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Submitted by
Name: TheWharfRat
From: Illinois
E-mail: Contact
November 26, 2021

Comments:
First off thank you for posting pics of late '80s early' 90s Ibanez guitars. I've spent so, so many hours searching the web for my old Ibanez & Gibson LP Studio Lite that I have "gamer eye" - blood shot, dried w/half of each eye completely red. Know what I mean?

Now to my quest/questions. Can you all help this old man find at least a picture of my long lost axes? Unfortunately the info is as vague as my memory, lol. I'm searching for a white-ish Ibanez w/black head and the body style of a 540(round everywhere except the fretboard). I know it was no newer than a '91 or older than an '88, because it was bought Dec '90-Feb '91 at the latest. It definitely was the black 2 * * * w/a five way switch setup. Black locking tremolo unit. Could have been Floyd Rose, Edge Pro or Edge Low Profile. I remember breaking the first string I tried to tune because I didn't unlock the nuts on the neck - I was just 13 at most and this was my 1st real guitar. Anyway I'm positive it had a 3 pickup set up. Most likely, double humbucker, single, single. But there could have been a 2nd humbucker at the neck. It came in a black Ibanez hardshell case that a had blueish-grey fuzzy interior.

Les Paul is way easier. It was a '90-'94 red w/black hardware Studio Lite. Standard 4 * * *, 3-way switch set-up. Chrome Bridge. 2 double humbuckers. Generic hard-shell case. This is where I've been having trouble, the red in the pics I've seen is wrong. I remember the salesman calling it red-sunburst/starburst. Guitar Center only had 2 color options on the day I was there, red-sunburst/starburst and blue(not sure if it was sun/Starburst or translucent). Red was my favorite color but I remember it being a difficult decision. Maybe the red was just red and the blue had the 'burst' effect? But the pics of the plain red Gibson LP Studio Lites from that period look wrong, like something I would have chosen blue over.

Sorry for this long post. Many skip over long posts, myself included. But these guitars were what got me through puberty, high school, breakups, being thrown out of houses and helped music flow through me. As fellow guitar players you know how intense that feeling is when the music is flowing through you as opposed to just playing music. Or I was just really high and on too much lsd, mushrooms, etc.. 🥳🤪😱

Submitted by
Name: Derek Silva
From: Boulder, CO
E-mail: Contact
November 5, 2021

Comments:
Thanks for the Crybaby tension fix instructions. Worked like a charm.

I also see you seem to be a fan of the Ibanez 540 radius guitar. I've had one since 1989 and it's still my favorite. Cheers!

Submitted by
Name: Ron
From: New York, NY
E-mail: Contact
September 20, 2021

Comments:
This video is useful for some wah pedals, but not really for the Dunlop 535 Q. When this pedal is opened, the nuts on the screws that you show are hidden beneath the circuit board which is tricky to remove. Any suggestions?

ashbass reply:
In the picture tutorial it shows the circuit board removed. It's a hassle on this type of pedal, too.

Submitted by
Name: Mike Schneider
From: Fishkill NY
E-mail: Contact
September 7, 2021

Comments:
I may have asked this a few years ago. I have a G5 in mint condition, except for the screen above the number 3 stomp. My dog ran past my amp, and pulled my Korg tuner down and it hit the screen and cracked it. I tried like hell to find a replacement screen, and Zoom offered no help other than to send it back and get a G5n.

My daughter surprised my with a G5n which I mainly use, so I still have the G5, which in my opinion was an awesome product.

Do you know anywhere where I can get one of those small screens so I can replace it and use the G5 again?

Or, if anyone out there wants it, I will part with it for a good price.

Thanks

Mike

ashbass reply:
IMO, the only way you'll get that screen is to buy an existing G5 and take from it what you need. Like my G5, for instance. The G5 that I did my modding on and used in my videos is sitting in a closet. I went simple, bought a used G3 (and a second backup G3) and boxed up the G5 for no future use. It is for sale.

Submitted by
Name: Philiph
From: México
E-mail: Contact
August 15, 2021

Comments:
Great blog tons of useful info about Zoom Corp Products I´m a big fan of the japanese brand since I started playing guitar, recently I got a MSG 50 and that pedal became one of the staple pedals in my rig, I´ve moded it to get the ofboard switch and it hrlps a lot, but I was wondering I got an old FC50 remote footswitch and i would love to mod it for, control the MS sice this box Is midi implementated from the usb port any tougths? congrats for the blog it´s alredy in may bookmarks!!!

ashbass reply:
It should be possible to get the new switch to do something you like with MS50. I've never worked with MIDI to know how to help you on that front. Good luck on the project.

Submitted by
Name: Rodrigo
From: Argentina
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May 30, 2021

Comments:
Hello, as I see you could modify the G3x firmware, Im interested in using bass patches in the G3x (B3, B3n or B1x patches, I dont know the compatibility). Is that possible? I tried with the "zoom firmware editor" but doesnt work with the g3x firmware. Could you orient me how to do it? Thanks in advance

ashbass reply:
Sorry but no. I pretty sure the firmwares don't fit together.

Submitted by
Name: Shukhrat
From: Germany
E-mail: Contact
February 28, 2021

Comments:
Hi,
can you tell me please,why when i change the patches on Zoom G3X,at first volume is max,i mean volme doesn`t depends from position of volume pedal,i must after change patch evetytme to touch volume pedal.

Submitted by
Name: Ron
From: New York, NY
E-mail: Contact
February 14, 2021

Comments:
This video is useful for some wah pedals, but not really for the Dunlop 535 Q. When this pedal is opened, the nuts on the screws that you show are hidden beneath the circuit board which is tricky to remove. Any suggestions?76305

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