I have the same guitar. I put Dimarzio FS1 in middle and neck position, and 1969 Gibson LesPaul humbucker pickups. Everything else is as stock as possible. I have 10 other guitars, but this is my favorite guitar. About the tremolo loosing tune, here's one sinple hack: set the strings in triangle. My tremolo bridge on this guitar is set in floating position and it almost never loose tune.
I have this same guitar. Everything in yours looks stock to me. 1989 Basswood. Wizard neck. Made in Korea as "Experimental" -EX. Maybe first line Ibanez produced outside of Japan. I replaced the humbucker with a Mojo Tone Black Magic and some matching Mojo Tone single coils. Installed full size pots, locking tuners and a Graph Tech nut and saddles. New bridge as well. Pretty much up fit everything including new input jack and knobs. It is a really, really sweet guitar. Shredders guitar for sure.
I bought the same guitar in november 1989 and I'm still playing it! It was my first electric guitar. Never sold it. I also had the problem of the tremolo getting the strings out of tune. The only mod I did was changing the pickups, but dude, it still sounds fine!! :)
Check out my shorts to see my custom job on one of these. Original korea Basswood body serial number from 1989. Replaced pickups with gibson single coil neck/mid and SD hotrail bridge. Added a new SG style neck, a fender 5 way switch and pots. Found on the side of the road with a broken neck in 2007. Very happy with the result
Please do not throw it away it is beautiful guitar ! Who say that guitar is not worthy is stupid or wont to take it from you ! Every guitar i unique like every person is, threat it kindly and it will make a beautiful tones. Wood is alive and it breath so to speak, it loose moisture over time so tone is going to be different. Please take care of guitar it is old and nothing plays better than old guitar, try one and you vill feel the difference. I have old guitar and i try some new and very expensive guitars and i cant explain, but trust me, old guitars are more expensive than new and that is saying a lot .
Ironically I am re-buiding the same model ( found the body of one on the side of the road during spring cleanup a few years back . Just finished putting a les paul neck on her and ordered all the wiring/hardware on Amazon.... although I went with a tremolo bridge as well so hopefully I don't run into the same tuning issues ... I wonder if locking tuning heads would help .
I adjusted and intonated the bridge properly. I don't know what the hell the last guitar repair guy was thinking, but I got it set properly. Almost all the notes are spot on. My only problem is the nut. It pinches the first two strings. Fixed it with using the finest sand paper I had wrapped around the smallest gauge string I have. Not something I would do on a really nice guitar like my Jaguar which I had a professional cut my nut to fit thicker strings correctly. Basically what I'm saying that it was the nut that caused the tuning to be unstable. After learning how to wrap the string around the tuning peg correctly, I have had no issues with keeping tune with all of my guitars. So yeah, proper tuning wrapping, proper cut of the nut, a good tremolo bridge that's properly adjusted, and lubrication on the nut and bridge will keep tuning stable. I don't think locking tuner heads or locking nut is really necessary unless you're like doing dive bombs.
@@Ireful yeah I tune between standard and drop -B alot and have always had minor tune stability issues because of it. Although I am also using a neck from a les paul so that could effect a difference in stability compared to the stock. (I happily found out today that the body i am using is actually the late 80's basswood version from the U.S rather than its European plywood made counterpart) Eagerly awaiting my hardware to come on Monday to finish it up , hopefully everything turns out peachy!
@@Guitarz23 Well to be honest, I lost my drum set during the move back home. Plus, I wanted to be in a friends band and he already played drums. I still feel like the drums are my home. Just bought an electric set to practice again.
It really is a solid guitar, congratulations she's a keeper hold on to it they don't make em' like that anymore.
I have the same guitar. I put Dimarzio FS1 in middle and neck position, and 1969 Gibson LesPaul humbucker pickups. Everything else is as stock as possible. I have 10 other guitars, but this is my favorite guitar. About the tremolo loosing tune, here's one sinple hack: set the strings in triangle. My tremolo bridge on this guitar is set in floating position and it almost never loose tune.
I have this same guitar. Everything in yours looks stock to me. 1989 Basswood. Wizard neck. Made in Korea as "Experimental" -EX. Maybe first line Ibanez produced outside of Japan. I replaced the humbucker with a Mojo Tone Black Magic and some matching Mojo Tone single coils. Installed full size pots, locking tuners and a Graph Tech nut and saddles. New bridge as well. Pretty much up fit everything including new input jack and knobs. It is a really, really sweet guitar. Shredders guitar for sure.
About to buy the same one. Glad I watched your video. Makes me feel better about my purchase
I bought the same guitar in november 1989 and I'm still playing it! It was my first electric guitar. Never sold it. I also had the problem of the tremolo getting the strings out of tune. The only mod I did was changing the pickups, but dude, it still sounds fine!! :)
Check out my shorts to see my custom job on one of these.
Original korea Basswood body serial number from 1989. Replaced pickups with gibson single coil neck/mid and SD hotrail bridge. Added a new SG style neck, a fender 5 way switch and pots.
Found on the side of the road with a broken neck in 2007.
Very happy with the result
Please do not throw it away it is beautiful guitar !
Who say that guitar is not worthy is stupid or wont to take it from you !
Every guitar i unique like every person is, threat it kindly and it will make a beautiful tones. Wood is alive and it breath so to speak, it loose moisture over time so tone is going to be different.
Please take care of guitar it is old and nothing plays better than old guitar, try one and you vill feel the difference.
I have old guitar and i try some new and very expensive guitars and i cant explain, but trust me, old guitars are more expensive than new and that is saying a lot .
No way I'm throwing her away. Too many good memories.
Ironically I am re-buiding the same model ( found the body of one on the side of the road during spring cleanup a few years back .
Just finished putting a les paul neck on her and ordered all the wiring/hardware on Amazon.... although I went with a tremolo bridge as well so hopefully I don't run into the same tuning issues ... I wonder if locking tuning heads would help .
I adjusted and intonated the bridge properly. I don't know what the hell the last guitar repair guy was thinking, but I got it set properly. Almost all the notes are spot on. My only problem is the nut. It pinches the first two strings. Fixed it with using the finest sand paper I had wrapped around the smallest gauge string I have. Not something I would do on a really nice guitar like my Jaguar which I had a professional cut my nut to fit thicker strings correctly. Basically what I'm saying that it was the nut that caused the tuning to be unstable. After learning how to wrap the string around the tuning peg correctly, I have had no issues with keeping tune with all of my guitars.
So yeah, proper tuning wrapping, proper cut of the nut, a good tremolo bridge that's properly adjusted, and lubrication on the nut and bridge will keep tuning stable. I don't think locking tuner heads or locking nut is really necessary unless you're like doing dive bombs.
@@Ireful yeah I tune between standard and drop -B alot and have always had minor tune stability issues because of it.
Although I am also using a neck from a les paul so that could effect a difference in stability compared to the stock.
(I happily found out today that the body i am using is actually the late 80's basswood version from the U.S rather than its European plywood made counterpart)
Eagerly awaiting my hardware to come on Monday to finish it up , hopefully everything turns out peachy!
Oh... Yeah. I have one for standard and another for drop D. I see where you're coming from now.
😅 why do so many drummer's switch to Guitar?? hehe like me i first played the drums in few bands but now i love guitar 😂
@@Guitarz23 Well to be honest, I lost my drum set during the move back home. Plus, I wanted to be in a friends band and he already played drums. I still feel like the drums are my home. Just bought an electric set to practice again.