Many, many years ago I contacted Ibanez US about a guitar part for an old out of production, JP made guitar. Nope, no way, nice try, you serious Clark?
I then started corresponding with Ibanez JP, and after a good many emails, finally got to purchase an old part they had. Note I was was
exceedingly sweet to the JP folks, once I found one that spoke English, as they didn't really owe me the time of day. Good luck OP!