Let the RG8 Mods begin...

[Negav]

Mine is all white (knobs, pups, switch tip) with gold hardware... I've been doing some research looking for someone to make me a white pearl pickguard for it. Going for the Jem look.

This. Also... what are you CNC'ers waiting for? If you were to sell those pickguards about 20-25 bucks ( or more, I have no idea about the blanks price ) a piece you could be making a lot of money! The demand for them is super high. I haven't gotten mine yet, but I would definitely love to get a pickguard for it. Who's with me?

 

[AlexThorpe]

This. Also... what are you CNC'ers waiting for? If you were to sell those pickguards about 20-25 bucks ( or more, I have no idea about the blanks price ) a piece you could be making a lot of money! The demand for them is super high. I haven't gotten mine yet, but I would definitely love to get a pickguard for it. Who's with me?

If I had a little more programming experience, I have access to a shop full of CNC machines that I could use on a weekend day. Need to learn!

 

[Hybrid138]

I've been thinking of panda-fying my guitar while it has the stock pickups.

 

[Ulvhedin]

I've been thinking of panda-fying my guitar while it has the stock pickups.

Then bamboo knobs would be appropriate

 

[MustBeWasabi]

Kind of bad lighting, I'll try to snap some better pictures tomorrow, but I've finished round 1 of modding my RG8.

So far I have done:
Vinyl on headstock
Black pinstriping
Hipshot locking tuners
Dimarzio DA8 pickups
stained the fretboard black

Here are some pictures anyway:

Things left to do:
Put Ibanez logo on headstock
rewire completely with 5-way switch and push pull volume knob
route for middle ionizer pickup
black pick guard
put on hipshot bridge

Hoping to have this done in the next few weeks, shipping on parts is killing me though!

WOW! Looks great!

But what about the dot inlays? You still notice them when you take a closer look? And how do you want to get the Ibanez logo back on the headstock??

 

[AlexThorpe]

WOW! Looks great!

But what about the dot inlays? You still notice them when you take a closer look? And how do you want to get the Ibanez logo back on the headstock??

The fretboard stain covered up the dots, they are ago noticeable from certain angles in certain lighting, but besides that they are very hard to see.

And I have a logo coming from best-decals.com, it's just taking its sweet time to get here.

 

[MetaSoul]

Ionizers going in!

Just trying to decide on a pickguard

Mmmmhm! Looks so good, right!?

I did the same thing to mine, except for it is black and the pickups are black with chrome poles. I ended up making a pearloid pickguard for it, as well. At first I couldn't decide, though, so I ordered a bunch of different material to help me make up my mind and so I could do a practice run, first. I am planning on moding a white one too, when I get sometime, but I also figured some of you may be interested in the rest of my bulk.

If you need any help on the pickguard, I already have it all programed for an HSH set-up.

Anyone else, too... I can configure it however pretty easily.

I have a lot 3ply b/w/b and w/b/w, if any of you are interested in some pickguards.

Glad to see someone else took the plunge!

 

[Khai H8drusH]

Mmmmhm! Looks so good, right!?

I did the same thing to mine, except for it is black and the pickups are black with chrome poles. I ended up making a pearloid pickguard for it, as well. At first I couldn't decide, though, so I ordered a bunch of different material to help me make up my mind and so I could do a practice run, first. I am planning on moding a white one too, when I get sometime, but I also figured some of you may be interested in the rest of my bulk.

If you need any help on the pickguard, I already have it all programed for an HSH set-up.

Anyone else, too... I can configure it however pretty easily.

I have a lot 3ply b/w/b and w/b/w, if any of you are interested in some pickguards.

Glad to see someone else took the plunge!

Count me in for the pickguard, mate.

 

[FromTheMausoleum]

Mmmmhm! Looks so good, right!?

I did the same thing to mine, except for it is black and the pickups are black with chrome poles. I ended up making a pearloid pickguard for it, as well. At first I couldn't decide, though, so I ordered a bunch of different material to help me make up my mind and so I could do a practice run, first. I am planning on moding a white one too, when I get sometime, but I also figured some of you may be interested in the rest of my bulk.

If you need any help on the pickguard, I already have it all programed for an HSH set-up.

Anyone else, too... I can configure it however pretty easily.

I have a lot 3ply b/w/b and w/b/w, if any of you are interested in some pickguards.

Glad to see someone else took the plunge!

How big did you make the pickup spaces on the pickguard? Gotta cover them gaps xD

I'd be getting black pearloid for both of my RG8s to match my dingwall that I'm getting soonish.

 

[MetaSoul]

How big did you make the pickup spaces on the pickguard? Gotta cover them gaps xD

I'd be getting black pearloid for both of my RG8s to match my dingwall that I'm getting soonish.

I just copied the way they did it on the tam. I don't know how you placed the single, though, I just centered it between the two existing cavities. If you did it the same way, it should line up close enough.

 

[AlexThorpe]

Mmmmhm! Looks so good, right!?

I did the same thing to mine, except for it is black and the pickups are black with chrome poles. I ended up making a pearloid pickguard for it, as well. At first I couldn't decide, though, so I ordered a bunch of different material to help me make up my mind and so I could do a practice run, first. I am planning on moding a white one too, when I get sometime, but I also figured some of you may be interested in the rest of my bulk.

If you need any help on the pickguard, I already have it all programed for an HSH set-up.

Anyone else, too... I can configure it however pretty easily.

I have a lot 3ply b/w/b and w/b/w, if any of you are interested in some pickguards.

Glad to see someone else took the plunge!

If you have any solid black pickguard material I'd love to order one as well!

 

[MustBeWasabi]

Does anyone has a picture of a BLACK rg8 with WHITE DAs??

 

[Hollowway]

Just realized that when i get the body that guitar will be close to the grand mark... $339 for the guitar (with coupon at GC) + $200 for a set of Blackouts + $150 for the Hipshot bridge and tuners +$225 for the new body +$20 for a dimarzio clip lock strap=$934 lol

Holy crap, who's the luthier that makes bodies like that for that price?

 

[Konfyouzd]

Does anyone has a picture of a BLACK rg8 with WHITE DAs??

Prolly looks a lot like a black 7620 with white pups. I KNOW you can find a pic of that.

 

[jedimindfrak82]

Holy crap, who's the luthier that makes bodies like that for that price?

I'm actually gonna ask him if he wants his name out there and report back... He runs a very small shop and does everything himself so it's not like he cranks these puppies out. My body is gonna take about three weeks total time.

 

[jedimindfrak82]

While waiting for my body to get here, i decided to complete another project... I spent the night turning this:

Into this:

Added a Zebrawood veneer and black vinyl logo

 

[papazappa13]

Where did you guys order pick guards, binding tape and stuff like that?
I was checking out this thread and was extremely impressed, I'm getting my RG8 soon and probably doing something like obZenity's RG8 since I loved the way it looked, however with some Binding and different pickups, I don't have any clue where to even get a Pickguard or any of that stuff.

I know where to get some 6 string pickguards and stuff like that but specifically 8 string pickguards let alone 8 string parts, I have no clue where to start.

 

[jeleopard]

So I plan on getting an RG8 and throwing in D Activators. Where can I get a pickguard to install that will cover up those ugly holes that the D Activators will leave?

Edit: Yea, what the guy above me said

 

[DespoticOrder]

^^^ I promise that question has been answered at least a million times on this very thread, lol. You have to make one yourself or find some one else to make it for you. You can't really buy em unless its custom made.

 

[Xykhron]

Hi!

I'll probably buy an RG8 (black?, white? ) tomorrow, and I'm wondering if any of you can tell me total lenght of the guitar (from bottom to headstock) in order to know if any of my gigbags are valid for this guitar.