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    I forgot to ask you...any ideas why the humbucker is black instead of chrome? I am guessing that a chrome pickup may eventually fade do to playing...

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    Hello!

    I saw in an old post that you see JEM necks and was wondering if you had any JEM7V necks?

    Thanks!

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    Hi Rich Sten from Norway here. I have a opportunity to trade one of my PMC's for a JEM GMC. Sadly the Jem logo is wiped/polished of during a dent repair (very stupid). I know it is very difficult to try to fix a new logo. But i have a 777VBK neck i could swop. Do you know if every GMC has a stamp GMC or could they have a neck with VBK stamp that's all orginal and legit from the factory.

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    Hey, I have an Ibanez RG1570Z, which the Edge Zero trem. It's been around two years with this guitar, and up until recently, it played like a dream. I prefer Standard-low action, .09-.42 string guage. Whenever I had to restring, I gave it to someone from a music store nearby (the only one in town) to do so. And if ever the action seemed to get bad and way too high, he fixed it for me by tightening the action studs at the bridge. Little did I know he was doing it wrong.

    After playing for a couple of days, the action went way too low with a lot of string buzz and choking. SO I went over to the store once again and he told me it would have something to do with the truss rod. So he adjusted my neck, but the action got way too high and uncomfortable for me. So he worked with the action studs again and set it up for me.

    When I came home and read about it, it turns out you have to use a smaller allen wrench and first loosen the stud locks inside the bolts prior to setting up your action. Well I guess the guitar tech from the store didn't do that and now when I tried it myself I can't do it. It's like the stud locks are stuck. The guitar is playing alright but it gets out of tune really fast now. And the action could still be lowered down (which would my more comfortable to me) but now I just don't know what to do. It turns out the guy doesn't know anything about edge trems.

    It seems like he's broken the set screws (the smaller studs inside the bridge studs)

    Near the lower end of the bridge (near the high E,B,G strings), the allen wrench seems to get stuck every time I check for the set screws/locking studs. On the other end, it seems to be pretty loose and I can't tighten it. From what I've read on the net, it seems like when they're tightened and the stud is locked, you can't change the action. But I somehow am able to change the action in the current situation. Could this be because they aren't locked?

    Is my guitar going to be alright?

    If it's not, what should I do in order to get the inner stud locks back to how they should be and to loosen the trem so that it can be used? And also, there's still some chokes that I'm experiencing on the 17th/18th frets, whenever I bend. Help me out please?

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    Did you buy the Guitar Center evo- thought many times about scoring it , was waiting for it to drop in price. Its gone now - you beat me to it! Ha

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    Hi mate,

    What would be a fair asking price for DNA #205? It's in mint condition. I paid just over £3000GBP but I'm lead to believe it's worth a bit more than that.

    An input would be appreciated.

    Thanks

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    Sorry everybody, I forgot this even exists, I don't get any notices to any messages, so, it doesn't exist. If you ever need me, just EMAIL ;)
    rich@ibanezrules.com

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    Hey Rich -

    I'm looking at an SK and posted pics to the thread 'potential sk for my collection"

    was hoping you could drop by and take a peek and chime in....it's in the jem section

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    hey man! ive seen a lot of your posts and visited your site.
    YOUR WORK IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZINGLY SUPER XXX SUPER!
    i wondered if you could help me choose the guitar im goin to buy!

    i have about 1000$ and im looking for a prestige. i play metal only thru an engl screamer combo or UX2 toneport.
    could u help me choose a prestige?i shred but i play rythm too..i play 3 years and want to go further with my skills!
    i wqas thinking about rg1550m or rg1570...i wish u can help!thanks a lot

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    hi i just saw your post on the ZR V1.1 Arm Holder System Redesign, can u send one package over to singapore? i will pay for the shipping costs

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    Hey Rich i wander if you can help me please! When setting the relief on my guitar, i understand that i measure from the 9th fret whilst pressing the 1st and 24th. My question is, where on the 9th fret am i measuring my low e against? As the fret is curved so looking at it from the side, the low e has further to travel down toward the fret than say the G string. If this makes any sense? Thankyou if you can help me!
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