Hey all, I'm about to buy a new guitar and I'm starting to narrow down my options. I've heard great things about the Ibanez RG1570's and RG2550E's, so I'm wondering what others would do in my position. The only real complaints I've heard about the RG1570's involve the pickups. I myself do not know a whole lot about pickups, but from what I've read, most people decide to put DiMarzio Evolutions into their 1570's. My question is this: would it be smarter to buy a 1570 with additional pickups (which I am incapable - at this point - of installing), or just go with the 2550E and its stock pickups for about $150 more?

2500E - http://www.ibanez.co.jp/products/eg_page.p...&COLOR=CL01
neck pu DiMarzio® IBZ-N (H) neck pu
middle pu DiMarzio® IBZ-S (S) mid pu
bridge pu DiMarzio® IBZ-B (H) bridge pu

1570 - http://www.ibanez.co.jp/products/eg_page.p...3&AREA_ID=2
neck pu V7 (H) neck pu
middle pu S1 (S) mid pu
bridge pu V8 (H) bridge pu

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated

Well I don;t think you could get 3 x DiMarzio for $150, so if they are want you want go dtraight for the 2550e would be my advice ...

I'd go for the 2550E. I've never seen 3 dimarizios for $150....And if you dont know how to install them, then you'd have to pay more money to get the pickups installed on the other guitar...So i'd just go for the 2550e.

Good luck!

This post has been edited by stratman33: Jul 23 2007, 09:53 PM

hey! the RG2550E is the one i want! if you decide to get this guitar, can you please write a review or just tell me how its like? Cuz im not sure if i should buy it online.

id go for the 2550e

In case you havnt noticed it yet, theres a gear review on the rg2550e, in case you're still wondering about which guitar to get!

This post has been edited by stratman33: Jul 24 2007, 12:17 AM

I would definetely recomend the rg 2550, I tried it out at the local music stor yesterday and I loved it! The neck felt awesome and so did the pickups. Buy it!