Replacing JT500

[Hamner1]

It has come time for the JT500 in the DXMG to get replaced. One saddle is stripped where the locking screw clamps the string in & another one has a groove from the string, so the string pulls out. And I dont feel like spending $90 on saddles. So...
Which Floyd Rose or Schaller, or Copy will fit the posts on a guitar equipped w/ a JT500?
And yes I want to upgrade as opposed to just getting another JT500.

[sully]

check the sticky thread, jackson1 did a whole thing on trems in there.

sully

[Hamner1]

Thanks Sully, I did check it, but apparently not well enough. I'll look thru it again.

[RacerX]

You'll just be polishing a turd, IMO. I think you should get another DXMG, a 2002 or newer. They are made in Japan, have JT580s, and are a much-higher quality axe than your MII.

[Hamner1]

That maybe true, but the turd has been polished w/ EMGs & it plays & sounds great. Only problem I have had has been the trem. So might as well keep polishing the turd.
On 2nd inspection I did not find any reference to replacement for JT500, unless it was implied in the pics of JT500, JT580, & JT590?

[Racerx2k]

That's okay, H, I'd love to have my hands on a such a turd. I happen to think it's the shit.

[Hamner1]

Well I took some measurements:
2 15/16 inches = width from between the center of the posts
3 6/8 inches = base width
3 1/8 inches = cavity route from fromt to back of trem

[agresivo]

Without modifying the JT500 route, you can put either a Schaller Floyd or a used JT590. They both have the same shape and size as the JT500, the main difference is that they're made with better and harder materials.

[Zerberus]

Without modifying the JT500 route, you can put either a Schaller Floyd or a used JT590. They both have the same shape and size as the JT500, the main difference is that they're made with better and harder materials.

+1, Schaller / JT590 (the same thing with "jackson" on it) is a drop in upgrade for the JT-500, seen quite a few Jap Performers with this mod that were really great axes from then on...

[Hamner1]

Thank you for the responses. And the search begins.

[dg]

This one may still be available. Worth looking into anyway...

http://www.jcfonline.com/forums/show...188#post699188

[fett]

How come I just bot a Schaller Floyd for $55? Those things rock. Keep your eyes open.

[zeegler]

How come I just bot a Schaller Floyd for $55? Those things rock. Keep your eyes open.

Because you bought a cheap crappy copy of a Schaller Floyd for $55, that's why.

[fett]

Because you bought a cheap crappy copy of a Schaller Floyd for $55, that's why.

Then why does it say; "Charvel" "Made in Germany by Schaller"? Smartypants.:ROTF:

[T@rgetDrone]

Turn yourself in. For that price you STOLE it! LOL! Good eye!! Great deal!!!