Floyd/two point vintage trem post spacing

daveyh

So, I'm doing a build that will eventually have a Floyd but in case the guitar doesn't sound or play well enough I want to put a two point vintage type trem on first, that will then go to a future build. So, does anyone know of a good two point trem with the same post spacing as a Floyd? Wilkinson maybe?

DrBob

Don't Schaller/Floyd do a non locking trem that fits on standard floyd studs ?
In fact isn't that what's on the current Charvel Guthrie Govan sig ?

daveyh

IIRC that has the look of a Floyd but I want a more trad look as I intend to move it to a future strat build

DrBob

http://www.thomann.de/gb/schaller_vintage_tremolo_3801_c_b_stock.htm

This one. I think that most of the other two post trems tend to have the posts at around 56-57mm spacing absolute max to mimic te outside two screws on a vintage six screw trem. I think the schaller is the only one that uses the 75mm Floyd spacing

Fuzzdog

Ibanez SAT pro trems share the Floyd spacing too.  They're actually pretty decent trems, and can be picked up for next to nothing on the Bay of E.

Pretty sure it's just the Original non-locking Floyd, the Ibby and the Schaller which will fit - I remember doing a lot of searching a couple of years ago when looking for the exact same thing.

ICBM

Be careful. There's more adjustment range in the Schaller bridge than there is in a Floyd, so it's worth getting the Floyd anyway and making sure the position is correct for it if does turn out to be good enough to upgrade - or you may then find you can't intonate the Floyd.

If you don't want to buy a Floyd first, be sure to get an accurate drawing of the one you want to use so you can work it out.

Sambostar

Always get an original, original Floyd without the fine tuners.  Yeah as IBCM says, Schallers will have up to 5mm difference from Floyds, from the pivots to the saddles, which means if you fit it and it's been routed for a Floyd, the scale length will be too long to intonate and possibly too short if a Schaller was fitted first.

FelineGuitars

If you get a schaller lockmeister then you are buying an original floyd in all but name