marnold
September 1st, 2008, 07:41 PM
Since we've all got colds/upper respiratory infections at Casa Rawk, we decided to postpone any anniversary celebrations. Actually my wife said, "Oh yeah, it's our anniversary."
Anyway, some folks at the Floyd Rose Club forum talked about how their neck pockets had excess paint in them. Thus I decided to take the neck of my Floyd and assess the damage. There was extra paint, mainly around the outside edges of the pocket, as I figured. Here's a before shot:
http://lh6.ggpht.com/semprini/SLyWDzO27dI/AAAAAAAAAXI/VqhVYjxt2Mg/s400/img_2040.jpg
Larger version (http://picasaweb.google.com/semprini/FloydRoseDST3/photo?authkey=aw9cNzY2uF4#5241229058388717010)
And after:
http://lh6.ggpht.com/semprini/SLyWEJPtBII/AAAAAAAAAXQ/3DjGiYGD17U/s400/img_2042.jpg
Larger version (http://picasaweb.google.com/semprini/FloydRoseDST3/photo?authkey=aw9cNzY2uF4#5241229064297841794)
There was a particularly large glob of both paint and primer on the northeast corner of the bottom of the pocket (as you look at it in the pictures). I found that there is a fine line between "chipping paint off" and "chipping wood off." We'll see if there's an improvement in sustain, tone, or neck stability.
Oh, and getting a floating Floyd floating properly after total dismantling is still a PITA. You take the good with the bad. While it was disassembled I gave the fretboard a good cleaning/oiling.
Anyway, some folks at the Floyd Rose Club forum talked about how their neck pockets had excess paint in them. Thus I decided to take the neck of my Floyd and assess the damage. There was extra paint, mainly around the outside edges of the pocket, as I figured. Here's a before shot:
http://lh6.ggpht.com/semprini/SLyWDzO27dI/AAAAAAAAAXI/VqhVYjxt2Mg/s400/img_2040.jpg
Larger version (http://picasaweb.google.com/semprini/FloydRoseDST3/photo?authkey=aw9cNzY2uF4#5241229058388717010)
And after:
http://lh6.ggpht.com/semprini/SLyWEJPtBII/AAAAAAAAAXQ/3DjGiYGD17U/s400/img_2042.jpg
Larger version (http://picasaweb.google.com/semprini/FloydRoseDST3/photo?authkey=aw9cNzY2uF4#5241229064297841794)
There was a particularly large glob of both paint and primer on the northeast corner of the bottom of the pocket (as you look at it in the pictures). I found that there is a fine line between "chipping paint off" and "chipping wood off." We'll see if there's an improvement in sustain, tone, or neck stability.
Oh, and getting a floating Floyd floating properly after total dismantling is still a PITA. You take the good with the bad. While it was disassembled I gave the fretboard a good cleaning/oiling.