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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Transcend on September 25, 2010, 08:32:42 PM

Title: NGD: Ibanez RGD 320 (first extended scale guitar)
Post by: Transcend on September 25, 2010, 08:32:42 PM

I went out into town today and tried about 15 different guitars including, fenders,gibsons,esp,ibanez and a few deans (even though id never want to own one)

I ended up trying a few of these RGD's to pick out the best one and found one that was really balanced and loud acoustically and it just plays like a dream

I thought the extended scale would be a problem at first but i barely notice it at all and im loving the tension in D standard.

anyway this is the guitar

http://www.ibanez.com/ElectricGuitars/model-RGD320

I got the white one as the gray burst ones werent actually a burst at all in person and were just a boring gray and well i love white gutiars anyway.

The stock pickups arent actually half bad (not exactly BKPS but theyre decent) The only problem i have with them is theyre a fair bit brighter than the BKPS i have in my RGA.

Currently i have no plans to replace them.

I cant find my camera atm so pics will be up tomorrow with a soundclip too, im thinking something by testament should suffice.

Title: Re: NGD: Ibanez RGD 320 (first extended scale guitar)
Post by: Telerocker on September 25, 2010, 09:25:16 PM

Congrats! The white looks better then the - yes - somewhat  boring grey.

Title: Re: NGD: Ibanez RGD 320 (first extended scale guitar)
Post by: Transcend on September 25, 2010, 09:32:52 PM

the grey looks even worse in person its just grey it doesnt even have the dark edges

Title: Re: NGD: Ibanez RGD 320 (first extended scale guitar)
Post by: 38thBeatle on September 26, 2010, 12:26:22 AM

Congratulations.

Title: Re: NGD: Ibanez RGD 320 (first extended scale guitar)
Post by: Lew on September 26, 2010, 04:29:15 AM

sexy

Title: Re: NGD: Ibanez RGD 320 (first extended scale guitar)
Post by: BigK on September 26, 2010, 10:59:09 AM

Very nice buy there, I love white guitars.

This might be the way forward for a drop A guitar for me :D Ill have to check one out.

Title: Re: NGD: Ibanez RGD 320 (first extended scale guitar)
Post by: Transcend on September 26, 2010, 11:17:10 AM

If you arent keen on it having a trem then theres also the version with the gibralter standard bridge which is the one i have on my RGA its really solid and you can really fine tune for the intonation with it.

Title: Re: NGD: Ibanez RGD 320 (first extended scale guitar)
Post by: Transcend on September 26, 2010, 03:42:07 PM

as promised heres a clip, I have decided that i actually really dislike the bridge pickup on this after playing my BKP'd RGA straight afterwords  :lol:

So i've sent an email to Tim to check what he suggests im kinda hoping he says the painkiller will work well as i've fancied trying one for a while.

http://soundcloud.com/wartime-novelty/rgd320-new-guitar-sound-test

also here are a couple of pics