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Re: Kahler to Floyd Mod
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I've done one that was a hardtail 70's Strat that someone Kahlered, and I decided I wanted to put an original style fulcrum trem in it since it was modded already. Not a job for for the novice, it is fairly involved and to be honest it probably will cost a fairly large sum of money if you have a pro luthier do the work! Since I fix my own guitars, and the body had to be refinished anyways because of a previous poor refin, here's what I did (very abbreviated version):
First, you have to fill the kahler route, which is easier said than done. I made a block that fit the route tightly, and glued it it.
Then, I routed a strip out down the center of the guitar and fit a piece of wood there, so there will be no tell-tale Kahler 'sink hole'.
Then I had to determine exactly where the new bridge needed to be. I then routed the hole thru the guitar where the trem block goes with a special routing jig and bearing bit. Once I had that done, it is easy to line up the back route for the springs. Once again I used a special routing jig and bearing bit and routed that out.
Once I had the routing all done, I fitted the new bridge and spring claw.
Once it was all done, I prepped the body for the refin and shipped it off to Lee Garver. When I got it back, this is what it looked like:
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Damn nice work!!! [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img]
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I've done one that was a hardtail 70's Strat that someone Kahlered, and I decided I wanted to put an original style fulcrum trem in it since it was modded already. Not a job for for the novice, it is fairly involved and to be honest it probably will cost a fairly large sum of money if you have a pro luthier do the work! Since I fix my own guitars, and the body had to be refinished anyways because of a previous poor refin, here's what I did (very abbreviated version):
First, you have to fill the kahler route, which is easier said than done. I made a block that fit the route tightly, and glued it it.
Then, I routed a strip out down the center of the guitar and fit a piece of wood there, so there will be no tell-tale Kahler 'sink hole'.
Then I had to determine exactly where the new bridge needed to be. I then routed the hole thru the guitar where the trem block goes with a special routing jig and bearing bit. Once I had that done, it is easy to line up the back route for the springs. Once again I used a special routing jig and bearing bit and routed that out.
Once I had the routing all done, I fitted the new bridge and spring claw.
Once it was all done, I prepped the body for the refin and shipped it off to Lee Garver. When I got it back, this is what it looked like:
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Damn nice work!!! [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img]
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