Floyd Rose mod, Is it pos?

[Kilby]

The other option is to look for a cheap Peavy Wolfgang, as there are a lot of them out there.

BTW I thought the D-tuna was great fun, and that floating floyds although fun where more trouble than theyre really worth (IMHO)

Rob...

[JamesHealey]

if your only wanting to dive a wilkinson trem and locking tuners might be an option?

[hunter]

Is there any point in having a Floyd that don't float? Or should I just upgrade to a High end standard trem?

Ask Eddie van Halen, his signature MM is exactly like that. Better tuning stability, you can use D-Tuna and better string response as there is more connection between the strings and the body wood.

Re reworking: You should check the radius of the neck/fretboard to match the floyd as close as possible. Another possible adjustment might be the neck angle, depending on the height of the floyd.

[FELINEGUITARS]

The quality of the floyd is paramount here
Consider an original Floyd , A schaller Floyd, Ibanez edge or lo-pro edge or a gotoh (there has been a whole long post on this

To fit the floyd requires the top rout to be modified and the rear rout to be modded if you want wide travel (diebombing etc)
You will need to have the pickguard modded or changed too as the floyd is wider.

The locknut needs to be installed at the top too which is a comprehensive job in itself.

If you want up-pull too it is worth routing the cavity under the trem too

So cost of floyd if decent one used (£140-190)
Cost of installation £100-150 depending on what is required

A wilkinson, and locking tuners will do a lot of that for £140-160 plus fitting
Fitting on a wilk & tuners is much easier- £30-40 should cover it

Remember I am quoting workshop prices - if you have the skills and tools to DIY then you can save if you are good at that kind of work

[dave_mc]

^i'm with jonathan (feline) on the cost thing- you can get a guitar with a good floyd (washburn x40 pro is one, ibanez s470, or rg1570 are others) for not much more (it's about £350-£450 for a guitar with a good Floyd, new, if you know which one to buy) than the cost of chopping up your guitar, and they have good floyds attached- and that way you have two guitars.

I know if i was in that situation, i'd probably just get a guitar that had already a good floyd, since for about £100 more (max) you have another guitar. (bear in mind, I suck at DIY, if you can do all that routing etc. yourself, as jonathan says, it's a more attractive proposition).

[donovan.x]

I am going to take the wilkinson option with locking tuners. Is there a particular sort I should get, a link would be nice.
Cheers guys.

[maliciousteve]

Cost me about £240 to have a floyd rose installed on one of my guitars (including floyd rose)