My First Impressions Of My New Ibanez Rg3ex1 |
but do know it is a higher quality guitar than the pacifica. 
I would suggest befor returning it to ask a GC rep "who can play" to hook it up to a quality amp and show you what it can do. If at that point you are still not satisfied, then return it. I think you just might be suprised. 
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May 23 2008, 08:22 AM
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if you are not happy with it the best you can do is returning it.
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May 23 2008, 08:54 AM
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I've heard nothing but negative things about those "Designed by EMG" pickups, so a pickup change should make a difference.
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May 23 2008, 08:57 AM
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you can change the pickups to get more quality sound + good amp i think you will
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But if you decide to keep the guitar, I think you should change those EMG designed or wahtever it is...
This is getting me angry! I am bringing the guitar to a shop today and see what he can do. Maybe the truss rod is out of whack?
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May 23 2008, 02:34 PM
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Prolly needs a little neck relief. and yea, a pro set-up will work wonders. Trying to have one done on my guitar now but timeing is making it impossible.
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May 23 2008, 02:34 PM
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Sorry to hear that.
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May 23 2008, 03:00 PM
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Sorry to hear it man. You have 2 choices - you can return the guitar or replace the pickups.
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May 24 2008, 12:01 AM
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QUOTE (Praetorian @ May 23 2008, 04:27 AM)  I have had my beautiful quilted maple Ibanez RG3EX1 now for a little while and have formed some intial opinions. It sure is a looker! It kills me to say this though...but I am a little disappointed. I guess in my head it was going to sound tons better than my Pacifica, but in reality it doesn't. I haven't tweaked any settings on it other than tuning it yet, so that may help. The pickups sound a little "blurry" is the best way to describe them. Whether playing with the POD set to a high gain, distortion sound for metal, or on one of the clean settings for a bluesy lesson, they just plain don't sound great. Not like I was hoping. I understand that I didn't buy a $1,500 guitar...but I expected them to sound better than the cheap Pacifica I had!  The action was also surprisingly high right out of the box. I haven't tried lowering the strings yet, but that may help with the sound clarity right? Anyhow, that is my first impression at this time. If I can't make it any better than this I think I am going to return it to Guitar Center under that 30 day guarantee and go for something else. I've tried a model that is somewhat identical to this one with the same pickups, and i thought it sounded great (thats why i mentioned it in the other thread). Have you tried alterering the tones on the pod? like more bass, less mid etc? A little tweaking can make a difference. The action is rarely set up any good straight out of the box on guitars like this, so thats no suprise. -------------------- Guitars: Schecter Stiletto Classic, Jackson SLSMG, Ibanez RG-380 Japan, Gibson Les Paul Studio
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