Switching floyd Rose to hardtail

[john-boro]

On a recessed schaller trem, is there any way to remove the floyd rose and use a hardtail bridge? it doesn't need to be pretty, but my bridge is really worn out, and rather than buy a new floyd which i would block anyway, I'd like to check out the other options.
cheers
john

[Accept2]

Re: Switching floyd Rose to hardtail

I have a guitar that was converted from a Floyd to a tuneomatic. I'm not sure I understand the logic of the whole operation. If you dont use the Floyd block it, or get a different guitar. Surgery like this is really vandalism........

[Newc]

Re: Switching floyd Rose to hardtail

Agreed. If you simply must have a hardtail, sell the one you have for one you want, as the only way to convert it is to have a block specially made for the route, and then fill the edges/corners.
It ruins a good guitar, so you may as well ditch it and get one that's already made as a hardtail.

Newc

[Ninja Guitar]

Re: Switching floyd Rose to hardtail

I have the floyd in my dinky blocked on both sides of the trem spring block, so it's completely unmovable(spl?). It works just fine.

I'd rather the guitar just have a hard tail bridge, but I'm not going to bother with the time, trouble, and cost to convert it. I really don't see any point in it.

[john-boro]

Re: Switching floyd Rose to hardtail

okay thanks guys, you're probably right. It's just that I've been having a few problems with the floyd recently, screws wearing out, saddles etc, so I was just checking if there was another option.
thanks [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]