Andy Eagle ( Guitar repair tech for 30 years )

[Rex]

I had a Floyd question: are there any objective pros to doing a typical recess, over a top mount but with neck angle and/or routing to also have the same level of pull up and dive?

I know the recess looks cleaner, and a basically 0 degree neck is easier to not mess up as opposed to an angle, but idk if there’s actually difference in Floyd function.

There’s a lot to unpack here. Are you talking about adding a Floyd to an existing guitar? If so, you will have to adjust the neck pocket to get the right action. That’s a hassle, but shims can work well, but it’s not as ideal as having solid wood-to-wood contact throughout the entire neck pocket. None of this matters if the guitar was built for a top-mount Floyd, as the neck pocket will already be cut properly for it.

Most top-mounted Floyds can pull up as well as dive, but most recessed Floyds can pull up a couple of semitones farther.

I prefer recessed Floyds. The guitar’s top is cleaner, and the height of the strings is closer to the height of the body where you rest your arm.

 

[jco5055]

There’s a lot to unpack here. Are you talking about adding a Floyd to an existing guitar? If so, you will have to adjust the neck pocket to get the right action. That’s a hassle, but shims can work well, but it’s not as ideal as having solid wood-to-wood contact throughout the entire neck pocket. None of this matters if the guitar was built for a top-mount Floyd, as the neck pocket will already be cut properly for it.

Most top-mounted Floyds can pull up as well as dive, but most recessed Floyds can pull up a couple of semitones farther.

I prefer recessed Floyds. The guitar’s top is cleaner, and the height of the strings is closer to the height of the body where you rest your arm.

i was theoretically imagining a guitar that was built for it, so the neck pocket should be fine. At leat with the caparison I played, it could honestly pull up farther than a normal recessed bridge, using the open G as the base point it could go up to the Db at the 6th fret before fretting out.

 

[Rex]

i was theoretically imagining a guitar that was built for it, so the neck pocket should be fine.

If the guitar was designed for a top-mounted Floyd, then that’s what you want to go with.

 

[Hollowway]

Andy, I'm curious about the scale length vs truss rod length. I need to build a replacement neck for a bass with a 33-35" neck (broken truss rod). I want to make it 37". But I'm seeing varying things online, stating that a truss rod only needs to go to about the 12 fret, vs I need a custom long one, etc. What size rod would I need? It's a bolt on neck 7 string.

Thanks!

 

[Chocol8]

Andy,

I regret to inform you that Andy is no longer with us.

 

[TSJMajesty]

I regret to inform you that Andy is no longer with us.

What do you mean?

 

[Hollowway]

I regret to inform you that Andy is no longer with us.

I did a little searching online, and I can't figure out in what way you mean that. I'm assuming that he's not posting here, and really hoping that he hasn't passed away or something.

 

[TSJMajesty]

I did a little searching online, and I can't figure out in what way you mean that. I'm assuming that he's not posting here, and really hoping that he hasn't passed away or something.

He did suddenly stop posting here over some bs from what I know, but I also read around that time that he was still posting to a FB group. Which is why I also asked @Chocol8 what he meant by his post, if maybe he knew more...? Either way, he hasn't been around here in some time.

 

[Chocol8]

I have no special knowledge beyond not seeing him post here.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

@Eagle come on back Andy, you've been away long enough.

I've got some questions to ask, I've been missing the pics of the vintage guitars you're working on and I've got two new guitars that need to be critiqued (roasted)

 

[Dez]

He checked in Feb 3rd so he’s still lurking. There’s hope for y’all.

 

[Frodebro]

He checked in Feb 3rd so he’s still lurking. There’s hope for y’all.

It’s like Groundhog Day. He pops in and looks around, but if he sees any posts from Sascha he ducks back into his hole for six more weeks.