Edge Pro help.

[Shep]

I have a guitar with a TRS Lo Pro II and i was wanting to know how much routing needs to be done to replace with a Edge Lo Pro?

And how much better is a Edge Lo Pro to a OFR?


Thanks

Shep

[john1880]

it would require a small amount of routing.
"better"? that's kind of subjective. the Floyd Rose is one piece of high quality hardened steel. the edge has more mass to it, but is actually 3 pieces. they are both quality bridges. of course the lo pro will sit lower. the OFR i believe may have more bounce to it. when set up correctly, OFRes have a great bounce to them. the lo pro edge seems slightly stiffer to me, and not as much bounce. whether that's good or bad, i don't know.
i have 2 RGs with Real Floyd Roses and the 3 with Edges(not lo pro). I like them both and don't really prefer one to the other. They both sound good, stay in tune, and are quality bridges.
BTW, an OFR will fit in the trs pocket with no routing required. i have a RG420GK(with the Roland synth pickup built in), and i swapped the lo-trs for a Floyd. No routing at all.

[john1880]

Found this on jemsite under tremolos.
To retrofit an Edge/LoPro in a TRS/OFR guitar:

The Edge/LoProEdge will not directly swap into your Ibanez (or other guitar) with a TRS/TRS-II/OFR. A few modifications will typically be required

Tremolo Routing Changes - You will need to increase the length of the cavity (in front of the posts and behind the fine tuners), you might have to widen the cavity and you will have to rout the cavity deeper for full pull-up. This is probably more of a headache than it's worth, since the body finish of an already "cheap" guitar will be effected. Due to manufacturing tollerances, it is sometimes possible to "shoehorn" the Edge/LoPro into the Korean ibanez, but this is the exception, not the rule.
Tremolo Posts - All these locking trems have the same post-to-post measurements. However, the Edge equipped guitars have body anchors that accept the Edge posts which use a set-screw to further stabilize the post to the body anchor. This is a major improvement and something the TRS/OFR guitars lack. It keeps the post from wobbling or moving in the body anchor. The Edge posts do not fit the TRS body anchors. In order to install the improved Edge posts in your TRS equipped guitar, the TRS body anchors will have to be REMOVED (drilled out typically) and replaced with the Edge anchors (glued into the body) before you can use the Edge post with locking set screw.

Best Choice Option - If you have a TRS/TRS-II equipped Ibanez guitar, you can install the Floyd Rose Original/Pro without any modifications to your guitar. That is the easiest and best alternate

[Shep]

Thanks all, just wordering wheather the OFR is better idea than a Lo Pro for me.

which it looks like it is .

Thanks.