Ibanez RG Volume Knob Issue

[nickgray]

Another thing...who palm-mutes in the first or second string?

Um... I do? And I'm sure that tons of other people do as well

you guys need to refine your picking technique, maybe strike softer the strings

Yeah, if you play with high gain. But I like my tone to be responsive and dynamic.

 

[TheOddGoat]

Just when you thought RG knobs were in the way, a challenger appears.

Just replace them with razor blades - this guitar is a fate worse than death and that is one way to escape.

 

[thedonal]

I also have that problem with most super strats, and I won't argue it's my own fault, but it is frustrating.

I wonder if Jeff Beck would be able to do his thing if the Strat volume knob were anywhere else.

It's personal, though.

I don't think I have really had such an issue with volume knob position.

I've smacked the selector switch on Strat/RG guitars though where I'm really going for it...

 

[Andromalia]

Play all notes with upstrokes. Problem solved.

 

[karjim]

3 pics +

Problem solved....
If you have guitar issues, BIG Paul has always a solution.

 

[Floppystrings]

The fingers must go!

 

[Mprinsje]

yea i also have that, what makes the problem worse is that on all my other guitars i've put the volume knob in place of the tone knob and ripped the tone out, so when i wan't to roll down volume on my rg i'm always rolling down the tone... too laze to change em around

 

[Austin175]

Not sure how it's a problem lol. I have to agree with everyone else cause on my RG7321, when I shred I rarley every hit the volume knob. Maybe it's cause I have small hand's though lol.

So maybe learn a new picking technique or get a dummy knob an put it in there.

 

[K3V1N SHR3DZ]

Petrucci didn't like the knob there either.

Yeah, but back in the day his picking hand fingers weren't really pulled in.

 

[karjim]

You don't have to pull in your fingers but they mustn't move, the hand has to be fixed.
The only reason is your right hand...You must use your wrist and not your arm for fast picking...it's really hard to relearn but it's the only way to achieve a super clean fast alternative picking...Keep your arm for Hetfield's down stroke death attack riffs.
I have really long fingers and my old 1987 RG560 has the volume knob 5mm (metric system) away from the humbucker...really really close. On the 7620, it is farer.
If you have long fingers, fingers pulled in ala BucketHead Paul Gilbert or put them on the table to control the picking position ala Steve Vai Yngwie Malmsteen.
These guys are giants and they don't have issues. The commun point is this universal wrist picking technique, very static, very calm, very precise...you can't avoid this sorry.

 

[MontaraMike]

You don't have to pull in your fingers but they mustn't move, the hand has to be fixed.
The only reason is your right hand...You must use your wrist and not your arm for fast picking...it's really hard to relearn but it's the only way to achieve a super clean fast alternative picking...Keep your arm for Hetfield's down stroke death attack riffs.
I have really long fingers and my old 1987 RG560 has the volume knob 5mm (metric system) away from the humbucker...really really close. On the 7620, it is farer.
If you have long fingers, fingers pulled in ala BucketHead Paul Gilbert or put them on the table to control the picking position ala Steve Vai Yngwie Malmsteen.
These guys are giants and they don't have issues. The commun point is this universal wrist picking technique, very static, very calm, very precise...you can't avoid this sorry.

Thank you!! I am going to give this a shot. I will admit my fast picking is not clean, so there is another reason to re-learn.

 

[rockstarazuri]

I actually like the volume knob there. Makes cleaning up with the volume control, and volume swells easier

 

[karjim]

You're welcome dude, I was in the same position 3 years ago, it was hard but I don't regret it.
I still practice this more than anything else...You will rediscover your songs,your feeling, you'll be calmer on your instrument and this is the key. Calm and breathing

 

[Bloody_Inferno]

If you have guitar issues, BIG Paul has always a solution.

Funny you mention big Paul, because Paul Gilbert actually has the same problem as the OP.

That's why he has all his PGM volume controls well out of the way. Plus he also states that he does the whole wave your arm in the air thing...

...and the first thing he wants to hit when his hand goes down, is the volume knob.

 

[phugoid]

I had a similar problem with my Strat - to fix it I took a small think elastic band, and stretched it around the volume knob. It was still possible to turn the knob, but there was enough resistance that my fingers didn't turn it from casual nudging only.

Then again, the strat's volume knob flares into a really large-diameter base and there's space between the knob and the guitar top, so the elastic band held in there and you couldn't even see it. It might be harder to do this with the RG...

 

[Dickicker]

on all of my RGs I move the volume to the tone and insert a 3/8's nylon hole plug in the volume hole spot and paint it to match the guitar, or just leave it black. haha I ordered 100 of them off the bay for $5 sense I have so many people who ask for them at my shop.

 

[TheOddGoat]

Paul Gilbert || Guitarspot.gr - Interview, Live Setup - YouTube

THERE WILL BE BLOOD

 

[Skrapmetal]

When I was first getting started I had a guitar that had grounding issues and I kept my pinky lightly touching the bottom of the bridge pickup's cover as much as possible to fight the buzzing. It became habit, and a pleasant side effect is that this isn't much of an issue for me.