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To make a long story short, I had the same issue everyone else has been having with the RGA8, the bridge anchor ripping out of the wood when adjusting the bridge. It wasn't just the tension, as I'm sure I bottomed out the allan screw, and it being pretty soft wood, it popped out, taking a chunk of wood with it. Of course at this point, I had already replaced the pickups with EMG 808s, replaced the mid scoop switch with a tone knob, and filed down the nut for higher gauge strings. At this point, my warranty is long gone.
Luckily, I have a good luthier who routed out a large chunk of the wood under the bridge, placed a piece of rock hard rosewood in there, glued it in, screwed it in, then mounted the anchor into the rosewood. This was great.
So, yesterday I put some new strings on and was lowering the action a bit, when I heard a "KACHUNK" and the anchor pulled out again. But wait, the wood didn't split! What?
Well, it seems the POS "threads" the "wood thread insert" anchor had busted off, while inside the rosewood. So, the fix seems easy enough, find a new anchor. I went to home depot, and they unfortunately had a very small selection of "hardwood thread inserts", and none of them would have worked.
It seems that Ibanez has since fixed the problem, as the anchor that comes with the purchase of a new RGA8 bridge looks beefy, and has thread running down the entire length of it, not like the whopping 3 wraps of thread the default insert has. I might call Ibanez and see if I can buy just the anchor, but I have a feeling I can't.
So, does anyone know anywhere online I can find a replacement anchor so I can get my guitar back into action? I need to finish my solo album! Any suggestions would be appreciated!
Edit : I can't seem to find a phone number for Ibanez, and I can't order the part online. Any suggestions for a replacement found elsewhere would be awesome! Some proper dimensions of the screw would be nice as well, since I don't have access to a decent ruler right now!
The part I need replacing is the piece in the upper right. The bolt is there as a size reference.
Luckily, I have a good luthier who routed out a large chunk of the wood under the bridge, placed a piece of rock hard rosewood in there, glued it in, screwed it in, then mounted the anchor into the rosewood. This was great.
So, yesterday I put some new strings on and was lowering the action a bit, when I heard a "KACHUNK" and the anchor pulled out again. But wait, the wood didn't split! What?
Well, it seems the POS "threads" the "wood thread insert" anchor had busted off, while inside the rosewood. So, the fix seems easy enough, find a new anchor. I went to home depot, and they unfortunately had a very small selection of "hardwood thread inserts", and none of them would have worked.
It seems that Ibanez has since fixed the problem, as the anchor that comes with the purchase of a new RGA8 bridge looks beefy, and has thread running down the entire length of it, not like the whopping 3 wraps of thread the default insert has. I might call Ibanez and see if I can buy just the anchor, but I have a feeling I can't.
So, does anyone know anywhere online I can find a replacement anchor so I can get my guitar back into action? I need to finish my solo album! Any suggestions would be appreciated!
Edit : I can't seem to find a phone number for Ibanez, and I can't order the part online. Any suggestions for a replacement found elsewhere would be awesome! Some proper dimensions of the screw would be nice as well, since I don't have access to a decent ruler right now!
The part I need replacing is the piece in the upper right. The bolt is there as a size reference.