Sup guys!
I feel a bit stupid even asking this since I've been building and modifying guitars for a little over 15 years, but basically I'm completely overhauling my baby: a 2004 Ibanez RG370 I've had for over a decade and grown quite fond of. It's getting all new hardware and electronics. Got most of it already, like locking Wilkinson TUNERS, EMG F-ALX (the Alexi Laiho signature pickup with active EQ and gain boost for the bridge and a special Axesrus Devastator built just for me off-menu by the wonderful guys at Axesrus for the neck, and a nice set of anodised pup rings and a grey pearl truss rod cover. Haven't yet decided on a middle pickup, maybe a nice DiMarzio or Seymour Duncan.
The originals, I believe, are the old Ibanez Powersounds? As this RG predates the changeover to the new INFs and INFSs, I think. I'll hang on the originals to slap in one of my many other projects. I do actually also own a 2008 (I think, I'd have to check the serial number again) RG370 from after the changeover in matte red that I bought a few months ago, which is fitted with the INF/INFSs. Not entirely sure what trem is on that one either, whether it's the same as the one on the 04. I bought it used and y'all know what that means: the trem arm was missing. So were the truss rod cover and retainer bar, actually. That was strange.
Anyway, I've never really liked that particular Ibanez licensed low profile FR trem that came on my 04 RG and honestly it feels like its pivots are deteriorating. It's a shame because the Ibanez licensed low profile FR on my 1998 RG320 (in dark metallic blue) is fantastic, probably because it's a lot closer to the genuine article in design.
So, before pulling the trigger on a licensed low profile FR (because the price of a genuine one makes me want to cry), I just wanted to be absolutely sure it'd fit. I don't see why it shouldn't, but these kinds of things have come back to bite me before.
Now, I've made you read all this ramble, and I feel like I owe you all some pictures of my baby and its Ibanez friends (excluding my Ibanez bass). It's been a great, reliable workhorse all this time and it's the guitar I always go back to, but now feels like the time to give it a makeover and refine the sound closer to the styles I'll be playing on it in the future since it doesn't have to pull double-duty with the heavy and brutal stuff as well as the more mellow and contemplative anymore. That's what my Strats and Les Pauls are for (and hopefully soon, a Tele!), except for my Charvel and Zakk Wylde signature LP which sorta blur the line.
Fear not, I will be removing the sticker because I'm no longer trying to get Dunlop to endorse me and give me free stuff. Sorry for the last two shots. I always thought the glittery silver looked awesome under stage lighting, and during Covid while gigs were cancelled and the gear was just sitting in mothballs in my workshop, I got into photography because I'd always wanted to and thought I'd mess around with the lighting.
Right then, I should really go to be bed now as I feel the sleeping pills starting to work and I'm exhausted from having just been to see the new Jurassic World, which was AWESOME. Thanks in advance for all your help and support, and I look forward to hearing from you!