{"id":767,"date":"2017-11-22T16:50:30","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T16:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/?page_id=767"},"modified":"2017-11-24T16:41:45","modified_gmt":"2017-11-24T16:41:45","slug":"ibancaster","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/?page_id=767","title":{"rendered":"Ibancaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have turned my attention to the bits that I have accumulated over the years. There are almost enough to make a guitar with a spare guitar left over. I have started using an old Ibanez body with a cheap tele like neck and some high power, low cost Strat pickups.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171114_110728.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-768\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171114_110728-1024x390.jpg\" alt=\"Cheap Tele like neck\" width=\"500\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171114_110728-1024x390.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171114_110728-300x114.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171114_110728-768x292.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171114_110728-800x305.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171117_114441.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-769\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171117_114441-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Ibanez Body\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171117_114441-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171117_114441-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171117_114441-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171117_114441-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171114_110746.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-771\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171114_110746-1024x634.jpg\" alt=\"Getting the frets level\" width=\"500\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171114_110746-1024x634.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171114_110746-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171114_110746-768x476.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171114_110746-800x495.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now the neck has been adjusted and the frets levelled. Putting it together, it looks OK<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171117_120159.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-770\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171117_120159-349x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Body with neck\" width=\"349\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171117_120159-349x1024.jpg 349w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171117_120159-102x300.jpg 102w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171117_120159-768x2252.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171117_120159-273x800.jpg 273w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171117_120159.jpg 1380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But what to call it, its a bit of a mix between Ibanez, Strat and Tele so what about the <strong>&#8220;IBANCASTER&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171121_145054.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-773\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171121_145054-1024x478.jpg\" alt=\"Adding the logo\" width=\"500\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171121_145054-1024x478.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171121_145054-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171121_145054-768x358.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171121_145054-800x373.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171121_180753.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-772\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171121_180753-1024x452.jpg\" alt=\"Logo done\" width=\"500\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171121_180753-1024x452.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171121_180753-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171121_180753-768x339.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171121_180753-800x353.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All done and just needs to rest a bit before final tweaks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171122_111325.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-774\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171122_111325-415x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The Ibancaster\" width=\"415\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171122_111325-415x1024.jpg 415w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171122_111325-122x300.jpg 122w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171122_111325-768x1895.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171122_111325-324x800.jpg 324w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171122_111325.jpg 1686w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The whammy mechanism is locked down tight, always a good idea with cheaper strat like trem systems.\u00a0 Perhaps I could have used a better colour for the logo, make it stand out a bit more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have turned my attention to the bits that I have accumulated over the years. There are almost enough to make a guitar with a spare guitar left over. I have started using an old Ibanez body with a cheap tele like neck and some high power, low cost Strat pickups. 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