Ibanez rg7321 redo!

[rob_707]

hey everyone its been a while since iv been on hear, and im thinking about re finishing my ibanez 7321.
The guitar was originally damaged and i am going to fix it up my style. the guitar is going to be painted white with a black "fake binding" the only reason is because i am a poor ass and cant afford a router and so on. so im going to try something new.
the pups are emg 707z atm, but will be replaceing them with ONE damarzio blaze 7 in the bridge, one volume no tone. i hope this looks well when its all done. wish me luck.

 

[Spaceman_Spiff]

Do you plan to cover the empty space where the neck pickup route will be or are you just going to leave it empty?

Excited to see this...Always down to check out a refinish!

 

[espman]

Don't believe I've ever seen a RG7321 re-finished in white
Are you going to try to touch up the pup routes (make the edges flush), or use pup rings?
Either way, looking forward to this one

 

[rob_707]

Do you plan to cover the empty space where the neck pickup route will be or are you just going to leave it empty?
Excited to see this...Always down to check out a refinish!

well you can laugh if you want but the neck routed hole will be filled, using some fine car body filler, the only reason im usin it is, this guitar was cheap and it i believe it wont effect the sound to much

Don't believe I've ever seen a RG7321 re-finished in white
Are you going to try to touch up the pup routes (make the edges flush), or use pup rings?
Either way, looking forward to this one

well right now im tryin to figure that out, i had to use a dremal to get the emgs in and i couldnt do a very good job free hand, so i may get the rings but i dont like them, so i might try bondo again with the touch ups.

 

[rob_707]

well iv done some work by taking off the neck and accessories.
as you see no neck and parts if you notice the pink that is body filler from previous attempts to hid the cracks, this time iv had more experience with this bondo.




hears a better pic of the bondo



as you can see i have messed up horribly in my past with the dremal and i will be fixing it up this time around,

 

[espman]

For filling the neck pup (would work for fixing the routes as well), it would be best to take a block of some random wood (Maple or Oak wound be good, and cheap choices) and filll the majority of the space with that, then use the Bondo to get the small gaps.

 

[jordanky]

For filling the neck pup (would work for fixing the routes as well), it would be best to take a block of some random wood (Maple or Oak wound be good, and cheap choices) and filll the majority of the space with that, then use the Bondo to get the small gaps.

This.

Because when the guitar gets hot/cold, the bondo will crack and it will look like shit if you fill in the entire pickup route and that happens. Just trying to give you a bit of a heads up!

 

[Nimgoble]

Watching this thread. Getting ready to mod my 7321, as well.

 

[BucketheadRules]

I've been thinking about a respray for mine for a while.

Curiously enough, I was thinking about white as well. It looks sick on a 7621 so why not?

 

[KDR]

Definately watching this thread. I've got a 7321 myself and have been looking for ideas/inspiration to try something like this.

 

[rob_707]

For filling the neck pup (would work for fixing the routes as well), it would be best to take a block of some random wood (Maple or Oak wound be good, and cheap choices) and filll the majority of the space with that, then use the Bondo to get the small gaps.

you know what this is a good idea, i think i will try that before filling the entire cavity with bondo.

This.

Because when the guitar gets hot/cold, the bondo will crack and it will look like shit if you fill in the entire pickup route and that happens. Just trying to give you a bit of a heads up!

well i have how ever done a guitar and filled a cavity with bondo and i had no problems, it all depends on how much harder you use, i use alot so its retarded hard and i haven't had a problem.



Curiously enough, I was thinking about white as well. It looks sick on a 7621 so why not?[/QUOTE]
ya man i cant wait to see the turn out!

Definately watching this thread. I've got a 7321 myself and have been looking for ideas/inspiration to try something like this.

 

[ibanezRG1527]

no need for pickup rings!!!!! this will fit right over the pickup so that it will fit the pickup route and look like an EMG. you can even paint it or put a dimarzio sticker on it to show that its NOT a crappy EMG

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[rob_707]

ok so today i started to sand the body. found this to do the sanding with.


now to put on my rated respirator

the other night i had chili for dinner and i put this on and was curious to know if its worse to breath in nuclear chili farts or the dust from the paint? i uno das is good?

you can see where i tried to correct the body a little better in this pic.

 

[ibanezRG1527]

if you get those covers, you might want to patch up some of the wood around it too

 

[rob_707]

if you get those covers, you might want to patch up some of the wood around it too

the rings are a cool idea, but i think id rather just the dimarzio showing, im going to have to patch the wood work anyways, plus i dont know if that cover has to come off every time i want to adjust it, cool idea non the less, i may consider this later on if i but a guitar that has emgs and i want to change them, thanks brew!

 

[MrMcSick]

Bondo Just gonna crack.

 

[rob_707]

Bondo Just gonna crack.

well seeing as everyone is against bondo, what can i use????? i am how ever going to take a pice of wood to fill the pup hole, but what can i use to fill the smaller holes?/

 

[espman]

well seeing as everyone is against bondo, what can i use????? i am how ever going to take a pice of wood to fill the pup hole, but what can i use to fill the smaller holes?/

Bondo is fine for the small holes, its just the bigger gaps that you'd want to fill with wood first.

 

[MrMcSick]

I have some Elmers wood filler. Check that out.

 

[rob_707]

ok so today i had some spare time and went to my local lumber mill, the guy gave me a scrap piece of mahogany free of charge



this is it shaped and put in cavity, i haven't glued it yet because i sanded the one side a little to much so its being repaired so to speak



hopefully this comes out nice when its glued in!!
P.S can anyone please tell me how to put the pics up bigger instead of attaching them, this is a pain in my ass, and im sure it would be better for everyone else to look at instead of clickin the things!