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The pickups don't have good sustain. Change them out with Dimarzios or Duncans to improve sustain and tone. You should also check the Ibanez forum and see what those guys suggest. I was reading a few threads about how Ibanez puts some rubber inserts under some of their trems which robs sustain. They claim to have removed them to solve the sustain problems.
I have played 3 of the Premiums and all of them came farily well setup from the factory and sounded great. I didn't notice a sustain problem like you describe and I can only think it's probably the setup. You need to adjust the bridge height and neck curvature. If you're down-tuning real low, you're going to kill the sustain too. I wouldn't play an Ibanez tuned down more than 1/2 step.
They're great guitars and almost as good as the Prestige models. You should keep it and find a way to solve your sustain problem. You won't find a better guitar for the money.
The pickups don't have good sustain. Change them out with Dimarzios or Duncans to improve sustain and tone. You should also check the Ibanez forum and see what those guys suggest. I was reading a few threads about how Ibanez puts some rubber inserts under some of their trems which robs sustain. They claim to have removed them to solve the sustain problems.
I have played 3 of the Premiums and all of them came farily well setup from the factory and sounded great. I didn't notice a sustain problem like you describe and I can only think it's probably the setup. You need to adjust the bridge height and neck curvature. If you're down-tuning real low, you're going to kill the sustain too. I wouldn't play an Ibanez tuned down more than 1/2 step.
They're great guitars and almost as good as the Prestige models. You should keep it and find a way to solve your sustain problem. You won't find a better guitar for the money.
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