Recent content by soapbarblues

I find it much easier to add a very thin shim to the body side of the neck pocket, if you don't have access to shorter screws.

I have to add a correction, and my face is a little red. I was going by what my friend said about it being a Warmoth neck. turns out it's a Charvel neck, 24 fret, 24 3/4" scale, the logo has been removed. The other guitar is definitely a Warmoth strat neck with 25 1/2" scale, pics to come soon...

thank you!  it's a 24 fret neck with 24 3/4" scale.

I thought I should at least show you what I'm working on. I made the body out of basswood, finished in Reranch surf green and Behlen Instrument Lacquer. Warmoth neck, maple/rosewood 10-16" compound radius, Seymour Duncan Distortion Trembucker, and volume control. Has the uprout but I have a...

Thanks for all the input and suggestions. I was able to fix the problem with a little disassembly. After reading all the posts of shims, I decided to take take the bridge apart that will go on the second body. The original FR has a 10" radius out of the package. After taking the 4 middle saddles...

Thanks so much, Mr. Hoop!! I've been around guitars a long time, but this is my first foray into  FR bridges. So it is all a big learning curve to me. thanks for your time and input. Allan.

Thank you for the welcome and the answer!  :icon_thumright: I will certainly look into the saddle shims. I also just looked at the Stewmac site and see they have replacement saddles that measure out to 14" radius. Do you think it would be better to shim the saddles or buy the replacements from...

New guy here, but have had half a dozen Warmoth necks. I also build a guitar now and then. A close family friend asked me to make 2 guitars for him, and provided 2 Warmoth necks with the compound radius, and they also sold him 2 original Floyd Rose trems, one chrome one black, and he sent the...