Here we are at the third and final post on this Ibanez GIO HSH solidbody. To recap, Part One covered the installation of the locking nut; while Part Two highlighted the very tedious Floyd Rose tremolo installation and setup. Now, in this post, I'll show you what rewiring entailed; and share a couple pics of the GIO in combat-ready mode.
Although I've waited till now to talk about rewiring; this part of the job was actually taken care of just before installing the Floyd Rose bridge. While looking at the pictures in Part Two, you might have noticed that new pickups had already been wired in.
OK, on to the rewiring, then. The original scheme consisted of two humbuckers and a single coil (Ibanez, I presume) wired to two mini pots, a five-way switch, and rather crappy output jack; all of which had long returned to the great spirit in the sky. Whoops, not exactly all of them. As the single-coil was still functioning; it was retained.
Long story short, out they went, to be replaced by two nondescript humbuckers, Alpha A500K full-sized pots, a generic 5-way switch, 0.022uF cap; and NYS229 output jack socket. The last task was to fashion a new truss rod cover out of black pickguard material, drill the necessary screw holes; and close up the truss rod nut recess.
And that, folks, is how this little old Ibanez GIO from China got itself a spanking-new Floyd Rose-licensed tremolo bridge, locking nut, spa treatment; as well as an electronics upgrade.
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