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  • #1

    Building a Star...

    Evening all!

    So far I have a lefty Mighty Mite neck, plus all the chrome hardware I took off my KV4 when I put black hardware on it...

    I'm going to get me an alder Star body from Wayne's UK website - £220, that's about US$400, which ain't too bad here - but I dunno what way to go with the trem.

    See, I also have a chrome vintage trem from an old Aria Pro II, and it'd be cooler to have that on it, plus it means I wouldn't have to put the locking nut on the neck (which is a really nice neck, by the way)... but I think I may regret not going with the Floyd down the line.

    The other side to that is that I need lefty tuners anyways, so I'm gonna have to buy those no matter what, and seeing as I've never been a big fan of chrome, I would probably end up buying black ones and then I'd have to buy a trem to match. Decisions, decisions!!!! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

    What would you guys do?

    Cheers,
    Steve.
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  • #2
    Re: Building a Star...

    Go with the floyd, forget about the locknut, and since you gotta buy tuners anyway, get some locking ones.
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    • #3
      Re: Building a Star...

      Decide on the trem based on how much you actually use it, and whether or not you keep a trem on a guitar just for the tuning stability or "it's there when you want it".
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      • #4
        Re: Building a Star...

        I'd go with the floyd. I built a star out of an ESP neck and an old charvel body. It had a floyd for a bridge, which I liked a lot. I wound up selling the guitar because I couldn't get used to the body.

        -Mark

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        • #5
          Re: Building a Star...

          ide probably go to GMW for a body. they are cheaper & will be a better fit with the MM neck. Also waynes bodys need to be shimed for floyds he doesnt do angled neck pockets.

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          • #6
            Re: Building a Star...

            V-trem!!

            http://www.chuckscharvels.com/black_star.htm

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            • #7
              Re: Building a Star...

              Thanks for the opinions guys... I checked the neck pocket on the Wayne body and it's 2 1/2" and of course the MM neck is 2 3/16" (thanks for pointing that out, j2379!) - will this cause much of a problem or will I just have a small gap either side of the neck?

              I'm still undecided about the trem though - I'm leaning towards the vintage trem at the mo, keeping it old school... [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

              Cheers,
              Steve.

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              • #8
                Re: Building a Star...

                5/16" is quite a bit. Thats more than I would be comfortable with if I was building a guitar but that doesnt mean it wouldnt work.

                Id go with a vintage trem. They always sound the best to me.

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                • #9
                  Re: Building a Star...

                  Sorry, I meant 2 1/4"!!! Curse my inability to type... [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

                  Cheers,
                  Steve.

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