Dear all Master, i'm kinda Noob here..

recently i got OLD Guitar from my parents, it's an OLD Ibanez RT240

Spec HERE



Look like pict above..

but condition is worse such as :

1. Small Crack on the body near the neck joint


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2. Polish that not shiny again and even crack



3. some screw are loosen and lost (not really important but for me it is quite annoying_
4. i ever bring to John Lau Guitar shop to diagnose they said pickup problem/wiring problem
5. Recently when play i feel the volume is not constant sometime i lost the signal and not enough power (maybe the wiring inside got problem)
6. fret need to replace

but i try to take care this guitar as my baby. even i know it got a limit.

ok, forget about the body condition what im really care is find a good Tone. So recently i brought this guitar to some (Mid class) Luthier in Indonesia, my friends introduce me to him. i run a full diagnose and the result is:

1. Re-Fret is necessary! (Refret Checked!)
2. Pot got problem when full volume, will get hiss noise. (Change pot and switch Checked!)

so everything is should be alright for now, guitar is setup well, all good.

the only question now is, is it normal that bridge pickup (HB) produce only about 40% gain than neck/mid pickup (Single coil)??

anyway my genre of music is rock, funk, pop, gospel.


if you guys have a question just ask me, but dont ask "How Much?" it's not for sale..

This post has been edited by Oshika: Feb 17 2014, 08:00 PM

That option also counted in my mind.. but it will take a long long time to restore the classic, it may fully broken before i can restore..

This post has been edited by Oshika: Oct 19 2013, 12:46 AM

Bold parts it's a so it still have bad possibilities, and seriously that was my concern, i doubt if restoring can make the guitar sounds good.

haha no Kapok la, but not Les Paul Also, it's Ibanez MIJ but not in good condition, or i can say Bad condition, even i still play with it until now. cause no choice

not for sell la i can get by my parent..

guitar hospital quite far from my place, i only able to reach johnlau..

will try to arrange and communicate with them.. Lol, im not that star, someday maybe..

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

POST 1 Update!!

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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..

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..

ok.. will try to find out that matter..

lol ..

but anyway guys, i found something on my wiring..
My pickup is LP style pickup and not the original IBZ V6F as i though, it's maybe changed before i receive this guitar but none tell me before until today i found it..

LP style pickup are design in single conductor which mean only 2 wire one is ground one is output.

Ibanez adopt an Fender style pickup which mean it should have 3 wire up to newest 4 conductors pickup..


here is OLD n NEW 5way switch


something missing here

normally will look like the pict below


GOOD news is my pickup having possibilities to modded to 4 conductors pickup.

BAD news is i'm not brave enough to do that.

THE option is:
A. mod it whatever the risk is.
B. bring to some electro guy and ask him for help under my supervision.
C. Buy New compatible pickup and install it.
D. Don't do anything, die that pickup la.

which one u choose, master??



This post has been edited by Oshika: Feb 13 2014, 03:59 PM

FUYOOOHHH..

im back. so i choose the option A..

i do mod whatever the risk.. success!! (at least not rosak) but the gain still 20% lower than Single Coil pickup..

so i just did the adjustment to leveling the gain.


in other hand, i still not satisfy with the humbucker, will find the replacement soon.

Sorry, the pict is old one hehe neck joint last time had problem cause it's bending, rather than reset the neck, the lousy luthier just put some push-up.. last time i re-fret, the neck also got pressed and reset, so now it's not like that again lol..