Some questions before I order a body for my project..

[NowhereMan]

I'll be ordering a rear routed Strat body with a quilt maple top but I wanted a few queries answered before I drop some serious $.  Thanks in advance.

1. If I opt for the recessed Floyd Rose bridge route will the recessed area be painted like the rest of the wood or bare?

2. Can I have the mounting studs for a Floyd Rose preinstalled? 

3. Will the holes for the claw screws be predrilled?

4. Will my Seymour Duncan Trembuckers fit in humbucker routes? (They're a bit wider to accomodate the Floyd Rose)

5. The body's going to be Alder with the above mentioned top.  I'll have it painted Turquoise Burst.  What color will the back be? 

 

[Mor Paul]

I'll be ordering a rear routed Strat body with a quilt maple top but I wanted a few queries answered before I drop some serious $.  Thanks in advance.

1. If I opt for the recessed Floyd Rose bridge route will the recessed area be painted like the rest of the wood or bare?

2. Can I have the mounting studs for a Floyd Rose preinstalled? 

3. Will the holes for the claw screws be predrilled?

4. Will my Seymour Duncan Trembuckers fit in humbucker routes? (They're a bit wider to accomodate the Floyd Rose)

5. The body's going to be Alder with the above mentioned top.  I'll have it painted Turquoise Burst.  What color will the back be? 

1. Bare. You can ask, I guess.
2. I believe so.
3. No
4. Think so.
5. I think you get an option. You could probably go with the color the burst ends on.

 

[Wana_make_a_guitar]

The claw screw holes are pre drilled, well mine are.

 

[guitlouie]

Trem claw holes drilled, the back can be a color, or a burst like the front.  The Floyd route will definitely be bare wood. I don't think they install Floyd studs, but I could be wrong, if they do, it will have to be a Floyd purchased from them!  Their hum routes seem to be a little larger than standard hums, so I would bet the trembuckers will fit!  If you e-mail them directly, you can get for sure answers.  Good luck!

 

[Mor Paul]

Trem claw holes drilled, the back can be a color, or a burst like the front.  The Floyd route will definitely be bare wood. I don't think they install Floyd studs, but I could be wrong, if they do, it will have to be a Floyd purchased from them!  Their hum routes seem to be a little larger than standard hums, so I would bet the trembuckers will fit!  If you e-mail them directly, you can get for sure answers.  Good luck!

Fail on my part.
I thought there were pretty much no pre-drilled holes  :tard:
Thanks for correcting me.

:doh: I must've been thinking about TOM bushings or whatever.

 

[stratplayer1]

My spring cavity trem claw holes were NOT pre-drilled and my floyd recessed route is bare, but if you order it as a custom job they should route it before painting, in which your route would be painted. Don't know why my trem claw holes weren't drilled and his were, its not a big deal though.