Rectify (3)

After rectifying the bridge saddle issue & looking into the bridge pickup height, I spent a few days playing this one. I like the Telecaster body outline, 22 frets & fixed bridge. These are simple features that help me focus on my playing. Pickups in there are the Super Distortion S models. The neck version has a wonderful grittiness that prevents notes from sounding too rounded & muddy.

A fresh set of strings before play. Someone was asking me why I keep playing cheap strings. Well, these are good strings which happen to be affordable - why not?

MoMM (68)

This is an under-whelming release. The closing number was annoying & uninspiring (> 11min). It's like they ran out of ideas for a song & it was stretched using minor changes to buy recording time. I actually look forward to this one but I guess the band's undergoing a downturn.

Rectify (2)

The pickup cavity is too deep for the pickup screws. Those wooden pieces were added to raise the surface. I had an unused wooded keychain lying around. Problem solved.

Ibanez RGR8270

Another October release by Ibanez but it's Japan-only in the mean time: RGR8270. I'm still not into the tree-of-life inlay; too excessive for me, will confuse my fretting hand movements. Also, I'm bothered by the covered bridge humbucker but the neck counterpart remains exposed. The neck humbucker there is a PAF 36th while the bridge & middle are True Velvet & Tone Zone respectively, the usual Ibanez favoured DiMarzios. 

Also not my thing - locking tuners when there's already a locking nut.

Pics: Ibanez Japan

Warwick / Sadowsky promo @ SL

Happening at Swee Lee right now, good till 29 Oct 2026. 

Rectify

Trying to understand what happened. When I took this out of its bag, the saddle was dangling, the guitar string kept it in place. I managed to recover the spring but the screw was missing. There was a hole in the guitar bag, it must have slipped through that & disappeared. First time this happened.