A first kit for Christmas: JMA-1L

[Sonic Mountain]

You'll need to keep tapping them in. Sorry I didn't see this earlier, Its a good idea to put those metal bits in the freezer for a while to shrink them slightly and use wax as a bit of lube.

Then the bridge sits against the posts like this:



And you use the claw and springs to retain it like this.

[Volgar]

You'll need to keep tapping them in. Sorry I didn't see this earlier, Its a good idea to put those metal bits in the freezer for a while to shrink them slightly and use wax as a bit of lube.

Then the bridge sits against the posts like this:



And you use the claw and springs to retain it like this.

Ok, thanks !

[pablopepper]

Double check to make sure the holes are drilled deep enough to accommodate the bushings too.

[Volgar]

Do you think it's deep enough like that? It starts to be seriously difficult to type without damaging the paint (it's damaged now)

I also removed the back cover of my personal stratocaster to get a real-life view of how to install the tremolo!

[Sonic Mountain]

I'd say the post revivers are about right now and yep, basically the same as the strat for the springs and claw.

[Volgar]

Here's the tremolo !
Is it good ?



https://i.imgur.com/vVnEbg9.mp4

[Sonic Mountain]

OK , I am no expert at all with these bridges, but I think it should be sitting flush. This means you might need to tap the receivers in a little further. You may need to use a 'punch' or 'drift' to tap them in a bit without further damaging the finish.

There are a couple of ways to set these up (Floating/NonFloating) so you might need to do a bit of off site research to work out what you want to do. Heres one article I found:

http://diystrat.blogspot.com.au/2011...atocaster.html

I just guessed and fiddled with mine and it seems fine for what I want.

I think what you have there would still work, but someone else might have some better information for you.

[Volgar]

OK , I am no expert at all with these bridges, but I think it should be sitting flush. This means you might need to tap the receivers in a little further. You may need to use a 'punch' or 'drift' to tap them in a bit without further damaging the finish.

There are a couple of ways to set these up (Floating/NonFloating) so you might need to do a bit of off site research to work out what you want to do. Heres one article I found:

http://diystrat.blogspot.com.au/2011...atocaster.html

I just guessed and fiddled with mine and it seems fine for what I want.

I think what you have there would still work, but someone else might have some better information for you.

I remove the tremolo and do what you ask me to do and it's way much better ! The tremolo is now as comfortable as my strat !





And here's an actual mock build 😍

[Sonic Mountain]

Yep That looks right now. Overall its really starting to come together. Well done.

[Grubsta]

Looking really nice Maxence great job