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I picked up this body cheap . Hate to see anything go to waste . Obviously the "Battery Box ?" was not supposed to be cut all the way through . I am going to mount the Jack in that spot . I however have NO EXPERIENCE with Tremolo set ups . Can someone please give me some information on the type of hardware this is cut for ? I understand the pups, not an issue its mainly the tremolo.

Thank You

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Frankly, the whammy routing doesn't look right to me. Wish I had better answers for you.

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Buy a trem with two mounting studs. It will come with all the parts you need.

As an example I found this image online




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I was kind of wondering myself . Something doesnt look right , but then again I dont have experience in this area .

Looks backward to me

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The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
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Ok , I have not seen one using studs before . That answers the big question .

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/

Trem rout needs work! Looks like someones CNC nightmare.... Should be a shelf from the back to allow the trem to pull up more than a quarter step.

Are you making the neck? First thing needs checked is bridge pivot versus scale length versus end of neck. If it doesn't work out to scale length it is a wall hanging art piece.

Other than that the single coil routs are not big enough and will need made correct. The H bucker rout needs room for the back plate legs and you need short leg pickups to keep out of the trem cavity. The battery box was to be a slick top mount jack that is popular these days but oops...

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Brian

You never know what you are capable of until you actually try.

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Oh, and you gotta drill all the wire passages yet....

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Brian

You never know what you are capable of until you actually try.

https://www.howardguitarsdelaware.com/

Also looks like the pickup routes are not deep enough...

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A few issues. 1. Any pup ring will overhang the cutaway contour on the neck pup. Won't look good, 2. The overall body thickness needs to be no less than 1 3/4 inches for a standard trem to fit. As others have said the single coil routs are wrong and all 3 routs look too shallow. Especially the HB.
As a cheap ass myself, I could not see throwing 300 or 400 dollars worth of hardware at this body.
May I ask where you bought this?

This is a Parts guitar . I have $25.00 in the body and $20.00 in a neck . Re-cutting any pup cavity work is no issue . I have no intention in using high dollar hardware on this . Will probably end up being a give away to a kid who wants to learn . I have 4 " Parts Guitars " i am putting together to get rid of and make more room in my shop .

The HB router depth is 3/4" Its not finished . The other two are at 15/16" Currently Body Thickness is 1-3/4" Sent PMs

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/

HB Depth 3/4" "needs screw mount room " Other 2 are 15/16 deep . Body is 1-3/4" Thick and with neck set as is current scale length is as shown in pic


If i understand this correctly , The Scale length should be to the front edge of the trem pocket + or - I am 5/16" Past that point . Am I thinking Correctly ?



BTW .... I am not above plugging holes and Painting this sucker !

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/

Looks like you have everything covered. Thickness and depths are hard to tell on pics. The layout looks very similar to the layout that I use on S types that I build except the bucker. Making some kid's day is a worthy cause.

Thank you , The scale length may be a bit long based on what I am seeing . I may have to adjust things a bit .

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/

It looks like a Floyd Rose type mounting for the trem. Go to stewmac and sometimes they have drawings that show dimensions.

Yeah I have been checking those out already . Thanks

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/