Floyd Rose and alternatives + pricing etc.
Any ideas for which trem to install?
I have this age old Yamaha...
Naturally an EMG85 there, plus a PA-2 preamp...covered the pup holes with a Grateful Dead CD cover bit.
Anyways. I bought it just to have some fun with tremolo, and that it did just fine...but, for band playing/real use the trem doesn't stay in tune.
Currently I have it blocked and been playing it quite a while...and it's a really nice axe that way. The neck is still totally straight and frets very good despite years of years of hard use, and even the neck shape is quite fine.
Now I'm getting inclined to mod this guitar into Davette II; it is very similar to what it used to be. All that would mean is slightly shave the upper side of the neck into an asymmetric V, which would also nicely remove all the ugly dings the neck has amassed over the years...and I'd also remove that strange hanging 'waddle' from under the headstock, making it normal Jackson style shape. Have it re-lacquered properly by a pro and it'll be a very very good guitar neck which will likely never bend or have issues since it hasn't yet in 20+ years of very neglecting and hard use.
AND of course in the vein of Davette, fill in the trem cavity and put a Schaller bridge in.
But then again...I would end up with no tremolo guitar, then.
SO...I got this idea I could maybe get a working/good quality trem system. Like the Original Floyd Rose. That could work well! But which?
To my utter amazement an OFR costs here - hold yer breath - 563,2 dollars!
From Germany I could order it for $352 which is much better but still like three times the money I paid for the entire guitar...
My best bet is likely to try to have some friend in the U.S. to send me one...haven't really checked where they are the cheapest but at least Ed Roman sells a black one for $187 and THAT I could live with, even including postage to here.
However...are there any alternatives out there that would likely fit the guitar? I still have to check of course whether the guitar actually even fits even an OFR, but I would guess it's standard sized in all respects and it would.
So...any ideas for OFR alternatives?
Dee
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Half a dozen custom built/bastardized guitars all with EMG's, mostly 85's, Ibanez Artwood acoustic & Yamaha SGR bass, Epiphone Prophecy SG, Vox Wah, Pitchblack tuner plus assorted pedals, rack gear etc. for home studio use.