fitting a floyd rose style trem in a strat bridge route

[turmoil]

i've got a ton of spare parts laying around and i've been toying with the idea of buying a cheap squier strat off CL and modding it with my spare parts just to have a fun beater guitar i can jam on throughout the house...especially on the toilet

my question is, is it possible to route this (picture below) kind of strat bridge for a double locking floyd rose 2 post route? Since most, if not all, squier strats have this kind of route i don't think there is anyway around it but i don't mind doing the woodworking if it's not too terribly complex.

thoughts?

 

[Gainzilla]

You may have to go to Stewmac.com and buy a template to route for the Floyd...

 

[turmoil]

well that wouldn't be too bad, they're only like $14 or so.

i'm just more concerned about whether it'd be ok if i could just fill the 6 holes and then possibly drill into that wood for the 2 posts or if it would require maybe routing out that entire top trem area and then putting in a new block of wood and start from scratch.

 

[Code001]

well that wouldn't be too bad, they're only like $14 or so.

i'm just more concerned about whether it'd be ok if i could just fill the 6 holes and then possibly drill into that wood for the 2 posts or if it would require maybe routing out that entire top trem area and then putting in a new block of wood and start from scratch.

If you want it to be flush-mounted, you don't need to do any routing.

Flushmount Requirements:
Fill 6 regular trem holes
Drill 2 holes for floyd
Route pickguard (see warmoth's site for what I mean)
Install locking nut
Shim neck

Recessed Requirements:
Fill 6 trem holes
Route cavity on top for floyd
Paint cavity
Drill 2 holes for floyd
Route pickguard
Install locking nut

 

[Gainzilla]

well that wouldn't be too bad, they're only like $14 or so.

i'm just more concerned about whether it'd be ok if i could just fill the 6 holes and then possibly drill into that wood for the 2 posts or if it would require maybe routing out that entire top trem area and then putting in a new block of wood and start from scratch.

I cant answer for sure other than the fact that I know that you need to route to fit the floyd. I guess that youre going surface mount?

 

[Gainzilla]

well that wouldn't be too bad, they're only like $14 or so.

i'm just more concerned about whether it'd be ok if i could just fill the 6 holes and then possibly drill into that wood for the 2 posts or if it would require maybe routing out that entire top trem area and then putting in a new block of wood and start from scratch.

If you want it to be flush-mounted, you don't need to do any routing.

Flushmount Requirements:
Fill 6 regular trem holes
Drill 2 holes for floyd
Route pickguard (see warmoth's site for what I mean)
Install locking nut
Shim neck

Recessed Requirements:
Fill 6 trem holes
Route cavity on top for floyd
Paint cavity
Drill 2 holes for floyd
Route pickguard
Install locking nut

Hmmm, theres no additional routing necessary for flush mount? I thought that there was...

 

[Code001]

well that wouldn't be too bad, they're only like $14 or so.

i'm just more concerned about whether it'd be ok if i could just fill the 6 holes and then possibly drill into that wood for the 2 posts or if it would require maybe routing out that entire top trem area and then putting in a new block of wood and start from scratch.

If you want it to be flush-mounted, you don't need to do any routing.

Flushmount Requirements:
Fill 6 regular trem holes
Drill 2 holes for floyd
Route pickguard (see warmoth's site for what I mean)
Install locking nut
Shim neck

Recessed Requirements:
Fill 6 trem holes
Route cavity on top for floyd
Paint cavity
Drill 2 holes for floyd
Route pickguard
Install locking nut

Hmmm, theres no additional routing necessary for flush mount? I thought that there was...

There are actually a few different flushmount cavities out there. The one on my Fender is modified from a normal one, but it's still a flushmount bridge. Most people can get away without needing to route the body, but body cavities can differ between make/model/what have you.

Edit: http://www.guitars101.com/forums/f68/ho ... 14258.html

 

[turmoil]

i wouldn't mind flush mounting the tremolo seeing as it requires significantly less woodworking plus i don't really need to pull up on the whammy bar too badly. i could always just shim the neck and nut then raise up the trem to get some more access right?

 

[turmoil]

and thanks a ton for that link! that's pretty much exactly what i was looking for

 

[Code001]

i wouldn't mind flush mounting the tremolo seeing as it requires significantly less woodworking plus i don't really need to pull up on the whammy bar too badly. i could always just shim the neck and nut then raise up the trem to get some more access right?

The biggest issue you'll have when you try to raise your bridge would be action.