DividedByJames Posted December 6, 2003 Report Share Posted December 6, 2003 I got this pretty cool Ibanez RG with a sweet curly maple neck. But I'm not a big fan of tremolos, and I really like the RG321 hardtail types. I was considering replacing the body (maybe lacewood or walnut) and using the neck with the locking clamps removed, but I was wondering if it is worth it to put a bone nut on it and add back some rosewood to the fingerboard and some dowels in the back of the neck. I mean the shaped part of the fingerboard is all done and good to go. The bit of rosewood would be to support a bone nut and continue the profile to the headstock. Besides me thinking stupidly, are there horrible drawbacks to doing this, or should I just leaving the locking nut as is and deal? Or should I just go play my hardtail Schecters and sell the Ibanez? Has anyone ever done this before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted December 6, 2003 Report Share Posted December 6, 2003 I've seen a few rather poor jobs of people doing the just the oppisite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted December 6, 2003 Report Share Posted December 6, 2003 could just leave the nut on there and leave the clamps off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pour bleeding me Posted December 6, 2003 Report Share Posted December 6, 2003 i have an ESP F 200 with a floyd rose and ive been thinking about taking the floyd rose completely out, filling the holes and just putting on a bridge and tail piece or string thru...like the more expensive model...anyone ever tried this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DividedByJames Posted December 7, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2003 There's a tutorial for the body...go here. I'm talking about the neck portion of it. I am thinking about just removing the clamps. It seems so much easier, and I'm such a lazy ass. It seems easier to sell the body and hardware and purchase (or make) a replacement body instead of filling holes for me, but for an F-200 you'd be better off fixing the body since it's not a "standard" body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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