I am putting a Ofr on my semi recesed model 5x still need to use 42'mm block?

[djford]

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[djpharoah]

If it's an AT Non-Recessed then I think you use 42mm. But for a flat top non-recessed I think it's 37mm and for recessed it's 32mm.

[dg]

Define "semi-recessed". If it just has a rear pullup rout, then the neck angle and ideal trem height is still the same as a regular Model 5. They take a 42mm block. You may get away with a 37 without having the springs pop out of the block, but I know for a fact that 42 is what works best in a Model 5 or 6.

[plon]

You need the 42.

[toejam]

Define "semi-recessed". If it just has a rear pullup rout, then the neck angle and ideal trem height is still the same as a regular Model 5. They take a 42mm block. You may get away with a 37 without having the springs pop out of the block, but I know for a fact that 42 is what works best in a Model 5 or 6.

+1. A Model 5FX wouldn't have a semi-recess, unless somebody routed it out. It's just a non-recessed Model 5A (one-humbucker model) that got an added slanted single coil to the neck and a pickup toggle selector (some also got added tone controls).

[MetalMedal II]

Is this a toothpaste logo Charvel, a 550XL? That one had the semi-route. I never had one in hand, but the similar 650XL came stock with a 37 mm block (at least mine did). A 42 mm will also fit in these. If it's the older Model series 5, 5A, or 5FX only a 42 mm will work. The actual height of the bridge off body is about the same in each model, but the shorter block fits in the 550XL cos they shaved away the wood at an angle where the springs would otherwise rub.

[djford]

It's a 5fx with the simi route it's not flat this is a factory job it's to cleN of a job guitar is dead mint stock every thing got cell phone pics to verify the route. I can text them to somebody. I am not near a computer for a while just my iPhone

It would be nice for some one to verify

[djford]

You can pm me for the pics

[straycat]

Which logo does it have?
Guitar shaped logo,Small toothpaste or large toothpaste?

[djford]

This is far from my first charvel,it's a model series(or what i consider one to be is the guitar logo) model 5fx. I heard a batch of the single humbucker 5's went back to the factory and had the single coil and switch added but that's just kindof a rumor I heard. I just need a way to post som pics or sombody do it for me.

[djford]

There is a blue one on google image search (charvel model 5 fx)page 33

[MetalMedal II]

I found a link to one that likely looks like yours:

http://www.guitar-museum.com/guitar-19987-Charvel-Model-5FX-Neck-thru-Metal-Guitar

A 42 mm would definitely fit. A 37 mm block *may* also work, but only if the wood underneath the trem springs is angled such that it is deeper toward the bridge side compared to the neck side. If the wood underneath the trem springs is parallel to the body (like most guitars, and like the Charvel Models 1-4) then only the 42 will work. The only way to be sure is to check under the rear trem cover.

[djford]

Yea Thats it my theory is the ones with routes were some of the lasts ones made the 3dr has the same type of route

[aeromonte]

I also still have my model 5fx that I bought NEW from Sam Ash in 88/89.. It has the factory semi route. It has a HB and slanted single coil with a toggle switch and small guitar Charvel logo on headstock - neck through. It's burgandy mist just like the 5fx in the link above. Awesome guitar - don't play it much anymore to keep it mint (have a few other guitars that I play).

[etepbbb]

My 5A has the pull up route, and it uses a 42mm block. The route has no bearing on the depth, it just allows a further pullup on the trem. I'd just reuse the original block if you dont have the right block.