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New Ibanez RG Prestige WOW
Just picked up this limited edition from The Axe Palace. I saw it on Reverb and will shamelessly admit that purple quilt top is why I bought it. I have been around Ibanez guitars and basses for quite a long time. Some were good. Some were alright. Some were pretty modest. My opinion improved with the Prestige models. The Axe Palace provided a setup. I'm fully capable of doing myself. Given the choice, I'd much rather play the guitar a bunch than spend time setting it up and changing things. Their setup was probably the best I have received on a guitar. This is probably my best playing guitar. I'll have to A/B it to my ancient Kramer Nightswan II and perhaps grab a ruler. Very pleased with Ibanez and The Axe Palace. |
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That is a beautiful finish.
How is the neck? |
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Beefier than what I expected. From memory, seems that most of the 6 strings I played had a razor thin neck. I use classical technique with my fretting hand and not much bothers me besides v cuts. Action is amazing.
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Beautiful !!!
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Nice maple!
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Thanks. I was unable to resist the beauty of this one.
Thanks. I paid a slight premium compared to more of a standard Prestige model. Worth it just looking at it. |
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I have been guilty of doing that! Beautiful guitar.-- Darwin
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Wow beautiful! I gave my only 7 string to my son (Sterling JP70) and been itching to get me another one. Thanks for the GAS! [emoji23]
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Congrats! Those Prestige models are great. Enjoy!
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Thanks for all the compliments.
I finally had a few minutes to test the clean channel. The split coils sound super weak. I might see if my local setup guy can do something about that. I have several guitars with coil splitters and none sound this weak and nasal. Neck and bridge singles together sound half decent. The hum buckers aren't super high output, so they sound good enough clean that I'm far from upset. Another observation is that this guitar doesn't have the "usual" 7 string guitar vibe. |
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New Ibanez RG Prestige WOW
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Could be a wiring issue. I would expect that from a low end line RG, but not a prestige! What pickups are those? *edit* Quick lookup and those apparently come with DiMarzio PAF7 pickups which are quite low output at 7.25Kohms. I can imagine they must sound very weak when splitted. Last edited by 1neeto; 11-08-2017 at 09:21 PM. |
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I got spoiled long ago with an old Kramer Pacer Deluxe with a JB that split really well. I still haven't managed to find that on another guitar. |
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I’m not sure if parallel is the answer. I would think in series it would give it a nice boost? |
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My best friend has always loved and played Ibanez guitars, and he has a standard Prestige. Very nice guitar.
This is a beautiful axe. I love the maple as well. Congrats! |
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Maybe the neck is already in parallel in position 2. I think they're in series in the standard humbucking mode. I guess I'll probably leave it alone. The humbuckers sound good enough through the clean channel. |