B-pop

This guitar had not been played for a while. Decided to give it a fresh set of strings before playing. String buzzing detected  from 14th - 23rd fret. Darn. 

1. Straightened the neck
2. Checked for unlevelled frets, as seen in the pic above, buzzing only occurred on those marked out areas. That's right, the buzzing was not entirely across each fret but occurred at some parts only
3. Hammered. After some hammering, only three frets required levelling & re-dress. 

Reminder to all those who are addressing fret issues yourselves - hammer first, file subsequently  (if necessary). Also, reminder to self - do not remove the old strings before checking for fret issues first. It's quite a challenge to keep the new strings in place while attending to the problematic frets. 

To be continued... 

Green P (4)

Just reached home from Beez's. This guitar had its electronics overhauled (90%) & ready to rock.

The pickups in this one are DiMarzios less the middle one which is a factory default Ibanez single coil: Crunch Lab (b) / Breed (n). I don't really fancy DiMarzios but since I have these lying around, they were put to good use. The sparkle finish isn't really obvious in this pic.

I nearly threw this away without realizing there's one more set left. Summary of what took place with this Ibanez RG2570Z:

• Body re-finish. Only the top part was done to cover the worn out surfaces & countless scratches. Green sparkle (mild) finish with a final lacquer overcoat. Took a few days to cure, leaving it in the sun helped. 
• Cleaned bridge. Thorough cleaning, wipe down + polish.
• Replaced pickups, pots & selector switch. Only bridge & neck pickups were replaced. Middle default pickup was left in tact. New, smoother & non-scratchy pots were installed. 5-way selector was also replaced. All pots + selector switch are Japanese products. 
• Removed all corroded screws. So many rusty & oxidized screws, all replaced.
• Clean other hardware. Thorough cleaning, wipe down + polish top lock & tuners.
• Fret re-dress. Some were re-crowned.
• Action set up. After shimming the neck pocket, a low, shred-worthy action was achieved.
• Cleaned fretboard. A good amount of gunk was removed & fretboard was re-oiled. Happy with the outcome.
• Cleaned headstock. Headstock was wiped down & polished. Love the shine.

So much work done but it's a fulfilling task for me. I am very happy to be occupied & applying my know-how & witnessing a dead instrument come back to life. It had been a good Saturday.