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Ibanez Joe Satriani - Prestige series signature guitar
Made at the Fujigen factory in Japan

Alder body
Tilt-joint neck
3-piece Maple/Bubinga neck
Rosewood fingerboard
24 Warmoth 6105 frets with Prestige edge treatment
DiMarzio Mo Joe bridge humbucker (coil split and high pass filter via push pull pots)
DiMarzio Satch Track neck humbucker (single coil size)
Ibanez Edge tremolo with lightweight bar

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Sargeant Preston said:
Sleek! Very nice.
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Lots of cool features !

A couple things I've never seen before.. When I did the initial setup, the tremolo had never been angled correctly. Pickups were waaay to high. Acftion was way too high.

I lowered the pickups first, then start lowering the action using the bridge posts.. made like a quarter turn of the each bridge post only to feel them bottom out.. could not turn clockwise any more.

Took the bridge apart and removed one of the bridge posts to find this:

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A tiny set-screw milled into the bridge post that controls the depth. You have to rotate this set screw back up into the bridge post to enable lowering the bridge to the desired depth.
 
PLX said:
Lots of cool features !

A couple things I've never seen before.. When I did the initial setup, the tremolo had never been angled correctly. Pickups were waaay to high. Acftion was way too high.

I lowered the pickups first, then start lowering the action using the bridge posts.. made like a quarter turn of the each bridge post only to feel them bottom out.. could not turn clockwise any more.

Took the bridge apart and removed one of the bridge posts to find this:

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A tiny set-screw milled into the bridge post that controls the depth. You have to rotate this set screw back up into the bridge post to enable lowering the bridge to the desired depth.
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Maybe not, but that seems weird to me. I wonder why they did that.
 
DirtySteve said:
Maybe not, but that seems weird to me. I wonder why they did that.
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I found a YouTube video where a guy explains it.. The bridge posts have a hole in the top (unlike a Floyd Rose) and you put a tiny Allen wrench in there to loosen this tiny set-screw.. then set your bridge height using the posts.. then gently re-tighten those tiny set screws to lock the bridge posts in place.

Cool design. Just a new one on me !
 
PLX said:
I found a YouTube video where a guy explains it.. The bridge posts have a hole in the top (unlike a Floyd Rose) and you put a tiny Allen wrench in there to loosen this tiny set-screw.. then set your bridge height using the posts.. then gently re-tighten those tiny set screws to lock the bridge posts in place.

Cool design. Just a new one on me !
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Oh, ok...it makes sense now. I learn something new everyday. Thanks!
 
PLX said:
I found a YouTube video where a guy explains it.. The bridge posts have a hole in the top (unlike a Floyd Rose) and you put a tiny Allen wrench in there to loosen this tiny set-screw.. then set your bridge height using the posts.. then gently re-tighten those tiny set screws to lock the bridge posts in place.

Cool design. Just a new one on me !
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Ibanez comes up with such cool ideas. Does your guitar have the truss rod cover with the swiveling door? My new Ibanez bass has that and a unique bridge design that makes restringing super easy. I’m real impressed.
 
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