Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: opprobrium_9 on December 18, 2007, 09:08:33 AM
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Any Ibanez wiz kids (or parents... grandparents...) here?
Alright, so it has really been bugging me. So, I have this Ibanez right? Yeah, its an RG320 '03 model. I got it used 3 years ago (holy shitee its been three years :roll: ), and back then i wasn't as guitar savvy as i am now. You can all feel free to ridicule me until death for the following:
I didn't ask what it was made out of :roll:
Now, here's where you all come in. For those Ibanez knowledge gods out there, can you deduce or make an empirical guess as to what kind of woods it would consist of. I am 99% positive the neck/headstock is maple. It is a quilt top model, so obviously there is a maple cap. But can you, Ibanez elite, make out, given that it is an RG320 from '03, Korean made, what the body wood may be (4 piece back, i believe, not that that matters)? I know that is a big question. It could be several things i'm sure.
Feel free to stomp my guitar honor into the ground, BUT FIRST gimme a guess (an educated one, of course :P )
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Very, very likely that it's basswood. That's the Ibanez body wood of choice.
Edit: Yep, it's basswood:
http://www.hartnollguitars.co.uk/products.asp?id=1494
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Out of interest, how did those INF3 and INF4 pickups sound?
I noticed a big change (after a little while for my ears to adjust) from the INF2s that were in my RG470F/TBL when I chucked in my miracle man.
Roo
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Thanks SOOOO much Twinfan!! PDT_006 I am at somepoint gonna put BKPs in this old girl, and i wanted to know what exactly the tonal properties i would be working with!
@ Roo: well the bridge, for what it is, is pretty fantastic. Great clarity, very defined tonally. A tad bassy on palm mutes, but generally great. however, the neck is lacking quite substantially. Very weak performance, and surprisingly enough, a weak output too. It has a little bit of cream to it but most of the notes just sink in to this wash of cream and there is very little definition. :shock:
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I quite like the INF pickups actually - Don't quite know what it is about them, but they work well with my RG.
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:D For what its worth i think the INF pickups are better than the V7 & V8 pickups they sound alot smoother to my ears, Yep & its Basswood on the 320`s with a maple veneer as opposed to a cap. For the record i think Ibanez make the best sounding & to me playable guitars you can buy off the shelf for small to medium amounts of money. Infact i`d go so far as to say that an Ibanez model costing around £500 will be better made than a Gibbo LP costing £1200.
:D 8)
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:Infact i`d go so far as to say that an Ibanez model costing around £500 will be better made than a Gibbo LP costing £1200.
I'd go further and say an off-the-shelf Ibby costing £500 sounds better than a strat from 1969 costing £4000.
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Ibanez rocks. My RG550 is nearly 20 years old and still going strong in perfect pitch. :twisted:
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:Infact i`d go so far as to say that an Ibanez model costing around £500 will be better made than a Gibbo LP costing £1200.
I'd go further and say an off-the-shelf Ibby costing £500 sounds better than a strat from 1969 costing £4000.
amen, in almost all cases they probably look better too 8)
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it's basswood with a maple cap.
nobody on this planet knows more than I do about Ibanez guitars.. believe me.
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In that case,
Is a Blazer Series, made in Japan, worth a hundred quid?
I don't know a whole pile about it. It's three single coils, grover tuners, everything totally stock, and in great nick.
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yep.. I'd pay up to about £250 for one, great guitar.