Unfortunately, that's about the going rate for Lundgrens. I had a chance to play a guitar with M7s a while back. I thought they sounded great. That said, they cost 100% more than your average Duncans. If you're familiar with the term "diminishing marginal utility", I think this is a good...
Ibanez spec is 2.0mm on the bass side and 1.5 or 1.6mm on the treble side. That's at the 14th fret, mind you. There's a pretty awesome setup guide on ibanezrules: IBANEZ RULES!! tech - setup Nine times out of ten, you just need a good setup. I like to do neck relief by sight. Generally, I...
Fair enough. Personally, I'd rather float myself a loan knowing that I'm disciplined enough to make good on it and get what I really want. Buy once cry once and all that. I'm debt free and have never got myself in hot water this way. YMMV. You're definitely right about the second point, though...
Hold out for the custom. Seriously. Nobody ever buys a Porsche and then looks back a year later and says "Crap. I should've bought a Jetta.". Get the toy you really want and you'll never lust after the other. Here's what you do: Let's say you can save another $1000 while you wait for your...
A few questions: Is the sustain suffering, too, or have you just lost brightness? Is this affecting all of the strings, or just one or two of them? Have you recently switched to a different brand or different gauge strings? It looks to me like your action is really high. Ibanez spec (at least...