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The Tone Zone
Posted on Friday, October 08, 2004 - 11:04 am:   
ok, here's the deal. i had my guitar setup a few months ago and finally decided that the guy set the action too high so i lowered it and was going to do the intonation starting with the high E. wouldn't you know it the allan head stripped before i could even get it loose. in order to get that guy out i had to take the whole damn bridge (original edge) out and you guessed it DREMEL TOOL!.

i've had to order bolts and such from ibanez before and found that it takes about a month to get stuff from them. my question is 1) can i get them any faster and if not 2) is there somewhere i can get "bionic" bolts for this thing more comparable to the parts on the original floyd rose? the sizes and strengths of the parts on the original i've found to be of better quality or atleast more servicable. has anyone else had this problem, especially with the intonation bolts?

also, a few of the blocks that hold the strings in place were mashed and cracked but i figure after 12 yrs its probably about time to "rerig" it.

another question, does the order of the saddles on the bridge surface particularly matter? i just wondered about this because ive heard that on some other guitars such as peavy that it does. i can't really find any markings on the bottom that are distinguishable, less machining marks.

and finally, does anyone know where i can get an intonating tool for this thing other than the 60 dollar set of 3 from stewmac.com? i figure by the time i get this thing back together i'm just going to throw it out a window when i get around to intonating it.

anyway, sorry to ramble.

thanx,

mike

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