nomusicnolife555 Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 Hokay! so heres da thing. Im currently in oregon for vacation and theres this buy sell trade place rite? so i sees a red ibanez RG 120 for 135$$ so i says to myself:hey! you should get that! so i did. so i have 2 questions. #1) the tuners on this puppy are really loose and i can move em around and all that. and the guy at the store said if i open up the tuners, there'll be a screw i can just tighten. well that obviously didnt work coz im askin ya about it. #2) the back side of the body is kinda sorta chipped and i was wondering how the best/ easiest/cheapest way to do that would be. I would also like to re-finish it, but that aint exactly a high priority or whatever. so pleez hook me up with sum of that guitar-fixin know how and write me up. aloha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litchfield Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 Unless I am mistaken, isnt the RG120 the cheapest of the cheap ibanez? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomusicnolife555 Posted July 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 no clu. but it plays nice and the pedals i tried it on kicked a$$. so i dont really care that much about "cheapest in the line" or nething like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litchfield Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 I was just thinkin....is it worth fixin up? if the answer is yes to you, do you want to refinsh it? If not, spot refinishes are hard. So scratch that. As for the tuners, what part is loose, and are they sealed gears? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docaroo Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 well imho, if the back side of the body is chipped enough that you want to repair it then you might as well just refinish! you might have a hard time getting the colour down to match the rest of the guitar, so you might be better removing the paint, then filling the chips with filler - then refinishing to suit you're tastes! The tuners should have several ways to tighten then up, depends on whta you mean by "moveable!" realyl! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomusicnolife555 Posted July 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 k. to litchfield, yea i wanbna fix it jus so i got a nice playable guitar sos idont have sumthin that looks like crap. and im not exactly a guitar know it all especially when it comes to tuners. so i dunno what ya mean by "sealed" they gots the lil covers over em if thats what ya mean. sry 4 my stupidity. and when i say the tuners are moving around, i mean you can grab the tuner and move it around in the lil covers. a guy at another place i just went to said theyre shot, but i figured i mite as well try to fix em. o yea! i also wanna refinish, but like i said its not a high priority. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAI6 Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 As for tuners being "loose", there's only three things I can think of that are "user" fixable. The "knob" of the tuner could be loose. Just tighten the little screw on the end of it. The whole tuner is loose in it's hole. Tighten the nut that's at the base of the post on the front. And finally, if it's the type that uses a small screw on the back of the headstock, tighten that. Sealed tuners are really sealed, so I wouldn't recommend to take them apart to fix anything... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGM Guitars Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 The tuners on the RG120 are crappy cheapo tuners and are usually loose from new. Spend $40 on a set of Gotoh's and be done with the hassles all together. As for the chips, unless you want to refinish the whole thing it's probably not worth fixing multiple chips. Playablitiy and cosmetics thankfully don't work hand in hand. It's a $135 guitar, keep that in mind, having said that, if you LOVE it, it's worth doing whatever you want to it. But I would upgrade the tuners on it for sure, a graphite nut would be a good step with it as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crzywhiteboy Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 yea rg120 cheepest ibanez made,i got one lol i love the think just with a little changes in it and you got a good guitar for cheep, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litchfield Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 So...a set of gotohs, an EVH paintjob, and a Seymour Duncan Custom Custom, and it's done! Sound quite like a worth wile guitar with a couple mods. Not neccesarily what I suggested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomusicnolife555 Posted August 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 will do. yeah i love it. which is y i wanna finish it and fix it up. and if neone has any good ideas for the finishing part, please share ur thoughts...i need sum ideas to start off of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGM Guitars Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 I have a good idea for the starting part. Try talking in proper english not internet slang and use some Capitalization. You'll get taken a whole lot more seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 I have a good idea for the starting part. Try talking in proper english not internet slang and use some Capitalization. You'll get taken a whole lot more seriously. LGM, I'm glad I dindn't reply as soon as I finish reading his 1st post!!! I was about to ask if he was the long lost cousing of the Legally Blonde Chick... I barely understand what he was saying LMAO . But seriously talking now, replace the tunners,, play it like it is, or just do like Litchfield said, a 5150 style, cover the scratches with the white and black stripes, sisce the guitar is red to start with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68 lost souls Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 Im sure if you post some pics of the scratchs it you would get a more specific refinishing your particular guitar (not that you have gotten bad answers but it easier to give advice on something that you can see.) I mean when people are thinking of the scratchs they may think they know what they look like and give you an answer but then their actualy much worse then that so the suggested method may not be the best method. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iskim86 Posted August 23, 2004 Report Share Posted August 23, 2004 hey you live in hawaii? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tezifon Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 and remember to hug she while sleeping, it improves tone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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