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rawlings

Post subject: Floyd Rose Installation

Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2016 3:40 pm

Walnut

Joined: Tue Apr 12, 2016 9:20 pm
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I am trying to install a Floyd Rose on my project guitar. How do I determine the right spots to drill for the bridge posts? The scale length of the guitar is 24.75".

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StevenWheeler

Post subject: Re: Floyd Rose Installation

Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2016 8:48 pm

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Location: Winfield, IL.

Follow this link. http://www.stewmac.com/FretCalculator.html

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dberkowitz

Post subject: Re: Floyd Rose Installation

Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 8:35 pm

Koa

Joined: Tue Jan 25, 2005 6:35 am
Posts: 671
Location: United States
Focus: Build
Status: Professional

Search online. Is it a Floyd, or a copy? You should be able to find instructions online. Scale length is relevant, but there's more too it than that.

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rawlings

Post subject: Re: Floyd Rose Installation

Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 9:10 pm

Walnut

Joined: Tue Apr 12, 2016 9:20 pm
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Hey guys,

StevenWheeler: that's what I used to find the scale length!

dberkowitz: it is a copy

My main issue is how to I find the right spots to drill vertically. Aside from measuring the bridge slots on the bridge itself, what else can be done to ensure that where I am drilling are the correct spots for the bridge to sit parallel to the end of the fingerboard with the right string spacing so that neither of my e strings are hanging over the edge of the neck?

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Clinchriver

Post subject: Re: Floyd Rose Installation

Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 8:14 am

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Location: Andersonville
State: Tennessee
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This should help

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These users thanked the author Clinchriver for the post (total 2): rawlings (Thu Aug 18, 2016 10:26 am) • Hesh (Sun Aug 14, 2016 8:44 am)

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rawlings

Post subject: Re: Floyd Rose Installation

Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 10:26 am

Walnut

Joined: Tue Apr 12, 2016 9:20 pm
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Clinchriver wrote:

This should help

Wow thank you!!

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William Bustard

Post subject: Re: Floyd Rose Installation

Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2017 9:34 am

Cocobolo

Joined: Thu Mar 26, 2009 6:46 pm
Posts: 126
First name: William
Last Name: Bustard
Country: CANADA

BE very careful, there are at least 3 versions which are all different,
by a 1/4 inch, not using the correct one will make it wrong and you will not have
the adjustable room to intonate sufficiently.
Its worth it to do a complete mock up if your unsure and it is difficult to know as the tolerances are so close.

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