Ibanez Prestige RG652AHM Truss Rod & String Height Adjustment (Edge Locking Tremolo) 

String height adjustment explanation begins @2:47

holy hell I never seen anyone turn a truss that much in 1 go !

Thanks you,I’ve had my Ibanez 570 with the edge trem for over a year now and I did not know about the locking screw.Thanks😎

Thanks for this video. This sorted out all my questions on this Ibanez bridge.

I looked for a long time for a video that shows how the string height of the Edge tremolo is set. Finally someone explains it !! Thx for this video.

FINALLY!!!! Thank a lot for the video. Actually answered more than one question for me.

That's one sweet looking guitar right there. I'm getting me one of these and looked around on YT for info on it and stumbled upon this video. Thanks! 👍

Totally agree no video on setting this up cause it is super difficult. Love this

this explanation is much clearer than the manual, thank you very much

Great info EJ! I remember the first time I tried to adjust mine and I couldn't figure out why it wouldn't go any lower (because of that set screw). I think it's a 1.5mm wrench for the set screw. Rock on my friend!!

Thank You so much for making this video! I just got an RG550DX and had no idea how to adjust it.

I need that tool man!! I do all adjustments by sight and feel. It works for me but I didn't know about the edge bridge adjustment 🤔 Awesome bro 👍 Thanks for sharing this!!

Thanks for this video! I was looking for a video like this ❤

This is very informative and cool video bro!

Great video! very interesting! thanks for great sharing!!

That guitar is so beautiful, awesome tutorial!! Killer!!

Really Nice Looking Guitar.. Good Job fixing her up

Cool video man.. never had an edge tremeolo yet! Bad ass Ibanez!

That's a sweet looking Axe EJ good video really liked the music in the beginning I also like to get my strings Farley low but not so low to buzzing

Outstanding!!! Caught this in my lunch! Thanks for sharing!!!

thanks for making this video, good job, i just bought same guitar only white

I have the exact same guitar. I have .010 neck relief at the 8th fret. The low E string height is 1.5mm at the 12th fret and 1.25mm on the high E string also at the 12th fret. There is no fret buzz at all with these settings. The strings are a little tight for bending on the high E around the 20th fret, but overall the action is perfect and low. I just picked up a brand new RG550 Genesis (purple neon) and attempted to make the same settings. What I found was slight low E string buzz from frets 1-5ish when fretting chords, not when playing open. My guess is the Wizard HP neck on the Prestige has a better fret leveling job from the factory than the regular Wizard neck on the RG550. Both neck relief settings are exactly the same. I had to raise the action a little (≈ 1.7mm low E and 1.5mm high E) on the RG550 to get rid of the buzz, but the playability is still great and the action is still low. I'm planning to level the frets on the RG550 in the near future (as well as other mods, like getting rid of the middle pickup and throwing in a super distortion or tone zone in the bridge). That's the only thing I can think of that's different in the setups. I would like both guitars to be the same (OCD). Anyone else have any ideas? I'm all ears.

you saved my day sir thanks a lot

thanks, this really helped me 💪🏻❤

Thanks for the video

Cool video! What a beautiful guitar! Thank you for sharing. Big thumbs up, LIKE #24!

Great job, EJ !! ♫

I had the same problem, thank you 👌🏻

The small set screw should use a 1.5 mm Allen wrench in case anyone was wondering about the size.

Good idea, hopefully this will be useful to others. Kit Kat wants to sweep pick!

Bought my first Ibanez and watched Joe Satrianis guy do this but couldn't see where he was putting that tiny allen into. This helps a lot! Thanks so much

Thanks for the video. I have exactly the same model but the locking studs seem to bottom out before I can set a desirable level of action, they are just too long - my guess is that the inserts should've been seated deeper at the factory. As a result - the neck is shimmed at the heel to reduce action. Is there a shorter version of these locking studs, e.g. 2mm shorter?

What a great looking guitar. I''ll have to watch the video when I get home. I can't turn the sound up here at work. I can't tell you the last time I played my RG652AMH. I need to get her out.

Brother thank you so much for this I have a jem and I needed to confirm this my first jem I got those lock screws were a mess and did not work would not loosen or tighten literally couldnt even feel them with the ibanez tool at all had to get an exchange and took me 2 months to get it so now its here so new strings for new guitar to be ordered finally and see how it does with some low tunings the defective I tuned to D and left it I assume this is for the Edge on the Jem 7p as well?? I was beginning to think there just wasnt any lock screws on the first jem they sent me I couldnt really see anything in the hole well enough to say yes or no to be honest but couldnt feel them with the key that was certain

Cool axe. I gotta say though you should have flushed up your floyd rose with the base of the stock before doing anything to the truss rod . It can be adjusted Vai the springs below. I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't need to adjust anything other then that in order to get your string height lower. My experience is it should be a balance between getting the plate perfectly flush and then doing any small adjustments from that step on ,often you have to spend time tweaking it back and forth ,re tuning and detuning before you get it perfect. On average I'd say changing the strings on my esp with a floyd rose locking nut takes me an hour plus to get to the sweet spot. If your just re stringing the guitar and the current strings are set to where you like them and the plate of the rose is flush than often I will stack broken popsicle sticks in behind the spring box in the underside of the guitar to limit movement so my bridge dosnt tilt forward creating more guess work then needed . Once it is restrung I can remove them and then do any small adjustments in a quick amount of time. Thanks for the video though man. Gorgeous guitar😎😎😎

Great vid and you are so right there's no other videos with ibanez guitars

Great guitar and video 🎸🤓🤟

Wonder if they all have that stop screw I have the same set up on my Jackson

Good job Ej, hope its all good for you now my friend, Cheers

i have a similar Prestige, it’s new. I want to reduce the relief, so i’m turning truss rod clockwise. But after a little adjustment, it became very hard to turn. How do i know if i’m at the end of the possible adjustment? Still have too much relief. Don’t want tu ruin this

Woww Great sound my dear friend! 😎🎸

I Myself have the JEM77WDP and found my trem not parallel in a bad way, it was from me not locking out, having problems with tuning now, but also noticed my trem at the knife edge is not exactly even..needing some help if you know? Thankx Steve

Thank you!

Hey, what hex key did you use for the truss rod? I'm trying to figure it our myself because the previous owner of the guitar had no keys for me and it's driving me nuts! I tried a 7mm hex "tube" key but no luck and I don't have an 8mm to try it.

great guitar video

The bridge is kinda forward, you want that line on the side of the tremolo, which is the knife edge to be level with the body of the guitar. That line is higher than the body on your setup

Thanks!

where to find the proper 7mm tool for adjust RG 550 ?

5:10 which way do you turn the allen key to lower or raise the bridge?

Thank you!!

Could you use .10 on that thin fretboar?? Or you recomend keep usin* .09 s?

Can I apply that to my RG AHMZ370 IBANEZ 24 FRET

Like nr 13!!! Beautiful guitar my friend!!!! Good job!!!!

excellent video. it says in the ibanez manual if anyone reads it ! I always wondered, if bass and treble sides are different height, doesn't that mean the bridge is resting on the knife edges lop sided ? or is it just microscopic amounts ? probably. Also when i try stringing from the tuner towards the trem I cannot feed the strings UNDER the bar behind the nut easily (to use the ball end at the tuner)got any tips ?

I always get that trem plate lined up with the axis of the body level to the cutout edges, looks like it might bottom out during extreme divebombs?

Mine has a grub screw too, but 1.5mm is too big and 1mm is too small. Those sizes in the middle are so difficult to find, and it is really becoming a pain in the ass. Anyone have any idea what other possible sizes (at 4:59)?

Whats the size on the hex tool for the Truss rod? or does it HAVE to be the ibanez tool? Bought my Prestige used from GC and although my model originally DID say Tool included, when it finally got here, no damn Tool. Also the Lo pro Edge has that same locking thing.

You looked like you were performing surgery! Nice work. Hi Kit Kat, he couldn't have done it without you 😻

Awesome. Like you said, it's not a whole lot of information to find regarding string height adjustments on these bridges. So basically, you loosen the tiny screw first to be able to make the actual adjustments with the big screw? And then lock it by tightening the small one when you're done? Correct?

have to admit, i've never seen anyone string a guitar with that type of tremolo like that before. Interesting! I've always just cut the ball off & string it the conventional way. Very Interesting sir!

Just came across this as I have the same model. There are a handful of ibby bridges - the 652 is the original Edge trem. The Edge II you speak of does not use a locking nut. I have no idea behind that concept - the locking nut is essential to the system.

does this mess with the intonation?

A word of warning here. In the guitar body there's a threaded insert. If you adjust the bridge height without backing off that small lock screw it can result in that threaded insert seperating from the body (it's most likely glued into place) and from then on it will just spin as you turn the bridge posts. Adjustment will be almost impossible and it will need bonding back in. I bought a used 7 string where this had happened, and I ended up getting the bridge post cavity dowelled and re-set. It's also a watch point for anyone buying used like I did.

Righty O mate! As long as you're smarter than the machine you're working on.... you can work on anything!

Does the truss rod adjustment affect the relief immediately or does it take a day or so to settle?

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Whoa I would have never known there was a stop screw down there. Probably would have just cranked it down and ruined it :) Good tip!

When You Checked Your Height on the high E side you put the scale on the fretboard instead of the pickups, also your tremelo isnt parallel with body

Love the back of that guitar. I got a barter system with the best luthier in NC. I ain't even put a set of strings on in year. Get you some axe wax string and guitar cleaner. Recommend by Mallory penland.. my guy

you take good care of your guitars EJ pride in ownership

Thanks for uploading, I couldn't find a single video on action adjustment of an original edge tremolo. I wasn't sure what locking studs meant, but this video made it clear to me. I just got a RG652AHM a few months ago, it's really beautiful and plays awesome. I ordered it online, so I couldn't see it in person. kind of bummed that my birds eye maple board doesn't have as many knots as yours has :)

Admire your ability to mod your guitar, really great skill to save cash and get optimal playing.

Go of the 12th fret with a capo on the first fret to do measurements on string height. At least that’s what I’ve been told

The small allen wrench for the adjustable screw inside the stud is 1.5 mm. Not that this info will help me to get over my fear of fucking up my Prestige if I attempt anything other than changing my strings/adjusting springs...

Cool video. The only thing is that I think you need to adjust your springs. The bridge is looking a little high, should be more parallel to the body.

Word of advice. Don't adjust the string height while the guitar is in tension like it's being shown here. Take off the bridge and loosen the strings first. Otherwise you'll screw the knife edge against the posts.

Do you still have this guitar? I swear I have the same one. Or wood grain is similar

Looks sweet Get hold of Eric C or Zip in Fix I'm sure both would help you with what ever Awesom share my friend Have a Blessed Day

ok, so HOW do you adjust the nut height???

which way lowers the height and which way lifts the height?

Ya know, I think more geetar players need to have at least some basic knowledge of guitar maintenance. Some guitars require more than others. My PRS needs very little compared to my Strat which seems like it needs a rod adjustment every other month. Nice video sir!

you do not loosen the strings before making an action setting? Your floyd must be parallel to the table, however, in my opinion...

I spent forever looking at leveling floyd rose and my ibanez prestige seemed to be so high up in the back of the tremelo i thought i was doing something wrong. After looking at your video I think yours looks exactly the same. I guess this is normal but man I spent a LONG time trying to figure out what was wrong and why my tremolo was not leveling like other guitars with a floyd rose.

Thanks😅

Seriously! If I owned one I'd be all WTF this thing wont turn. lol Does that make it a triple locking trem?

Dude, you have to remove the floating floyd to adjust the string height. check the floating blades that ride on those screws now, i bet it has a serious burr or worse.

Jumbo frets?

I hope you didnt listen to that CRUZ tool ruler.. lol.. Ibanez with the locking trem and flat radius fingerboard can easily go under 1.0mm or (2.5/64).. with NO BUZZ. amazing design guitars.. those trems are awesome.. Have an 89 RG560 with original Edge.. still going strong.. love the skinny WIZARD neck now that i am older.. and arthritis is setting in ..

Real wizard 3 neck.

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Edge 2 tremelo is supposed to be level

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The bridge is not parallel

Sweeet !!!

Aaand you dulled the the trem blades by moving the post under tension. Bad move. I agree with the comment below, you should've adjusted the tremolo springs to go back to zero/level

you never setup the Floyd it is not parallel to the body it just sticking up lol

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Changing strings less often is a side effect of owning too many guitars...

Wow, that bridge should not be sitting like that. Lol

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