i just not satisfied with pickup (not really rosak i mean, maybe my ear need to repair )

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i choose to revive this guitar (before i sell or before i use for a rest of my life. LOL)

The humbucker will be louder than single coils, so it should be louder/gainier. All HSS guitars have this quirk.

even in bridge position?? then what thing that can make our guitar pickup become low output?? can repair or need to change?? any suggestion??

Usually theres just a slight difference in output, did it bother you much?

You can try to balance them by adjusting the pickups height with a screwdriver. Either lower the humbucker or increase the single coil height.

The humbucker having lower output, i think i need to rise it not lower it right?? I'll try this method.. Will back with the result

I think I misunderstood you.. your humbucker should not have lower output. Something is probably wrong with the electronics/wiring.

(No need to adjust the pickups height, wont help in this case.)

upps ok ok, im about to adjust my pickup, lucky i check LYN first.. haha.. so any suggestion regarding the replacement pickup??

You said a guy checked the guitar, he didnt mention the pickup problem?

Thing is, it might just because wiring problem that can be fixed cheaply, whereas replacing pups are costly, unless thats what you want...

I have a plan in mind about how to restore it. Just want to ask, you want it as it was before or with some modern tweaks ?

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What I would do if I'm restoring this one

>disassembly, that includes the neck and all the hardwares
>pre-clean up
>fretboard treatment, check the nut and refret as necessary
>strip the body down to bare wood, treat/repair where needed
>check cavities, shielding/coating
>refinish - either oil it (will look badass) or anything you like
>check the crack, repair if necessary (dunno how lol)
>check neck joint area (body & neck), screw threads etc
>replace the electronics, pickups, jacks, pickguard, knobs
>check hardwares - machine heads/trem etc
>assemble & setup
>PLUG & PLAY

This post has been edited by regiuseven: Feb 13 2014, 11:12 AM

yeah i told them to check all the wiring and pickup also but they said only pot problem, so they changed the pot n switch n output jack.. actually before they change the pot i already feel that my humbucker is producing low gain, but i think it's normal since the positions is BRIDGE pickup.

Actually i want to keep the look as vintage guitar.. here some list i did before:

>disassembly, that includes the neck and all the hardwares (Checked)
>pre-clean up (Checked)
>fretboard treatment (Clean n moist Checked), check the nut and refret as necessary (Done)
>check cavities, shielding/coating (No Cooper shielding at the moment only coating)
>check the crack, repair if necessary (crack not a big problem at this moment)
>check neck joint area (body & neck), screw threads etc (Checked)
>replace the electronics, pickups, jacks, pickguard, knobs (Pot, 5way switch and jack are replaced)
>check hardwares - machine heads/trem etc (machine heads smooth, checked. tremolo arm missing since it's old model, dun know which arm compatible)
>assemble & setup (setup, checked. radius, fret level, intonation, action, all checked)
>PLUG & PLAY (of course i did play.. lol, but mainly i use Neck n Mid pickup for now, cause if i use bridge pickup, i need to re-adjust the volume on my pedal board or even need to add a clean booster)


anyway if i have to strip the body and re finish, i don't think i can do by myself since it's nitro finish, i need some chemical to strip the body to bare wood.. but if i can do this into bare wood i sure can't refinish it back as good as this one..

This post has been edited by Oshika: Feb 13 2014, 12:08 PM

did the lanciao tech u sent to check pickup resistance and compare to the original specs see if its still the same?

hm in this case they don't tell me if the pickup still same or not with the original spec, but i know that they don't cheat me by changing the pickup behind me, cause i got a "special mark" on my pickup from first time i get this guitar.

cos lanciao tech la
at least measure resistance compare to original spec, then can confirm that its not pickup fault thats producing low output.
like you go mechanic tell him your car tyre flat, but instead of pumping air to fix they just increase the suspension

wait wait i kinda misunderstand what is "lanciao tech"? i got a Bad translation about "lanciao" and how to measure the resistance compare to original?? cause this guitar is kinda 20years old, the documentation is very hard to find especially the electronic spec..

i'm pretty sure its not hard to find the specs.
can still find gibson specs that are 50yrs old.
and well if you're gonna get original specs of something, i would think the best place to ask are the original manufacturers?
if not also, there is jemsite.com where u can ask.

^ LOL

as for refinishing, stripping/sanding down definitely takes time but doing it yourself would be worth it

will try.. anyway it's ibanez.. lol.. i remember one of guitar master here said "anything except ibanez"

where to find that chemical?? mind to share??

Here what i got after fast research. look at the bold statement.. not even powerful for me lol.. now time to physical check on my guitar..

Try ACE Hardware, maybe they have the chems for stripping down the original finish
Tung oil for refinishing also might be available as well

and that master is of course our great bro Everdying