New Ibanez project!

Recently, the DIY bug got the better of me again. I know I have a spare Ibanez RG570(The gold one in the picture) body lying underneath my bed. One of the surplus parts I have from building guitars. I was just missing a neck to kick start the process. I wanted a MIJ super wizard neck but those are a lot rarer compared to a few years ago. Recently, MII made Ibanez has seen better quality production and I decided to try my luck on one of these.

I found myself looking at a MII SRG420FMZ neck. The main thing that attracted me are the sidedot inlays. Hence, I bit the bullet and ordered one of these necks but when the neck came, to my disadvantage, it was a "used" neck. Mounting holes were pre-drilled and the neck has scarfs all over. The lucky part was, to my surprise the mounting holes actually fit. I decided to fit the neck to my RG520QS body anyway. I left the old electronics in there and as such, this guitar is fitted with "Entwistles Dark Star" pickups.

I have always gotten good results from Gotoh machine heads and this guitar will not be an exception. However, as with all non MIJ Ibanez, the side holes on the machine head has to be drilled. Additionally, I  have a spare allen key holder which I decided to fit it to the guitar too. This will allow me to tune the guitar anywhere as I please. 

The second guitar which I build this week was a combination of the RG570 body and the RG 270 neck previously. I didn't have much problem fitting them together, as I've pre-dowel the neck to fit MIJ bodies. 

Again, I had surplus of "Entwistle pickups" and some guitar electronics. Hence, this guitar is fitted with Gotoh pots, switchcraft 5 way switch and "Entwistle HDN" pickups. More to come on the golden guitar!