How to install a Floyd Rose tremolo without a template 

finally someone who knows what he's doing

Very amazing video. Direct to the point no BS no overwhelming audio track. SIMPLE and UNDERSTANDABLE!

I’m glad you’re back at making videos Will, hope all is well and can’t wait to hear your new album!

It is a pleasure to see you back!! great tutorial on what can be an intimidating mod!

Another killer video by Wills Easy Guitar!! Wills the man you make it look so easy Will, I have said it before and I’ll say it now nobody does guitar repair and guitar building videos the way you do.Excellent Will glad to see you putting out new videos glad to have you back.

One of the best guitar videos I've seen in a long time! Very informative! I'm subscribing, can't wait to see more! I felt like I was taking and class. You're a great teacher! 👍🏻🎸

So good you're back.

Good to have you back, Will. Hope your health has improved. Looking forward this album of yours! Cheers!

Will! Glad to see you posting again.

I really love recessed Floyd type bridge cavities, less need to an angled neck, less need for a higher neck heel to get the neck a little higher than usual. it would even bee possible to get away with just 2-3 degree neck angle when building Les Paul with carved top due and floyd type of bridge and it's recessed routing for the tremolo. Even if I prefer routing templates or using my CNC it´s actually pretty good to have this knowledge how do do this with no template at all.. thanks for a great video.

I've been watching your videos since the begining of time basically. Lost track a little bit during the tonewood drama and your health issues turning the channel into something that wasn't my cup of tea but i'm glad to see you back doing what you do best. Welcome back Will.

Thank you Mr. Gelvin

your build videos are awesome

Thanks mate, been thinking about adding some floyds to my old bangers. Now i know how to do it PROPERLY. LOVE ALL your vids man. Hope you're doing well....

This sort of video is exactly why im subscribed! Thanks Will 🤟

This is how I installed my trem except I did it on another piece of wood that I turned into a template, that way it didn’t matter if I made a mistake and I had a template at the end of the day.

Good job Will, we missed you buddy!

Another Great video Will. I do ALL of my routes this way to ensure (like you point out w/different trems/sizes) the integrity of the route. They come in many sizes and although they look very close Never assume! I learned this from you many moons ago. Thank you Will as always Gtsy.

Nice demo 👌

I wish I knew this when I was a kid 😂 I had a 6 point trem strat copy and wanted a cool old Floyd I found to drop in. Man oh man were my posts off enough to ruin the intonation and not sit evenly 😂 🤦🏽‍♂️ lessons were learned!

Hey Will. Missed you mate, glad to see you back. Where's all your old videos gone.

Awesome work !!!

I've never played a Floyd, only Strat vibratos. Considering installing one in my Warlock. My 1st guitar that's become a project piece. Thank for the knowledge brotha!!!

There's a lot of great info in this video Will, which will transpose over to other styles of bridges too. Great idea using the double sided tape and scrap to make a template. Although it's only relevant if you have a flat guitar. Carved tops are more of a challenge.

Hey man, I saw ya on the Navage sinus commercial. Good job!

Nice guitar Will!

Beautiful!

Thank you Will

I have been watching you for years. I everything I know about guitar is because of you. Would love to see a video on how to restore old hardware, chrome and painted. Thank you so much!

Very nice. Love the content.

awesome vid

I wonder why some FR look like it rests flat on the body and didn’t need to lower the surface with the router. I guess it depends on the finger board’s height and angle but how shall I measure that height ? i.e. : at which height should the cords be from the frettes ? I am building a setup with a Strats Squier and an aftermarket neck.

Hey Will, hope your doing okay? When you file the slots in the nut, if you have a high E thats a 9, do you use a file thats a 9 or do you use a file thats a 10??? What do you do with all the other strings?? Just wondering, as one would need like 6 to 10 or more files which can get stupid crazy expensive?? Have you ever heard of some one making their own using feeler guages that one filed teeth into?? Thx.

Thank you for taking the time to help us! Question: How do you start off setting the individual saddles for every string? How do we assume that the settings that worked for the previous guitar will work for the new one? Hope this makes sense, thanks!

Hey Dr. I really enjoy your channel I even bought a video from you years ago to help me memorize all the notes on the entire fret board..so Thankyou for that. Anyways my question is , I just purchased a 1984 usa fender with a Kahler Killer 2700 trem. Will do I have to do some drilling/routing to change that to a Floyd rose trem? My first fender electric. I’ve owned nothing but deans and a few Washburns in the past. Looking forward to hearing from you. And do you do this kind of work for paying customers?

I've only built three guitars. Haven't put a trem on any of them yet. Kinda working my way up to it. Each one being a one off, l don't have any templates to speak of. So l use the scrap wood method you just laid out. It's worked out pretty well so far. For the neck pocket in particular, I've shimmed my routing guide with a layer or two of tape. Im paranoid about routing the pocket oversized. I'll route it, check the pocket. Should be too tight. So l pull a layer of tape and go around again. Sneaking up on it with each pass and layer of tape removed. I realize it's probably an inefficient way of doing things. But untill l get a little more skilled and confident, it's gonna have to do. I'm broke as Hell. Literally CAN NOT afford to make the mistake of a oversized neck pocket. To me it seems that's the ONE mistake l can't see a way to overcome. Yet. You're videos have been a tremendous help and inspiration to me Will. Thanks for all you've done.

in ur design, can trem move forward and backward?

Just finished watching your MS video. Have you found ways to help your MS? Thanks so much.

Thanks Will for the awesome videos!

Will, your tonewood video is gone ! What happened?

Thanks Bill is this video part of your Guitar building course?

Will! HNY

Where are all the old videos?

Curious about the 26 inch scale

How in the world do you get 160+k subscribers with only 12 videos?

Will's Easy Guitar..If you wanna do a clip on ''How to install a Floyd Rose tremolo without a template''...it would be nice if you actually had a Floyd Rose trem to install...just saying...

With all this measuring, you should remind people of how to do it in a manly way.

the first time I did that I was about 17 or 18 years old. I was just lucky that it turned out good - now you can look it up at RU-vid! That’s perfect!