edit: sorry Im a new member and I'll admit I wasnt paying close attention, I didnt realize there was a prestige forum, and posted here, sorry for the mixup, I'm tired and its 5:50 AM, bad excuse, but the truth nontheless
I was surprised some people still had them in stock online. I placed an order for one -- from a big online retailer... I would've much rather gotten one from ibanezrules.com, as I've heard great things about Rich, and I'm sure it wouldve been well taken care of there. but sadly I already had clicked the checkout button before I checked to see if ibanezrules had any in stock, and I wrongly assumed there were none.
but considering it's coming from a big online retailer and not a private shop, almost a year after production (I'm assuming they dont do any work on it at all, and its been left in a crate somewhere), what kind of work should I be expecting to make it a real player?
I mean theres obviously stuff like truss rod adjustments and setting the action/intonation, and setting up the spring tension for the edge bridge (I can easily do all that)
Im not sure what to expect out of it, as it's going to be the first ibanez guitar I own. How is the fretwork on the prestige/reissue guitars from the factory? I've heard the edges arent rounded, but I'm not concerned with that, I'm more worried about the leveling/dressing. If the edges bother me I can smooth those down myself, but if it's gonna need a complete level/dressing out of the box, I'll have to send it to get plek'd.
anyway, cheers to my first ibanez. I've played a bunch of them in stores and they really felt right to me. Hopefully this will live up to my expectations of it
edit: didnt know other sites names were blocked sorry for the mistake, I wasnt endorsing them (quite the opposite actually)
I was surprised some people still had them in stock online. I placed an order for one -- from a big online retailer... I would've much rather gotten one from ibanezrules.com, as I've heard great things about Rich, and I'm sure it wouldve been well taken care of there. but sadly I already had clicked the checkout button before I checked to see if ibanezrules had any in stock, and I wrongly assumed there were none.
but considering it's coming from a big online retailer and not a private shop, almost a year after production (I'm assuming they dont do any work on it at all, and its been left in a crate somewhere), what kind of work should I be expecting to make it a real player?
I mean theres obviously stuff like truss rod adjustments and setting the action/intonation, and setting up the spring tension for the edge bridge (I can easily do all that)
Im not sure what to expect out of it, as it's going to be the first ibanez guitar I own. How is the fretwork on the prestige/reissue guitars from the factory? I've heard the edges arent rounded, but I'm not concerned with that, I'm more worried about the leveling/dressing. If the edges bother me I can smooth those down myself, but if it's gonna need a complete level/dressing out of the box, I'll have to send it to get plek'd.
anyway, cheers to my first ibanez. I've played a bunch of them in stores and they really felt right to me. Hopefully this will live up to my expectations of it
edit: didnt know other sites names were blocked sorry for the mistake, I wasnt endorsing them (quite the opposite actually)