http://shop.ibanez.com/p/2trx5bd002-...dle-unit-black has it
http://www.ibanezrules.com/parts.htm has it

many other net shops have it, why should it be on ebay exclusively ?

In this case I think that you would love trying to fix the existing saddle. I remember losing hours after hours , months after months in order to solve the problem with the sitar sounding Carvin I have. It killed *all* natural harmonics on G, a deal breaker. I replaced the Schaller nut with a Gotoh one I ordered from Japan... After some month(s) of waiting and anticipation, finally I was happy with the tone on open G... only to find out that now B, low E,A, and D sitared even more than the old Schaller G!! Instead of buying nuts to eternity, I fixed the problem my way, I cried for the lost 40 euros and took my lesson. Same with some floyd rose 2 and its stripped saddle threads... Instead of ordering a 200 euro new OFR or Schaller or Gotoh, I just v-coil'd the 3 stripped threads with just the cost of the v-coil kit. In most of cases the solution is a few simple steps away. Why do people (me among them) waste hours browsing for "upgrades", i don't know, maybe it is shopping therapy.

Same problem here until I sold my RG Premium a few years ago.

I believe it has to do with the locking nut, not the saddle.

Try removing the pads from the locking nut to see if it continues.

I tried removing the locking nut pads and it made no difference. So I capo'd it at the 12th fret, where the buzz is very prominent, and was then able to hunt down the culprit. Just like in rmelancon1432 case, it is the saddle causing it. With a free hand I was able to try dampening the springs, the pickup springs, etc... but as soon as I lightly pressed on the high E saddle it went away completely. Tightening the hardware on the high E bridge parts made no difference. Hmmm...

Edit - Loosened the string, checked out the saddle... it the only one with the paint worn off where the string goes over it. Polished that spot a little and restrung it, making sure the little block that holds the string was all the way down in the slot and the string was right in the middle. The noise is not near as bad now, but you can barely hear it. In the process I noticed that the string had fret marks up all down it, and when I pinched the string in my fingers ran them up and down it I could feel it was "bent" at the 12th fret. Maybe this was responsible for some of it? I think I got the guitar in Oct/Nov and put an XL 10-46 set on it, but I guess I need to put new strings on it again. Jeez, I used to get a lot more life out of strings when I didn't play as much! I remember my dad having a bent string that had him chasing a "buzz" several years ago.

Rich at IbanezRules should have the single saddles sometime next week so I'm going to replace the single saddle.

A little bit of this one (a tiny amount) covering the whole groove :


after carefully lightly sanding and cleaning the groove and then lightly filing with some thin round file (or e.g. a spare D string used as a file) should give you many years of decent tone.

use on spare scratch materials first as a test. (e.g. if you have any $20 chinese floyd laying around, etc...)

For fun and education, you should swap the high E saddle with one of the others to see if the ring follows it.

seems like great spirits meet here

Thanks for the idea... I don't want to wimp out on this or anything, but the high E string on mine is good to go now. I'm semi-adventurous... but I will hold off doing anything while it is playing well and there are no odd noises. I'm sure the crimped string probably had a lot to do with the noise too. If it comes back I will know what the next step is! I don't mind wrenching, but this RG3XXV is my main player at the moment... and I have been playing it a lot.

Hi All,

i hope this statement worth my research till this day.
awesome.

I was just lighting up my cuban with a $100 bill when I realized that I really like my S-series guitar even with the Edge Zero II bridge but I'd still prefer having the Edge Zero with the intonation tool on it.

Is it something that I should have a luthier to do for me or could I possibly have fun replacing it myself? Usually I like using my own hands to have fun.

Thanks for any help on this one!

With minimal guitar knowlidge and tuner you can do it by yourself.