AzNjT
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Let me star off by saying that this isn't ment to be a comparison to other Ibanez guitars, but more of a "Mid range" guitar to previous guitars owned of the same, if not more, value.
PS: This guitar was good enough that made me want to Review it.
My First Ibanez
Back Story: I never brought myself to buying an Ibanez RG because I've always felt that the RG guitars were too stock and I never really digged the whole Super-strat 24fret Whammy bar guitar.
But this, this guitar is the complete reverse of the traditional Ibanez designs.
-String Through Body
-Covered Aluminum Pickups
-Single All Around Binding
-Reversed Headstock
-Flawless Black Mirror Finish
-5 Way Toggle for A 2 Pickup Guitar
Visually
This guitar just Demands skull crushing Metal, the single binding on the top face really enchances the entire Black/RG body shape with the reversed headstock and black hardware. I actually love this guitar to bits just for the looks but then comes the construction of the instrument.
As compared to other mid range guitars, the fretboard is just Beautiful.
It looks really happy, almost like its popping out and saying "HELLO!! : D"
Non of that "White Spec", "grain of Wood" nonsense that you all know, and pisses me off when I see one
The covered ALUMINUM picks are just so yummy, its like nothing thats out there, its like a smooth Covered Humbucker with an EMG touch with Impact styled text and just feels cold to the touch.
Construction
The MOST important component of a guitar, for me, I think is the Neck. With a badly made neck, your notes will never ring true and no matter how good your pickups are or how good you are, you will never be able to make it sound "Correct"
This particular piece that I own is near perfect, power chords on the 1st and 3rd string all the way up to the 24th and notes on the 6th from 12 to 24 are properly ringed when picked.
When unplugged, open chords just RING OUT beautifully as well as single note lines and you can feel vibrating in the wood
I've never played any Ibanez guitar with an RG body or Wizard neck and though it was different to what I was used to, this was very easy to get a "feel" for and the lower cut away is, omg just, genius, I never realized how DEEP the cut away was, I always thought that it was a Flat faced Strat, and I was just amazed at how its actually Possible to reach the 24th fret while maintaining the same fretting posture.
Sound
Never really bothered to use the toggle switch ANYWHERE other than first or last position (Bridge or Neck) but this totally changed my view on how it would actually benefit your overall versatility of tones that you can manipulate for various styles of music.
Remember this is a 5 way switch for a 2 humbucker plank.
Somehow when ever I strum the Em chord in the clean channel, theres just somehting about it that I've never felt I ever got with any other guitar, theres like a very thick and round sound that has been "carved" specifically, Might be the pickups, might be the strings, I dont know.
On distortion, power chords are sensational, along with the construction of the Fretboard, it just plays whatever you fret with good enough clarity.
Overall
I could prolly go on forever but this guitar as you can tell, is really Top notch for the price, dont know about other models, dont care. This is where its at for this price range, beats any Epiphone Les Paul, Squire Telecaster (not happy with the several I used to own)
Everything on this is just Perfect, everything I could ask for.
beautiful Fretboard, superb Finish, black hardware with White binding with reverse headstock and a killer price.
I bought this guitar in a Perfect condition, and I aims to keep it that way
Hope you enjoyed this review!
pm or sms me for ANY questions on this guitar
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