Lestat
08-24-2007, 09:01 AM
Hey guys,
I'm in the midst of doing my first custom job on an Ibanez RG1527 Prestige and need a bit of technical help. As of now I'm just coming to the end of the refinishing process, and once that is done comes the wiring which is where things get tricky.
Now, I've read accounts of a couple people who have customized this guitar, and the general concensus is that it is much easier to wire in new pickups to a three-way switch (rather then the 5-way switch the guitar comes with). Even if the difficulty were the same I still think I'd prefer a 3 way because I can't picture myself using 5 different coil combinations with only 2 humbucklers.
So my questions are, where can I get a 3-way switch? And how can I replace the 5-way switch with it (since the 5-way was simply a slit in the guitar and 3-way's all seem to require a circular hole)? Am I going to have to route my newly finished guitar? Are there certain kind of 3-way switches that can just fit into the slit of the old 5-way?
Also, what is a good website I can visit to find more detailed specs on Ibanez guitars, like what kind of pots (250k, 500k?) are in there right now? (Yea, I don't get a chance to post much, so when I do I try to get ALL my questions out at once...Sorry for the long winded post).
-Dave
I'm in the midst of doing my first custom job on an Ibanez RG1527 Prestige and need a bit of technical help. As of now I'm just coming to the end of the refinishing process, and once that is done comes the wiring which is where things get tricky.
Now, I've read accounts of a couple people who have customized this guitar, and the general concensus is that it is much easier to wire in new pickups to a three-way switch (rather then the 5-way switch the guitar comes with). Even if the difficulty were the same I still think I'd prefer a 3 way because I can't picture myself using 5 different coil combinations with only 2 humbucklers.
So my questions are, where can I get a 3-way switch? And how can I replace the 5-way switch with it (since the 5-way was simply a slit in the guitar and 3-way's all seem to require a circular hole)? Am I going to have to route my newly finished guitar? Are there certain kind of 3-way switches that can just fit into the slit of the old 5-way?
Also, what is a good website I can visit to find more detailed specs on Ibanez guitars, like what kind of pots (250k, 500k?) are in there right now? (Yea, I don't get a chance to post much, so when I do I try to get ALL my questions out at once...Sorry for the long winded post).
-Dave