Jack's Instrument Services:
You'd never know.... unless you read all my last posts. Completed Ibanez RGA-8 upgraded with Bareknuckle Pickups! - Jack's Instrument Services
Jack's Instrument Services:
Bit of paint to cover over the patch and pretend nothing happened..... - Jack's Instrument Services
Jack's Instrument Services:
Threaded insert is um inserted again - Jack's Instrument Services
Jack's Instrument Services:
You can see that the original cut into the body wasn't level. When my flat sanding block went to work it removed the uneven patches from the bridge rout. Here the bare basewood and new oak plug have been sealed ready for painting. - Jack's Instrument
Jack's Instrument Services:
After drying, it's time to flatten the ok plug so it's flush to the body - Jack's Instrument Services
Jack's Instrument Services:
The oak bridge repair plug is glued in - Jack's Instrument Services
Jack's Instrument Services:
Righty, onwards and upwards. I'm going to instal this handy looking hardwood plug to stop this happening again - Jack's Instrument Services
Jack's Instrument Services:
And it was going so well.... Disaster! the bridge just couldn't handle the tension of the 8 strings - Jack's Instrument Services
Jack's Instrument Services:
Nicely designed fixed Ibanez bridge. It really weighs a tonne - Jack's Instrument Services
Jack's Instrument Services:
As you'd expect, the guitar is considerably lighter without the kilograms of pickups and bridge installed... - Jack's Instrument Services
Jack's Instrument Services:
No contest - Jack's Instrument Services
Jack's Instrument Services:
Bareknuckle pickups upgrade in a Ibanez RGA-8 this is going to be one hell of a machine when it's done... - Jack's Instrument Services
Jack's Instrument Services:
Just look at the size of the fingerboard........ - Jack's Instrument Services
Jack's Instrument Services:
Got strings? Ibanez RGA-8 **8 STRING** guitar in for a pickup upgrade - Jack's Instrument Services
Jack's Instrument Services:
I've gotten used the 8 string guitar's headstock layout. I think it looks pretty cool.. What about you?
Jack's Instrument Services:
Certainly not short of strings or frets there are we? - Jack's Instrument Services
Jack's Instrument Services:
I can't help but think about the amount of fret wire needed to refret a 24 fret 8 string neck - Jack's Instrument Services
Jack's Instrument Services:
Glorious scatterwound 8 string Bareknuckle humbuckers installed at Jack's Instrument Services
Jack's Instrument Services:
It is a bit silly hey.... 8 strings tuned: F♯ B E A D G B E . I had to enlarge the F♯ tuner hole to fit the huge bass string that Tom gave me to string it with. Jack's Instrument Services