• Registered: 2007-04-25
  • Posts: 551

Topic: Proper set up on an RG

So I called the local guitar store just out of curiosity a few months ago and they charge like $30 to set up a guitar...I have no idea if this is a good price or not, but needless to say, I would rather make the adjustments myself.  Ever since I put a set of .10's on my Ibanez RG, it just doesn't seem quite right.  There's no major tuning issues or anything, but the notes don't all seem to ring true like they should.  I've played around with the action a bit by adjusting the string height on the saddles (this is a fixed bridge guitar) as well as the intonation screws, but something just doesn't sound right.  Is this a truss rod adjusment that needs to be done?

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  • Registered: 2007-04-25
  • Posts: 551

Re: Proper set up on an RG

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  • From: Frederick, MD
  • Registered: 2006-12-28
  • Posts: 851

Re: Proper set up on an RG

Dont feel bad. I am in the same boat.
I usually do all my own work, but for some reason I can't get the action low enough on my Squier '51. Even shimming doesn't help...strangely enough. It just makes the frets buzz.
Then I wind up putting it at the same action level it had without the shims to keep the frets from buzzing...

this is nuts...

Dm

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