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marcwormjim Just Startin' 26 posts since
Nov 17, 2009
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Jan 12, 2010 9:34 PM

*gulp* floyd rose transplant questions

So I bought a 300 to transplant into a floyd-routed body. From what I've read; the easiest route is to find a ibanez double-edge trem with LR Baggs piezos because it drops right in. Behind that is buying a graphtech ghost trem or individual ghost saddles; but this job requires either cutting the wiring harness or buying an adapter from graphtech.

 

But I've got an extra floyd bridge and wouldn't mind the cheaper alternative attempt of drilling through the bridge plate and into the saddles for a piezo install. I don't plan on just winging this based on what I think should work; so I ask for pointers or a rough theoretical step-by-step for the install. I'm comfortable with the routing and other electronics work.

 

And so of course I ask: Has anyone either transplanted the piezo elements from the variax lr baggs saddles into different ones or facilitated a transplant or repair with aftermarket piezo elements?

 

I've got a spare strat copy I can transplant the variax into more-easily if this gets too daunting; but I'm a floyd rose guy and won't settle just yet.

  • fuly4jc Just Startin' 114 posts since
    Mar 26, 2007
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    Jan 12, 2010 10:04 PM (in response to marcwormjim)
    Re: *gulp* floyd rose transplant questions

    I haven't used a rose in any of my vax plants but Jeff has=http://www.guitaristjeffmiller.com/guitars13.htm-I think I have seen a couple others and I will try to find them.Hope this helps.

  • fuly4jc Just Startin' 114 posts since
    Mar 26, 2007
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    Jan 12, 2010 10:15 PM (in response to marcwormjim)
    Re: *gulp* floyd rose transplant questions

    Check out this post too=http://line6.com/community/message/39488#39488=Little discussion on the same subject.Peace...........................

  • amx05462 Power User 3,480 posts since
    Sep 1, 2008
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    Jan 13, 2010 1:28 AM (in response to marcwormjim)
    Re: *gulp* floyd rose transplant questions

    graphtech makes a fully assembled  floyd  rose  setup with  the ghost pickups  so  they must have  just the  pickups  for your   bridge.  the  thing is that   your current  lr baggs  pickups  have 1  wire   and ground  through there  body to the saddle  to  the bridge plate.  wether your  current  variax  saddles  are  compatable  with your  floyd  rose    im not  sure   and if not  you would have to buy floyd rose   compatable saddles  from lr baggs  if they make  them   just to mount  the  baggs  pickups.  as to the  wiring.    the  blue  is a  ground  the  silver  is positive  and  goes  where your  pickup  wire  is now.   more than likely you would  have to replace  your   lr baggs  pickups   either   because the  wire  will be too short for the  floyd  rose   let alone the  fact  that   lr baggs  pickups seem to be  dying   quite  often   judging  by how many posts  ive seen  asking  to buy them  from line 6..

     

    wiring the  bridge  for  graphtechs  is easy enough . i dont know of an adapter  but its possible  they have  come out with one  since i did mine.  if you do  find one   could you post that  info.

     

      bottom line    graph tech pickups   are  100 bucks for a  strat set   not  sure  of  the  floyd  set  price.  graphtech floyd  rose  complete is 299

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