New Ibanez models, including RG Custom - WOW!

[Ashurbanipal]

Re: New Ibanez models, including RG Custom - WOW!

How is this guitar? Ibanez is KILLING me! First, I dont need, nor can I afford any more guits. BUT, the anniversary models are killing me with GAS... I LOVED them all the first time around, but didnt have any. and since Im so stuck on 80s metal and I think a midlife crisis... I want these.
I had one of the 550 reissues and it was AWESOME (but, it was Japanese) but I sold it. I loved the 770 reissue, cuz I loved the clear pg and colored inlays, but I couldnt justify the price. Now they have the R2xxv and its not too pricey and I could get yellow and then multi color the pups... BUt now, the RG3XXv in laser blue!!! OMG, for some reason it rocks my rolls... I love the color, the colored inlays, the pup config as its diff then most RGs and the upside down headstock.. I seem to recall about the only upside down headstocks back in the 80s were the special guitars the stars had...
But again, I dont need another guit, especially am midline one, but .....

So, how is it? any issues or concerns? Price?? I played a couple of the 920 prestiges with high expectations and found them to be VERY disappointing..

C'mon man, you've got that flip-flop looking 570; it doesn't get much better as far as older RGs are concerned.

Admittedly, MIK and MII have come a long way, even in the last 10 years. The Premium guitars look like they're built well; and it's cool that you can get more colours than black and maple fretboards. I'm not a fan of RGs (I did play one for 10 years) so the current offerings are kind of 'meh' in my mind.

The main thing I'm sceptical regarding the new guitars is that these zero trems all have puny blocks, which has to have an impact on tone and sustain.

 

[MetalManiac]

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Admittedly, MIK and MII have come a long way.

This is really distracting, you comparing the already acknoweged excellent QC of Korea in the same breath as the highly suspect Quality of Indonesian guitars. Almost seems you are deliberatley trying to throw people off base here.

 

[StratFreak]

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I love this Ibanez model, not 100% if its new, but its on my lookout list.

 

[astrozombie]

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that red guitar is awesome!

 

[BloodRose]

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yeah, I wasnt really crazy that they went indonesian for these. Ive played a couple of the 2xxv series that were kinda shoddy where the screw holes were drilled in the body for the neck, but they played pretty nice. I was suprised some guitar mags gave them a really good reviews.

I love that laser blue, but the pic of the red one above is alot better than the ones on the site

 

[BloodRose]

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C'mon man, you've got that flip-flop looking 570; it doesn't get much better as far as older RGs are concerned.

Admittedly, MIK and MII have come a long way, even in the last 10 years. The Premium guitars look like they're built well; and it's cool that you can get more colours than black and maple fretboards. I'm not a fan of RGs (I did play one for 10 years) so the current offerings are kind of 'meh' in my mind.

The main thing I'm sceptical regarding the new guitars is that these zero trems all have puny blocks, which has to have an impact on tone and sustain.

Yeah, thats why I said I dont NEED one. I have the 570 and too many other trem guitars.. But as I said, Im sure want one. Yellow too. Whats funny is back in the day, I hated the yellow and all the neons with multi color pups.. Now, I love em ! Im just trying to recapture lost youth....


Whats the diff tween the wizard and wizard III necks?

 

[PonyKiller]

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I REALLY like the new 565/RG3XXV. It looks killer in Laser blue. I'd consider getting one if it wasn't for the price. At $700 I think is WAY to high for the guitar you're getting. The 20th Annv. RG550's were $800 when new in 2007 and had really cool color matching hard cases.

Ibanez prices have been awfully going up on the past years...


A RG3XXV in Laser Blue is available at Sweetwater Guitar Gallery. Here's a link if anyone want to take a better look at it:
http://www.sweetwater.com/guitargallery/electric/all/s211P01120421386/
I thought these were Premium RG's like the RG1XXV. Looks really good though.

EDIT: They also have the RG2XXV's. The matching strings are killer!
http://www.sweetwater.com/guitargallery/electric/all/s211P01120316431/
http://www.sweetwater.com/guitargallery/electric/all/s211P01120322553/

 

[Ashurbanipal]

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Whats the diff tween the wizard and wizard III necks?

The Wizard III is a bit wider at the top end than the Wizard II, everything else seems to be the same.

 

[Jessie's ghost]

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This is really distracting, you comparing the already acknoweged excellent QC of Korea in the same breath as the highly suspect Quality of Indonesian guitars. Almost seems you are deliberatley trying to throw people off base here.

Shut up, Jerry.

 

[dystrust]

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Ive played a couple of the 2xxv series that were kinda shoddy where the screw holes were drilled in the body for the neck, but they played pretty nice. I was suprised some guitar mags gave them a really good reviews.

Most guitar mags seem to be afraid to give a negative review for fear of losing ad revenue. This and only wanting to cover the same sh*t all the time is why I no longer read them.

 

[BloodRose]

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Most guitar mags seem to be afraid to give a negative review for fear of losing ad revenue. This and only wanting to cover the same sh*t all the time is why I no longer read them.

yeah, kinda what im seeing. they dont say anything bad about anything, but if its less than impressive, they just dont rate it. Seem to be alot of gold and platinum awards given.

 

[bloodswords]

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Doubting the Indo QC? I was a doubter, this was before the Premium models made their mark. But it's not about the Premium being the better half of the current Indo production, even the non-Premium models, the anniversary models for instance, are displaying great QC.

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

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And please go back to the way you made them back in the days...
They are far removed from what they used to be sadly!

 

[TheTranslator]

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How is this guitar? Ibanez is KILLING me! First, I dont need, nor can I afford any more guits. BUT, the anniversary models are killing me with GAS... I LOVED them all the first time around, but didnt have any. and since Im so stuck on 80s metal and I think a midlife crisis... I want these.
I had one of the 550 reissues and it was AWESOME (but, it was Japanese) but I sold it. I loved the 770 reissue, cuz I loved the clear pg and colored inlays, but I couldnt justify the price. Now they have the R2xxv and its not too pricey and I could get yellow and then multi color the pups... BUt now, the RG3XXv in laser blue!!! OMG, for some reason it rocks my rolls... I love the color, the colored inlays, the pup config as its diff then most RGs and the upside down headstock.. I seem to recall about the only upside down headstocks back in the 80s were the special guitars the stars had...
But again, I dont need another guit, especially am midline one, but .....

I just got the candy apple 3XXV 2 weeks ago. This is the BEST Ibanez model I've played in the $700 range.

So, how is it? any issues or concerns? Price?? I played a couple of the 920 prestiges with high expectations and found them to be VERY disappointing..

I have the RG920QM, and it has the exact same pickup configuration as the RG3XXV, although I like the different tones on the 3XXV a little more in distortion mode. However, the neck and fingerboard on the 920 is a little faster due to the extra width and flatness of the fingerboard. The rosewood fingerboard on the 920 sounds a little fuller in clean mode as well. BTW, the 920 is a Premium, not a Prestige. For $949 (I got mine when they were $50 less), it's still a good deal, IMO.

 

[alteredbeast]

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And please go back to the way you made them back in the days...
They are far removed from what they used to be sadly!

AGREED. A friend of mine has two 565's from back then, blue and like a saftey orangish color, man those necks are soooooooo fkkkkkkkn nice. plus i love reverse headstocks.

 

[Dr. Vegetable]

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I was disappointed at first to learn these models weren't Japanese, but I've come 'round to being okay with it. What got me into Ibanez was the quality of those Japanese RG instruments. Now that I've spent so much time with so many different examples over the years, I feel like I can tell pretty quickly if a guitar under inspection has qualities similar to what I like about my old RG550, 520, etc.

BTW, that RG3XXV in Candy Apple is teh secks.

I've had a similar experience. Go into any big-box guitar store and play two "identical" guitars from any manufacturer, you're going to find subtle differences between instruments. I have a couple ARTs and a few SZs that are identical but for their color/finish. But put me in a dark room and I could tell you which is which, just from the way they play.

I own Ibbys from Japan, Korea, Indonesia, and China. Sure, crappy manufacture/QC can ruin a guitar before it even gets to the store, but you'll find superb instruments built in any of these locales. If you turn your nose up just based on country of origin, you're going to miss out on some great instruments. (You'll also buy a lot of duds if you have too much blind faith in one factory over another.)

Regardless of where it was built or whose logo is on the headstock, I evaluate a potential guitar purchase by playing it for awhile and looking it over closely. If it feels right and passes my QC, I don't care where it was put together.

 

[TheTranslator]

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Regardless of where it was built or whose logo is on the headstock, I evaluate a potential guitar purchase by playing it for awhile and looking it over closely. If it feels right and passes my QC, I don't care where it was put together.

+1

 

[superpete]

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The new Ibanez stuff is really nice. The regular Indonesian stuff did not impress me, but the Premium line I thought was really good. The necks feel great. The pickups weren't the best but were certainly decent sounding. I changed the parts around on mine to make it more like a JEM. Here's a pic I love posting of the before and after.

 

[BloodRose]

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I just got the candy apple 3XXV 2 weeks ago. This is the BEST Ibanez model I've played in the $700 range.

CONGRATS!!!!!

I have the RG920QM, and it has the exact same pickup configuration as the RG3XXV, although I like the different tones on the 3XXV a little more in distortion mode. However, the neck and fingerboard on the 920 is a little faster due to the extra width and flatness of the fingerboard. The rosewood fingerboard on the 920 sounds a little fuller in clean mode as well. BTsdW, the 920 is a Premium, not a Prestige. For $949 (I got mine when they were $50 less), it's still a good deal, IMO.

The new Ibanez stuff is really nice. The regular Indonesian stuff did not impress me, but the Premium line I thought was really good. The necks feel great. The pickups weren't the best but were certainly decent sounding. I changed the parts around on mine to make it more like a JEM. Here's a pic I lovse posting of the before and after.

LOVE the final outcome! Wanting to do the same too. Funny, back in the 80s, I didnt like the neon, multi color guitars. Now I love em..

 

[KeeperOS]

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I think the Living Dead has a guitar like that (color scheme and all).

They seem to have kinda grown on me...