stm113
New member
Ok so this is a weird one so please bear with me on this. I know many of the suggestions may end up being just get a new guitar but that’s just not in the cards at the moment.
I own a couple old Ibanez SCA 220 guitars. I really like the body style, the necks are almost perfect for me, the only thing I really don’t like is the guitars are too light, I mean the guitars are sturdy but as light as they are they don’t feel so sturdy if that makes sense. I had read some people say they have used the balancing weights for wheels, the stick on type, on the control cavity cover to help with neck dive, so I thought “why not try this?” I picked up a pack at Harbor Freight 1/2 Oz per, lead free. I was able to get 3 under the neck pickup, 4 under the bridge and several in the control cavity. The guitar is very close to the weight that I want now, and there doesn’t seem to be a grounding issue, though if I decide to stay on this path I fully intend to put copper shielding tape on all of them.
My ultimate question is, will having these weights under the pickups, interfere with the operation of the pickups?
I own a couple old Ibanez SCA 220 guitars. I really like the body style, the necks are almost perfect for me, the only thing I really don’t like is the guitars are too light, I mean the guitars are sturdy but as light as they are they don’t feel so sturdy if that makes sense. I had read some people say they have used the balancing weights for wheels, the stick on type, on the control cavity cover to help with neck dive, so I thought “why not try this?” I picked up a pack at Harbor Freight 1/2 Oz per, lead free. I was able to get 3 under the neck pickup, 4 under the bridge and several in the control cavity. The guitar is very close to the weight that I want now, and there doesn’t seem to be a grounding issue, though if I decide to stay on this path I fully intend to put copper shielding tape on all of them.
My ultimate question is, will having these weights under the pickups, interfere with the operation of the pickups?
