A couple of months back I posted about cracking the neck for the second time on my old faithful Ibanez RG470. I gave it to my Dad to try and repair, and he didn’t think there was much hope of saving it as quite a bit of wood had come …
One of the things that can be frustrating with guitar maintenance is the output jack. When trying to tighten a loose nut it is so easy to spin the jack around, risking damage to the wires connected to your jack. And if they are broken, re-soldering them, and then trying …
Today I received in the mail a handy new tool for working on guitars. The Jacktight is designed to stabilize and hold the jack in place while tightening the retaining nut, avoiding the chance of damaging the wiring connected to the jack. It was invented by San Jose guitarist and …
My Ibanez RG470 is my old faithful, it’s the first guitar I ever bought myself, and my first decent guitar. I’ve had it since 1995, when I bought it brand new for around $800AUD. I’ve since upgraded it with an original Edge tremolo bridge and EMG pickups. It’s been through …