'84 Roadstar RS-440, new owner, some ...

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Author Message   Scottgentzen Username: Scottgentzen Registered: 11-2007 Posted on Friday, November 02, 2007 - 12:10 am:    I just bought what from what I can tell is an 84 Roadstar RS-440. Everything seems to match up with the information list for that model...except for the color...it's a metallic purple color which I assume is Purple Haze. The headstock and neck match the body color and it doesn't look like it's a re-finish job. Now that I have it in my hands, I have a few questions that I didn't expect when reading about and looking at pictures of Roadstars. I've been having a hard time finding answers searching around this forum. Has anyone figured out a suitable replacement for a missing whammy bar? I stopped in at GC and fiond an Ibanez bar that says it's 3mm...which seems like it'd be too small for the hole in the Pro Rock'r bridge. The locking nut is missing its screws and pads. Are there any suitable replacements for those? How about the sets that are sold at the Ibanez site? Is there any documentation out there somewhere on how the Pro Rock'r works? It took me 15 minutes to figure out just how to get the strings out of it. There's 4 screws in each saddle and I have no idea what they do. Has anyone found a definitive wiring diagram for these older guitars? The 5-way switch on mine's flakey so I'll be going into the cavity to work on it anyway so it'd be nice to make sure everyting's as it should be while I'm in there. That's all for now. Thanks.   Mr_roadstar Username: Mr_roadstar Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2007 - 2:37 am:    Your guitar is RV (Royal Violet). Purple Haze was only available on the RS525. The replacement 2LE2-1B whammy bar should fit your Pro Rock'r. Yes, literature on the Pro Rock'r was published when it was a current offering (1984-85). The Bear   Scottgentzen Username: Scottgentzen Registered: 11-2007 Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 3:57 pm:    Thanks for the bar info. I'm planning on picking one up on the way home. Now I did find this scan of a datasheet on the bridge and locking nut that someone posted on the Ibanez forum, aparently from ibanezrules.com (though I haven't been able to find it there directly): http://www.ibanez.com/forum/uploads/rustyohus/2006 -12-28_175122_Pro_Rocr_rs.jpg While it mostly seems to be Engrish marketing material it at least describes what the different parts in the Pro Rock'r bridge and the Top Lok nut. I just wish there was a higher-res scan out there somewhere. The technical information is a little small to read clearly. I've looked on the Ibanez site for documentation but it doesn't go that far back. Is it going to be one of those situations where I have to just fiddle around with it all and figure it out or is there more detailed information on the hardware out there somewhere? I don't htink the pads are in the Top Lok and its screws are missing and I'm trying not to buy a beater Roadstar to take its parts for something that minor. Another thing I was wondering...when I got the guitar, it was strung with the ball ends stilll on the bridge end stuffed into the hole that the string pressure pad goes into. Do these bridges not lock down on a string end without the ball like a normal Floyd Rose style bridge does? If the strings lock without the ball at the bridge, I'd rather string them backwards so that the ball end is up on thetuning pegs.

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