NFN Ibanez uv70p Part 2
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kramersteen
PowerMetalRaph
Re: NFN Ibanez uv70p Part 2
Wheres the pictures of the repairs?
Wheres the pictures of the repairs?
Edgecrusher
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At least you ponied up and sanded down the butt of the neck instead of doing the half baked move the neck epoxy idea.
At least you ponied up and sanded down the butt of the neck instead of doing the half baked move the neck epoxy idea.
kramersteen
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Oh yeah! That was a way better idea then moving the neck.
Oh yeah! That was a way better idea then moving the neck.
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The problem was not a matter of techinque. The problem was to maintain all the dimensions of the design, and treat the one little detail that went off. This would be impossible without the valuable help of the friends at jemsite. The measurements involved were (besides scale length), trem plate to neck heel distance, neck plate to 24th fret, and neck heel to right side of the 24th fret. We concluded that the problem was only after the 24th fret towards the heel's end, and especially on the lower section of the neck, not the upper one, neither the fretboard.So trimming this a little bit solved the source of the problem. Plugging and re-drilling, + potentially the epoxy thing, would sound right only and if there was an error in the positioning of the neck (e.g. if trem plate to 24th fret was off).
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kramersteen
PowerMetalRaph
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glad its going anyway, So in the end all you did was nip the end off the neck?
glad its going anyway, So in the end all you did was nip the end off the neck?
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thanx man. yes, I sanded it , by hand, in place without removing the neck. I used 40 and 60 grip wolfcraft yellow, dark gray/black and red sandpaper. IMHO the black one worked the best.
thanx man. yes, I sanded it , by hand, in place without removing the neck. I used 40 and 60 grip wolfcraft yellow, dark gray/black and red sandpaper. IMHO the black one worked the best.
Re: NFN Ibanez uv70p Part 2
thanx! I sanded it. Some people (including me) get the pups as high as they can, till this starts to create problems (magnetic pull, loss of sustain, strings touching pups while pulling up the trem arm, etc...) I am not familiar of whether dimarzio blaze's are prone to severe magnetic pull, tho. It should be on the dimarzio site.
thanx! I sanded it. Some people (including me) get the pups as high as they can, till this starts to create problems (magnetic pull, loss of sustain, strings touching pups while pulling up the trem arm, etc...) I am not familiar of whether dimarzio blaze's are prone to severe magnetic pull, tho. It should be on the dimarzio site.
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If it was worth it? I guess as it turned out, it was.
About intonation, only low E is very slightly off, but I won't bother.
Just for the record, Thomann is still silent.
Ok, but until I got all this input from as many universes and RG's @jemsite, all signs led to the plug/redrill route. Then a guy measured all his RGs and found that trem plate->24 fret distance was the same as with mine in all his guitars. <-- eye opener. From this time I knew the neck screws had to stay exactly where they were. Last line of the same guy's very post, said smth along the lines "but plate -> neck heel is off compared to any of my axes! return this guitar!". Well, then I started comparing mine and the 3rd guy's universe. Identical, except a slight deviation in neck-heel pup clearance. Then I knew that trimming would be the solution, not just an ugly workaround.
If it was worth it? I guess as it turned out, it was.
About intonation, only low E is very slightly off, but I won't bother.
Just for the record, Thomann is still silent.
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Brian Griffin
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How much money did you spend on phone calls and sending the guitar to Thomann/ Ibanez EU?
How much money did you spend on phone calls and sending the guitar to Thomann/ Ibanez EU?
Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
Unseen
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Nice...no more tilted pickup....does the E saddle need to go further back??
Nice...no more tilted pickup....does the E saddle need to go further back??
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hey man, what's up, I think E must move slightly to the left.
hey man, what's up, I think E must move slightly to the left.
Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
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Oh so the saddel is not alligned, or the whole bridge...
Man I wish they would go back to building them like they used to do
Why does everything have be like this?
Oh so the saddel is not alligned, or the whole bridge...
Man I wish they would go back to building them like they used to do
Why does everything have be like this?
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Only the saddle, piece of cake to fix. Problem with them is that the factory set-up (if any) is discouraging and makes the owner lose confidence. For the time being it is stable, and plays truly amazing. Better than any guitar I even had. Harmonics everywhere, drop-A nu-metal type of riffs, then ultra fast legatos, tapping, fast picking, arpeggios, etc... With string action 1.1mm & 1.5mm @high E and low B respectively. Neck relief is zero. I get slight 1st and 2nd string buzz at the 1st fret, but I think this should be expected with such a setup. Edge-Zero II-7 is (at least) on par with my floyds. Time will show about the whole guitar's durability in the long run.
Oh so the saddel is not alligned, or the whole bridge...
Man I wish they would go back to building them like they used to do
Why does everything have be like this?
Only the saddle, piece of cake to fix. Problem with them is that the factory set-up (if any) is discouraging and makes the owner lose confidence. For the time being it is stable, and plays truly amazing. Better than any guitar I even had. Harmonics everywhere, drop-A nu-metal type of riffs, then ultra fast legatos, tapping, fast picking, arpeggios, etc... With string action 1.1mm & 1.5mm @high E and low B respectively. Neck relief is zero. I get slight 1st and 2nd string buzz at the 1st fret, but I think this should be expected with such a setup. Edge-Zero II-7 is (at least) on par with my floyds. Time will show about the whole guitar's durability in the long run.
Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
Unseen
Re: NFN Ibanez uv70p Part 2
Cool....hope it will behave in the future as well
Cool....hope it will behave in the future as well
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