Someone should point one of the Ibanez admins to this thread.
I think Ibanez need to re-consider who supplies their pots because this is starting to sound like an all to regular problem.

What I mean is the tone and clarity aren't changed throughout the roll. With my Les Paul for instance, which has just some generic volume pot, the pot hardly does anything for the first half or so, then it starts to kill the punch and clarity as it gets to the end. I hardly turns the volume down.

With the Super pot the volume go down gradually as it should and the guitar keeps it's tone all the way down (well, for the most part).

My 2006 RGA121's volume pot just siezed up today as I was adjusting the volume.

I was looking for warranty info. Kind of sucks that there are no local repair facilities. A repair that should only take a couple of minutes (ok, a couple of days) will probably take a couple of weeks to complete.

It is almost ridiculous to even bother going to the guitar shop, having them box it up and ship it for a $12 part. I guess that is what Ibanez is counting on. If I don't go through the trouble of returning it for warranty repair, it costs me $50 (to have the repair done) and saves Ibanez probably $100+ (shipping two ways, an hour of tech time and the part!?)

Sorry, but I can't count the number of pots that I've fried trying to install them myself.

I guess I can look at it as an opportunity to upgrade, but it is frustrating nonetheless.

Man up and resolder it yourself. You will not "fry" the pot. Have faith in yourself.

Unfortunately, those guys don't give a crap about this pot issue, Anne. I have been shouting about it daily since April 26 and there still isn't a single reply from any Ibanez representative on that forum about it. I also talked about the weird fret problem and one mod said "Only you, Dee, only you", meaning only I would have a problem like this, then something was muttered about the RG 20th getting the same build quality as the Prestiges, and then he disappeared.

Here's the thread: http://www.ibanez.com/forum/forum_po...?TID=7457&PN=1

Hmmmm.......i've just read your thread, and sadly i think you are right about them not giving a crap. What the hell is wrong with Ibanez and their lack of customer relations of late. I mean really, if they don't consider a pot a warranty issue, they could at least have the common courtesy of replying to you. And, i don't mean with a sarcastic comment like above, about your frets.
Are these Ibanez guys so far up their own asses these days, it's beyond them too communicate with their customers.

Seriously, stuff like this from companies makes me see red.

I love Ibanez guitars, and it's really sad to see on their own forum, a total disinterest in their customers and any problems that arise.
I think i need to stay away from their forum for awhile, because the more you see/hear and read, the more you really start to dislike how they handle things. Plus, i'll probably end up with high blood pressure, otherwise.

GC. It's the internals that control the knobs functions, that are seizing up.
And you aren't a dork.