Ibanez Rg1820x, Impressions? Experience? |
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Ibanez Rg1820x, Impressions? Experience? |
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Sep 8 2008, 07:35 AM |
Anyone have any experince of the Ibanez RG1820X? http://www.ibanez.co.jp/products/eg_page20...mp;series_id=51
I'd like to hear comments from anyone who have tried or heard anything good or bad about. Or just your general thoughts about it and its piezo pickup conf. -------------------- Schecter C1 Hellraiser EMG 81/85, replaced with JB/Jazz (SH4/SH2n) w. coilsplit Schecter Revenger HB-105, replaced with EMG 81/85 Stratocaster Deluxe Players Noiseless Ibanez 2550z Blackstar HT5H, Blackheart BH5H w. BH112, Laney LX35D, Line6 Pod XT, Marshall MS-2 Headphones: Sennheiser RS120 Stay tuned... |
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Sep 8 2008, 07:40 AM |
The guitar looks great! From what I've read, in gerenal terms, a lot of people get rid of the V7 and V8 pickups right away. Or was it just one of them? Anyway, doean't have to be bad pickups just because of that, just picky users maybe.
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Sep 8 2008, 07:58 AM |
The guitar looks great! From what I've read, in gerenal terms, a lot of people get rid of the V7 and V8 pickups right away. Or was it just one of them? Anyway, doean't have to be bad pickups just because of that, just picky users maybe. Yeah, that's the impression I got too. That's about all I could find about it though. Is it still a good choice for rock? Hard rock? Metal? Or does the piezo make it less suited for these genres? Compared to the RG2550Z? http://www.ibanez.co.jp/products/eg_page20...mp;series_id=51 -------------------- Schecter C1 Hellraiser EMG 81/85, replaced with JB/Jazz (SH4/SH2n) w. coilsplit Schecter Revenger HB-105, replaced with EMG 81/85 Stratocaster Deluxe Players Noiseless Ibanez 2550z Blackstar HT5H, Blackheart BH5H w. BH112, Laney LX35D, Line6 Pod XT, Marshall MS-2 Headphones: Sennheiser RS120 Stay tuned... |
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Sep 8 2008, 09:02 AM |
Yeah, that's the impression I got too. That's about all I could find about it though. Is it still a good choice for rock? Hard rock? Metal? Or does the piezo make it less suited for these genres? Compared to the RG2550Z? http://www.ibanez.co.jp/products/eg_page20...mp;series_id=51 Can't comment on the piezo, don't know anything there. The guitar though is good for genres like Metal and hard rock I'd say, Basswood has great mids and is perfect for the solo parts and shredders in general. Mmmmodern fusion stuff too I guess. Now, I don't own lots of expensive guitars myself that I can compare with but I've read up a lot on the theory for my guitar building project - that was halted due to rebuilding of the house and now I'm laying out bricks nicely all around the garden. Anyway, basswood isn't a wood that really interests me for my sound preferences. Now I'll be a little mean towards Ibanez but it's a soft wood, really soft. Makes routing, sanding etc. fast and cheap for the Ibanez factory. Surely part of the choise of wood lies right there rather than excellent sound qualities Other guitars like the Musicman Petrucci are also made of basswood, and Petrucci is another shredder so perfect for shredders. Yes! I'll be honest, I'm a lousy shredder. My interest lies more in the vintage sounds, rock and blues. Oh well, some modern too for that matter. but in my little world right now there exist only two base woods for guitars. That's either adler or mahogany (Frender or Gibson). That's for the base, then the LP is laminated with a maple top but concider the base woods adler and mahogany (in my narrow world) If I were into shredding I'd say Basswood, but I wont. Oh, I used my Ibanez when I played in a Dream Theater cover band where it worked perfectly. As I see it the search for a guitar starts within these companies. Ok, I blamed Ibanez for using wood that's cheap to work with, but they hog the better pieces for themselves so there's nothing wrong with the quality. Fender should also get a piece of it since they also are aware of that less money spend on production equals more earnings. Simple straight profiles, the neck is straight (even the headstock, no tilt or anything special there) and easy to aseble with a straight body. So if you're into metal, I think first a Les Paul. If you're uncomfortable with the singlecut have a look at SG or any doublecut PRS. For modern rock both Les Paul or a Strat would do the trick. And it's derivates (PRS, Suhr and more) where the derivates sometimes are more expencive and "better" while they can also be cheaper and not as good but perhaps good enough (Squier, Epiphone, Yamaha, J&D). Or in the basswood case we could say Schecter is derived from Ibanez. And in your case, you already have a couple Schecter guitars, basswood too right? So getting an Ibanez would be like having triplets, three Volvo cars, three german shepards or three equal looking girlfriends I'm just afraid you'd be missing out if you get stuck in the basswood swamp when there are so much more other sounds you can achive just by thinking outside the basswood box -------------------- My bands homepage
All time favourites: B. Streisand - Woman in Love, M. Hopkin - Those were the days, L. Richie - Hello |
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Sep 8 2008, 02:38 PM |
I have a Piezo on my Peavey guitar and it has pretty interesting tones. But I suggest that you try it in store before you buy it, very combination of pickups, and on well known amp.
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