Pics from previous owner: Pics after restoration & setup: Specs: 1-piece original Wizard neck (quartersawn maple), square heel joint 17mm 1st fret – 19mm 12th fret 430mm radius rosewood fretboard 43mm nut width Jumbo frets Light-weight basswood body Edge tremolo with die-cast saddles It’s unbelievable how well this 22+ year old guitar was maintained before [...]
I’ve been a good boy this year so Santa got me this rare Ibanez J Custom, a couple weeks early too ;) RG8470F pics: RG8470F specs: Mahogany body with AAA flamed maple top and natural binding 5 piece maple/walnut neck with matching headstock and flamed maple binding 430mm radius rosewood fretboard with abalone and mirror [...]
Last week I decided to play around with the JS30 by throwing in the stock DiMarzio humbuckers from my RG2550E. I wasn’t very excited about how these pickups sounded in the RG so I didn’t expect much. It would obviously sound different in the JS30′s alder body (as opposed to the RG’s basswood) but what [...]
Last weekend all major changes to the RG2550 were complete but it took some tweaking during the week to perfect the setup for my style of playing. Overall, I’d say it’s as good, if not better than many £1500 guitars out there – glad I didn’t spend that kind of money on a JP6/JS1000 ;) [...]
A list of mods planned for my Ibanez RG2550E, parts have arrived but I need a whole day to complete the work and get the guitar fully set up. 1. New pickups: Been testing many pickups since the guitar arrived and will settle on something soon. I’m convinced about the Evolution neck and I’m removing [...]
Ibanez RG2550E Galaxy Black: Since I have already talked a bit about the RG2550E-GK here, I’m going to make this a quick subjective review about why this guitar was worth every £ I spent on it. What I liked (besides the great build quality): – Perfect fretwork: Supposedly same frets as the RG1570 but for [...]
Ibanez RG1570 Mirage Blue: Mirage Blue is truly an eye-catching finish and just like other Prestige guitars it is well built but slightly over-priced in the UK :) The Prestige 5-piece Wizard maple/walnut neck was a welcome change from Jackson and Fender necks. The RG1570 is clearly built for shredding but too bad the biggest [...]
Among all the guitars I received in the last two months, these were my top three. The one thing they had in common was the exceptional build quality and a very good finish. It was tough choosing one but I eventually had to so I could get on with my recording projects. At first I [...]
I spent the last couple of months looking for my next guitar, primarily for rock but capable of handling some blues and metal too. After going through a string of Jacksons and Ibanez guitars, an RG2550E-GK arrived 2 days ago. It wasn’t perfect (hey, no guitar is!), and the factory setup was a bit sloppy, [...]