New Project: Renovating an Ibanez ART100DX

Ibanez ART100DX

Parts are ordered.  The guitar is on its way.

So, what am I doing?

I am tearing down an entry level single cutaway "Les Paul" copy, and upgrading everything that isn't permanently fixed to it.

The guitar being white, I am doing dark hardware.  Everything but the cavity cover, truss rod cover, knobs, pickup rings and pickups will be black nickel.  (the bridge, tailpiece, input jack plate, strap buttons, tuners, and 3 way switch will all be black nickel coated).

So, what specifically am I putting in this build?

The build list:

Nut: Graphtech Black Tusq XL

Pickups:  EMG H4 (bridge) / EMG H4A (neck)

Bridge: GOTOH GE-103B-T 

Tailpiece: GOTOH GE-101A

Potentiometers: CTS 500K Short Split Shafts

Tuners:  Proline Locking Tuners

Some other cosmetic things that I'll be doing to this guitar:

Staining the fretboard to an ebony color

Sanding the gloss from the back of the neck

As things arrive and progress I will be updating the build list.  Stay tuned :)