OFR string lock screws are too long.

[sysin]

Tried searching the forum and surprisingly found nothing...

Just purchased a Charvel Fusion Deluxe, upgraded with an OFR. Problem is that the standard 44mm string lock screws are too long. When I pull up on the trem, the screws contact the body instead of staying inside the recess like a JT580 would.

String lock screws from a JT580/JT590 are a good length, but the width of the screw doesn't fit inside the narrower slots of the OFR.

Does anyone know where I can get slightly shorter string lock screws for an Original Floyd Rose?

THink I read that screws from a Floyd Rose II would work, but these are discontinued AFAIK.

[RobRR]

That rout is for a Schaller trem, not an OFR... thats your problem. You can machine the screws down, but other than that there isnt much else that you can do.

[Special-K]

That rout is for a Schaller trem, not an OFR... thats your problem. You can machine the screws down, but other than that there isnt much else that you can do.

+1

[Bengal]

That rout is for a Schaller trem, not an OFR... thats your problem. You can machine the screws down, but other than that there isnt much else that you can do.

Well, there is 1 thing. You can put a Schaller Floyd back on it...

[rjohnstone]

FR II or Schaller screws are too big/thick. They will not fit an OFR.
Get a Schaller and all will be good in the trem world.

[Nazgul]

I guess he could also buy all new Schaller saddles...that would work, wouldn't it?

[rjohnstone]

I guess he could also buy all new Schaller saddles...that would work, wouldn't it?

The Schaller string lock bolts are to thick for the OFR base plate.

[max]

The saddles are fine. The screws would be too short, though.

[rjohnstone]

Read this... should answer all your questions.

http://www.audiozone.dk/index-filer/TremoloInfoProject.htm

[jackson1]

Rick, you gave up

[rjohnstone]

Rick, you gave up

It's been a long week and I need more sleep.

[jackson1]

I mean, you told 'em twice - and nobody would listen

[rjohnstone]

Exactly.
Like they say, "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink."

[sysin]

Schaller it is! I just happened to have one. Back to eBay with the OFR I guess.

[slash]

Well, there is 1 thing. You can put a Schaller Floyd back on it...

There is always more than one way to make it work But this is the best one