Hey all, hope your April is going well so far! I was hoping to get some advice on getting a new tremolo for a mystery Strat body of mine.
A few years ago I got what I assume is a Warmoth Strat from my local guitar shop. The guitar looks and sounds fantastic, it plays almost perfectly too, unfortunately whoever put this thing together really cheaped out on the bridge.
It came with a non-recessed licensed Floyd Rose, which I very stupidly either misplaced or threw away. I was under the impression that all Floyd style bridges would use the same post/string spacing
So I've measured the spacing of the posts with a cheap measuring tape that I had at my desk and I'm fairly sure that it's the standard 74mm, but if I get another Floyd I'm gonna want to get an OFR, and I don't know if I'm willing to drop that much money on something if I'm not 100% sure that it will fit my guitar. I would get a cheap one to test it out, but a ****ty Floyd is what got me here in the first place.
Any tips? If I get myself a set of calipers and it really turns out to match the spacing of any given aftermarket tremolo then I'm good to go? Any pitfalls I might run into? My confidence regarding knowledge of tremolos has really been called into question recently and I don't want to make another mistake!
Thanks in advance for any tips!
A few years ago I got what I assume is a Warmoth Strat from my local guitar shop. The guitar looks and sounds fantastic, it plays almost perfectly too, unfortunately whoever put this thing together really cheaped out on the bridge.
It came with a non-recessed licensed Floyd Rose, which I very stupidly either misplaced or threw away. I was under the impression that all Floyd style bridges would use the same post/string spacing
So I've measured the spacing of the posts with a cheap measuring tape that I had at my desk and I'm fairly sure that it's the standard 74mm, but if I get another Floyd I'm gonna want to get an OFR, and I don't know if I'm willing to drop that much money on something if I'm not 100% sure that it will fit my guitar. I would get a cheap one to test it out, but a ****ty Floyd is what got me here in the first place.
Any tips? If I get myself a set of calipers and it really turns out to match the spacing of any given aftermarket tremolo then I'm good to go? Any pitfalls I might run into? My confidence regarding knowledge of tremolos has really been called into question recently and I don't want to make another mistake!
Thanks in advance for any tips!
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