Floyd Rose 1000SE 7 String vs Floyd Rose Pro 7 stud spacing?

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I have one of these coming in which has a 1000SE 7 String Floyd https://www.gear4music.com/us/en/Guitar-and-Bass/ESP-LTD-MH-1007-QM-7-String-Black-Fade/2T8Z

On a phone call with Floyd Rose today I found out they had an oil slick 7!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes! I am a BMXer so obviously a crazy lunatic for oil slick colored stuff

So I ordered it right away, its a 1000 7 Pro. https://floydrose.com/products/frtp1k7?variant=6600106803227

On the 1000SE, the baseplate has a curved stud edge and a flat stud edge, but the 1000 Pro has two curved edges. According to the swapping page, they should all fit each other https://floydrose.com/blogs/tech-talk/swapping-your-floyd-rose

But the two curved edges vs the one curved and one flat has me paranoid
 

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The stud and mounting spaces match, BUT the FR Pro needs extra routing in the tremolo cavity (around the fine-tuner area) to be able to pull up, since the tremolo shape goes downwards.

Good news is that should you enlarge that cavity, it's not a visible part of the guitar so you don't have to worry about damaging the finish.
 

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the 6 sting pros have narrower string spacing, dunno if thats the case on the 7 too

edit: not on the 1000 series, they are same

but not sure about the baseplate, maybe it needs some work on the sides of the cavity too
 
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