RRXMG facelift/upgrade

[warlok]

And for me, any of the Custom models is the perfect pickup for testing. Coils are the same and magnet swapping is a snap for trying different tones.. I like the A8 in those and JB's. Actually, liking the JB's more right now, but still love all my Custom equipped guitars.

[Hamner1]

Thank you warlock. I'm glad you were able to find this thread useful/helpful.

Yeah the reason I went with the Liberator was to make pickup swaps quick & relatively painless. One things for sure this guitar will stay passive.

[xenophobe]

.5mm at 12th... no appreciable buzz?

I have necks that I can set up that low, but I like it around 1.5mm at the 12th and 2mm at the 22/24th.

[MartinBarre]

That looks fantastic mate, good job!

[Nuithari]

.5mm at 12th... no appreciable buzz?

I have necks that I can set up that low, but I like it around 1.5mm at the 12th and 2mm at the 22/24th.

His pic shows 0.05" not mm, so that would be around 1.3mm.

[toejam]

That turned out great! Nice to see you back.

[Hamner1]

Thanks Toejam. It's great to be back.

[flyinbryan]

damn. that thing is beautiful.

[Hamner1]

So update. I had very little time with it plugged in & did not notice the ground issue. Today I noticed it quite well. Long story short, tech & I both thought Liberator was grounded without attaching ground wires to the solder pads. So here is a shot of the updated wiring.


Before:


Here is a shot of the paper "shims" that were under the FloydSpecial nut:


And it might be time to clean my toolbox/bench

[Hamner1]

Still tweaking although not much. I lost the previous M6x6 set screw. I thought I wanted to raise the bar more anyway, so I got a M6x8 as well. Works great.

Both screws height difference:


Bar w/M6x6:


Bar w/M6x8:


Now maybe a left hand push in bar.

[Zedder]

Here are my modified RRXMG´s:





I wanted a RR that looks like Randy´s original black guitar, so I decided to replace most of this RRXMG´s black hardware with gold plated parts. The control plate I made myself, it is cut of a brass sheet. It is little bit relic´d already, but I think it is only a good thing. Most of tremolo parts are made by Schaller, only the base plate and locking nut are left of original Floyd Rose Special. Maybe I will later replace the base plate with a Schaller Lockmeister or Floyd Rose FRT part, but I think the tremolo looks good like this. It may be too much if base plate and locking nut are gold too.

I really like made in India RRXMG´s, they are light weight and their necks are very comfortable.