PGM3 problem.

[RebirthX]

Same old thing.
ILT bridge. It goes out of tune in 10mins of playing.
Checked Soft out, read from somewhere, and decided to change it to floyd.

But, brought it to davis, told the guy my problem and...
I was told not to waste my money. The guy told me that even if I've changed it, it will still be the same.

:? I'm confused.

 

[theblueark]

Advice is a touchy area, and is confusing, because everybody has different ideas, and will try to promote to their own cause.

There's no way to know 100% for sure who's advice to take. You can go by majority, price, or someone people have had experience with and trust.

With that, and the coming more cents, here's my 2.

Bring it to a reputable tech, and find out what's the cause of the problem, and how it should be fixed.

 

[ShredCow]

With regards to the Trem, I've yet to hear someone swap an ILT1 and then complain the guitar doesn't stay in tune well.

Thats if you exchanged the ILT1 with a good trem.

When you buy say, a gotoh floyd, it comes with everything, locking nut, locking trem posts and new springs, the whole set. So you see where I'm getting at?

Your ILT1 is unstable.

The new trem is a whole set that would replace all the inferior parts. Complete overhaul.

But IMO. Get a nice new guitar.

 

[RebirthX]

Hahaha... Thanks a lot.

 

[triphopbob]

Dudes...Which trem did u replace your ILT1 with? I dun have any tuning problems really, with the ILT1. The only sucky part about that trem is that the trem arm keeps loosening up after the first "whammy"...

Any direct trem replacement? without affecting the depth of the cavity.

 

[ShredCow]

Gotoh Licensed Floyd Rose

A mere $250, you got a superior trem system, a complete overhaul.

 

[triphopbob]

Thanks SC....I assume the Stud distance's the same as the ILT1?

Cheers.

 

[ShredCow]

uh... it hsould be. you can search for gotoh floyd rose, i listed the measurements.

 

[triphopbob]

Thanks again

 

[hydrogencynide]

i dont think u should change guitar... the neck is pretty good i think.. prestige neck right

 

[Ized]

lol yeah just change the bridge. my fren just swapped the bridge on his jem jr (similar to PGM3 with the 1LT)as well and everything was alright after that. get new pickups. EVOS or sth cos they sound good with ibanez's basswood body.

u dont really need to spend a bomb on a new guitar, get a mid priced one and mod it it if you want playablity and arent really concerned about resale value of your guitar.

 

[Drew1986]

Hi; I advise you go to www.racerxband.com/board and go to PGM side and ask them there.

They're friendly there and they have many years of handling PGM guitars as we're all Paul Gilbert fans over there. haha.

 

[ShredCow]

But... isn't a PGM... a guitar?

 

[Marksman]

Yeah, they have a section dedicated to PGM series.

 

[Ized]

haha PGMs are quite nice....i dun mind owning one.....

$$$$$$ needed :roll:

 

[allstarguitars]

PGM3

Yeah, I have a PGM with the ILT1, but blessed with no issues at all.

Good springs and proper set up will do the trick.

Cheers!

 

[ShredCow]

allstarguitars... hmmm.... thats extremely fortunate. I've never used, heard, read about, an ILT1 bridge that performs well.

 

[subversion]

i dont think u should change guitar... the neck is pretty good i think.. prestige neck right

the only thing i like about the PGM is the neck...

 

[TheBreed]

i dont think u should change guitar... the neck is pretty good i think.. prestige neck right

the only thing i like about the PGM is the neck...

i think currently model 301 is prestige neck.
pgm3? no way..

 

[subversion]

word is, the initial version of the PGM3 has a Prestige neck fitted by mistake...