What does it take to put a Floyd Rose in a Les Paul?

[PFDarkside]

$359 plus shipping.


https://harleybenton.com/product/sc-custom-ii-fr-vintage-black/

Are these Chinese LTDs?

 

[dave74]

For a joke to be funny, it must have a nugget of truth in it.
Your comment had NONE.

Maybe the nugget got hauled away down their famous railroad-track(ties) fretwork?

 

[JamesPaul]

Go with a Kahler. They make one that drops right in. You only need to worry about the locking nut.

Edit: It appears that model Kahler is no longer produced. Look into a Duesenberg Les Trem.

 

[LLL]

That's been the Gibson fret-crowning process for quite awhile now!,,,,well except for the steady hand part.

I like your sense of humor.

 

[pskorz]

You could go full-Frehley and put on a Washburn Wonderbar!!!!

 

[Securb]

You could go full-Frehley and put on a Washburn Wonderbar!!!!

I had one on my B.C. Rich in the 80's I loved that thing.

 

[JMP/HBE]

It takes an error in judgement.

 

[JOLLY]

Are these Chinese LTDs?

I have no idea. However I have a couple of friends that own some Harley Benton guitars that they love, and they also own $3000 Gibsons.

 

[Sirion]

For all the pearl-clutchers out there, here is a '68 Les Paul Custom with a Floyd Rose:

 

[JMP/HBE]

DNW

 

[soulforger]

Hunt down an Epiphone Les Paul Standard Pro FX from a few years ago, or the "Nightfall" Les Paul which was an all mahogany body black Les Paul with a Floyd and EMGsthey both still come up for sale occasionally for reasonable prices and are good quality.

 

[Mincer]

^That is a cool looking LP!

 

[Aceman]

Floyd on a Les Paul? I'll tell you what it takes:

A complete lack of shame
Absolutely no sense of style and grace left in your soul
A disregard for humanity and all that is good in the world

Act right. Get a Kahler.

 

[Aceman]

Now that we’ve opened this box of worms let’s get to the real question….. A Les Paul kit like below, can the neck angle be modified before the neck is glued in, and can the neck take a locking nut?

https://precisionguitarkits.com/product/59-carved-top-custom

Sure it could
- Add a shim
- Shave the heel

 

[soulforger]

Floyd on a Les Paul? I'll tell you what it takes:

A complete lack of shame
Absolutely no sense of style and grace left in your soul
A disregard for humanity and all that is good in the world

Act right. Get a Kahler.

Haha true, but Steve Hackett, Neil Schon, and Lerxst Lifeson are pretty good company! (Even Slash has an Appetite Les Paul with a Floyd on it that he likes but won't admit it.)

Kahlers are pretty cool too I must admit, they do that bouncy thing...they still need a Floyd Rose nut though

 

[Sirion]

Haha true, but Steve Hackett, Neil Schon, and Lerxst Lifeson are pretty good company! (Even Slash has an Appetite Les Paul with a Floyd on it that he likes but won't admit it.)

Kahlers are pretty cool too I must admit, they do that bouncy thing...they still need a Floyd Rose nut though

Speaking of Slash, when I saw him back in 2019 his best tones of the evening came from his Mockingbird(s). They cut through better and generally sounded more exciting than the Les Pauls.

 

[soulforger]

^That is a cool looking LP!

I was always tempted by these, I'd replace those EMGs with proper humbuckers immediately though!

 

[Mincer]

I was always tempted by these, I'd replace those EMGs with proper humbuckers immediately though!

I would do the same.

 

[dave74]

I really like that nightfall LP.

 

[JOLLY]

Speaking of Slash, when I saw him back in 2019 his best tones of the evening came from his Mockingbird(s). They cut through better and generally sounded more exciting than the Les Pauls.

Those have Duncan Distortions I'm them.