ridealot100
Well-Known Member
So I started with a beaten 1990 rg570 that I picked up for a small bit of cash off of a guitar tech that I work next door to. He knows I'm an MIJ Ibanez fiend so he came over with it and knew it would end up in my possession.
The hardware was in ok shape, and the body was beaten. However, the bridge and the neck were in excellent shape. It's a perfectly quarter sawn RG550 neck, so I got a little giddy.
I took it all apart and started in on restoring it. I refinished it with a tung oil finish and made the headstock match.
I also picked up some pearloid tuner buttons and filed them slightly to make them fit snug. This made it all pop. After that I copper plated the electronics cavity and soldered everything up. I also modded the bridge very slightly to accept a schaller trem arm because I've always liked them a little more than the stock Ibby setup.
I chose a D-activator-X bridge and a D-activator neck.
I satinized the neck and walla. Here are a few photos of where it's at now. I will elaborate more in a 2nd post.
The hardware was in ok shape, and the body was beaten. However, the bridge and the neck were in excellent shape. It's a perfectly quarter sawn RG550 neck, so I got a little giddy.
I took it all apart and started in on restoring it. I refinished it with a tung oil finish and made the headstock match.
I also picked up some pearloid tuner buttons and filed them slightly to make them fit snug. This made it all pop. After that I copper plated the electronics cavity and soldered everything up. I also modded the bridge very slightly to accept a schaller trem arm because I've always liked them a little more than the stock Ibby setup.
I chose a D-activator-X bridge and a D-activator neck.
I satinized the neck and walla. Here are a few photos of where it's at now. I will elaborate more in a 2nd post.
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