Floyd Studs/Screws on Chapparal?

[morningstar]

I just bought a fixer H-S-H Chapparal body (no hardware).

I have no experience with the "studs" upon which Floyds pivot/float. What type of studs does this thing take?

Also the "hole" for the stud on the bass end *looks* bigger than the one on the treble end of the trem. It looks perfectly round, just bigger. Having no experience I have no clue what this means, or if it is normal or anything about it at all.

Thank you

morningstar

[Jem]

I just bought a fixer H-S-H Chapparal body (no hardware).

I have no experience with the "studs" upon which Floyds pivot/float. What type of studs does this thing take?

Also the "hole" for the stud on the bass end *looks* bigger than the one on the treble end of the trem. It looks perfectly round, just bigger. Having no experience I have no clue what this means, or if it is normal or anything about it at all.

Thank you

morningstar

Are we talking inserts (like TOM inserts) or the screws that went directly into the wood ?

[Victor (Fret Friend)]

I just bought a fixer H-S-H Chapparal body (no hardware).

I have no experience with the "studs" upon which Floyds pivot/float. What type of studs does this thing take?

Also the "hole" for the stud on the bass end *looks* bigger than the one on the treble end of the trem. It looks perfectly round, just bigger. Having no experience I have no clue what this means, or if it is normal or anything about it at all.

Thank you

morningstar

Are we talking inserts (like TOM inserts) or the screws that went directly into the wood ?

I'd guess the poster means the mounting stud inserts holes (they should be 10mm I think). That said, the ones for my Gotoh FR on my Korean Diablo look to be nearer 11mm...

[Jem]

I'd guess the poster means the mounting stud inserts holes (they should be 10mm I think). That said, the ones for my Gotoh FR on my Korean Diablo look to be nearer 11mm...

Hamer used pivot posts that screwed directly into the wood until sometime around 87/88 - hence my question.

Like these:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SCHALLER-FLOYD-ROSE-...=item19c4156759

[morningstar]

Thanks guys!

They are the press-in type, not the wood-screw type. The odd appearance is from the fact that the treble side stud is in, and the bass side is absent. It was hard to see as a prior owner slopped quite a lot of black paint goop on it and the metal is totally obscured. The threads are there tho

morningstar

[Jem]

Well if it's a push in stud these are pretty well available anywhere, it's the screw in type that are hard to track down.

[morningstar]

I just ordered a set off evilBay.

Do you think I should extract the existing stud and install both new ones? I feel like I should...

morningstar

[diablo175]

I just ordered a set off evilBay.

Do you think I should extract the existing stud and install both new ones? I feel like I should...

morningstar

I would. This ensures a perfect fit (threading, etc.) between post and stud insert.

[Victor (Fret Friend)]

I just ordered a set off evilBay.

Do you think I should extract the existing stud and install both new ones? I feel like I should...

morningstar

Definitely...