strat with a floyd rose

usemyillusion12 · 08-06-2009 08:28PM #1

hi all ,

I was wondering if anybody had any experience with converting a strat with normal trem on it to a floyd rose ?

I have a strat copy body lying around that id love to put some parts on from another guitar , including a floyd rose.

I have seen strats with these bridges before, but they came stock on some models , so i am just curious as to the conversion of the body , i know the cavity will have to be made bigger and a recess also made for the trem , but what is the best way of doing this ?

I'd be thankful for any advice given

NoQuarter · 08-06-2009 10:06PM

Hi there are templates available on stewmac,

It can get very messy, youd be better off buyin the floyd on ebay or whatever and leaving it in to a luthier.
I only put an US tremolo on mine and things got messy!

-=al=- · 08-06-2009 10:17PM

its a job for a professional me thinks, theres some nice wilkinsen tremolos that work well with very little modifications

no bad reviews about them...mr fastfinger uses em and he has a lot of whammy abuse, never heard it go outa tune!

usemyillusion12 · 09-06-2009 01:48AM

yh , but i already have the bridge so i thought id use that rather than buying a new one ,

id say it would be messy but i have a wood router at home , and the different tips for it , so i thought that may come in handy . . . . .

NoQuarter · 09-06-2009 09:22AM

give it a go then, i would, get the exact templates from www.stewmac.com and off ya go

usemyillusion12 · 09-06-2009 09:45PM

sweet , ill check it out , thanks for the info guys

strat with a floyd rose

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