Info on this RG Prestige?

[dreamyreality]

I got this RG Prestige for a few months now, my first Ibanez so I have no idea what you can tell from the serials and all. So please take a look and gimme more info on this guitar, when was it made, where, or who made it, etc. especially the neck - doesn't it have to do with 'JEM 555'?

[GTR-MAN]

Pictures of the rest of the guitar?

It's a 2003 and was made in Japan. All I can tell at the moment.

[Ibateur]

Indeed, MIJ, RG2550EX GK (Left hander), 2003 model.

The 555 is just a serial number and has nothing to do with a JEM555.

Should be a pretty damned good guitar.

[DannyB819]

You should probably get your money back - they made it backwards.

[dreamyreality]

Oh, okay, some other shots of the guitar. They are pretty big files...




Can you tell me more about it? I tried looking up for information on the internet but since it's lefty, there's not much about it.

The neck seems to be a 3 piece with a volute, different from those on righty models? and it is noticeable thinner than a Wizard-II (which, actually, 'fits like a glove' in my hands).

[CosmicDebris]

Just look up the right hand version.

[GAZ]

Please take that protective film off the pickguard, it looks gross !!!! Have you ever played it, you said you've had it a few months ??

[dreamyreality]

Originally Posted by CosmicDebris

Just look up the right hand version.

The righty version is not exactly the same, that's why I'm asking. The only lefty RG Prestige I found on the internet right now is the RG1570L.

Originally Posted by GAZ

Please take that protective film off the pickguard, it looks gross !!!! Have you ever played it, you said you've had it a few months ??

I took these photos when it first arrived home.

[Ibateur]

You should look for either of the following:
RG2550EX GK
RG2550E GK

Drop the L and you'll find what you're looking for.

It is pretty much the same as the RG2550Z, only difference being the Edge Zero trem on the new (Z) models.

[GAZ]

The 2003 models (left and right handed) had a 3 piece maple neck, they used 5 piece maple/walnut from 2005.

[GAZ]

Originally Posted by dreamyreality

The righty version is not exactly the same, that's why I'm asking. The only lefty RG Prestige I found on the internet right now is the RG1570L.



I took these photos when it first arrived home.

The only difference is that it's left handed, everything else is the same, basswood body, 3 piece maple neck, rosewood fretboard, brown mirror dots, powder cosmo hardware, Dimarzio/IBZ pups etc.

Ok, but you still should've took pics after you'd removed the plastic film !!! Bet it looks much better !!

[brothersnowgone]

are the dot markers missing or just colored black?

[Ibateur]

The dots are those "inviso-dots" that are visble only when viewed from certain angles.

[GAZ]

Originally Posted by Ibateur

The dots are those "inviso-dots" that are visble only when viewed from certain angles.

They're called 'brown mirror dots' - quite unusual !