Hi Joe.
My name is Ilya, I am your sincere fan, I live in small town near Moscow. I have been playing guitar many years, but I could’t buy quality expensive guitar all this time. I was collecting money for my new guitar whole last year, and after your last concert in Moscow in B1 club I decided to buy Ibanez JS1200, because it’s new guitar’s model from your Ibanez’s JS series.
I have bought it from official Ibanez’s dealer – Muzztorg in Moscow.
I was very happy with my new guitar at first time, but then some problems have disappeared with tremolo EDGE-PRO.
Three thin strings – E,B,G have sound with unpleasant ring and I have to tune my guitar every time after using tremolo-arm. I was very pity to know – the stud bolts are making from soft metal a kind of brass. I am an engineer and I think such tremolo must be making from solid steel, but really it’s not right! The string saddles are making from soft material too!
I changed strings carefully several times (I use 009 DR or 009 D’Addario), but it didn’t solve this problem.
I have studied Ibanez’s user manual and I kept to your recommendations thoroughly, but it couldn’t help my guitar to be in tune!
Joe, please help me! What I have to do for improving my tremolo? Can I change any parts of it for solving my problems? What tremolo is suitable for replacing of EDGE-PRO?
Thanks in advance.
Best regards,
Ilya.