RacerX Posted March 1, 2005 Posted March 1, 2005 Ok all you shredmiesters, I'm looking for a little Floyd help. I have an old Hamer/Schaller Floyd on my FrankenVint, and have stripped the threads in one of the saddle locking holes on the base plate. Now I can tap it and use a different screw etc... But there is also the issue that this bridge is designed for a flatter radius than the vintage Schecter neck I'm using which leaves the "E's" both sitting a bit high. Now for that I know there are shims I can put under the middle saddles and lower the whole bridge, or I could grind the E saddles a little. So my question is, any one have a spare bridge plate in the old parts box? Or what would be a good replacement that might also solve the radius issue? Thanks! Mark.
AdmiralB Posted March 1, 2005 Posted March 1, 2005 The bridge plate doesn't set the radius, the saddles do. FWIW the Floyd radius is a little smaller than most of the Hamer necks it went on, making the D and G sit a little high - it doesn't bother me. You'll need to shim though, if you want it just-so.You can buy replacement plates from Schaller but it takes like six months to get them. I have a Hamer-branded baseplate in black I would sell, if you would prefer instant gratification.
tobereeno Posted March 1, 2005 Posted March 1, 2005 you've encountered an issue that plagues all black schaller/hamer floyd baseplates - stripped saddle intonation screws. for some reason, the chrome plates don't suffer from this same issue. Stonge was so kind as to mail me some slightly oversized screws, and that solved things for a few months but that also eventually came loose (and I had taken a set-and-forget policy with intonation so as to reduce wear and tear on the sensitive little buggers).I've solved this issue in three ways as most of my Hamers have black hardware and Floyds: 1) routed out the body a touch and put in Floyd Pro bridges.2) replaced the baseplate with a Floyd II plate.3) just moved the saddle back to the second hole and left it.the plate btw has nothing to do with the radius; that's a saddle issue, and the only surefire way to match things up will be to individually shim saddles to taste.
RacerX Posted March 1, 2005 Author Posted March 1, 2005 Thanks guys. It has an old solid rosewood schecter neck on it now, guess I should snap a few new pix. It's really more green in person too.AdmiralB, check yer mail...Tobereeno, Thanx for the suggestions. Seems to me I've seen or worked on a stepped plate, perhaps an Ibanez or something? Heck, Shims are cool with me as long as I have good threads to hold them in.ZR, The body supposedly came from a guy who worked at Hamer so they must have had that color around for something, I'll bet it's not a stock color though.
Hamer95USA Posted March 2, 2005 Posted March 2, 2005 Hey people, I agree with Tobeereno about repairing Floyd Rose/black Schaller tremolo baseplates. I had the same problem with my Charvel Fusion bridge saddle allen screw stripping out during a show. The baseplates are made of a cheap pot metal, unlike the Floyd Rose or Kahler tremolo systems that are made of a hardened steel. Embarrasing to say the least!! Fortunately, I carried a spare guitar. I had to order the Charvel tremolo baseplate from Akai. I got in a little over a week. I had to rebuild the whole bridge, install it and intonate it. It never stripped again. Frustrating experience, but it made me aware of how to take care of a double locking tremolo systems when they go bad. Guitar George Tobeereno wrote: you've encountered an issue that plagues all black schaller/hamer floyd baseplates - stripped saddle intonation screws. for some reason, the chrome plates don't suffer from this same issue. Stonge was so kind as to mail me some slightly oversized screws, and that solved things for a few months but that also eventually came loose (and I had taken a set-and-forget policy with intonation so as to reduce wear and tear on the sensitive little buggers).I've solved this issue in three ways as most of my Hamers have black hardware and Floyds: 1) routed out the body a touch and put in Floyd Pro bridges.2) replaced the baseplate with a Floyd II plate.3) just moved the saddle back to the second hole and left it.the plate btw has nothing to do with the radius; that's a saddle issue, and the only surefire way to match things up will be to individually shim saddles to taste.
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