Thanks everyone for the views and commenting. I know I left a lot of errors in but the fun thing about this project is now you get to learn from how I did it 😊

I love that you left in the small errors, because this is the kind of stuff that happens more often than not when DIY'ing and it usually turns out fine. Great vid

Much respect to you sir for taking on such a challenging task, documenting the entire process, and outlining all of the expenses required to do the install. Great job on the video and explaining the pro's and con's of the results.

Thanks so much for including all the hiccups along your way. I don't have remotely any of the skills required for an Evertune install but it was still interesting to watch your experience.

Your guitar looks great with that matching distressed hardware! Ive DIY installed a whole bunch of Evertunes recent years :D Its so satisfactory every time your done and get to rock out and stay in tune perfectly. Love it so much!

I love my Evertunes. I have 3 successful, 1 for a freind and 1 massive failure. With two bridges sitting on my bench trying to figure out which guitars are going to get them. I have never had a string buzz before, so I don't know what to tell you there. Good job on the installation. My first set of templates have router knicks all over the place on them. I would say drilling the four holes is the hardest part, not the back template that requires you to raise it up. If the holes aren't dead on, it makes everything else so much harder, as you experienced.

I think you did a fantastic job…looks great and it works…win-win👍

I enjoyed watching this video, now im sure I won’t attempt an install of this bridge lol, I think you really did a nice job and I enjoyed your talking us through your installation and the minor learning mistakes, thank you for your honesty and professionalism my friend, tough job seems! Cheers brother

Awesome work

Came out looking pretty good!

Great video, thanks for sharing your experience.

Thx man, got this laying in a drawer for 2 years now and bought a router for it. Guess, I will start my project soon, considering your advices.

thank you for this video... i really enjoyed it. ! and i learned a lot as well :)

Ok seeing whole video I tip my hat for your video truly what not to do, what to do, what you need, don’t need, I subscribed cause I appreciate risk and reward

awesome video,i would really love to have one of those,but it is very expensive when you consider having a professional luthier install it,you did a great job!

Those pokemon cards in the back are the cherry on the top! Idk why but i really like watching people work on guitars, so this one is a great video for me, good job

Absolute mad lad

Awesome work dude! It can be an intimidating job, but it isn't impossible to do yourself!

This is the video I’ve been waiting for 5 years. The fact that even with mistakes there’s wiggle room for correct operation is great. Great job! Considering a large chunk of wood is now out of the guitar, how does strumming and feeling the resonance of the guitar feel now versus before? Also is there a weight difference?

What i would've done is instead of using a sheet of paper, I'd have masking taped (with blue masking tape) the top of the guitar, and make my lines on that. Other than that, you did really well! Ive never done one of these installs but ive worked with power tools for years. Ive been wanting to do this same thing but i think ill buy a cheap guitar kit and try with that first before moving on to one of my keeper guitars. Great video.

Good Video !

Use blue painters tape it is a little less sticky.

I just don't believe a bunch of springs and levers is going to maintain stable pitch more than a rock solid bridge. Such a cost in dollars and wood chips. Rock on, bro.

Looks great! Its all part of being your own Luitier! Bro you should see my Squier Jazzmaster! When i installed sum lock in tuners on it, i thought the screws was self tapping and bout crack the whole top off of it but with a few screws to put it back in place, its just as good before I cracked it. lol But we learn from our mistakes!

Cool, I want to try an Evertune so bad.

Kudos for going for it man! I think I might try it but not on one of my favorite guitars. I’d experiment on a cheap one that plays well first..

I remember destroying my 1st guitar by adding a Floyd rose. 😂🍻

Excellent video, been playing for many decades, and do my own setups and mods. You learn putting in bridges/frets/electronics on inexpensive guitars; I bought cheap beaters to practice on years ago and now my results are excellent. On a re-fret alone, the S/S frets run under $20, and a tech would charge you an additional $500 plus in labor. Yes, there is an initial outlay for "decent" basic tools, but it more than pays for the tools in the first completed job. Cheers... keep rocking

Hey, on the next project you can cover the entire guitar with the blue tape, to prevent damage to the paint, if it is important.

You have to be a wizzard to do this job at home! Heads of to you! 😁✊

The only invention better than an evertune...is the actual guitar itself. Nice job mate.

Yea fuck that, paying for installation 😂 But great job! I wouldn’t dare do this

Right off the rip Bru teaches us to use (off white, green, blue) masking/painters tape for marking on the guitar body.

28:15, Evertune does have 2 screws sizes for setting action: 8 and 10mm. If none of them work and set the saddle at a proper height, then you will have to get longer screws, for example 12 or 14. The ones you want to get is DIN913 M5x12 or M5x14, with a fine thread. The thread is not standard. So yea, you can try this or level the frets / work on the neck and set things right.

Just got to 28:22 where the string is buzzing. I've done two Evertune installations and haven't run into that issue before. But I have had that exact same Issue on two other guitars before. One had a T.O.M. style bridge and the other a was a licensed Floyd Rose. I could never find a fix for it and it would only occur on one or two strings. I have only been able to guess that it was because or an intonation issue causing harmonics.

Is that a rg3ex1? Or am I tripping also i love this

Beautiful guitar I love Ibanez's 🤟🤟🤟😝

Yellow Frog tape.... it won't lift the finish, and you can see your pencil marks. If you have a delicate finish, start with a layer of the 3M blue 'delicate finish' tape, then a layer of yellow over it...

Looks like it was made for that guitar!

one question, is it possible to set the A4=432 hz with that bridge or to a different value, for example 425 or 444.4 ? new subscriber, nice job bro. !!!

The last pro is the most important 😉

I honestly have no trouble getting it to the bend zone. I don't have to do any more adjustments so it might be a mistake when installing it. Nice job btw. IDK if I could tackle that on my own

👌👍👍👍

There wasn’t room to mortise for the cover to sit flush?

Can you use sweet tunings or drop tunings with the Evertune? Personally think it would be much wiser to get a guitar peoperly set up with nut, saddles, intonation, everything done if one is having tuning issues, they should help a lot (for the average person). Folks want lighter guitars and make a big deal of it these days, curious how much one of these weighs? Good for you learning a new skill installing this, well done.

timestamp 4:06 your method is probably wrong or bad, i never build or modified guitars but i have a carpenter education. if you measure the middle of the Fretboard at the nut and at the last fret you will have the exact middle of your instrument! and then you can do simply measure down from the nut to fit the scale and mark down where to drill. Instead of drawing the angles down from the sides of the neck and trying to figure out you length and positioning. If you don't want those chip offs you could try to clap some wood on top before drilling,. never tried but maybe same technique as with glass could work, PS. not here to brag, i am here because i am going to build one myself and looking for tips and guidelines. timestamp 11:46 you already will be routing allot on the back just use the true middle from the front and drill from top to bottom with the thinnest drill you have. don't forget to clam some wood against the drills exit holes. that way you got the middle line again to work with on the backside. and if needed you can put a third hole before routing for the exact length Evertune bridge need on the back. since tools loose accuracy over time.

That hole drifting is precisely why you need to use the drill press. Even though the one you drilled by hand looks good, you just can’t keep the hole straight with your hand no matter how much you try. You would be better off for the future installing a larger chuck on the press so you could use the right bit for the job. It’s fairly easy and inexpensive to do so on most good quality drills. To minimize blowout, tape and use smaller bits and work up to the full hole size gradually, also don’t use any more pressure than needed, let the bit do the work rather than pushing it through.

I'd be hesitant to remove all that mass from my guitar.

So didn't learn a lesson using regular masking tape the first time. Continues to use it.

mine came pre installed =D

How did you mess up drilling the same holes in 2 guitars?

I would’ve only used the template, a ruler, and some tape. Anything else added to the equation is bound to make things more difficult.

Never use beige masking tape. Blue is what you want

Since I just found this, never seeing ANYTHING YOU MADE, I appreciate your attempt BUT if you never use this guitar great learning video, but if you do put a advisory note NOT TO DO THIS TO YOUR MAIN GUITAR but great what not to do and what to do video

Dude, Get a taller table or use a chair. I love the video.

The real question here is why you changed your pickups twice during this video?

Next time use painters tape, its easier on the guitars finish.

Just stretch out your stings when you first replace them

insanely brave. i touched 1 guitar in DIY and totally destroyed it. sad.

Now you possibly see why installation is pricey…..as its a major pain in the richard to install.

Much respect but I’m sorry after all that you should be able to intonate so look into modifying something to get it right

You need a certification to install an Evertune?

idk dude every ibanez mid range guitar… shit even the cheap ones are known for quality and ratio of tuners… fixed bridge also.. that rh jad to have lived in tune.. i think u had saddle snag or under notched or wrong length saddle. evertune just hype unless u play live and play clean

My floyd rose stays in tune. No on the evertune.

Or you could just tune it.

You lost me soon as I seen the paper lol... ggs

I'm still baffled by people that claim routing out a huge piece of wood for a tremolo system ruins the sound and sustain of a guitar - yet they're happy to rout out an even larger chunk, just to stay in tune... 🤣🤣🤣 Honestly I never saw the point to an Evertune bridge. And yes, I did try a guitar with one installed. A guitar simply needs regular tuning, just like any other stringed instrument - fact of life. It probably makes more sense to professional touring musicians to use these humongous bridges, but otherwise - to me - it's overkill.

not worth in my opinion, i'd say get some locking tuners on a well designed guitar and only have to tune once every two weeks or like when the climate changes. i can't tell how many times i started tuning it to find out it was already in tune.

Sir, I don't think you understood what was going on with your guitar. Alls you did was make your guitar more complicated by being able to tune it at both ends and reduced the stiffness of your guitar body. Your guitar is set up from the day you bought it. What I mean by this is if it came out of the store with 10 guage strings than you should stick with 10 guage strings. If you go lower like 9 guage or 8 guage then that should be okay, but if you go thicker guage strings then you are creating a problem with your nut. In other words your nuts slots aren't big enough and its pinching your strings. But because you said this new saddle fixed your problem means you had problems with your saddle. This was an easy fix but you went the long way about fixing your problem. If you replaced your saddle with an identical saddle then you wouldn't have had to router your guitar and make it weaker. It was the individual bridges or their set screws that you was having trouble with. If you would have spoken with the music store luthier, he would have explained to you the best route for you to take. But hey, now you have more stuff on your guitar so its better right? So now to make it less complicated you need a locking nut system! And the good thing to that is, you have even more stuff on your guitar. Isn't life grand? Or maybe thats what you spend to make life more simpler!😮 But I believe your tuning problem will come back. But before you decide to do anything else try this first. On your tuning keys you will notice a screw at the end of the key where you spin it to tune it up. Yes that screw is to hold that paddle on there but it also has another function and that is if you look at your tuning key very carefully you will notice a white washer on it. That white plastic washer is known as a friction washer. If you tighten that screw it will put more friction on your tuning key when you turn it. In other words it harder for your tuning key to turn under tension so it will stay in tune better. So now you know what that screw is really for. 😊

Nope. Not for me.

One question. Why?

any plans here?