1978 2630 Artist

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Author Message   Revlimitbounce Username: Revlimitbounce Registered: 8-2006 Posted on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 5:31 pm:    Hi there: My 2630 Artist; never got around to photographing it until now.... [IMG]http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s268/revli mitbounce/IBcoll1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s268/revli mitbounce/IBcoll2.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s268/revli mitbounce/IBcoll4.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s268/revli mitbounce/IBcoll3.jpg[/IMG] It needs some coil tap switch work (cuts in/out). Also has some funk on the pickups from the old pickguard. Should I address this, or with the pickguard removed, has the funk finished? Thanks!   Revlimitbounce Username: Revlimitbounce Registered: 8-2006 Posted on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 5:37 pm:    Hmmm, sorry try these: http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s268/revlimitbo unce/IBcoll1.jpg http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s268/revlimitbo unce/IBcoll2.jpg http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s268/revlimitbo unce/IBcoll3.jpg http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s268/revlimitbo unce/IBcoll4.jpg   Benito1300 Username: Benito1300 Registered: 9-2005 Posted on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 5:56 pm:    The second batch indeed works, and she's a beaut! Have you had this thing for long?   Revlimitbounce Username: Revlimitbounce Registered: 8-2006 Posted on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 11:06 pm:    Second batch - I tried to figure our a way to edit my first post and replace links, but to no avail. No, I just picked it up. I haven't even had a chance to go through intonating it. The neck pickup also vibrates sympathetically at certain fundamental frequencies, so it needs a slight servicing....   Jazzzbo Username: Jazzzbo Registered: 9-2005 Posted on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 11:35 pm:    LOOKS similar to my 1978 2630. although my pups and hardware was really tarnished up, so i cleaned em up and did the polish , looks funky but im not stressing over it, jazzz   Petruz Username: Petruz Registered: 5-2004 Posted on Thursday, April 19, 2007 - 3:09 am:    that cloud tailpiece seems a little warped or is it normallly curved this way?   Johns Username: Johns Registered: 2-2001 Posted on Thursday, April 19, 2007 - 8:10 am:    Unfortunately, the metal fatigue you see on the tailpiece is fairly commonplace. It's not a big deal, just cosmetic. The bigger problem is when the bridge fatigues. In that case, it flattens out and looses the radius needed to match the fretboard. I've seen and heard of the thinner bridges (ST and Gibraltar II) having this problem, not so common with these heavy and wider, Gibraltar I bridges.   Guitartim Username: Guitartim Registered: 4-2001 Posted on Thursday, April 19, 2007 - 10:10 am:    Very nice, Rev. Always nice to see more 2630 love here. Speaking of the bridge issues, here's a shot of a mod (reversable) to my '78 2630 that worked out much better than I thought it would.   Petruz Username: Petruz Registered: 5-2004 Posted on Thursday, April 19, 2007 - 10:54 am:    guitartim, nice mod. is there any artist model with this combination (gibraltar/cloud)? maybe the recent artists. once i had an AM205 with a collapsed bridge (gibraltar II). with the advice of johns i was able to repair (bend it upwards) quickly at home.   Petruz Username: Petruz Registered: 5-2004 Posted on Thursday, April 19, 2007 - 12:12 pm:    guitartim, nice mod. is there any artist model with this combination (gibraltar/cloud)? maybe the recent artists. once i had an AM205 with a collapsed bridge (gibraltar II). with the advice of johns i was able to repair (bend it upwards) quickly at home.   Guitartim Username: Guitartim Registered: 4-2001 Posted on Thursday, April 19, 2007 - 1:47 pm:    Petruz~ Yes, the newer 'reissue' AR3000 has the Gibralter/Cloud feature.   Guitartim Username: Guitartim Registered: 4-2001 Posted on Thursday, April 19, 2007 - 1:49 pm:      Revlimitbounce Username: Revlimitbounce Registered: 8-2006 Posted on Thursday, April 19, 2007 - 1:52 pm:    Jazzbo: Thanks. What'd ya clean up the funk with? Petruz: Not warped, AFAICT. Guitartim: What's the mod?   Guitartim Username: Guitartim Registered: 4-2001 Posted on Thursday, April 19, 2007 - 7:35 pm:    Rev~ The original 2630 Gibralter I bridge was replaced with a new Gibralter II bridge. This setup is also used on the AR3000 reissue and works wonderfully on both guitars. Someone asked about other guitars with the cloud tailpiece/Gilbralter II bridge. (sorry, my pics didn't load, so here's the '04 NAMM lowdown to show the bridge/pup setup) http://namm.harmony-central.com/WNAMM04/Content/Ib anez/PR/AR200-AR300-AR3000.html Also, the Super 80 pups were switched out to Super 58's.   Jazzzbo Username: Jazzzbo Registered: 9-2005 Posted on Thursday, April 19, 2007 - 8:55 pm:    yo. i think i used to Brite Boy polish, you can get similar at boat supply , hard ware stores, looks kinda cool and vintagey now, good luck- j   Revlimitbounce Username: Revlimitbounce Registered: 8-2006 Posted on Friday, April 20, 2007 - 10:09 am:    Brite Boy - great. I'll check it out, thanks.   Cdarwincole Username: Cdarwincole Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - 9:47 am:    Hey, Tim, what bridge is that on that 2630 pictured above? Who carries them? Thanks! Chris   Guitartim Username: Guitartim Registered: 4-2001 Posted on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - 10:08 am:    Cdarwincole~ That's an Ibanez Gibralter II. I had that installed back in 2000 by luthier, John Jordan, back when he did repairs and mods. Now he only builds his own custom stuff. Man, he really did a great job setting up my 2630! http://www.jordanmusic.com/   Jazzzbo Username: Jazzzbo Registered: 9-2005 Posted on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 12:45 am:    i also used NEVER DULL, a polishing type of pad, j   Revlimitbounce Username: Revlimitbounce Registered: 8-2006 Posted on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 10:57 pm:    Just an update. I haven't Brite Boyed the pickups yet, but I've been playing it a lot and enjoying it quite a bit. I worked out a guitar arrangement of "Three Views of a Secret" by Jaco on this thing, plus laid down a bunch of ideas on my loop station so I can develop the ideas into fuller ones when I set to record 'em. Loaded it up with 11s (from 10s) and it doesn't seem to need any corrective set-up, but the tri-sound switch is bothersome (cuts in and out). Regards,

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