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Originally Posted by Hammertone
So carved a piece that basically fills the hollow part under the bridge (just like the vertical part of the Hipshot Trilogy adapter). I put holes for the strings that aligned perfectly with the saddles and screwed it to the head side of the body. Works perfectly!
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05-27-2018 07:34 AM
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I guess a picture is worth a thousand words. Carved piece is (two piece) poplar.
This is actually a partcaster project. I ordered the unfinished body (3 pounds) from Warmoth. Been painting it olympic white in the past 10 days or so. Even put some relic job on it. I had some extra American strat parts accumulated over the years, but borrowed the neck from my other strat for the time being. It all came to 6.4 pounds. My other Strat was 8.4 pounds. Not bad.
Still sounds as Strat like anything I've heard. This proves (to me) that Strat sound is really the pickups and the scale length. Tremolo may have an affect on the sound but it isn't what gives Strat it's characteristic sound based how this guitar sounds to me.
For grounding in the back, I shaped the end of the grounding wire with solder so that it just fits snug through the ring end of the strings (pictured).
Also note that the relationship between the strings and the bridge is exactly the same as in cosmic gumbo's hardtail picture (post #6), so the standard tremolo bridge works perfectly.Last edited by Tal_175; 05-28-2018 at 06:58 AM.
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Originally Posted by Hammertone
I think some of the removal issues arise from how they get installed -- there's a need to ensure they get pressed evenly, into clean round holes. What works against that is the condition where the guitar finish (sprayed after the ferrule holes are created) gets into the hole, and the builder uses brute force to hammer the ferrules in. They can end up looking OK and fit square, but due to the uneven interference fit some will be found problematic to remove.
Use a reamer to clean new finish out of the holes before installation (do this for tuner holes as well) and you'll find the installation is much more controlled and even. I use a drill press to ensure the ferrule goes in squarely.
If you do have to press them out later, touch a solder iron briefly on the ferrule and the heat will soften finish enough to prevent chipping out.
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Originally Posted by john_a
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