The Biggest Problem With Ibanez Guitars.
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What's you favorite Ibanez Models? Im going 550 and Voyager!
Lol, I can't even remember all the weird "number/names".
rg550
To me, Ibanez = Hair Bands and whatever advanced alien $h!t Steve Vai is up to. 😁🤘🏻
‘88/‘89 540R & 540S Bensalem, Pa…
565 with its odd pickup configuration & the long gone 7620 7 string, the more recent offerings don't have what this one had IMO. Also love the AM & AS series, lots of bang for the buck in the semi-hollow family.
Their biggest problem: how they name them. I’m considering one of these two models…the RGT5076H6567754 and the RG8986DX1397F945.
hhahahaha
pretty much
Yes yes
Their names look like wi-fi passwords.
Once you're in deep enough the numbers and letters start to make some sense but it's still silly.
The only problem with Ibanez is that we always want another one...
yea, apparently according to guitar “experts” they can’t make instruments or guitars. but that’s pretty much just affluent privileged white people. I don’t mean literally white, i just mean people who have enough means and money to go after Fenders and Gibsons when they are 24 without a job. Like, a Collings is an eight thousand dollar guitar, and most privileged kids getting into guitar think that’s normal... Every poor person in the world plays an Ibanez. It’s become the brand of the working class, regardless of race. And their Japanese made stuff is really amazing. Most guys, including this video, have no idea about the Japanese Talman Series. Explosions in the Sky sound. By far my favorite Strat/Tele Alternative.
@@petermoss208Talman! Win!
No, "WE" don't.
Suck it up
@@petermoss208 I understand what you're saying but believe me. Ibanez plays like itself and nothing plays like an Ibanez because of it's unique wizard neck and tell you what? The closest neck profile to an Ibanez hyper wizard is a JP majesty. I moved from Ibanez to Charvel and came back. Ibanez is something else for me. It's not like Ibanez is cheap, but most American guitars being oddly expensive because they are AmEriCaN-mAde. I really don't have this point of view about Ibanez being poor people's guitar 😂 you better checkout JCRG line.
I bought a 20th Anniversary Jem because I liked the way it looked. I showed it to Steve Vai and he wrote all over it! Be careful with your guitars around that guy 🙃
Ibanez Artcores are a hidden gem - amazing guitars for the money for 20+ years on!
I just bought a 2004 AF195 a couple of months ago. My best musical purchase yet!
I love my AF95
I mostly play solidbody electrics, but when you want/ need a hollowbody, they do really do it.
ART100 here in white- you ain't lying buddy!
Agreed. I was just saying how much I love my AF75. Such a classy sound that makes me feel like a better blues player than I really am. lol.
Yup - got an ART100 single cut that I'll put up against any ESP LTD guitar.
I've also seen an ART 7 string with the set-through style neck heel that I would really love to add to my collection.
Throughout the 35 years that I've played guitar, I've owned Gibsons, Fenders, Charvels, Jacksons, ESPs, BC Richs, Washburns, etc because I'm sure I'm leaving out a few. When I joined a cover band, I needed a guitar with a double locking tremolo, so I bought an Ibanez RG1570. I was shocked how versatile it is. With the 5 way switch and the volume knob, I can pretty much get any tone I'm looking for with it. I have since sold off most of my guitars and now have the original RG1570 I bought and have since added an RG520QS, RG550, RG7620, and a MIJ RG470. i just don't think you will find a better guitar at those price points. They check all the boxes. Tuning stability, craftsmanship, and versatility.
I have an rg1570 as well and it is incredibly versatile. A person can play pretty much any style or genre with them. I love mine!
@@LS-wc6mr I got super lucky with mine. I got it about 4 months before the pandemic hit. $600, and it had a full set of Evos, brass block, and the last 4 frets are scalloped. I've seen people selling those for over $1000 these days.
Bro you have great taste I have those exact guitars and about 7 Jems also, but my 520qs is so cool with the mahogany body I love them all. 🤘🏼✌🏼
Ibanez is high quality - spesially RG Prestige and up. I have also owned many Ibanez guitars and I wait every year to see their new models because I want to buy a high end Ibanez. But they are a little bit too much bling, gold, the Vai-inlay tree on the fretboard on the custom models and so. I wish they would make a normal "strat" or a RG with thin neck in normal colors and whithout all the bling. I'm still waiting for that to happen. In Norway it's normally people in the countryside who like bling and stuff like that. The last good looking Ibanez I owned was a RGA-321 Maybe Ibanez sells a lot in Japan but they should consider to make a few models more toned down - to appeal to people who otherwise buy Fender, Suhr and so on. Charvel are also a bit over the top where the top models looks like they was made 20 years ago.
I have an RG8, RG450DXSLB, an RGD370ZWH, and just got an EHB1500DEF every guitar and bass that's an Ibanez I've owned is so nice, hand me a Gio or a Premium and I will not complain.
so Ibanez's biggest problem is players, for some reason, think you're only allowed to play certain genres on certain guitars. can we PLEASE stop with that crap. Just play what you want on the guitar you like, it's not complicated
Nah dude, if you try to play blues on my RG it will literally implode, taking me with it.
@@mablesfatalfable6021 You're wrong. RGs are really versatile. They're just marketed to metal heads.
I got a buddy who plays an electric blue RG470. He got a gig with a country band so he went out and bought.....a cowboy hat. So now he plays country on his RG470, but with a cowboy hat.
I would say that people who are shredders just tend to gravitate towards Ibanez due to ergonomics and price
amen to that 👍🏻
The biggest problem I have with Ibanez guitars is I don't own enough of them ...and I have 8 of them 😂
MIJ is the only way to go
Whats better in your opinion RG or S?
@@salildeshpande7 To each their own but for me it's a MIJ RG paired with a newer laminated neck.
The used u.s.a. custom guitars are a favorite of mine.
@@justincase9173 I see 👀. Thanks.
the AZ series made in indo are amazing.
Ibanez has one of the slickest, most beautiful guitar sereies in the S series, and one of the most beautiful and versatile bass series in the SR series. I'm a longtime fan.
I love the S series!!
Oh yes. The SR is my favorite.
Proud s owner here. So confortable. The wizard necks just feel so easy to play. And tonal options with the 5 selection switch ❤.
My Jem is as solid as they come. Can't use it on stage because my dumb eyes get confused by the vines, but for Livestreams and recording it's damn sweet ass!
YES! Jem's are amazing
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Heyy its guitar markiplier!!
@@bacongl, not sure id like having those sticking up a quarter inch when I wrap my thumb around and use it to fret the low E often..
Ibanez is not just modern superstrats, they also made the Artist series in the 70's, the Talman telecaster and strat style, Jazz guitars...
The problem is, they are not so good at marketing as Fender
Honestly I don't think it matters , everyone knows who they're!
@@mikeg6666 is not about know them, but to be fan of them
Well that's how confident they are with their product 🤘
@@mikeg6666it actually does matter, I got a single coil pickups strat at when I started, but eventually I realised its not what I want, so I looked at some videos and they were all basically: "you got the strat, the LP and the telly, now go choose.". I remember seeing ibanez guitars at the shop and I didn't even ask how much do they cost because they *looked* expensive to me. And since I didn't hear about them anything, I got a LP. It took me so long to realise that brands like ibanez, jackson, schecter and the like are not so expensive
You're tripping. They had waybheavier marketing back when marketing was still big for guitar companies in magazines and ibanez always had a who's who's of shredders that they're endorse. But if you were around in the early 2000s you'd know ibanez has definitely put the work in with marketing.
Some 20 years ago, I wanted a Fender Strat, got myself a Universe because I figured 7 strings will remove the work of changing tunes, it did.
Some years ago I wanted a LP because hey, it's a LP, I got myself an Iceman because its pretty much same specs, scale length, neck angle, controls etc, but its just so flashy that I couldn't not buy it.
Then I asked myself, why I keep getting Ibanez when I want those other brands, and I realized, Ibanez are just so comfy and deliver all I need, and they don't come with the problems others have, I've hit my Iceman on the walls and floor so many times and it's headstock is still there, lol.
Best necks out there , love em....
The MIJ Wizard necks are where its at. Ahh the Iceman, the best shape Gibson NEVER made! The Destroyer II is fuckin sick too
@@mikeyoung6351 Absolutely. Love the wizard on my 550 Genesis. The 5 piece walnut reinforced construction solves the cracking issue they had on the originals and it's so slim and fast!
I own a JS1200 ,JS20S 20th Anniversary model and an 1988 Jem in Desert Sun Yellow! I LOVE all 3 of them but the Jem doesnt have the low end that the Satriani's does. As far as an all around guitar, I like the Satriani models the best.
I tend to think of electric Ibanez as shred guitars, but my favorite guitar to play is an Ibanez acoustic/electric with a nickel-wound Gilmour-guage stringset (with a wound 3rd I custom order). With a soundhole block to control feedback, I run it through my pedalboard or a Line6 multi-effects board and into my Fender Twin. Super versatile, easy to play, stays in tune, massive range of sounds. I am liking everything about that Voyager you're playing there. I'm feeling the need...
You just now figuring out Ibanez is outstanding guitars? lol!
They are shit except their most expensive models. But those are too overpriced
@@stevestevens1457so American made fenders and Gibson are well priced? Get real. An “expensive” Ibanez is still cheaper than either of these competitors.
RG2EX1 here (the black GC-only one) . I've had 2 of them. They are cheap and very good. Hardtail. My favorite electric acoustic is the "Black diamond", a black acoustic with a diamond soundhole and two-color diamond inlays. Played as light as any electric. I also had a beautiful cherry Artstar double cut LP style thing from the late 80s or early 90s. Fully bound body, neck, and headstock. Gorgeous. Weighed like a boat anchor, though. When I first started playing in the late 80s, I was a Strat guy. Once I felt a Wizard neck, I was hooked. High quality, and cheap used. They also hold up to serious abuse, so I never worried about getting one used. They are by far my favorite brand, although I have a Diamond Series Schecter C-1 Platinum that has really grown on me!
From my recollection, Ibanez were always seen as cheap, for beginners or for people too cheap ro buy a Gibson or Fender. Regardless how many awesome stars swear by them, I think they still kind of have that aura. If that means I'll never be a 'real' guitarist as long as I keep using them, so be it. Here's to being an eternal intermediate!
Let's not forget that Ibanez made some pretty decent Les Paul and Explorer copies at one point. EVH played a Destroyer (became The Shark guitar) in the early days and possibly on the early albums.
Women and Children First.
Feel Your Love Tonight, You Really Got Me, Runnin With The Devil and On Fire were all recorded with the Destroyer
I never type cast my Ibanez: they are well made, versatile guitars. I have a few that cost many times more, but the Ibanez is usually my first choice. My favorite is a RG652AHM.
Ibanez made the best Les Pauls.
The biggest problem for me is that I don’t have like 10 more than l already have 🤩🤔
I've played Ibanez ever since I got serious in music many years ago. While my rock star dreams may have died, my RG760 and JEM77 Floral are still going strong! Not only were they good at mimicking other sounds, they also had their own unique sound.
Love my RG...ive had it since i was like 18 and im 36 now. Plays the best, sounds the best and has been super dependable. I dont play shows anymore but I started recording again and its my go-to.
The thing that so awesome about Ibanez guitars is when you get that wizard neck and you slap it on any of the bodies, they just play good.
There are far too many people who squeeze every single thought in their brain out through their mouths, thinking that they're going to find some magical mixture that's just going to elevate them to the height of playing ability when dude it comes down to hard work and what you're going to do with that thing..
How you express yourself great guitars and amplifiers only enhance that. A great guitar player can sit down with the lowest level equipment and still get a decent sound out of it... But a low quality player can sit down with the best stuff on the market and still sound low quality...
The very first Ibanez guitar I picked up I fell in love with.. that was many many guitars ago I've played some of the highest quality ones and some of the lower quality ones, and I'm telling you, if they're set up right, you can't really tell if the lights are just right you're feeling good and your noodling around..... Doesn't really matter with ibanez. Like I say set them up right and treat them well... If you know what you're doing you've got a fresh set of strings... Ibanez guitars will do it for you... Like you said Robert... If you're listening to it in a mix, you're never going to know what kind of guitar it is.
I absolutely can’t stand the wizard neck on 6 string guitars. Way too thin. Ibanez seems to have realised this and created the AZ series that has a slightly thicker neck. I wish they had made the neck thickness an option. There are some very cool models that I’d love to own, except it has the cardboard thickness neck on it 😅 It’s so funny to me that what one guy absolutely loves, another can’t stand. There is no right and wrong in guitar specs.
@@CoenBijpost agreed! I love the thin neck on the Ibanez myself, but when I got that little Fender American Ultra Stratocaster… It’s somewhere in between that and the baseball bat neck of the normal Stratocaster… I have not had a chance to get my hands on an AZ yet, but that Ultra neck is the best feeling neck I’ve ever wrapped my hands around. I don’t know if it’s because it has really good rounded over fretwork or the rolled edges, but it’s fantastic.. I’m like you though in the end every guitar player prefers a guitar set up the way they like it. That should go without saying, lol but you know, as long as there are guys with guitars and other things we’re gonna throw them on the table and measure them lol 😏😂😂😂
Ibanez is my favorite brand. I love my prestige 7 string, my les paul lawsuit, my 1985 back to the future roadster and my AZ. I can get every tone imaginable. From gibson to fender to pure metal. And their prices have always been Fair
Yeah, I came to them late after following the G.A.S trap of Gibson/Fender pricing. Fair prices as you go up the 🪜 feature ladder.
I own RG770 original not reissue. It doesn't outperform the others ,BUT it is versatile AND well made in Japan. The Floyd-rose mechanism on it is great quality for more than 30 years old guitar!
I have the same one, 30 years and she's still rocking.
the old ibanez' are beasts. I also love my 36 year old jem777dy
After 40 years of Gibson/Fenders I got my 1st one. JS-24 (satch model) and it’s becoming 5:38 5:40 my favorite! Pull pots and Floyd rose. Super versatile and the tone is amazing. Blues, R&B, Funk, anything. The neck is comfy and fast. Fit and finish are great. It’s a Hot Rod.
Some of my favorite Ibanez guitars are their semi hollowbodies, Artists and variations on Les Pauls from the 70's. The super strat thing has never been my favorite, but they have proven to be a company who produces a wide variety of great instruments.
I think the Problem are the Guitar Players that have HUGE confidence issues and stigmas, that phrse "does not sound AS GOOD as the original" ...just sound different, or you should say, does not sound "THE SAME, the Les Paul also does not sound like an Ibanez.... are just different....." ... and yes, you really can play ANY kind of records with any good guitar and being careful about the pedals, amps and Effx,,,,, there is not such a thing where you only can use a Tele, Strat or Les Paul (yes, each guitar have a characteristic, but is not that you only have to play it with that particular guitar)....... many feel are cooler with an Old Strat or the Fender Logo... all that is really BS and insecurities
The voyager is a beautiful design!
Current owner of a 2004ish RG42t, awesome guitar! Locking bridge has seen better days, but its among the most playable guitars in my collection.
Get a Prestige and marvel in it's craftsmanship!
They're all marvels bro all their guitars, as well as other top name brands.
@@IshredGuitar I have and had plenty of ibanez guitars, the prestige lives up to its name through and through!
@@MyBichSustained Yes I have a Prestige as well, but I got other top tier brands play just as good.
I have both a prestige and a premium both from the AZ line. The prestige is extremely nice obviously but I have to say for less than half the money the premium is a fantastic playing instrument.
@@IshredGuitar O.K.
I've got one guitar that has always stayed in my collection, Where other guitars have been sold, traded, etc. That one guitar is a 1994 Ibanez RG-570. I love it, It plays and sound great.
I love the artcore hollow and semi hollow guitars
They are indeed very good.
I’ve just recently picked up a 2003 RG320FM. My first Ibanez, and it’s a fantastic guitar. It easily handles the rock stuff, but with its 2 humbuckers and 5 way switch it also manages to do the Fender quack thing. I love it.
I have a Gio, which is crazy cool, just got a RG456BGM, I think that's the model, a couple numbers might be off, but I love it. It's light, easy and fun to play, it's gorgeous too, what more do you want, the thing sounds great. It's all factory stock too, haven't changed the pickups yet, but the more I play it, the more I wanna keep the stock pickups. Oh well, I love the thing,Rock On.🤘🎸🎶
Omg that Voyager looks and sounds amazing!
You're the coolest Robert 🤘
I learn so much from you.
Thank you!
Your Reb Beach sig is so totally awesome Robert. Please do more with that guitar. I own several Ibanez acoustic and electrics, play jazz, rock, metal and classical….love your channel and courses.
I still have my old Roadstar II and I love it. I made some modifications, but it's still one my guitars that I use for heavy riffs, rock and metal... The next Ibanez will be an 8 string multiscale. It will be a lot of fun and I will discover this new instrument...
Is that I don’t have one 😢
My son has collected three Ibanez guitars. Two 7 string multi scale models and a six string baritone. I have been playing them recently and I have been able to get really great clean and almost clean tones out of them. Such great guitars!
The biggest problem for me with Ibanez is when I want to switch pickups on how to rewire them was different from the standard wiring and I wanted a different 5 way switch in it and the damn switch would not hold it without touching the wood. So I had to take a router and very carefully deepen the cavity and repaint it with graphite gloss black mixed paint for shielding I make myself. Works great if done right. I have an original custom Japan made RG550 I have had for near 25 years now.
I miss my RG50 I had the one with the mirror placid Blue .. the drug days took it away from me I wish I still had it! Now been sober for 18 years … guitar saved my life ! Cheers bro!
@@satchrules101 I know the feeling. I was on drugs most of my life as well, and things come and go putting the drugs first.
I fell in love with my blue RG565 the moment I saw it in the store back in ‘92.
Always wanted a 550 as a kid in the 80s, had a Kramer and bought a Jackson as an adult. But when it was stolen (along with a guild s100 from the 70s I had as a kid also) I found and bought a MIJ Rg2550 prestige...holy cow that thing is my baby! Can handle everything from hair metal or thrash to that tele twang and sparkling cleans or anything in between. The 5 way swith and volume knob are like magic!!
Would like to see Buk rocking one in a future studio session =) I love the Jems, UVs, and their neck-through RGs.
I would say the Ibanez RG550 and upper models as the Prestige series when it's about versatility really outperform Les Pauls and Fender strats, sound great for lower gain and cleaner styles. Ibanez has its own sound and it's great not only for metal. A noticeable difference, at least for me, it's comparing to a Les Paul with a fixed bridge, dismissing pickups and pots, to a floating locking tremolo with the springs that makes a different tone, not bad, but its own with a particular resonance that some love. I still have an RG550 from around '90, it's still great after 30 years with proper care, only thing I got tired of the locking tremolo and nut, swapped for a Wilkinson VS-100 and an ebanol wide nut, and still sounds amazing with improved sustain, keeping the original pickups V7 & V8. So yeah also RG models can be very customizable. Great video Robert to make justice for Ibanez RGs or similar "modern" guitars. Thanks!
Ibanez play like butter and everything works as inteded on them. I've been a fan since I got my first one in the early 90's
For a starting acoustic player, it's the AS73FM-TAF with a black pearl replacement from Custom Pickguards. There are few complaints about the standard pickups, and but a few suggestions of similar Seymour Duncan humbuckers. Nicely finished, and smooth rubber grip controls.
Versatility and consistency, you can more or less play an Ibanez out the box. Had an Rg550, a 570, RG3550X and now a Jem Jr (has a rubbish bridge but for the money, it's still a good guitar) would love to own a Jem 7WH, an original PGM (who doesn't love PG huh) and a Universe...
A problem is that they dont have stainless frets on models priced similarly (LTD, Solar, Jackson, etc) that all have SS frets nowadays.
They should keep up with times. Most people wants the longevity garuantee of SS frets.
I have an RG550 Genesis that I have played for a few months, and I can already notice wear on the frets.
My SS fret guitars from 10+ years ago are still just as new!
Dude I always hated Ibanez but fell in love with the RG550 road red flare is my favorite. That said I’m still a Jackson guy
My problem with most Ibanez guitars is the fingerboard radius. I have small hands so I prefer the 9.5" radius, but I can go up to 12" on a Les Paul type due to the shorter scale, as long as the neck profile isn't chunky. Ideally, I want a guitar with a 24.75" scale and a 9.5" radius on a modern C neck. If someone at Ibanez sees this comment, please make it happen.
You should try Ibanez AZ
They are amazing. I actually checked one out a few months back . ua-cam.com/video/aKN_MEsfYM0/v-deo.html
My one and only electric guitar is an Indonesian made RGA42FM. Love those thin wizard necks.
I found myself playing a lot of blues/jazz vibes with my 550 back in the day. The HSH setup offers SO many tonal possibilities. Especially when you play around with amp settings and stuff.
In 2008 my Ibanez RG beat out my Fender Nashville Tele as my #1 for gigs. Crazy versatile. Still play it today.
Ibanez 560 was my 1st shred guitar in 89
Ive got an RG560 (in my thumbnail) Jem and an RG421 neck through and I love them all. Ibanez is a guitar that can do it all and doesn't need to sound like other guitars. Its its own thing and they stand alone. I have a Jackson Soloist and a Schecter Hellraiser Hybrid C-7 seven string and the Ibanez is always my go to guitar.
1977, Kiss Alive 2 comes out, we all bought it and opened up the double album to see the incredible photo of Kiss' live stage and all the pyrotechnic glory. BUT, then we saw the craziest shaped guitar we ever saw in the hands of one Paul Stanley. The Ibanez PS10 Iceman. We all wanted one!! They were rare and only made for a few years back then.
I've got one, it's a 79 with the sustain block. I bought it new in 81. In 93 the whole band signed it for me at a radio station in NJ.
I wondered how far I would have to scroll before somebody mentioned Paul Stanley. It does not get much more straightforward rock n roll than KISS.
The day I opened the KISS ALIVE II double album and saw Paul Stanley’s Ibanez guitar for the first time,my life changed forever! It’s still my favorite guitar to this day.
After the opening playing I was hoping it was just gonna cut to you saying "...I've got nowhere to put them all!"
😂😂
80s sound, 80s way of playing...why write that off? It's BETTER than what's in vogue today! BRING BACK THE 80s!!! The only problem with it is, that you have to become a BETTER musician to properly get the 80s sound and that's a lot of work! 2020s metal players have devolved to the point where 95 percent of what they play is two note power chords and chugging on the lowest string with insane gain levels. And you KNOW this is true.
Ok Boomer
this is just objectively not true and i think you'd be surprised how much great music is still being made, it's just not in the mainstream like it was in the past
So true.
I have been catching up on metal, and don't entirely agree - I kind of like a lot of it. Not sold on playing it though. I think 80's"style" is excellent and the only challenge is to write better songs - so much 80's stuff has a severe cringe factor - escape that, and I think you become a legend, lol.
Their necks are just too thin! Ive owned three Ibanez guitars, and ive only got one left, and doesn't get used much. The best guitar they ever made was the destroyer!
I love Ibanez. I have the original desert yellow RG550. Gigged with it in the 90s. Played many different genres. Around 2003 I picked up an RG320 at a flea market for $30, replaced the damaged trem/bridge and gigged with it for years. I recently got an Artcore hollow body and love that too. My daughter has a Gio and even those budget guitars are awesome. Even my Ibanez mandolin is pretty sweet. Still need to learn to play that one.
I have a collection of guitars and really for the longest time played a les Paul standard and my les Paul classic with my band. I’ve got a fender strat I’ve got 2 evh strats I have 2 prs and schecters.About a year ago I bought the Nita Strauss Ibanez and had Sweetwater plek it. I haven’t played any of my other guitars since.That wizard neck is totally awesome and basically any tone I want I can get. I got a jem also and that one is just as good. It was always a joke years ago we used to call Ibanez an I been had guitar. Have to say I’m eating those words now. I’ve become a big fan of these guitars.
I've owned plenty of Ibbys since the early 80s, from Destroyers to the S and RG models, an original floral Jem when they were released, roadstars, etc etc. The issue has never been the sound. Some of my best sounding guitars ever were old Ibanez Destroyers lIs and S models.
The issue for me has always been everything they make FEELs like a shred guitar. The neck shapes/widths- even their semi hollows feel shreddy. They cant make a nice rounded chunky c to save their life. Even the old 70s lawsuit guitars had thin and wide necks.
Have you played an AZ model yet? It out strats a strat.
Good, getting a LP with a Wizard neck would be amazing
My son has 2 high end PRS, both are fantastic, and I have a Jem BRMR (the mirror Vai Model), its an awesome guitar, as good as the PRS in craftsmanship, quality and playability. Ibanez specially the Hoshino stuff is WONDERFUL crafted guitars. A lot of those quality permeates to their middle and low end models. I have played some RG models and they are great.
As a lefty - Ibanez provides many great choices over the years. 2 Jem JRL, Two RG1570, Two RG550 Genesis (Road Flare Red - wish they'd bring this back for lefty) - all a great with subtle differences I appreciate. Favorite RG550 - with Steve's Special in the bridge. One weird thing that makes me prefer Ibanez is that they seem heavier, light guitars make me uncomfortable.
lefty here. You're right about choice.
I want to write Ibanez. They need to make a "wizard jr" neck and with a 24¾" scale as well. I just traded my rg5320 for an ltd m-1000(2023) and an Ibanez Q52. The rg played fantastic, but it was just too big for my hands. It felt like i had to work harder on it when i tried to really rip and it would hurt my hand after a bit. You have to spend 10,000 on one of those outrageous builds to get a wizatd with a 24¾ scale. I have a ⅞warmoth s-style build(24 fret/24¾" scale) with warmoth's wizard neck(same as the wizard 2) and i Fn love it! The q52 actually has a "wizard-c" and its a step in the right direction.
What's missing grom the pickup selector is the HH setting. Needs a neck always on switch...
Without adding any switches you can rewire them to have the HH selection, at the expense of one of the in-between settings.
@@LS-wc6mr I’d rather have a switch. Also 500k pots make the single coils/splits sound too bright. Top tip: You invariably have to back the volume off very slightly. It’s a design flaw in almost every HSH and HSS guitar.
@@MrUmandMrEr I definitely agree with you on the split positions being too bright. Seems like most people like it that way, but it really bugged me. I ended up painstakingly adjusting the pickup heights to get the best balance I could, and I've got it more usable now.
It's almost as if humans are prone to making judgements based off of visual cues rather than auditory cues....
Im fast asf boy🤤
My favorite guitar for 80's/90's punk rock is my RG770 believe it or not. It has that thing where it doesn't exactly articulate chords well, but with a little distortion power chords sound so chunky like you can hear all the strings banging around against each other.
My plan if I ever need a session guitar that can do pretty much anything has always been an Ibanez RG with a coil split switch and a Gilmour switch. With only those two additions, you got yourself a guitar for as low as 500 bucks that can do ANY sound!
I wish I still had my 78/79 Artist EQ. Heavy as hell but a beautiful guitar
Beauty is in the hands of the beholder, lol. Being a tad bit older than most, before Mr Vai helped boost them to the Stratosphere, they were producing really good Stat like guitars as well as some semi hollow Artcores.
I feel the RG series are really antiquated to the mid to late ‘80,s.
Just my opinion, thanks for always a great vid and keep on Revving
Beauty is in the hands of the beholder, lol. Being a tad bit older than most, before Mr Vai helped boost them to the Stratosphere, they were producing really good Stat like guitars as well as some semi hollow Artcores.
I feel the RG series are really antiquated to the mid to late ‘80,s.
Just my opinion, thanks for always a great vid and keep on Revving
Just got my Ibanez Prestige RG652AHM. What an absolutely awesome guitar!! Plays like a Cadillac!! Looks beautiful. My first Ash body, sounds amazing!
I love ibanez. They are more versatile than people give them credit for. I love traditional designs too.
I think for myself ibanez with the thin shredder necks it brings out the 80s/ shred thing more. While they can certainly do lower gain stuff it feels a bit weird. Like you're holding back.
The traditional guitar designs got more fight that add more to a vintage sound like say blues. Like playing a strat naturally I tend to play more restrained than on a rg for instance which fits the setting better.
While restraint can certainly be done on an rg for me it's kinda like driving a Lamborghini to the grocery store.
My biggest problem with an Ibanez guitar is just how much of a pain it is to put new strings onto the floating tremolo I much prefer the through body of the tele
Ibanez is a brand built for efficiency and performance. You can use it for almost any type of blues, rock and metal, and probably others as well. Of all the guitars I've played (LTD, B.C.Rich, Gibson, Fender, Schecter...) Ibanez are the most comfortable and well intonated of all.
IBANEZ is the Best . Love the Necks , The Tone , etc . I mean …. Most of my favorite players play them ! VAI - SATRIANI - GILBERT etc etc . I have to say though …..The ones MADE IN JAPAN / Fujigen …. Are the Best IMO
When I was a teen, I would have killed for the Reb Beach signature or Voyager if you will.
Ibanez had some amazing lawsuit copies of fender and Gibson. I will take a prestige Ibanez AR3000 or AR2000 over a les paul, same with the GB10 or PM100. Ibanez UV777 is still my go to.
Listen to Mike Seal play his Ibanez on his channel. His guitar work is brilliant.
Would love to hear you interview him.
Your personalities seem similar.
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I think they all sound like guitars
I have used Ibanez 3:03 guitars for 60’s rock, pop, jazz, and everything in between and they are the best! Try it you’ll like it
"No, but also yes!" 😆 When I was first learning guitar, back in the late 80s, I saved up some money (around $400) to buy my first decent guitar. I was looking at buying an Ibanez super-strat (don't remember the model), but then another Ibanez caught my eye. It was an Artist M-series; basically a mini-335 style semi-hollow guitar, and I ended up buying that instead.
4:08 Made me think of Neil Schoen's sound on "Lights" and I love that sound 😎🎸. As for your comparisons, to my ears the Strat and Ibanez sounded less alike than the LP and Tele shoot-outs but, like you said, when listening to the Ibanez on a recording, who would even notice?
To be fair, that 550 is as 80s as it gets. However, the RG series is easily as common as Schecter and ESP/LTD for today's sorts of metal. The RG series does Drop C, Drop A, or lower tunings so well. One of my bandmates has the 28" RGIB21, and it is SPECTACULAR.
On the opposite side of that, few people know about the Ibanez Artcore, which is actually better than I gave them credit for.
ibanez lost me when they stopped making the trems systems with the ball bearings instead of the knife edges. i still keep my S420 solely because of the trem system, it's the best system made in my opinion and i hate that they ceased production.
Your videos rock.
Just like Tim it looks like you play so smoothly barely touching the neck.
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Sure you can put pretty much any pick up into any guitar and make them sound whatever way you want.
Never been wrong on Ibanez , loved them since I started playing . I even used a rg through my time in music school playing jazz.
George Benson’s been endorsing Ibanez for decades.
Love my 1991 USACustom EWFMR except These shark tooth Inlays. Trend the Genesis 550 lately- Sounds awesome
The problem is, I can never own enough of them. I now own 5 of them. My first Ibanez was an RG470 that I bought in 1992. Still easily one of my favorite guitars in my collection. Most of my all time favorite guitarists play Ibanez as well. Paul Gilbert, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, just to name a few! Love Ibanez guitars! 🎸😝🤟
Go listen to The Strike…modern band who have a very fresh approach…but there are a lot of 80’s finger prints in their songs including their guitar sound…total 80’s throwback.
I have the new tokyo midnight rg and a neon pink 25th aniversary rg550. Love them both.
Ibanez guitars are amazing, my problem with them is the radius. EVERYTHING RG is a 16"+ radius, and I want a 12 with yes, the sweet looks and a floyd rose. Geezus, get over that "wizard" thing with the RG line.
I get what you're saying as an RG with a Jackson Soloist neck profile and the Edge pro would be close to my ideal guitar.
But...
The skinny neck, train track frets and flat fretboard radius is what sold the RG and S, and still does.
Reminds me when we were in the studio. We recorded rock stuff and the recording guy look quite critical at me when I pulled out my RG3550. He even laughed and asked what I want with a metal guitar. Then we started recording (bridge hummucker on full level) and I heard no word from him...so I guess it worked quite well, espeially when we did the first round with a LP style.
Have you tested one of the AZ-Series Ibanez? Super versetail and comfy to play. In the meanwhile the AZ is my main Axe. Cheers
AZ is the Ibanez to have that you wont get the expectatin to be a metal guitar. Love the AZ. RG are great, is the paradigm that they are shredder guitars, but in reality RG are very versatile, is the look of them that makes you think on a shredder guitar