JT6 Trem Swap in Model Series-Gotoh?

[singlehum]

I want to change the hardware on my Model series Charvel to gold. The JT6 was never available in gold, so what would be a proper swap? I know some guys swap in a Floyd, but I believe the radius on a Floyd is normally 12", and the if I recall the radius on a Model series neck is 16"(?)....so is it a proper replacement? How about a Gotoh trem...? Will the post spacing, string spacing, and radius be correct?

Were there any later Jackson trems that were available in gold that would be an exact replacement for teh JT6?

Thanks...

Bill

[dg]

Go ahead and put a gold Floyd on it. If you have any radius issues, it's very easy to shim the saddles. Keep in mind, they use OFRs on all kinds of Jacksons & Charvels that have the same radius as your guitar. As for later Jackson trems in gold, the only one I know of was the gold JT-590 on the Anniversary Soloist Archtop Pro.

[Axewielder]

+1 to the OFR

[jacksonaxes]

Go ahead and put a gold Floyd on it. If you have any radius issues, it's very easy to shim the saddles. Keep in mind, they use OFRs on all kinds of Jacksons & Charvels that have the same radius as your guitar. As for later Jackson trems in gold, the only one I know of was the gold JT-590 on the Anniversary Soloist Archtop Pro.

My SD-1 had a gold jackson trem on it, but most were OFR's

[DonP]

I guess you could take a JT6 to a metal shop and have it plated...

[Axewielder]

I guess you could take a JT6 to a metal shop and have it plated...

And you'd have no problem finding your way home from the trail of parts it left behind!

[MakeAJazzNoiseHere]

+1 more for the OFR.

The Floyd is set up for a 12" radius when you take it out of the box... But a boxed retail Floyd will have a long flat shim under the middle 4 saddles. Remove this shim, put it on the guitar, set the intonation, you're good to go. This basically is how every Charvel and Jackson that comes with a Floyd is set up from the factory these days.

[djford]

+1 more for the OFR.

The Floyd is set up for a 12" radius when you take it out of the box... But a boxed retail Floyd will have a long flat shim under the middle 4 saddles. Remove this shim, put it on the guitar, set the intonation, you're good to go. This basically is how every Charvel and Jackson that comes with a Floyd is set up from the factory these days.

What shim are you all talking about? And where dose it go?

[dg]

Like he said, most OFRs come with a shim under the middle 4 saddles. It's there to give them a radius that works well with a typical Fender type fretboard, which isn't particularly flat. If you take that out, the trem will have a flatter radius, closer to what a Charvel, Jackson or other shredder style guitar tends to have. The shims I was talking about earlier in my post are thin metal pieces that fit under individual saddles so you can set the trem up perfectly to fit your guitar. They sell these at a few places, like Stewmac.

[MakeAJazzNoiseHere]

Like he said, most OFRs come with a shim under the middle 4 saddles. It's there to give them a radius that works well with a typical Fender type fretboard, which isn't particularly flat. If you take that out, the trem will have a flatter radius, closer to what a Charvel, Jackson or other shredder style guitar tends to have. The shims I was talking about earlier in my post are thin metal pieces that fit under individual saddles so you can set the trem up perfectly to fit your guitar. They sell these at a few places, like Stewmac.

Exactly. The shim I'm talking about doesn't go anywhere but in your junk bin, if you're installing it on a Jackson or Charvel with a compound radius.

It might not be there, depending on where your Floyd came from (used, etc.) but they are there on new retail boxed units.

[djford]

Exactly. The shim I'm talking about doesn't go anywhere but in your junk bin, if you're installing it on a Jackson or Charvel with a compound radius.

It might not be there, depending on where your Floyd came from (used, etc.) but they are there on new retail boxed units.

So no shims needed for a jt6 swap to a ofr on a model series?

[MakeAJazzNoiseHere]

Nope. Just take the "factory included" OFR shim out, if it's there.