iskim86

I hope you mean screw that thing out....... cause if trem stud anker is still in good nick.....there is no need to get that thing out. You might only have to replace the actual stud. ← yeah i mean screwing it out but the tip (where the allen wrench fits) is broken so I can't screw it out anymore.

yeah that was me with my other internet username. I already ordered a pair of new studs from rich. should be here...... now I just have to go out and get a pair of vice grips and yank that thing out..... and actually dedicate some time setting it up

yeah the more you pivot constantly, the knife-edge will slip towards the neck, unless the knife edges are grooved. but still

I think you need a reality check. It's older Ibanez with some miles on the clock.....parts will have same background.......their not pure gold. You don't have Edge Pro trem, no mint Prestige neck......etc. This is what you could fetch....... Ibanez body (AANJ) - $50-100 Ibanez type neck (depending on state) - $100-150 Neck screws - $10-20 EMG Pups - $75-100 Tuners - $10-15 Edge Trem (depending on state) - $50-75 Electronics internals - $20 Backplates - $10-15 Still think it's a disgrace gutting perfectly good guitar that needs $15-20 worth of repairs to have great guitar again. Give it a good clean, a new set of strings, a new trem stud, rewire the pups...... ← i'm just too busy these days with school, that's all. maybe i'll fix it up during the summer or something.

yeah well I'm using the forums to make up my mind because i was thinking that you guys would know more than me about fixing up guitars and shiznit and would know better if I should keep it or not. so I was basically wasking what YOU would do.

yeah i'm thinking about parting it out too, because I've seen those Ibanez bodies and necks go for big money on eBay.......

actually, it DOES have the AANJ. people at other forums also think it doesn't, and maybe because of the year? i don't know. AANJ, edge trem, maybe the body was replaced or something.

I bought an RG570 from eBay a while ago for $400. it's a 99 model, and came with two EMG 81 actives and the stock passive single coil in the middle. the body is in pretty good condition, no chips, just scratches and tiny dings in the bottom corner. came with a fender hardshell case. now here's what's making me consider selling it...... the trem stud is crooked and therefore the edge trem is crooked by very little. it's almost impossible to remove the slanting stud because the top chipped. the the slanting stud is in too deep into the body, so whenever I pull up, the knifeedges lift up from the stud and go out of tune. besides, the EMG pickups aren't wired well. it doesn't even use EMG pots (uses stock ibanez pots) and the pickup plugs were cut off and has been soldered onto the pickup selector switch. the bridge EMG 81 doesn't even work in humbucker mode (simple wiring problem). here is a picture of the chipped stud tip: http://server1.ripplehost.com/~rh2557/pics/IMG_0091.JPG misaligned/crooked trem: http://server1.ripplehost.com/~rh2557/pics/IMG_0092.JPG (it not just crooked from the top, but since one stud is deeper than the other, it's also slanted by another axis... and I can't fix the stud height because the stud is chipped!) I paid $400 for this. I can either fix it up, or I can just sell it and forget about it. But I don't want to lose any money. so here are my questions: A) should I sell this guitar or fix it up and use it? if I should sell, should I part it out or sell it as a whole package? thanks

oh i forgot the say in my post, "other than saga kits" really, are there any other kits than saga?

show me what you've got! I'm looking for a bolt-on Les Paul kit thanks

what's the most inexpensive guitar kit there is?

maybe he's talking about chesswood, as seen in many BC Rich guitars.

you can always route chambers to cut down on the weight...

i've heard from one owner over at Harmony-Central that they really do have great sustain and vibration throughout the whole guitar. I'm interested in getting one... it's really inexpensive too.

I can already hear a headstock snap.

advantage is that you will be in tune anywhere on the fretboard. with conventional nuts, your G string will be stringly sharper at the 2nd or 3rd fret, and so will the high b string. compensated nuts fix that problem. the bridge gets the intonation correct, but no matter how accurate it is, the first few frets will be a little sharp/out of tune. i think compensated nuts can work with any gauges as long as it is in the conventional order (for example 10-13-17-26-36-46. if it's 13-13-17-17-46-46, I don't think it'll work)

good god!! I bet the headstock sn't even angled! that's really relaly expensive!

there's another compensating system out there, it's calld something like......inut. instead of replacing the whole nut, you stick a piece of metal right after the nut. supposed to shorten the scale a bit on each string differently so it intonates correctly.

0. instead, you gotta make the headstock a little towards the back of the neck

would Jackson necks fit fender bodies without any modification? specifically a DK-2 or DR-3 neck on a strat body. thanks

not related to this thread whatsoever, but I put a acoustic guitar D string on my classical and the bridge saddle broke.

you... BUILT THAT? I envy. that thing is absolutely beautiful.

coooool. might have to take that class! thanks

that was a school project? for high school or college? what class is that for? I NEED to take that class!!

i used photoc-c-c-hooooop