For the Ibanez Elite (others need not apply)

[opprobrium_9]

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 )

[Twinfan]

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

[Roobubba]

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

[opprobrium_9]

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:

[noodleplugerine]

I quite like the INF pickups actually - Don't quite know what it is about them, but they work well with my RG.

[jt]

: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)

[ilÿti]

: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.

[LazyNinja]

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)

[JamesHealey]

it's basswood with a maple cap.

nobody on this planet knows more than I do about Ibanez guitars.. believe me.

[headtheball]

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.

[JamesHealey]

yep.. I'd pay up to about £250 for one, great guitar.