I recently purchased an OLP MM1 with a Floyd Rose trem. The previous owner had the FR professionally installed w/o a locking nut. I plan to have the nut installed by a pro. Any tips on which nut I need to purchase for this? I've seen tutorials for installation, but all of them are for strats. The neck on the MM1 is thinner, so do the standard rules apply for locking nut installation on the MM1? Help...
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Raz
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Wouldn't it be easier to install locking tuners?
Professionally installed WITHOUT a locking nut? 
I wanna say an R2 nut will work, but take a quick measurement to confirm this.
The nut can be either secured from the backside, which would require drilling holes through your neck, or simply screwed in through the top using screws with countersunk heads. If your neck is THAT thin, this is something you may want to consider.
Let us know how it works out.
I'd honstely thought about doing this myself some time ago.
Good Luck!
I wanna say an R2 nut will work, but take a quick measurement to confirm this.
The nut can be either secured from the backside, which would require drilling holes through your neck, or simply screwed in through the top using screws with countersunk heads. If your neck is THAT thin, this is something you may want to consider.
Let us know how it works out.
I'd honstely thought about doing this myself some time ago.
Good Luck!
The closest guitar I have for comparison is my Wolfgang, and that has the nut fastened from the top. I have a Heritage with a Kahler, but it locks behind the nut because of the tilted headstock [no surgery required]. I'm sure a luthier will have the solution I'm looking for. I've seen pics of MM1s with aftermarket FR setups, but I would love to see pics of the operation being done. I plan on doing the setup myself on a "Frankenstrat" that I've been dabbling with for a while now. I've rewired it several times and scalloped the fretboard. My MM1, even if it's the import job, is too precious for me to start hacking on it. Leave it to the pros!! After the project is complete, I'll be glad to send detailed pics for anyone who might be interested.
Have no fear, the do-it-yourself scallop job is actually pretty simple. I plan on going back and touching it up soon, making the frets on the high end of the neck a little deeper.
Great reference site:
http://www.projectguitar.com/tut/scal1.htm
Great reference site:
http://www.projectguitar.com/tut/scal1.htm
gproud5150
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First, you need a locking nut that is 1 11/16ths. There is a tutorial over at
http://www.guitars101.com/vb/showthread.php?t=14258
It would be the same principal for doing your OLP.
http://www.guitars101.com/vb/showthread.php?t=14258
It would be the same principal for doing your OLP.
JDouglee
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Tony MacAlpine uses a Floyd without the locking nut...seems to work great
kneeoh
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Just FYI, EBMM has nothing to do with OLP apart from the licensing agreement to make guitars that look like EBMM's. EBMM has nothing to do with the manufacturing, parts, etc. Questions about OLP guitars should be directed to the OLP website.
brentrocks
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would putting locking tuners be as affective as having the locking nut?
it seems to me that it would not stay in tune as well? maybe i'm mistaken? just a thought.
it seems to me that it would not stay in tune as well? maybe i'm mistaken? just a thought.
Motojunkie
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brentrocks said:
If the nut is cut and lubricated properly, then - yes. If you expect that just slapping the tuners on will fix all tuning problems, then - no.
FWIW, for ease of use - I'd recommend the locking tuners above installing the locking nut. In fact, I install locking tuners on many guitars that don't have trems just for the ease of string changes.
The new guy
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i think that regular locking tuners wont hold
the bridge its self is very "violent"
the bridge its self is very "violent"
