KH Guitar Freak Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 Are the new Schaller ones better than the Hamer ones??? Cause one of my Hamer's Floyd Rose's intonation screwhole has stripped, and I intend to purchase a Schaller Floyd Rose to replace her...
Guest JackButler Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 The new ones now have a threaded insert to prevent the stripping of the screw hole on the basplate.
KH Guitar Freak Posted July 22, 2008 Author Posted July 22, 2008 The new ones now have a threaded insert to prevent the stripping of the screw hole on the basplate.Thanks mate, much appreciated...That same problem has happened to my guitar, to which the stripped hole is even visibly bigger than a new one. The guitar is thus inoperable now, and I will have to buy a new one then, good to know I will not have problems if I order the new ones...I presume if I'm ordering the bridge alone, I would have to just quote the Schaller version, and just the colour???
KH Guitar Freak Posted July 22, 2008 Author Posted July 22, 2008 News update: I just realised that I could just replace the base plate on my Hamer Floyd Rose, silly me...Question is, is the newer Schaller Floyd Rose base plate compatible with the Hamer Floyd Rose???
kurtsstuff Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 order a new one but of course...hang onto the old one
KH Guitar Freak Posted July 22, 2008 Author Posted July 22, 2008 order a new one but of course...hang onto the old oneWhy order a new one when I could just replace the base plate???Cause ordering a new one is expensive, and I don't see how it's justified getting a new one, everything else on the Hamer Floyd works fine...
kurtsstuff Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 order a new one but of course...hang onto the old oneWhy order a new one when I could just replace the base plate???Cause ordering a new one is expensive, and I don't see how it's justified getting a new one, everything else on the Hamer Floyd works fine...Then order a base plate.....You answered your own question??
KH Guitar Freak Posted July 22, 2008 Author Posted July 22, 2008 order a new one but of course...hang onto the old one Why order a new one when I could just replace the base plate??? Cause ordering a new one is expensive, and I don't see how it's justified getting a new one, everything else on the Hamer Floyd works fine... Then order a base plate.....You answered your own question?? Oh I'm sorry, I thought you meant go order a brand new Schaller Floyd Rose, not the base plate... My bad, and let me assure you that I would keep the old base plate...
bluexj Posted July 23, 2008 Posted July 23, 2008 order a new one but of course...hang onto the old one Why order a new one when I could just replace the base plate??? Cause ordering a new one is expensive, and I don't see how it's justified getting a new one, everything else on the Hamer Floyd works fine... Then order a base plate.....You answered your own question?? Oh I'm sorry, I thought you meant go order a brand new Schaller Floyd Rose, not the base plate... My bad, and let me assure you that I would keep the old base plate... Where are you going to order the baseplate from? I need one too as I have a stripped intonation screw as well....
KH Guitar Freak Posted July 23, 2008 Author Posted July 23, 2008 I've inquired from the local dealers, and have yet to get a response from some overseas dealer...But it looks like ordering one locally would be better, as it would cost pretty much the same ordering one from overseas and shipping it over...I guess if you want to order you at your place, find a Schaller dealer, or maybe ask stores around whether they deal with Schaller agents or wholesalers???
KH Guitar Freak Posted July 26, 2008 Author Posted July 26, 2008 Final confirmation, the dimensions of the base plate on the Hamer Floyd Rose are identical to the Schaller's???
KH Guitar Freak Posted July 26, 2008 Author Posted July 26, 2008 Cool, cause the Hamer customer service email correspondent said he/she ain't too true... Shall place an order on Monday...
Mike Lee Posted July 26, 2008 Posted July 26, 2008 Don't order a replacement plate, just fix the one you have.All you need to do is buy a thread repair kit from an industrial tool supply house. You can get either threaded inserts, or heli-coil inserts. I used heli-coils on mine and it's doing fine.Heli-coils are coiled pieces of steel thread that look like little springs. You drill out the stripped hole, tap it with a special tap, turn in the heli-coil, and then break off the driver tab on the heli-coil with a special tool. Then you just reinstall the intonation screw and tighten it snug. This expands the heli-coil into the new threads and locks it into place.You can just repair the stripped holes, or get enough inserts to do the whole bridge (12 holes). I did all of the intonation holes on my Floyd and it's doing fine almost a year later. I found this solution on a website after giving up searching for a left-handed Schaller base plate. I wish I'd thought of it earlier, because my tradesmen at work do these kinds of repairs on industrial equipment all the time.
KH Guitar Freak Posted July 27, 2008 Author Posted July 27, 2008 Mike Lee, thanks for your suggestion, I think I will order a new base plate...However, I might choose to restore my old one, so that if I need another replacement, or want to return it to stock parts, I still have the Hamer Floyd Rose base plate...Thanks again, much appreciated...
Hamer95USA Posted July 25, 2009 Posted July 25, 2009 Don't order a replacement plate, just fix the one you have.All you need to do is buy a thread repair kit from an industrial tool supply house. You can get either threaded inserts, or heli-coil inserts. I used heli-coils on mine and it's doing fine.Heli-coils are coiled pieces of steel thread that look like little springs. You drill out the stripped hole, tap it with a special tap, turn in the heli-coil, and then break off the driver tab on the heli-coil with a special tool. Then you just reinstall the intonation screw and tighten it snug. This expands the heli-coil into the new threads and locks it into place.You can just repair the stripped holes, or get enough inserts to do the whole bridge (12 holes). I did all of the intonation holes on my Floyd and it's doing fine almost a year later. I found this solution on a website after giving up searching for a left-handed Schaller base plate. I wish I'd thought of it earlier, because my tradesmen at work do these kinds of repairs on industrial equipment all the time. Hey Mike Lee, What size is the screw holes on the Schaller/Floyd Rose baseplate and where did you purchase your thread repair kit w/Heli-coils from? I'd like to buy some to repair my baseplate. Guitar George
Doink Posted July 25, 2009 Posted July 25, 2009 From what I understand, you can order the baseplate direct from Schaller for $20. I'd contact them directly.Meanwhile, what I do is just take a slightly larger screw, from my pile of Ibanez Edge parts, and screw that in. It ain't purdy, but it works in a pinch.
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