My Green Project !!! DNA + GMC ????

[Jaden]

Originally Posted by DaniJem

i cant do anything now...

i had a knee operation. broken knee ligament plying football.

and i can not walk and stand up.

(sorry for my english)

Damn... that sounds (and looks) painful !!!
football eh ???? thats why I stuck with rugby

Originally Posted by marianozz

Dude, looking at the pics again id say go for a NOS dna guard...

And dimarzio pink and blue knobs maybe to match the vine

NOS ??? whats that ? - do you mean clear ? I didnt intend to put a pickguard on it

and you CANT be serious with the knobs man !!!! ----- I cant even visualise that !!!

[Lefty Robb]

NOS= New Old Stock , and I don't think it would work anyways since it has no middle pickup.

It looks like your going to need pickup rings too.

[marianozz]

Damn, youre right about the mid pup...

[andy7jem]

I think the pups look good,like a centre point for the swirl to go round
Sometimes overkill can be too much!! Looks cool to me

[Eggy]

I don't think the outline of the middle pickup sticks out that much, nothing to realy be too concerned about.
I think it's gonna turn out beautifuly.

Ben

[screamndemon69]

sweet! GAS attack for my custom RG paint scheme to go for the GMC swirl look...hmmm?

[Jaden]

Finally, got the trem in, fitted the pups with cosmo rings... polished the frets.
put some strings on it, balanced the trem, sorted the intonation, soldered an earth wire to the trem then plugged it in....
awesome, everything worked first time.....






the jury is still out on the breed pups but they do sound good.... just not sure if I like all the coil splitting and parallel wiring ive done...

after saying all that, ive not really done a full setup on this thing, I just bolted the neck on with a "guesstimate" shim then installed the trem at the lowest point that I could - im sure I could get it lower!!!
then played it !!
AWESOME !!!!
its easily already the best playing guitar I own and after playing that DNA neck I dont know if I can resist buying a JEM !!!!
really love the scalloped frets, im gonna do it to my RG450 now....

all in all, Im not disappointed, just got to get some control knobs and cavity/truss covers

[fettouhi]

Sweet!!!

Regards

André

[ibanezcollector]

very nice


good luck with the surgery recovery. I myself will go back in for more back surgery on the 26th..

[LonePhantom]

Nice work on the guitar, very tasty. And good luck with your recovery

[Jaden]

very nearly finished, I have to get some countersunk screws for the 5 way switch and cavity covers...
also, im not very impressed with the dimarzio bell knobs..
I fitted them and then decided that they were not right so went to pull off the volume knob...
instead of pulling the knob off I managed to pull the entire shaft out of the volume pot+DPDT switch... not impresssed..
it still works and if I need to I will replace both pots inorder to replace the knobs with cosmo metal ones....



it does play really nicely though... although it buzzes more that my other ibanez RG's with a very similar setup...
ill get round to sorting it.. !

[screamndemon69]

maybe the buzz could be fixed with a shim or two under the lock nut. i have been adding shims to my Jems and RGs and it has been working wonders for lowering the overall action on the guitars without buzzes.
BTW - the tab (piece on top of package used to hang on hook for display at stores) on the Daddario string packs is a good shape and size for a shim unless you need something thinner. with a little trim here and there it works great on most of mine.
Nice job on the swirl! i'm very jealous of the DNA neck - very sweet! have you considered a clear pickguard?

[Jaden]

Originally Posted by screamndemon69

maybe the buzz could be fixed with a shim or two under the lock nut. i have been adding shims to my Jems and RGs and it has been working wonders for lowering the overall action on the guitars without buzzes.
BTW - the tab (piece on top of package used to hang on hook for display at stores) on the Daddario string packs is a good shape and size for a shim unless you need something thinner. with a little trim here and there it works great on most of mine.
Nice job on the swirl! i'm very jealous of the DNA neck - very sweet! have you considered a clear pickguard?

Yea, Ill give that a go, I have some 0.1mm shims for the nut that ill try..

and yes, im STILL considering a clear pickguard but only for practical; reasons.... not asthetic !

[marianozz]

Having drilled for the mounting rings, id say you killed any possiblity of a clear pickguard...

[mi2tom]

Originally Posted by whatisshredding

Looking great!