Brian Posted November 30, 2002 Report Share Posted November 30, 2002 Just been playing e-mail tag with a friend that want's to do the body modifications to an RG and turn it into a Jem. What he thought he had purchased was an RG 570 which I have always thought is a primo body for the mod's, but what he ended up with was an RG 470 which of course doesn't have the output jack cavity the 570 does. At first I thought bummer, but then I took a break and looked at the body's out in the shop. You know a 470 body could be finished more closely to an original Jem than a 570 Reason I'm saying that is because to many times you have to either mount the output jack to deep or even epoxy it in. In a few case's I've drilled the entire hole down to the cavity 3/4" in dia. and inserted a plug with a hole to handle the jack so it didn't have to be permantly mounted, but that requires a special socket in order to get it tight. If you started out with a 470 instead and just routed out a new jack cavity close to the edge of the body, like on original Jem's then you would have a body thats even closer to the original than using the higher priced 570 body's Just takes a little extra routing that's all Kinda makes the 470 market go up in vaule huh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEdwardJones Posted December 2, 2002 Report Share Posted December 2, 2002 I prefer the 470 anyway. The Wizard II neck is way more comfy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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