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    Default My new guitar - £30 e bay special. Advice please

    This is my Kaman 23 guitar i picked up on e bay for £30. The seller lived locally as well so i drove over and picked it up. Its fairly batter and rusted but it has a lovely thin neck and it plays nicely acoustically. It has a strange old temelo system on it that i want to replace with a licenced floys rose. I'm not really sure how to go about it though. Is is the type of thing only a guitar tech should do. I don't really want to plow a load of money in labour charges on a guitar that's not worth very much anyway. I measureed the trem posts at 74mm centre to centre so it looks as though a floyd could go in there. Is there any room for a 1mm/2mm inaccuracy when installing Floyds? Also, as the trem on the guitar is quite low, would it be ebst going for a low profile version? I'll also change the pickups but that can wait, i'd rather have a guitar that stayed in tune first. Any suggestions/advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.....Here are the pics








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    i have one of those upstairs. its untuneable due to the bridge being completely messed up but it sounds pretty cool. i love the fake EMGs. mine has a killer 80's pink and black splash finish though. those frets are titanium by the way! Awesome price, too!
    I wish I were right-handed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mykel View Post
    i have one of those upstairs. its untuneable due to the bridge being completely messed up but it sounds pretty cool. i love the fake EMGs. mine has a killer 80's pink and black splash finish though. those frets are titanium by the way! Awesome price, too!
    Yeah i read they came in all sorts of crazy finishes, i have seen a few cool lightening bolt ones on e bay. You're right about the bridge, its completely useless.

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    Default Re: My new guitar - £30 e bay special. Advice please

    30 pounds? definately worth at least the experimenting DIY luthier changes on it!

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    Quote Originally Posted by fingerace View Post
    30 pounds? definately worth at least the experimenting DIY luthier changes on it!
    Yeah i suppose i haven't got much to lose trying myself, i think regardless what i do with the guitar i'll definately keep hold of the neck. Might take the plunge and buy a floyd rose off e bay

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