Edge3 Replacement Tremolo

[rty13ibz98]

Originally Posted by nuno

are you sure it was an EdgePro II? or more probably a Lo-TRS? cause the Schaller doesn't fit into an EdgePro-II (and EdgePro) cavity. or, better, it fits actually, but its knives don't fit the posts, look this:


Schaller into Edge-Pro II cavity: trem fits, posts don't.

wish i had pics, but the guitar was for a student of mine that bought an rgt42 body/neck off **** and i used spare parts for it. i was going to originally use a jackson jt-580 as it is essential the lo-trs, but it didn't work. too long. the floyd rose II was a direct drop. the posts aren't really a problem as they are cut in the "v" for the pivot. that made it possible for the knife edges to seat in the post.

rich

[slash_88]

if u want good lisc trem for a swap with an edge pro 2, you can go get a gotoh. the gotoh i got fit right into mi jem555 routing.

[nuno]

Originally Posted by slash_88

if u want good lisc trem for a swap with an edge pro 2, you can go get a gotoh. the gotoh i got fit right into mi jem555 routing.

could you plz post a pic of it?

[Guitarmiester]

Originally Posted by digitalsubstance

For an RG350MDX, what would be a straight swap?

A Floyd Rose Pro will drop right in.

[nuno]

again...

*USELESS TOPIC WITHOUT PICS!*

[LonePhantom]

I hope Chef21 doesn't mind me posting his pic here, but that guitar on the right is his RG350 that originally came with an Edge III. He directly replaced it with an OFR, there's a thread around here some where about it, and I'm pretty sure it was a direct fit for him.

[thrill74]

Yeah that thread is here:
http://www.jemsite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41770

And it's a licensed floyd all the way. Looks like a decent fit though

[nuno]

there are signs telling me that Chef21's is a pre-03 RG, i.e. Lo-TRS, not Edge-III. in fact, the "new" trem he put in the Lo-TRS place is one of those licenseds with wide wings, not a Floyd-direct licensed (narrow wings) like the Schaller or the Gotoh. i tried to put a Schaller in an Edge-III cavity and it did barely fit in width. now, a wide-winged licensed wouldn't. check this pic:




now look at these pics, it's an Edge-III cavity, and look how narrower in comparison with Lo-TRS's, keep the pickups width or pickups' screws as a reference:







and look at the back of the cavity, they look different in the spring block's area:


(see slanted walls and routing on the bass strings side)


(see square walls, and no routing on the bass strings side)



also, see how the tail's cavity is shorter than the baseplate cavity on the Edge-III:




in comparison with Lo-TRS's which has a tail cavity the same lenght of the baseplate cavity:



i may be wrong, but those cavities are different, and i can assure you that a wide-winged licensed WON'T fit the Edge-III cavity (unless you set it so high it stucks out of the cavity...). :

[nuno]

looking this pic better, it seems like the trem's sitting above the guitar's top level, not inside the cavity (also check the high action, by consequence):

[jb4674]

Why is the action so high on it? I thought the top of the OFR should be parallel with the body.

Jimmy

[nuno]

Originally Posted by jb4674

Why is the action so high on it?

because the trem's baseplate is sitting ON the top of the guitar, rather than resting flush into it, as it's supposed to be.

[Ki swordsman]

the bridge wings are sitting on top of the outside of the body so he can't lower the studs unfortunately

[CodeNameROFL]

I just put an OFR in my '05 RG350DXWH.
Bought it from Warmoth, and it dropped right in.

[pera_a777]

Old thread, i know...
but, after long quest..
IS THERE A SIMPLE ANSWER TO THIS TOPIC..?
Most simple/functional replacement would be...?
Thank you!

[LonePhantom]

Edge Pro apparently.