Comments on: .castawayStrat Conversion – Part 3* http://guitarworks.thestrandbergs.com/2009/04/01/castaway-strat-conversion-part-3/ Handcrafted guitars by Ola Strandberg Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:40:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Marco http://guitarworks.thestrandbergs.com/2009/04/01/castaway-strat-conversion-part-3/#comment-351 Marco Thu, 14 May 2009 15:33:08 +0000 http://guitarworks.thestrandbergs.com/?p=343#comment-351 Thanks a lot for the reply, It's a couple of years that I'm trying to design an headless guitar without the typical cutaway of the "steins-like" guitar (I don't like very much that shape), and your tremolo bridge seems to be a very HQ alternative to the FR speedloader. Thanks a lot for the reply, It’s a couple of years that I’m trying to design an headless guitar without the typical cutaway of the “steins-like” guitar (I don’t like very much that shape), and your tremolo bridge seems to be a very HQ alternative to the FR speedloader.

]]> By: Ola Strandberg http://guitarworks.thestrandbergs.com/2009/04/01/castaway-strat-conversion-part-3/#comment-350 Ola Strandberg Thu, 14 May 2009 15:14:36 +0000 http://guitarworks.thestrandbergs.com/?p=343#comment-350 Hi Marco, if you were to tilt the neck and raise the tremolo a bit off the surface of the guitar, it is possible to tune it by pressing the tremolo arm while turning the tuner knob. This is what I did when I did the first experiments on my blue guitar. It's a bit tricky, but certainly less invasive... Cheers, Ola Hi Marco,
if you were to tilt the neck and raise the tremolo a bit off the surface of the guitar, it is possible to tune it by pressing the tremolo arm while turning the tuner knob. This is what I did when I did the first experiments on my blue guitar. It’s a bit tricky, but certainly less invasive…

Cheers,
Ola

]]> By: Marco http://guitarworks.thestrandbergs.com/2009/04/01/castaway-strat-conversion-part-3/#comment-349 Marco Thu, 14 May 2009 14:27:53 +0000 http://guitarworks.thestrandbergs.com/?p=343#comment-349 Hi, my name's Marco, I'm Italian, first of all... great job!!! only a question, the slanted hole you routed behind the bridge is strictly necessary or you can tune without any problems only with a standard cavity? Hi, my name’s Marco, I’m Italian, first of all… great job!!! only a question, the slanted hole you routed behind the bridge is strictly necessary or you can tune without any problems only with a standard cavity?

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