Ibanez 2550Z problems

bates · #1 08-03-2009, 02:13 PM

At the start of May i bought an RG2550Z brand new from my local guitar shop and i'm afraid to say its bad news. This morning i noticed that the binding was starting to come away from the high E side, at the head stock. I'm in shock really because i paid nearly £1000 for it and expected much better quality. I have owned Jems, RG550's, PGM's and i own Les Pauls with binding.........have never seen anything like this.

I am taking it back on wednesday but dont know if they will give me my money back. the damage is not my fault and you can clearly see i have not knocked the neck or dropped it.

What do you guys think?

here are the pics

Rich · #2 08-03-2009, 02:22 PM

I think it'll take them all of 5 minutes to glue it back into place, and an hour to set enough to take it home.

bates · #3 08-03-2009, 02:46 PM

I hope so but will it be smooth again where it joins the neck because i dont want to feel a tiny bump when im playing

Passion_and_Warfare · #4 08-03-2009, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Rich

I think it'll take them all of 5 minutes to glue it back into place, and an hour to set enough to take it home.

He'll be lucky if that happens.

Passion_and_Warfare · #5 08-03-2009, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by bates

I hope so but will it be smooth again where it joins the neck because i dont want to feel a tiny bump when im playing

Where did you get the RG from?

bates · #6 08-03-2009, 03:33 PM

Music Warehouse in colchester but ive had it now for about 3 months. Its annoying because i have had les pauls for years that have never done this. I think it takes the piss a bit really. £1000 guitars should not do this

LuredMaul · #7 08-03-2009, 03:44 PM

put a couple dabs of Super Glue on it and rubber band the thing for 10 mins.

that's all they'll do anyway.

Homebake · #8 08-05-2009, 07:53 AM

happened to me on the same guitar but at the 24th fret at the high E. few drops of superglue, better than new.

guess mr. wong was having a bad monday when he made my guitar.

Rich · #9 08-05-2009, 09:31 AM

I'd recomend wood glue to fix loose bindings.

rob777vdy · #10 08-05-2009, 01:19 PM

i had a rg2550z.load of rubbish if you ask me,couldnt wait to off load it,dreadfull

bates · #11 08-05-2009, 03:03 PM

I took it back today and they said they can fix it so i will get it in a few days. I would glue it myself but i want it to be smooth to run my finger over like it should be and not have a rough edge

bates · #12 08-25-2009, 12:29 PM

Update - The guitar was sent back to Ibanez. They agreed that it was poor quality and sent me a whole new guitar....RESULT!!!!

All seems fine so far on this one and the Edge Zero is solid. Staying in tune really well

sactownthrash · #13 08-26-2009, 06:42 PM

i hope nothing like that happens to my ibanez's! glad that your problem got solved. Was it a manufacturer refund type thing or was it the retailer ?

Ironjose · #14 09-20-2009, 11:48 PM

should this be happening for all the rest of bindings RG's?

Homebake · #15 09-21-2009, 04:22 AM

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Originally Posted by bates

Update - The guitar was sent back to Ibanez. They agreed that it was poor quality and sent me a whole new guitar....RESULT!!!!

All seems fine so far on this one and the Edge Zero is solid. Staying in tune really well

wow. that's actually awesome.