Ibanez Edge Iii Question
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Nov 17 2007, 04:40 AM
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Just bought an Ibanex RG370DX. I know the manual (page 20) says to adjust the spring tension to keep the tremolo assembly in parallel with the guitar body, but what part of the tremolo assembly am I supposed to use to line it up. There is an obvious one using the bottom base plate, but I have read where that is wrong.
The manual shows (poorly) that the line is drawn right to the left of the fine tuners. And yes there is a very small area there that I could use as a base for a parallel line to align with the guitar body - is this it? The picture shows the line cutting through a "hump" which is what is confusing me. There is no hump on my RG370.

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Nov 17 2007, 11:53 AM
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QUOTE (WTN @ Nov 16 2007, 09:40 PM) *
Just bought an Ibanex RG370DX. I know the manual (page 20) says to adjust the spring tension to keep the tremolo assembly in parallel with the guitar body, but what part of the tremolo assembly am I supposed to use to line it up. There is an obvious one using the bottom base plate, but I have read where that is wrong.
The manual shows (poorly) that the line is drawn right to the left of the fine tuners. And yes there is a very small area there that I could use as a base for a parallel line to align with the guitar body - is this it? The picture shows the line cutting through a "hump" which is what is confusing me. There is no hump on my RG370.



OK - I think I've got it after many hours of frustration. At the top of this forum "GEAR" Andrew has a link to a video (you tube) titled Restringing and Adjusting a Floyd Rose bridge. I never looked at part 2, but at 05:45 into that video, that's an edge III bridge and the instructor goes on to explain where it should be parallel wise and even says that some bridges should be parallel on the bottom like Pavel's example.

I can actually play this thing now - it's in tune - I will let it sit overnight and really wack it tomorrow.

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Nov 18 2007, 07:59 AM
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QUOTE (WTN @ Nov 17 2007, 04:53 AM) *
OK - I think I've got it after many hours of frustration. At the top of this forum "GEAR" Andrew has a link to a video (you tube) titled Restringing and Adjusting a Floyd Rose bridge. I never looked at part 2, but at 05:45 into that video, that's an edge III bridge and the instructor goes on to explain where it should be parallel wise and even says that some bridges should be parallel on the bottom like Pavel's example.

I can actually play this thing now - it's in tune - I will let it sit overnight and really wack it tomorrow.


Then I let it sit overnight - this is a joke right? - how could anybody play this guitar - one cannot get it in tune - and I am not talking about working the wammy bar. It will not tune up - and yes I have read all the instructions on tuning a floyd rose system. Probably will send it back.

I have not even plugged this POS in yet. I cannot get it in tune - NO WAY. I know this should work, but I am not pleased. I had it working for a brief period, but the action sucked. I thought todays method of making Guitars had changed for the better, but I see that is wrong. My 1961 Les Paul (46 years) will kill this action on the Ibanez - I will look for other brands - or probably keep the Paul.

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- WTN   Ibanez Edge Iii Question   Nov 17 2007, 04:40 AM
- - Pavel   It should look like this:   Nov 17 2007, 06:55 AM
|- - WTN   QUOTE (Pavel @ Nov 16 2007, 11:55 PM) It ...   Nov 17 2007, 08:33 AM
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- - Muris   I believe you should make a line with body horizon...   Nov 17 2007, 06:59 AM
- - The Uncreator   The bridge should be paralled with the body. just ...   Nov 17 2007, 08:36 AM
- - WTN   QUOTE (WTN @ Nov 16 2007, 09:40 PM) Just ...   Nov 17 2007, 09:08 AM
|- - botoxfox   QUOTE (WTN @ Nov 17 2007, 01:08 AM) Here....   Nov 17 2007, 03:29 PM
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- - peterorg54   omg i was thinking about buying this guitar for m...   Nov 17 2007, 12:20 PM
|- - WTN   QUOTE (peterorg54 @ Nov 17 2007, 05:20 AM...   Nov 18 2007, 08:24 AM
|- - Twibeard   QUOTE (peterorg54 @ Nov 17 2007, 12:20 PM...   Nov 18 2007, 06:42 PM
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- - The Uncreator   Read my review on my RG350MDX, exact same guitar, ...   Nov 17 2007, 01:21 PM
- - kevin-riff-after-riff   right, what you want is to screw the screws in as ...   Nov 18 2007, 04:23 AM
- - Owen   To be fair, you expected a relatively cheap Ibanez...   Nov 18 2007, 09:00 AM
|- - WTN   QUOTE (Owen @ Nov 18 2007, 02:00 AM) To b...   Nov 18 2007, 09:16 AM
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- - Owen   Tis unfortunate, you might just have been unlucky ...   Nov 18 2007, 09:28 AM
|- - WTN   QUOTE (Owen @ Nov 18 2007, 02:28 AM) Tis ...   Nov 18 2007, 10:19 AM
|- - WTN   QUOTE (WTN @ Nov 18 2007, 03:19 AM) No do...   Nov 18 2007, 10:31 AM
|- - WTN   QUOTE (WTN @ Nov 18 2007, 03:31 AM) But I...   Nov 18 2007, 12:19 PM
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- - RobM   QUOTE (WTN @ Nov 16 2007, 10:40 PM) Just ...   Nov 18 2007, 01:14 PM
|- - WTN   QUOTE (RobM @ Nov 18 2007, 06:14 AM) Sorr...   Nov 18 2007, 02:13 PM
|- - MickeM   QUOTE (WTN @ Nov 18 2007, 02:13 PM) I agr...   Nov 18 2007, 05:43 PM
|- - RobM   QUOTE (WTN @ Nov 18 2007, 08:13 AM) I agr...   Nov 19 2007, 02:32 AM
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- - Understudy   I had a point to make here, but I will keep my mou...   Nov 18 2007, 01:55 PM
- - Understudy   Sorry WTN, the point I was going to make was not i...   Nov 18 2007, 02:52 PM
|- - WTN   QUOTE (Understudy @ Nov 18 2007, 07:52 AM...   Nov 19 2007, 08:38 AM
|- - WTN   QUOTE (WTN @ Nov 19 2007, 01:38 AM) No I ...   Nov 19 2007, 09:49 AM
||- - RobM   QUOTE (WTN @ Nov 19 2007, 03:49 AM) Now, ...   Nov 19 2007, 01:24 PM
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|- - MickeM   QUOTE (WTN @ Nov 19 2007, 08:38 AM) No I ...   Nov 19 2007, 08:22 AM
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- - Paul Coutts   stop complaining, and spend time with it, took me ...   Nov 21 2007, 08:02 AM
|- - WTN   QUOTE (Paul Coutts @ Nov 21 2007, 01:02 A...   Nov 21 2007, 04:20 PM
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- - Paul Coutts   sweet, let me know how that turns out. I don't...   Nov 25 2007, 09:13 AM
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