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Ok, yes all 8 knobs are there but how do they relate... if you number from 1 to 8 in the diagram which ones are those on the real thing? which side do you start counting from? I'm really stuck here, I need someone to help me out if possible to paintshop/photoshop in numbers from 1 to 8 on the diagram than the according numbers on the real switch picture. I am having a terrible squealing issue on my Ibanez Jem, and from what i think/know now, most of the wires are correct but the wires going from the pickups to the volume pot are incorrect. Could that be the cause of the squealing? because all of the pickups have been sounding and working very well other than the non-normal amount of squealing at high gain. HELP!

Ok, so I better not waste my time with that, what can I use? What around the house will help? tinfoil?

So I heard that foam behind the pickups was a good way to shield, I am wondering what kind of foam? I heard that mousepad cut up works, but i think thats a bit thin... Would basic household sponge, cut to fit behind the pickup work well? It will fit perfectly and fill the open spots well, I am just wondering if that material will work well to shield? thanks

http://www.jemsite.com/tech/img/t_wd_777.gif I am using that schematic for my jem^^ I dont understand the knobs on the pickup selector because those are all 8 lined up beside eachother, mine does not look like that, so I don't know which knob to put the specified wires on. Can anybody explain? my selector switch looks like this one... http://melodymusiconline.com/images/oakGrigsby5.jpeg

I already know what they are... Dunlop 6100's does a guitar tech require measurements? or is it the same job for every shape fret? Secondly, I just heard back from my local guitar tech and he does NOT have a neck jig... are there ways around this? I'd liek to use this tech because he charges about 50 bucks to get the job done while, the place I would go in downtown Toronto charges around $250. What can I do?

Ok, well thanks, I am bringing it in this weekend. I have one more question though. Do I need to give the tech the name/measurements of the frets... because I know different frets have different thickness's..etc... ? thanks

Is there anything else you guys cant tell me about the situation? When I take it in to get dressed, will I need the measurements of the angle of the top of the fret? because I know tha different frets are shaped differently, mine are dunlop 6100's. Or are all frets shaped the same? thanks

there is about .4 mm neck relief (with the 1st and 24th frets fretted, measured at the 9th fret). I did not straighten it for this. There is no heavy fret wear, or loose frets the last owner said he had a fret dress about 10 years ago. Frets look pretty tidy in ever aspect other than some of them being to low/high mainly around the nut, the other ones arent significant enough to cause a bother. The buzzing I get is basically 3rd, 2nd, and 1st frets. It is also strange because when i rock in the middle of the frets of 1/2/3 theres no rock, but any where else on the frets there is rock. I did not rock under the strings at any time. I rocked around the 2nd string for all my measurements. Its an 1990 Ibanez Jem BTW, I really hate having to cut some height off of the big frets that I like, but It looks like this must be done. There is minimal fretwear so I am guessing whoever fret dressed it last did a bad job. Or as I was told by a luthier after a minute look at it that there is probably a slight warp at the top of the neck around the nut, however this doesn't make sense if fret #1 is low.

in theory yes... the measurement is so small i probably wouldn't be able to keep it steady in that position with just my hands though.

Ok, I got some info about it, I just can't seem to comprehended and finalize what the problem is. Over 1/2/3 it rocks over 2/3/4 it does not rock over 3/4/5 it rocks over 4/5/6 it does not rock over 5/6/7 it rocks over 6/7/8 it does not rock and for the rest it does not rock, until you get to 10/11/12m where it rocks again. 11/12/13 does not rock 12/13/14 rocks everything after that doesn't rock, until you get to 17/18/19 which does rock 18/19/20 rocks ever so slightly 19/20/21 rocks 20/21/22 does not rock 21/22/23 rocks 22/23/24 rocks So that is what I have figured out by fret rocking each fret, the frets by the nut are especially annoying, and have more rocking. With this info I am not able to figure out if the middle fret is to high, or the ones around it are to low, etc... If someone could tell me whats up with my neck I would appreciate it. thanks

Its not the nut. I did the straight edge a while ago and I got that there was space inbetween the first fret.... or the 3.... depeneding which side u sit the straight edge on... So now I have this info... I dont know if fret 2 is too high, or if fret 1 is too low, or if fret 3 is to low, or what the hell. A straight edge tells me that something is wrong with some fret(s), but doesnt tell me exactly which and how. I just wanna know how I can figure this out. and, no, a fret buzz finder will not solve my problem, all it does it find high frets. Please help!

definetly not, its a fret. I have moved the nut height 50000 times, i used a ruler to detect some uneven frets, but I dont know exactly which one(s). Please, any articles/lessons on this subject? or could anyone tell me how to figure it out? thanks

so theres somethign funky going on around frets 1 to 4... a possible hump in the neck, or some high or low frets... its annoying the crap out of me! I need some instruction to diagnose which fret(s) is/are causing the problem, and if they are to high or if they are too low, so I can fix it. Can anybody link me to any instructions or anything like this, or just tell me. thanks!

I noticed some buzzing just after 1 or 2 frets but no where else, the first fret is much lower than the other i noticed when i measured them , which is giving me hell with the nut height. Anyways, I a terribly worried about the size of the frets after a fret dress, I like my big frets, and i'm wondering how much does a fret dress take off? Should I be worried?How much dresses, can u get before u need new frets? any info ont he matter would be helpful, thanks

Dont damn steel wool your guitar, its the stupidest thing you can ever do... all these lazy people that dont care for there guitar do it cus its fast.... but it just slowely makes ur frets smaller and ur neck smaller.

It is common in older jems, before they became AANJ. k, well is it bad, repairable, anything?

Hey, I have 2 important question about my Ibanez Jem that i just got. First of all im conserned abotu the neck and am having trouble get the action and truss rod correct. It appears that my neck is higher at the e string than at the low string... for example I fretted the 1st and last frets than measured the gap at the 9th fret after tightening the rod... the high e was basically fretted along the neck (backbowed) and the low e had a setup/proper amount of space between the 9th. I cant seem to get rid of the buzz no matter what i change... can any one help me... can any one tell me whats going on with my neck? Next... it appears that there is a little crack in the paint at the neck joint on the body. I think this is a common thing for guitars? Is this dangerous? will it get worse? what should I do?

The radius is determined by the fretboard. If you want to change the radius on your guitar, pull out all of the frets, re-radius the fretboard and install new frets. Simple, eh? are you serious? I thought that you could just put frets on with a different radius? not that i dont trust you but can someone else confirm that? very interesting... So how come you cannot do it like that anyways?

Ok, I have been wondering this for a while. So If I have a 7.5" radius strat neck for example, and i dislike that radius is it possible to refret the guitar with frets that are like 12" or 16" radius? Is it the frets that decide the radius or the fingerboard? when you buy frets do you choose radius? or do you have to shape the frets to the neck? So basically I want to know if i can take a fretboard with 7.5" radius and refret it to make it have a 12" or 16" radius... thanks!

You fret the strings at the third fret so that the string rests on the second. You don't want to distort the string over the second fret you just want it to rest on it. As for the feeler gauge. It is tricky to accurately measure, but what is important is that it is darn close, but is not touching the first fret. You can give the string a light pluck and tell really quickly if it is touching the first fret or if it clears. The other clearance numbers(when you are not fretting) will vary with your relief, and bridge adjustments. When I set the string height at the nut, I use the same clearance across all the strings. You can think of it much as if you had a zero fret. You want the string height to be pretty much the same as the first fret(you can add a couple thousands to allow for nut wear). Peace,Rich awsome thanks man, I acctually was fretting in the correct spot, I accidentally put 3rd and 4th in my first post, sorry bout that. Ok as for the space inbetween, I dont have a feeler gauge so you say best next thing would be to get it as close as I possibly can without touching? Would that work well or? thanks

The purpose of pressing down the string is to take out other thigns that could effect the measurment such as truee rod and bridge action. I just need the measurement for what im doing? Im interested in trying this though because I dont have a feeler gauge and am pretty much just using my eyes. Is there anything I can use, like a business card? I dont understand how you can make those measurements^^ like the low e being .010.... where do u measure from? and wouldn't it totally depend on the bridge action? Any help would be great? and again, can I use soimething other than a feeler gauge to measure?

How much space should there be inbetween the first fret and the string, when you fret inbetween the 3rd and 4th fret? If I make the string lower than normal will that allow me to make the overall action lower? or should I just put the nut to standard height and set my pefered action from the bridge? So yeah, what space should be inbetween the 1st fret and the string when I fret inbetween 3rd and 4th fret? thanks

Im wondering what changes I can make to my axe, to make it so the action was more even all down the neck... instead having a low action at the head of the neck and the higher action down the neck. Any suggestions?

What about the Fender standard? it says 3.2 mm on the website but thats no good. I need hwo many semi-tones up fender sets it? Anybody know?

I have had this problem and my bridge has been set for non floating for years, I just set it floating recently. My guitar is set up very well... string trees, nuts, saddles, pivot points.... all lubed up. the rest of the guitars ok but the g strings.... ehh, so you guys are saying this is a normal thign that the g string is always a bit mroe trouble than the others?