Ibanez Edge Iii Question
WTN
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 18 2007, 02:52 PM
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Sorry WTN, the point I was going to make was not intended for you smile.gif. If the bridge is falling into the body I asume you took all the strings off at once ? If that is the case, only change them 1 at a time.

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Nov 19 2007, 08:38 AM
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QUOTE (Understudy @ Nov 18 2007, 07:52 AM) *
Sorry WTN, the point I was going to make was not intended for you smile.gif. If the bridge is falling into the body I asume you took all the strings off at once ? If that is the case, only change them 1 at a time.


No I would not do that. While trying to tune it over and over with even stagger tuning the strings keep going flat so the springs keep pulling and you can watch it move into the body.

QUOTE (MickeM @ Nov 18 2007, 10:43 AM) *
If it falls into the cavity:
Losen the two screws inside (the ones that are screwed into the wood of the guitar) just a quarter or a turn.
Tune up.

I think your main problem right now is that when you get it in tune the strings will stretch making the tension less and the bridge fall back. Because a new guitar comes with new strings and these always takes some time of playing before they stop stretching and settle for a length.
Some people stretch them by force, I play them, stretching them always makes the thin E string break for me.

So I suggest you lose the locking nut, play for a couple hours , adjusting the string tension mainly with the machine heads (read: tune). If the bridge goes off too far you turn the screws.


Heck, no wonder I cannot tune it - it's broken. One of the spring screws (the wood screws) has pulled out of the wood. Pretty small screws to hold back that much tension. This was the stock 3 spring setup. How can they expect these to hold 5 springs?

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Nov 19 2007, 09:49 AM
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QUOTE (WTN @ Nov 19 2007, 01:38 AM) *
No I would not do that. While trying to tune it over and over with even stagger tuning the strings keep going flat so the springs keep pulling and you can watch it move into the body.
Heck, no wonder I cannot tune it - it's broken. One of the spring screws (the wood screws) has pulled out of the wood. Pretty small screws to hold back that much tension. This was the stock 3 spring setup. How can they expect these to hold 5 springs?



Now, should I get a replacement or just get a refund?

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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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- - WTN   QUOTE (WTN @ Nov 16 2007, 09:40 PM) Just ...   Nov 17 2007, 11:53 AM
|- - WTN   QUOTE (WTN @ Nov 17 2007, 04:53 AM) OK - ...   Nov 18 2007, 07:59 AM
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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
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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
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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
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|- - MickeM   QUOTE (WTN @ Nov 18 2007, 02:13 PM) I agr...   Nov 18 2007, 05:43 PM
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- - Paul Coutts   stop complaining, and spend time with it, took me ...   Nov 21 2007, 08:02 AM
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