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Thank you very much!  I have read several reviews from folks that prefer the Gotoh to the Floyd original for various reasons and I am seriously considering trying one out for my next build. Do you know if Floyd upgrade blocks will fit the Gotoh? Thank you again.

Will a Gotoh GE-1996 fit in a Recessed Floyd Original Route?

Agree - Before posting, I had found a few threads of members who had used the Schaller Vintage and reported no issues.  It would seem that the template for a Floyd route would be pretty ‘industry standard’ Apparently, Warmoth opens up the block cavity a bit more on the front / post side of the...

Found this online during a deep dive on this issue.  At least I’m not the only one: “This is a quality piece. It will drop right into many Floyd routs, BUT it should be known that it will NOT drop into a Floyd equiped Charvel USA So Cal. Maybe the Mexican ones? But not the USA 'non-recessed'...

Hello - I have searched the forum and read the threads - nothing quite like the situation I faced so I figured I’d start a new thread. Some time back, I purchased an EVH Stripe Series body for a project - my plan was a Schaller Vintage 3801 with a graphite nut and locking tuners.  When I test...

So, I had one of those Earvana ‘drop-in’ nuts in my parts box that I had purchased some time ago and never got around to taking for a test drive.  After changing strings, I decided to fit this nut, groove the string slots, and then re-set the intonation.  The guitar has never sounded this...

STRINGS!!!  They were not corroded or nasty by any means - but they had been on for quite a while and though clean and smooth feeling under the fingers, I think they had been under tension for long enough that they were just sort of ‘flat.’  I put a fresh set on and the open G, B & E pairs all...

Warmoth body and neck.  25.5” scale.  Graph tech nut (not a ‘compensated’ or Earvana nut - just a standard graph tech). 2-post Hipshot trem.  9-42 gauge strings - tuned to Eb. The octaves are set ‘dead on’ with a strobe tuner and there is still adjustment room forward and backward at all 6...

Agree completely with stratamania on the suggested shims.  I went through this when using 10-16 Compound Radius Warmoth Necks on a couple of builds.  I ended up ordering a couple extra ‘A’ and ‘B’ saddles directly from Floyd Rose and used those in place of the ‘D’ and ‘G’ saddles.  I then went...

Just installed a Wudtone Vintage-Style 6-screw tremolo and wanted to share my thoughts.  This went on a very well constructed ‘78 Eruption ‘Tribute’ guitar.  Hard ash Franky body, Musikraft ‘Franky’ neck.  The guitar came with one of those Brass 6-hole trems with the square brass saddles that...

I use Hipshots on all my non-Floyd guitars - Warmoth and my lone Am Std.  I used a dremmel with a medium grit barrel and literally ‘free-handed’ the trem routes on every guitar. Needed to be opened just about 1/8” along the rear of the trem cavity and around the arm side. (Contour and flat-plate...

That’s exactly what’s on this neck! Thank You!

Looking at a very clean used Warmoth neck.  On the heel it has the initials WT right after the fret wire designation (6100WT) I know SS is for stainless.  Any ideas what the WT denotes? Thank You!

Stratosphere has tons of cool stuff, no doubt. But I think the body and neck pocket of this ‘clone’ guitar that I have ‘looks’ to be a copy of a Charvel body.  Those stripe series MIM necks appear to have a longer ‘heel’ that extends past the 22nd fret on the fingerboard and - I assume - a...

Absolutely LOVE this thread! Great builds! Well Done!!!