400€ Ibanez VS 1500€ Ibanez Prestige | GUITAR Q&A SHOW #19
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2018
- Cheap vs expensive, Ibanez edition! Time to compare a 400€ Ibanez RGA42 with an 1500€ RG2620ZE Prestige model. I was very surprised with the differences in this back to back test. Leave a comment and tell us which guitar you liked more!
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About this video:
In this week's Q&A show Bernth talks about two different Ibanez guitar models and compares them directly.
Time to compare a 400€ Ibanez RGA42 with an 1500€ RG2620ZE Prestige model. I was very surprised with the differences in this back to back test. Leave a comment and tell us which guitar you liked more!
When someone like this comes along we just have to love him , what a fuckin dude
Wow look at that arm action. Your improvement as a player is amazing!!
Sadly i've found the newer Indonesian made Ibanez has too many QC issues. Once they sort that out then they're worth considering. A MIJ Ibanez is simply one of the finest guitars you can buy. So always look for a 2nd hand MIJ Ibanez over a new Indonesian one...The quality is worth the $
Bought a used RGA42T for $150 and couldn't be happier..there are QC issues indeed but not a big deal. Replaced the crappy pickups with a Gibson 490T / 490R humbuckers and it rocks. The mahogany body makes a big difference in tone. It resonates well compared to the more expensive Alder bodies I own like the Charvel and the AZ PRESTIGE.
The trick is to never get good enough to where you notice!
@@donniejean 🤪is that what i'm doin wrong?
@@bradhill935 well it’s a tough one. The MIJ (midgets) don’t have to bend over as far to see the imperfections. Thankfully I hit a growth spurt in my late 39 so I don’t have to play a minion guitar or ride a pony anymore:)
I just bought a new RGA42EX-BAM, gorgeous colour and body, so much slimmer and light then my older GRG model. I don't think it's worth going for a more expensive one yet but maybe one day :)
This review is the reason why I bought Ibanez rga42! Keep rockin' man!!
FAKEpubG I have one since 2011 and still rocks!!
Good choice, is very high quality. If I can suggest, change the Floyd rose springs with better ones!
I sold mine years back and regret it because I also got a lot better on it..
Great video!! Thanks!!
Thanks for watching!
nice guitar work sir
I had an RGA42BK once and it may have been the nicest playing guitar I've ever owned.
I have 2 USA Jacksons now.
Hi Bernth, thanks for the awesome content of your channel. I have the same RGA42, and i'm thinking of replacing the pickups for hard sounding riffs like lamb of god and no idea what to choose. Can you please recommend something from your experience as you have the same guitar?
thank you so much bernth sir but i don't have a good guitar till now
Ich hab mir die RGA damals zugelegt, neber der iceman, war ganz nice zum üben, seit ich wieder spiele habe ich sie aus der Versenkung wieder rausgeholt und eingestellt, läuft jetzt noch besser^^ Spechte grad nach den EMGs :-D
Power of Ibanez Gio !
Bernth, это лучшее сравнение ценовых сегментов конкретно по RGA42! Наглядно и понятно. Более 10 лет назад я покупал новую RGA42 по цене 480-500$.
За всё это время не вылезли лады и не повело нигде гриф. Достаточно хороший инструмент чтобы рубить ритм-рифы, и используется мною в понижении До, СИ на струнах от семиструнки. Но на чистом звуке она действительно не очень. Интересно, что звучит лучше во всем, чем RGA42 из одноклассников: RG421, schechter omen extreme 6, chapman ml1 modern abyss?
I'm a big fan of Ibanez guitars..just recently again bought 1997 RG-550 LTD JAPAN..it was my first good Ibanez (I don't know why I sold it in 2001) The RG-550 LTD is fantastic pretty much better than the new 550 Made in Indonesia.
Greetings from neighborhoods - Slovenia
The new rg 550 is made in japan .
So Fu.... nice!
Any thoughts on GRG270?
Love it's
I have an ibanez rga 32
I have a Kramer condor , Peavey nitro , peavey t60 ,
what about the finder guitar sir
I'm pretty sure my next guitar will be an Ibanez RGA42 :)
But I'm quite surprised, now RGA42 comes with passive pickups, not active 😲
I'm actually more surprised that is used to have active pickups! Lol. At least nowadays, u gotta pay at least 600$ (usually more) to get active pickups on big brand guitars.
Hi, I'm from Croatia and I'm interested in your opinion. Is the Ibanez GRGR221PA-AQB GIO a good guitar for a beginner?
yes, it's the same as the GRG121 though, so you can save $50 if not for the fancy color of the GRG221
Ibanez is the best, followed by Jackson. I also love Schecter though, and those are the only luthiers I've played on/owned. There was one time I played a 67 Strat, but unplugged, all excellent guitars.
I know it's all subjective, and there is really no 'best', but have you tried ESP? I've got a Jackson , an Ibanez Jem and some Schecters as well, but those ESP's almost play themselves. They are flippin' spooky.
@@machupikachu1085 I haven't had the privilege of playing on ESP or Ltd for that matter. They are on my bucket list though, they are such sexy instruments.
@@ferociouspterodactyl520 Those ESP's are crazy money, but really worth it I think. You'll keep them for life.
Sometimes, you can also find deals out there. For example, The Kramer Focus series from 1986-1990 were made entirely at the ESP factory in Japan, and my Focus 6000 plays almost identically to my Mirage II. Plus, the F6000's have an original Floyd Rose, where my Mirage doesn't. So it may not say it on the head stock, but you would have a Japanese ESP for about the price of a new Korean made guitar FWIW.
What kind of music do you typically play?
@@machupikachu1085 When I was first teaching myself I played stuff like chevelle, red jumpsuit apparatus, alt rock kinda stuff, nowadays, strictly metal. Currently working on log and killswitch engage, chimaira, old school stuff, the newer metal is too advanced for lil old me, but thanks to Bernth my technique has vastly improved so I might just start playing more techy stuff. You?
@@ferociouspterodactyl520 I was fortunate enough to have a recording contract a few years back, but after the band folded, I didn't really play when I went back to college. During the pandemic, I bought my first 7 string, a cheap Jackson for less than $200 on sale, and started trying to figure it out. It's amazing! I play it more than my ESP's!
Since I have the 7 string now, I've been playing along to bands like Slipknot, Dream Theater, Marmozets and Nothing More, as well as discovering old school guitarists like Marty Friedman, George Lynch, Jake E. Lee and Tracii Guns. Also fell in love with legacy bands like Judas Priest and the Scorpions. All of those guitarists have phenomenal phrasing and note choices, so I am learning a lot by ripping them off lol.
Not sure if they are consistent, but if you can check out the Jackson JS22-DKA, I recommend it. After it was set up properly, mine is a BEAST! Best sustaining guitar I have except my neck thru Horizon.
Cheers ! :)
Hi, I found the RGA42 on sale used for cheap around $50. Is it still good to buy now? And what your opinion on about the lack of tone control knob?
Khairul Rizal Hasan i have it since 2011 and it’s still rocks. It’s a pretty good deal.
$50? Grab it and run away as fast as you can before the fool, who sells it for just $50 checks its worth (5 times more when used) and cancels the offer
I just really want to know what song he's playing at the beginning for each guitar???
woaho... didn't know you sessioned for Belphegor!
Try put same pickup.
Sehr gutt.
Doesn't the RGA have a 27" scale? For downtuning?
This is the best time in history to buy a guitar.
I have a Japanese S series with the lowpro trem, and it's killer. I also have a Japanese SV which is an S series but thicker neck with V profile and two point gotoh trem with locking tuners. Great axe. I have a QS which is exactly like an RG, but has a mohagany body with a beautiful sapele quilt top instead if basswood body like the RGs. It has only two Humbuckers as well. VS the HSH most RGs have, but that's why I prefer it because the single coil in the middle gets in the way if my picking.
Great video. I like your more expensive Ibanez. 😜 Both are great though.
Rock on sir.
You messed up the equalizer positions. When the EQ is off the sound is flat. When the EQ is on the sound turns scooped.
He literally said the EQ is a mid-cut, which boosts the highs and lows, thus performing EXACTLY as u described! 👍
yes dude l’m with buying an expensive guitars be in better performance 100% cheap just you wasting money and you have to change pickups and a lot of parts so better buy original and enjoy
Pickups would have been the same
For a fair comparison
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