non-locking FAT 6 tremolo to an double-locking Floyd Rose licensed Ibanez trem.

    FAT 6:

    http://imgur.com/MOIyIPD

    FR Ibanez:

    http://imgur.com/9dDknOM

    Everything is going good so far regardless of it's slow going because of my measuring up to 4 times for confirmation.  However, there is one thing that I flubbed on.

    The original hold for the FAT 6 trem block was too small on the "first string" side.  I had to make some room for the tremolo arm coupling (much like some guitars with FR tremolos have that divot to compensate for the piece).  Well, unfortunately, I took too much off to where the whole extends past tremolo base on that "first string" side of the bridge:

    http://imgur.com/HSwl1RV

    I'm embarrassed to admit that I used a Dremel with a cylinder sanding bit, but you live and learn.

    My question is, is there any way to attempt to fill that in with some kind of putty or filler so that I can go back and properly rout it out to compensate for the tremolo arm coupling?  Or...   am I just f@#%?

    Like I said, any help, comments, advice you can offer would be greatly appreciated.

     

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