Recessed Non fine tuner Floyd route

[Archie Macfarlane]

Lots of us are doing the Guthrie no locking nut these days. we don't need the fine tune model which is more expensive, more bulky and redundant..

 

[Logrinn]

So what you want is a Wilkinson that is even less bulky and even less expensive?

 

[amon]

For more mass, you can put all the gigantic aftermarket spring blocks on the Floyd.  Steel, brass, titanium, stone.  Not so much on the Wilky.

 

[AirCap]

But the Wilkinson is actually adjustable for individual string height.... Comes with several sustain blocks as I remember.

 

[Fat Pete]

There isn't a fully recessed route for the Wilkinson (and it wouldn't really suit one).

 

[Cagey]

Plus, the Wilkie's "sustain" block is already more substantial than the typical Floyd unit. The Floyds are deliberately small so they can get a wider swing in the typical relief space allotted for that part. To get the same range of motion from most other vibrato bridges you need to route a recess below the base plate and route the string/spring mounting block cavity a bit larger.

 

[amon]

[quote author=AirCap] But the Wilkinson is actually adjustable for individual string height.... [/quote]
Not necessary, but the Floyd is adjustable with shims.


[quote author=AirCap]Comes with several sustain blocks as I remember.[/quote]
The ones I've bought didn't.

 

[amon]

[quote author=Cagey]Plus, the Wilkie's "sustain" block is already more substantial than the typical Floyd unit. [/quote]
You are correct.  But again, with a Floyd you have options.  If there is a flourishing aftermarket for multiple varieties of Wilkinson sustain blocks, I don't know about it.

 

[stratamania]

One thing a non-fine tuner Floyd has that Wilkinson and other two point trems do not have is the ability to clamp the string.

That means if you have locking tuners, well cut nut etc, by clamping at the bridge you have eliminated yet another point where the string can move and not return to position after heavy tremolo use.

+1 from me for a recessed rout for the non-fine tuner Floyd.

 

[BroccoliRob]

i'd be down for a recessed non-fine tuner rout. The good Floyds usually come with a brass block too, unlike the probably-zinc-or-pot-metal blocks on Wilkinson and Fender trems. Yeah, the string height is a pain to adjust, but it's not that big of a deal. I never liked the way the Wilky saddles looked anyway

 

[Archie Macfarlane]

To be honest i just prefer the way the floyd looks to the wilky.. kinda an evh fan so  :dontknow: