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Wilkinson vs Fender American Std rout/template

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Hi people,
I've been looking around and haven't found a template/info I'm looking for. I'd like to know the dimensions of the Wilkinson bridge top rout Warmoth offers. Their page showing the rout options only lists the stud spacing:
http://www.warmoth.com/Guitar/Bodies/Options/BridgeRoutingOptions.aspx

I have a no name body seemingly routed for a Fender American Standard and I have this bridge https://www.realparts.com.au/contemporary-2-point-fulcrum-bridge-chrome.html. I'm looking to enlarge the top rout a bit since it blocks the dive action of the floating bridge.

According to a plan I got from https://www.electricherald.com/fender-stratocaster-templates/ the Fender rout is 17mm x 80mm. I'd be curious to know if that's right too since my top rout is ~19.5 x 76.75mm and the sustain block cavity is ~30 x 79mm.

It has 8mm top overhang of rear of the sustain block cavity which I plan to reduce by hand and ~2.5mm overhang past the edge of the spring cavity. I see the Wilkinson rout has effectively 3 dimensions since it has 2 widths (lengths?) along the distance between the sides of the bridge.

Thanks
 
My understanding is the Wilkinson VS100 is a drop-in replacement for the Fender AmStd vibrato, so if you're routed/drilled for a an AmStd, you're good to go. But, to compare, here's what you have...

sb-0184dia.jpg


... and what Wilkinson looks like...

VS100N-3-1.jpg


It should be noted that many Fender "sustain" blocks are cast with an angle on them to gain clearance on the cavity wall, while many aftermarket blocks are not - they're milled out of rectangular stock. So, you may suffer some range loss if you don't route some clearance in that cavity. Although, most folks wouldn't notice unless they're used to Floyd Rose bridges.
 
Thanks... my block is angled on the bottom but it's limited by the top surface rout actually. It doesn't hit the cavity wall (yet) so I want to expand the top hole but at least try to be close to some sort of standard even if I'm not likely to change the bridge out down the track.

Do you have any bodies with Wilkinson rout that aren't assembled yet that could be measured? :)
 
Yes, I do. The overall width is 3 3/16" and major height is 7/8". Facing the body, on the right is a bit of a notch where the height is slightly less at 13/16" x 1/2"w. There's a 1/8" overhang of the top over the cavity underneath at the rear of the top opening, otherwise the cavity route is flush from front to rear.
 
Great, thanks!
I extended it to about 23.5mm and it looks good with the block now just slightly hitting the rear wall of the cavity which is still hidden under the bridge.
 
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