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DeadSkinSlayer3
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Alright, you guys wanted one, here it is.
First off, the case alone is the size of a freakin tabletop it's gigantic!
I got the guitar yesterday, and I have to admit; just looking at it, I wasn't that impressed. Rusty strings, some grime on the pickup rings, and a bunch of crap on the fretboard. Inspected it a little... looked good, but definately needed a good setup.
The finish: My god. Just looking at it, it looks plain white. Cool color, the bevels look great painted black, but it's just plain black. Come up close, move some light along it...it's the most gorgeous pearl color I've ever seen on a guitar. The finish itself is strong as hell. This is a '99 model RR-1, and It had literally no dings what so ever. The only thing wrong with it was that on the front, on the lower wing, there's a straight line that goes underneath the pickguard. I think someone dropped the pickguard accross it while doing wiring or something, but you wouldn't notice it unless you were a foot from it, and knew what to look for. No headstock nicks, and what surprised me the most, no wing-tip damage. Those wings are usually what get messed up (and pretty badly from what I've seen). Perfect condition.
I held off doing anything to it more the most part of yesterday, besides disconnecting one of the tone pots and making it master volume/master tone. Just a preference, nothing big. Left the other knob as a dummy knob. The main reason I didn't want to do anything to it was because I knew I needed to remove the damn D-Tuna, and figured I'd just wait till the replacement screw for it arrived. Didn't arrive that day...so I adjusted the action a bit, unblocked the trem, and played it as-is.
Great feeling neck, the finish is superb. Doesn't get stick or slow me down at all. The binding work is spot-on, no finish bleed or anything of the sort. Fast playing, and ebony feels great on the fingers, expecially for bends and slides. Upper fret access is great, as there's literally no heel.
I got antsy. I wanted to set it up, change strings, clean the fretboard, remove the D-Tuna...So I did. Took off all the strings, took the D-Tuna off and put it's extra long screw back in. Took some steel wool to the fretboard and frets.
I have to stop here. The fretwork on this is IMMACULATE. I can not believe how good the frets look feel. There's little to no fret wear at all, despite it being 6 years old. I'm almost at a loss for words, the frets are that good.
After cleaning the fretboard, the ebony feels and looks even better. This is my first axe with an ebony board, and definately not the last. Excellent wood, looks great, sounds great, feels great.
The inlays and headstock logo are MOP, and this is also my first axe with this feature. Gorgeous stuff, and no filler around the inlays. It's a great touch to pearl finish, matches wonderfully.
So I restrung it. The one big surprise I had with the OFR was how solid everything is. I've only had an Ibanez Lo-TRS as far as Floyds go, and now I know why they're so despised. The biggest problem I encountered with the Lo-TRS was stripping the allen parts, as well as the wrench. Not the case here, whatever material they used on it is sturdy as hell, didn't have to overtighten it to make the strings stay, and that's a huge relief for me. No more spending 2 bucks a month on spare parts!
I had some fretbuzz with the new strings, so I raised the action, and reset the trem. Tuned up, locked down, fine tuned, and was on my way. Some fine tuning on the action was needed after tuning up, but nothing major. No truss rod adjustments needed, thank god.
First off, the case alone is the size of a freakin tabletop it's gigantic!
I got the guitar yesterday, and I have to admit; just looking at it, I wasn't that impressed. Rusty strings, some grime on the pickup rings, and a bunch of crap on the fretboard. Inspected it a little... looked good, but definately needed a good setup.
The finish: My god. Just looking at it, it looks plain white. Cool color, the bevels look great painted black, but it's just plain black. Come up close, move some light along it...it's the most gorgeous pearl color I've ever seen on a guitar. The finish itself is strong as hell. This is a '99 model RR-1, and It had literally no dings what so ever. The only thing wrong with it was that on the front, on the lower wing, there's a straight line that goes underneath the pickguard. I think someone dropped the pickguard accross it while doing wiring or something, but you wouldn't notice it unless you were a foot from it, and knew what to look for. No headstock nicks, and what surprised me the most, no wing-tip damage. Those wings are usually what get messed up (and pretty badly from what I've seen). Perfect condition.
I held off doing anything to it more the most part of yesterday, besides disconnecting one of the tone pots and making it master volume/master tone. Just a preference, nothing big. Left the other knob as a dummy knob. The main reason I didn't want to do anything to it was because I knew I needed to remove the damn D-Tuna, and figured I'd just wait till the replacement screw for it arrived. Didn't arrive that day...so I adjusted the action a bit, unblocked the trem, and played it as-is.
Great feeling neck, the finish is superb. Doesn't get stick or slow me down at all. The binding work is spot-on, no finish bleed or anything of the sort. Fast playing, and ebony feels great on the fingers, expecially for bends and slides. Upper fret access is great, as there's literally no heel.
I got antsy. I wanted to set it up, change strings, clean the fretboard, remove the D-Tuna...So I did. Took off all the strings, took the D-Tuna off and put it's extra long screw back in. Took some steel wool to the fretboard and frets.
I have to stop here. The fretwork on this is IMMACULATE. I can not believe how good the frets look feel. There's little to no fret wear at all, despite it being 6 years old. I'm almost at a loss for words, the frets are that good.
After cleaning the fretboard, the ebony feels and looks even better. This is my first axe with an ebony board, and definately not the last. Excellent wood, looks great, sounds great, feels great.
The inlays and headstock logo are MOP, and this is also my first axe with this feature. Gorgeous stuff, and no filler around the inlays. It's a great touch to pearl finish, matches wonderfully.
So I restrung it. The one big surprise I had with the OFR was how solid everything is. I've only had an Ibanez Lo-TRS as far as Floyds go, and now I know why they're so despised. The biggest problem I encountered with the Lo-TRS was stripping the allen parts, as well as the wrench. Not the case here, whatever material they used on it is sturdy as hell, didn't have to overtighten it to make the strings stay, and that's a huge relief for me. No more spending 2 bucks a month on spare parts!
I had some fretbuzz with the new strings, so I raised the action, and reset the trem. Tuned up, locked down, fine tuned, and was on my way. Some fine tuning on the action was needed after tuning up, but nothing major. No truss rod adjustments needed, thank god.
