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The problem....
I've got a USA Style 2 and a USA Slime green pro mod with floyds which are riding on really high posts to get an acceptable buzz free action and I'm worried if I hammer them (Not with a hammer, I mean play them hard), then the extra mechanical advantage/leverage will start rocking the posts in their holes with time.
I thought, well what I've learned in the last year is, that non-recessed floyd's were more or less set parallel for dive only, maybe with a little pull up float and set at around 1/8" from bottom of baseplate to body. This is the way I have been setting them up on other guitars since I learned to use a Floyd. I have a wildcard 2 also, it is set with more float, tilted forwards, but the floyd posts are healthily pretty low - 1/8" between bottom of baseplate and the body, even if the forward tilt does compensate to get reasonably buzz free 1.5 - 2mm action. Anyway its ain't too bad all in all, apart from the neck chip/paint tear.... which is quite tiny.
I can only guess that the neck angle was machined way off for the Slime green and the Style 2 however, as the floyd posts are way higher. On the style 2, to get a 1.5mm action (Measured at the 12th fret with 1st fret depressed), with the floyd set to float parallel, then the posts are almost on the end of their threads, like its full 1/2" between baseplate and the body. The slime green is a little better, but its still around 1/4". I've floated the floyds more and tilted them forward to compensate, so I can get away with a lower post height but this is how it is... Well sloppy machining at the factory, I think they over angled the neck pocket, either that or didn't make it deep enough. I'm worried that I'II start rocking the post holes if I seriously abuse the floyds. In my honest opinion I would say that they are factory rejects....but I know for a fact that they are not.
How do they come set up from the factory? Parallel or angled forwards? Is there anyway to sort the problems, other than reverse shimming the neck, which always looks kack or, alternatively rerouting the pocket at a flatter angle, so its a little deeper on the heel side, which is one hell of a hassle....or will they be OK as they are?
I've got a USA Style 2 and a USA Slime green pro mod with floyds which are riding on really high posts to get an acceptable buzz free action and I'm worried if I hammer them (Not with a hammer, I mean play them hard), then the extra mechanical advantage/leverage will start rocking the posts in their holes with time.
I thought, well what I've learned in the last year is, that non-recessed floyd's were more or less set parallel for dive only, maybe with a little pull up float and set at around 1/8" from bottom of baseplate to body. This is the way I have been setting them up on other guitars since I learned to use a Floyd. I have a wildcard 2 also, it is set with more float, tilted forwards, but the floyd posts are healthily pretty low - 1/8" between bottom of baseplate and the body, even if the forward tilt does compensate to get reasonably buzz free 1.5 - 2mm action. Anyway its ain't too bad all in all, apart from the neck chip/paint tear.... which is quite tiny.
I can only guess that the neck angle was machined way off for the Slime green and the Style 2 however, as the floyd posts are way higher. On the style 2, to get a 1.5mm action (Measured at the 12th fret with 1st fret depressed), with the floyd set to float parallel, then the posts are almost on the end of their threads, like its full 1/2" between baseplate and the body. The slime green is a little better, but its still around 1/4". I've floated the floyds more and tilted them forward to compensate, so I can get away with a lower post height but this is how it is... Well sloppy machining at the factory, I think they over angled the neck pocket, either that or didn't make it deep enough. I'm worried that I'II start rocking the post holes if I seriously abuse the floyds. In my honest opinion I would say that they are factory rejects....but I know for a fact that they are not.
How do they come set up from the factory? Parallel or angled forwards? Is there anyway to sort the problems, other than reverse shimming the neck, which always looks kack or, alternatively rerouting the pocket at a flatter angle, so its a little deeper on the heel side, which is one hell of a hassle....or will they be OK as they are?
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