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Re: NFN Ibanez uv70p Part 2
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NFN Ibanez uv70p Part 2
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Re: NFN Ibanez uv70p Part 2
nice!
nice!
Re: NFN Ibanez uv70p Part 2
^^ Hola! hey man, I will surely do. I'll get dressed properly as well! Now about the tilted pup story, for someone who knew AANJ 24-fret RG's, JEMs and Universes MIJ and MII (as they all share the basic geometry) it would surely be a piece of cake to spot and fix. But for a guy who collects info from the internet (and the company behind : Thoman did nothing to solve the problem), things were not so easy.
^^ Hola! hey man, I will surely do. I'll get dressed properly as well! Now about the tilted pup story, for someone who knew AANJ 24-fret RG's, JEMs and Universes MIJ and MII (as they all share the basic geometry) it would surely be a piece of cake to spot and fix. But for a guy who collects info from the internet (and the company behind : Thoman did nothing to solve the problem), things were not so easy.
kramersteen
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Re: NFN Ibanez uv70p Part 2
Update :
After my Tech's fix (in late September 2015, one neck hole repaired with rosewood plug), it was much more stable.... till.... I realized that slowly it had shifted again, and string alignment got wrong again. Arghhhhh.
So, what I thought of doing (but thank God didn't) :
- use epoxy wood putty to somehow fill some spots in the neck heel pocket to create
a) some tight fit for the neck's angular movement
b) some kind of neck heel stoppers to help the neck stay in its position in addition to the friction of the neck screws
- drill out, plug with rosewood plugs and re-drill
What I did :
- measured the screws depth after the body, and found out that using 40mm screws (as in left side) in place of the longer right-side ones (the ones which were 45mm by the factory) was a stupid idea. Well, the original 45mm were also stupid since they had no wood to completely tighten, unless they drilled through the fretboard. So, I used some new 45mm *with* washers, so that all 4 screws have 19.5mm-20.5mm length to go into the wood. Fair enough!
- I lightly sanded the neck heel and the pocket in order to make some friction
- I used a sticky sandpaper in the shape of a shim and placed it as a shim
IT ALL WORKED GREAT!!! Sustain was immediately improved! -> upto 5 seconds @24th fret!!! (not always but the possibility is there).
Now what I think is maybe follow the tech's advice and plug/redrill the body holes. He thinks that screwing in the whole system as one (no jokes here ppl pls!!), would greatly improve sustain and stability.
Jesus, I can't believe one year later I am just struggling with the same guitar!! and no I am not selling it, I am so pissed off to make it superb! + I exploit the possibility for all this to serve as therapy from main work
Update :
After my Tech's fix (in late September 2015, one neck hole repaired with rosewood plug), it was much more stable.... till.... I realized that slowly it had shifted again, and string alignment got wrong again. Arghhhhh.
So, what I thought of doing (but thank God didn't) :
- use epoxy wood putty to somehow fill some spots in the neck heel pocket to create
a) some tight fit for the neck's angular movement
b) some kind of neck heel stoppers to help the neck stay in its position in addition to the friction of the neck screws
- drill out, plug with rosewood plugs and re-drill
What I did :
- measured the screws depth after the body, and found out that using 40mm screws (as in left side) in place of the longer right-side ones (the ones which were 45mm by the factory) was a stupid idea. Well, the original 45mm were also stupid since they had no wood to completely tighten, unless they drilled through the fretboard. So, I used some new 45mm *with* washers, so that all 4 screws have 19.5mm-20.5mm length to go into the wood. Fair enough!
- I lightly sanded the neck heel and the pocket in order to make some friction
- I used a sticky sandpaper in the shape of a shim and placed it as a shim
IT ALL WORKED GREAT!!! Sustain was immediately improved! -> upto 5 seconds @24th fret!!! (not always but the possibility is there).
Now what I think is maybe follow the tech's advice and plug/redrill the body holes. He thinks that screwing in the whole system as one (no jokes here ppl pls!!), would greatly improve sustain and stability.
Jesus, I can't believe one year later I am just struggling with the same guitar!! and no I am not selling it, I am so pissed off to make it superb! + I exploit the possibility for all this to serve as therapy from main work
Archer250
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Re: NFN Ibanez uv70p Part 2
"we"? who do you represent here ? the UN? lol, if you are not interested DO NOT CLICK ON THE DARN THREAD, OK? Oh, and BTW sounding like an ass is all you did.
"we"? who do you represent here ? the UN? lol, if you are not interested DO NOT CLICK ON THE DARN THREAD, OK? Oh, and BTW sounding like an ass is all you did.
Archer250
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Re: NFN Ibanez uv70p Part 2
I'm gonna say all the guys who are convinced you got a lemon.
I'm gonna say all the guys who are convinced you got a lemon.
Re: NFN Ibanez uv70p Part 2
When you got the supposedly world's No1 RG/JEM/UV tech (you know who I mean) suggesting sandpaper in the neck shim and baby powder as "normal" fixes for AANJ bolt-ons then I cannot see how much more lemon is mine than the rest of AANJ Ibbies.
When you got the supposedly world's No1 RG/JEM/UV tech (you know who I mean) suggesting sandpaper in the neck shim and baby powder as "normal" fixes for AANJ bolt-ons then I cannot see how much more lemon is mine than the rest of AANJ Ibbies.
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Archer250
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Re: NFN Ibanez uv70p Part 2
Having a badly-cut pickguard, and wrong screws... Not so much
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A shim is normal.
Having a badly-cut pickguard, and wrong screws... Not so much
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