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I have used a drill press to install studs and ferrules on several guitars.  It works like a champ! 

I was looking at the American Standard Tremolo, and it looks like it has a block that is the same shape and dimensions as the Hipshot Contour Tremolo.  The difference must lie in the distance between the pivot points and the front of the block.  Has anyone on the forum installed an American...

How much downward swing did you end up with?  I may end up routing the hole a little wider front-to-back.  The Hipshot Contour Tremolo comes with a paper template with which to make a routing template.  The problem with the Warmoth American Standard rout is that it is an American Standard rout...

shanejw: Did you mount a Hipshot Contour Trem on a Warmoth body routed for the American Standard trem?  I have the inserts installed, but the bridge seems to be an uncomfortably tight fit in the American Standard rout.