Super Strat for Under $1000?

[Maz]

It's getting to that time of the year where my wallet expands itself by a good $1200, or this case ~$2000 if I manage to sell a couple of my guitars. I'm looking for a new guitar that will do, pretty much everything for under $1000, so I can use the rest to arrange a few pedals.

My eyes are currently set on the Ibanez RG1451 Prestige

Here are my main Requirements:

-No floating Trem
-Made in Japan(or any other trust worthy place)
-HSH, 1 Volume, 1 Tone. or HH, preferably
-Will play metal, jazz, and everything in between
-Preferably stock with Duncans or EMGs, or an Ibanez
-Good quality wood, not over 10 pounds
-24 Frets

That's really it, I'm mainly looking at Ibanez RGs, because I've heard a lot of great things about them. Also, concerning the Ibanez RG, would I be able to get a pickguard made for a Fender Strat to fit on it?

[Chickenwings]

Re: Super Strat for Under $1000?

i like the charvels. amazing necks but only 22 frets.

[BloodRose]

Re: Super Strat for Under $1000?

i like the charvels. amazing necks but only 22 frets.

I love the Charvels too, but OP said no floating trem.

[Maz]

Re: Super Strat for Under $1000?

I did check out the Dreamcicle, but one Volume knob, a single coil, and a humbucker aren't really going to give me what I'm specifically looking for, in what is currently going to be my only guitar.

[Ashurbanipal]

Re: Super Strat for Under $1000?

You won't find an RG with a bend down only trem. The old ones are good, of course, especially with the Edge/Lo-Pro. Scratchplates are different too, but you can buy an RG one on evil bay any time.

If you can find an '86 Roadstar in HH or HSH (they came in H, HSS, and SSS too), they're great guitars, and can be had for $200-500 depending on the condition. These guitars are the ancestors of the RG and specs are quite similar - basswood body, maple/rosewood neck. They have non recessed trems, but only 22 frets. Yet, the trem on these guitars doesn't rest on the body as its baseplate isn't flat like an OFR; depending on the setup, it's 2-3mm off the body. Of course, if you're finnicky about that, you can just install a block inside so the trem comes to rest against it when in neutral position.

There are also Roadstar Deluxes, which came in HH, and had 24 frets. If you can find one, that is...

I have a Proline, which is the next rung up - ebony board, alder body. Really versatile guitar with the two mode switching.

I don't know how big a deal it is to you, but all this is before the aanj - I personally find it hard to hit the 24th fret on the old RGs with the square heel; 22 is manageable.

[JonnyG92]

Re: Super Strat for Under $1000?

Jackson SL1t or SL2t

[Ayrton]

Re: Super Strat for Under $1000?

You won't find an RG with a bend down only trem.

RG 650 would work, or add a Tremel No.

[ehdwuld]

Re: Super Strat for Under $1000?

one of these
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the guys at Floyd upgrades , you know the guys with the brass tremblocks have
one for 20 bucks or something

2 screws and
suddenly dive only

[Ashurbanipal]

Re: Super Strat for Under $1000?

RG 650 would work, or add a Tremel No.

Hmm, didn't know about these. I always thought that the really cheapo Ibanezes (Gio, 100/200 series) came with non-locking vintage/2 point trems.

I just remembered those new X series Jacksons - neck through, Duncan Designed or EMG pups; don't know how much they are though. The now defunct DK2M is also good - real Duncans (Jazz/JB). All these have recessed trems though.

[Chickenwings]

Re: Super Strat for Under $1000?

I love the Charvels too, but OP said no floating trem.

Charvels are not floating, they are flush mount.

[ItsaBass]

Re: Super Strat for Under $1000?

A Strat-type floating vibrato can be made almost entirely "dive-only" by installing extra springs and/or cranking down the claw.

Personally, I would look for an assembled Warmoth guitar on E-Bay, Strat style with 24 frets and hopefully a universal ("swimming pool") rout, and put a Super Vee vibrato in it. You will get a very good bang for the buck buying a Warmoth on the used market, rather than a low-to-mid-range factory-built shredder guitar. That vibrato is a modification, which I know you said you don't want to do, but it is about as harmless and simple a modification as there is for what it gives you in return. It's not a Floyd-like modification. The vibrato is expensive, but with your budget, and the deal you will get on a used Warmoth, you can just consider it part of the cost of the guitar.

My two cents.

[AudioWonderland]

Re: Super Strat for Under $1000?

Find a good tech and build

[mwalluk]

Re: Super Strat for Under $1000?

LTD MH 1000?

[ImmortalSix]

Re: Super Strat for Under $1000?

It's getting to that time of the year where my wallet expands itself by a good $1200, or this case ~$2000 if I manage to sell a couple of my guitars. I'm looking for a new guitar that will do, pretty much everything for under $1000, so I can use the rest to arrange a few pedals.

My eyes are currently set on the Ibanez RG1451 Prestige

Here are my main Requirements:

-No floating Trem
-Made in Japan(or any other trust worthy place)
-HSH, 1 Volume, 1 Tone. or HH, preferably
-Will play metal, jazz, and everything in between
-Preferably stock with Duncans or EMGs, or an Ibanez
-Good quality wood, not over 10 pounds
-24 Frets

That's really it, I'm mainly looking at Ibanez RGs, because I've heard a lot of great things about them. Also, concerning the Ibanez RG, would I be able to get a pickguard made for a Fender Strat to fit on it?

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[youngthrasher9]

Re: Super Strat for Under $1000?

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+1 I have this combo, and it kicks serious @ss for the price. Tremol-no is very useful.