Your next guitar?

[hibidy]

Oh noes, that's not good. This very expensive ibby that will be here tomorrow is string through body.

Nervous as hell.......never ordered a guitar online....have always played them first. Very nervous.........

[Hink]

Will not be a string thro' body..........

I set about restringing my otherwise excellent Acepro AE625 PRS-alike last night and wished I'd never started as it took about 45 minutes to do. To be fair, as annoying as that was, not all of the time was spent trying to get the strings thro' the body (tho' each took at least half a dozen attempts ) but also because I'd previously restrung it in the same way my guitar tech prefers and getting the strings free from the pegs was a pita, with not a few puncture wounds to my finger tips in the process.

if you couldn't get the strings through the body something is very wrong and it's probably the bridge being out of place. I can see having trouble with perhaps the two smallest strings but after that the rest should slide in with ease...I have never had an issue.

Get yourself some magnifying googles, I have these (they come with three different lenses)



and also make sure you have a small pair of good diagonal cutters because getting the strings of the machine heads should have been a snap. That visor is one of the best things I bought in the last few years, seriously makes a huge difference working on guitars but I also use them for a lot of other things.

[tapper mike]

Is it a spring loaded saddle? Push the saddle back and up(preferably) before threading the string thru the hole.

[robogone]

Will not be a string thro' body..........

I set about restringing my otherwise excellent Acepro AE625 PRS-alike last night and wished I'd never started as it took about 45 minutes to do. To be fair, as annoying as that was, not all of the time was spent trying to get the strings thro' the body (tho' each took at least half a dozen attempts ) but also because I'd previously restrung it in the same way my guitar tech prefers and getting the strings free from the pegs was a pita, with not a few puncture wounds to my finger tips in the process.

if you couldn't get the strings through the body something is very wrong and it's probably the bridge being out of place. I can see having trouble with perhaps the two smallest strings but after that the rest should slide in with ease...I have never had an issue.

I'd be surprised too. I have a telecaster which is a complete pain to restring because of the route the strings need to take. It used to be much harder to do, but it's just a case of getting a technique perfected. For me that means putting a slight bend in the end of the string before I thread it through the bridge, and holding the string with two hands to maintain a consistent angle.

It used to be a PITA at first, but now it's really easy.

[Ian B]

Will not be a string thro' body..........

I set about restringing my otherwise excellent Acepro AE625 PRS-alike last night and wished I'd never started as it took about 45 minutes to do. To be fair, as annoying as that was, not all of the time was spent trying to get the strings thro' the body (tho' each took at least half a dozen attempts ) but also because I'd previously restrung it in the same way my guitar tech prefers and getting the strings free from the pegs was a pita, with not a few puncture wounds to my finger tips in the process.

if you couldn't get the strings through the body something is very wrong and it's probably the bridge being out of place. I can see having trouble with perhaps the two smallest strings but after that the rest should slide in with ease...I have never had an issue.

Get yourself some magnifying googles, I have these (they come with three different lenses)



and also make sure you have a small pair of good diagonal cutters because getting the strings of the machine heads should have been a snap. That visor is one of the best things I bought in the last few years, seriously makes a huge difference working on guitars but I also use them for a lot of other things.

The bridge is fine Hink and holding the guitar up to a light shows there's nothing blocking the strings passage, but I uspect the problem lies in there only being metal rings on the outside of the guitar, the actual passageway being wood resulting in the strings sometimes catching on the body itself, or under the topside ring. I could have made things easier after having problems with the bottom E, by snipping off the unwound part of the A, D and G, but I didn't think of that till just now

Is it a spring loaded saddle? Push the saddle back and up(preferably) before threading the string thru the hole.

No springs involved on this bridge.

To be fair this is the first struggle I've ever had with restring this guitar and maybe my going down to 10's from 11's and my being out of practice as this was the first new set it's seen for quite some time, didn't help.

[Hink]

Will not be a string thro' body..........

I set about restringing my otherwise excellent Acepro AE625 PRS-alike last night and wished I'd never started as it took about 45 minutes to do. To be fair, as annoying as that was, not all of the time was spent trying to get the strings thro' the body (tho' each took at least half a dozen attempts ) but also because I'd previously restrung it in the same way my guitar tech prefers and getting the strings free from the pegs was a pita, with not a few puncture wounds to my finger tips in the process.

if you couldn't get the strings through the body something is very wrong and it's probably the bridge being out of place. I can see having trouble with perhaps the two smallest strings but after that the rest should slide in with ease...I have never had an issue.

Get yourself some magnifying googles, I have these (they come with three different lenses)



and also make sure you have a small pair of good diagonal cutters because getting the strings of the machine heads should have been a snap. That visor is one of the best things I bought in the last few years, seriously makes a huge difference working on guitars but I also use them for a lot of other things.

The bridge is fine Hink and holding the guitar up to a light shows there's nothing blocking the strings passage, but I uspect the problem lies in there only being metal rings on the outside of the guitar, the actual passageway being wood resulting in the strings sometimes catching on the body itself, or under the topside ring. I could have made things easier after having problems with the bottom E, by snipping off the unwound part of the A, D and G, but I didn't think of that till just now

Is it a spring loaded saddle? Push the saddle back and up(preferably) before threading the string thru the hole.

No springs involved on this bridge.

To be fair this is the first struggle I've ever had with restring this guitar and maybe my going down to 10's from 11's and my being out of practice as this was the first new set it's seen for quite some time, didn't help.

dont laugh

next time you change the strings get yourself a bottle of clear glossy nail polish, remove the ferrels and inside of the smaller parts of the holes (try not to get any where the ferrels go)...I have never tried that but that is the first thing that came to mind

[Dean Aka Nekro]

Chapman ML-2 in end of mars unless i go the warmoth route .. black korina body with wedge neck and .. not sure yet what fretboard, maybe ziricote or gonco

I was tempted to get me a monkey lord \m/ but i do not like hardtail bridges. Otherwise they are a bit of a no-brainer at the price and Rob knows his stuff and they play rather alot like Jaden Rose's £,£££ hand crafted greatness. Good move/buy IMHO there Crackbaby

Dean

[Dean Aka Nekro]

hibanez then again?

Sorry could not resist that one mate and when it coems PICS

I feel bad about your japam additicion but then again if you can afford it then why not?

no, no, no it's hibibby

Congrats hibidy, why worried?

Hope that it does play as good as it looks hibidy man, At this price point and specs though i can not see it not doing and if a hardcase is part of the deal then should be no worries whatsoever I can imagine how you are feeling though and its natural i guess

Dean

[hibidy]

It's just that I've never ordered something like that online.

Where's that UPS truck

[hibidy]

I don't know what else I can do to get better photos.......

[hibidy]

Those pics don't do it any justice. It really looks great.

So far I can tell it really has that tone I was after but:

-It's heavy! No problem, just didn't expect it.
-When you switch to single coil (either both or one or the other) it's really a lot lower output. I'm bummed a little because I don't like to fiddle with the soundcard input, but it's probably just something to get used to.
-I don't need to play it for a year to realize I REALLY wish the neck was bound. But, I wanted ibanez and that is a no-go so poo.
-G...d....it, I keep reaching to the bridge to tune

[Hink]

are both pots push/pull? I think the first picture in the case shows the high gloss finish well. Nice guitar

[hibidy]

Well because it's dark out it needed a flash I'll try and take some daytime picks tomorrow.

Other than the tapped stuff being quite a bit lower output wise, I cannot believe how it sounds! WAY to early to tell but seems to be what I was going after........

Still trying to figure out what the next step is for setting it up (ffs, I've gotten so used the whammy stuff )

[fateamenabletochange]

hope it goes good for you.

I agree fiddling with the soundcard vol. is a nuisance....maybe a pedal of some sort to snap on and boost the vol. on the lower output settings...

[hibidy]

@push pull: Nope just a tone and volume. Very expressive tone and volume though!

Good sign, the more I play it, the more I like it.