Guitars with non recessed Floyd Rose

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Guys, please feed me with guitars that have a non recessed Floyd
I don't like to keep my guitars in drop tunings, as I don't use them often, so the genious idea is to purchase 3 guitars with Floyd and D-Tuna and keep them in E-Eb-D standard and have the chance to flip them into Drop tuning when I need.
So, except the Wolfgang (that is on my purchase list), what other guitars with non recessed Floyd are reasonable to find on second hand market at a reasonable price (which means no Caparison LOL)
I'm brand and shape agnostic, that's a matter of function over looks
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Can't you just get some tremol-no's? You can still push the floyd down (because really, how often does one pull it up from 0-point position? You ain't Treybag Darrelthoth!) and you can still easily droptune.

I know that's not answering the question directly BUT it is function over looks ;-)
 

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Check out the old Esp Mirage models from the 80s. 80s Jacksons. 80s Fernandes. The recessed thing didn't really take hold until the end of the 80s and early 90s.

Jackson Adrian Smith is top mounted.

Or you could just order a custom Jackson or Esp and specify to not recess the trem.
 

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LTD M1 '87 is top mount as well. Keep in mind you will have to put a trem stop in the back of it to prevent the floyd from damaging the top of the finish. Unless it's some sort of relic guitar, you don't really want the floyd bouncing off the top. You could also shim the back of the neck pocket of a bolt on recessed guitar, and then raise the Floyd appropriately. Still need a trem stop though.

Top mount are my favorite by far. I have a couple late 80's ESP Mirages, a weird 90's ESP Horizon, an 87 Soloist, and a Grover Jackson KV that are all top mount. Feels better under my hands too.
 
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