Ibanez Edge Iii Question |
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Ibanez Edge Iii Question |
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Nov 18 2007, 05:43 PM |
I agree with you totally. I have been thinking about these points today. I sure did not know the floating trem system was this hard to tune/setup. But, I hate music stores also, so I decided to buy online. I have not given up yet, although I am close. I think the shim method is the trick. It's rather frustrating to say the least. I have had this RG for 4 days now and have yet to plug it in because it will not tune up correctly. And yes I feel like an idiot for not being able to figure this out. But I think I am close. Getting the bridge parallel and then tuning it up is not easy - the bridge wants to sink back into the body while one try's to tune the blasted thing - it's like a catch22 that repeats itself over and over. Go ahead. You will not offend me. Make your point. 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. -------------------- My bands homepage
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