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Gear: Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster, Gibson '67 RI Flying V, Mesa Boogie F-30 112 combo, crazy pedals.
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Jan 27 2008, 07:41 PM
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QUOTE (Sabbz @ Jan 25 2008, 07:18 PM)  Those stock IBZ pickups suck IMHO. +1 I would recommend buying new pickups in place of the stock pickups 
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Jan 28 2008, 07:34 AM
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First, I disagree about the Dimebucker. I think you might not have liked it because you put it in basswood, which is a bright (treble-heavy) wood, and the Dimebucker is a very treble-heavy pickup, so it wouldn't sound good in basswood.
I would like to dissuade you from Schecter. They are very well-made and have amazing features for the price, but I find the neck is too thick to comfortably shred... but that doesn't mean it can't be done. If you want a shred guitar, I'd recommend Ibanez. Look at who plays them: Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert, and Herman Li and Sam Totman of Dragonforce (who all play Dimarzio pickups by the way) and plenty of others. That is a pretty shred-heavy roster. I would have gotten the 2550E, but the paint job has a lot of sparkles, so for a bit more I got the twentieth anniversary RG550, with the original neck dimensions (thinner than anything on there current models), but with reinforced construction. It is a great guitar. I kind of wish I had gotten a mahogany body (like the S series) so I could make a Dimebucker work, but oh well. It is still a great guitar. Try to hunt down a twentieth anniversary RG550 if you can. The new price was $900, you could probably get one on eBay for about that. I'm not sure where other than eBay you can find it, but I urge you to look. The black one (which mine is) has a rosewood fretboard, and the red and yellow ones have maple. They also have the original Edge tremolo which is amazing. Take this example. On many guitars, if you push the neck and the body of the guitar in opposite directions, the pitch of whatever is being played will drop slightly, due I believe to a slight amount of give in the joint. this does not happen with my Anniversary RG. I take this as a sign that it is well built, and other Ibanez guitars are probably similar. Or you could get the Ibanez RG2228. http://www.ibanez.com/eg/guitar.aspx?m=RG2228 Or not. Hope I have helped. This post has been edited by Avenite: Jan 28 2008, 08:06 AM |
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Dec 10 2008, 05:36 PM
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Never heard of these pickups. Usually stock-pickups aren't that great, but it all comes down to personal preference, a lot of people say the stock pickups on an RG1570 are horrible, but I think they sound okay.
About your tremelo question: here is a tremelo bar that fits an Ibanez Edge III (which I believe is the bridge in your guitar, correct me if I'm wrong  )
--------------------  Guitars: Peavey HP Special Custom, Gibson SG Standard, Ibanez RG1570 Amps: Marshall TSL601, Fender Frontman Reverb, Fender Champion 600 |
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Dec 10 2008, 07:15 PM
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QUOTE (Static @ Dec 10 2008, 05:36 PM) Never heard of these pickups. Usually stock-pickups aren't that great, but it all comes down to personal preference, a lot of people say the stock pickups on an RG1570 are horrible, but I think they sound okay. About your tremelo question: here is a tremelo bar that fits an Ibanez Edge III (which I believe is the bridge in your guitar, correct me if I'm wrong )Nope, it's Sat Pro II |
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Dec 10 2008, 07:29 PM
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whoops
, here are all the Ibanez tremelo arms, this one is for a SAT, don't know if it will fit a SAT pro II though 
-------------------- Guitars: Peavey HP Special Custom, Gibson SG Standard, Ibanez RG1570 Amps: Marshall TSL601, Fender Frontman Reverb, Fender Champion 600 |
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