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So, I grabbed a dinged up RGRT421 for $250 and am planning on refinishing, among many other mods. It’s got a very thin satin black finish and open grain Nyatoh wings around a maple/walnut (or at this price point, some other similarly colored mystery meat) neck thru piece. Looking at a solid...

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My nephew was gifted a Prestige that was heavily neglected. Not quite as bad as yours, but close. Complete disassembly to the smallest part, cleaning, buffing, oiling, polishing and it went from unusable to pretty respectable with zero parts replacement. “She might not look like much kid, but...

Better Than Better Than Ezra Just do what the band who thought they were better than the band Ezra did.

Just don't consider sanding down the body top; that veneer is too thin to refinish, (in case that's what you has in mind) you'll burn right through it before you lose the color.

You're fine. Don't worry about it.

Please tell me you didn't put pickup rings on your RG7321...

Not too abnormal. My 2011 Subaru has a similar look in the right light. Most cars do, unless it's a high end luxury or sports car or a full custom. More acceptable on cars than guitars. Sanding lightly between coats will reduce the effect. Multiple layers of clear also give you the room to wet...

Sorry for no updates. Took me a while to make the decision, but I'm going to have to drop out. Too many things came up over the last two months to allow any additional progress. Really wish I had more time. I've got guitars apart that I want to play, including a brand new JP70 that I'm...

My local shop (Crossroads Music, in Hanover, Ma) carries Hagstroms. Though they're generally mid-level guitars, I did note that the fingerboard material, as well as the general condition of the fingerboard and fretwork, was really impressive. Very consistent black appearance to the board. Felt...

Found a few interesting parker vids. The first one has a quick look into the glued on frets, last one is the money shot. Enjoy: The Making of a Parker Electric Solidbody Guitar - YouTube Parker Guitars Wood - YouTube DragonFly Machined - YouTube Fingerboard Video: Adding the...

I own a USA Nitefly, and yes, best playing neck to be had on any guitar at any price. But, you may be attributing the excellent playability to the stainless frets.

For your pleasure, I took profiles of the neck on my S7420 and my JP70. Measurements were made at the 1st, 7th, and 12th frets. My impressions: Having owned the Ibanez for almost a year, when I first picked up the JP70, it felt so much more "right" in my hand. Felt like it was a...

To add to the above: pickup height is personal, like string height. Be mindful, however, of getting the pickup too close to the strings. The increased magnetic pull on he strings could cause tuning problems and reduce sustain by overly interfering with the strings natural oscillations. Too far...

You would use a 500k pot. That's the standard value for humbuckers, whereas 250k is the rule of thumb for single coils. As an aside, on that DiMarzio pickup wiring page, they also list the Petrucci wiring diagrams for three different models. The recommended DiMarzio switch is $29, but will...

I'd say that if you're here asking questions, you're capable of installing a push/pull pot. The stock pickups are 4 conductor. You'll see each with a pair of wires (white black if I remember) joined together and not wired up to anything. A standard set of four conductor pickups would look...

Apparently, my earlier comments regarding the criticism of the method and circumstances of this particular guitars' sale were made because I was TOTALLY uninformed about ANYTHING regarding this luthier and his practices. If it pleases the court, I'd like to withdraw and rephrase?... For the...

Obviously, the easiest thing (and what I'm currently doing to my JP70 with Sentient/Pegasus combo) is to replace the tone pot with a push/pull to split both HB's. You would get the two singles in the middle position and you may find (depending on the pickup) that a split bridge or neck PU gives...

Very unprofessional? Not sure I'd use that word to describe his sales method for that guitar. I mean, if someone will pay more, then why sell for less? If you can pocket another grand in profit (and we know these guys aren't millionaires) then why not? This isn't exactly a cookie cutter Strat or LP.

For me, and this is my mildly informed opinion, nothing else, I'd be uncomfortable with that dual cutaway for the neck joint. It's a set neck, not a neck through, and I'd be concerned with the lack of wood supporting that neck. Some Gibson SG's had too little support in the neck pocket as well...