I ordered a PGM301 on Monday...

tTz · #1 09-22-2006, 03:29 PM

...and now it's here!

It wasn't supposed to be here 'til Wednesday, it's 5 days early! Hallelujah!

I took loads of pics, but I'll wait til tomorrow and take some more in natural light before I post any more. The rest are all a bit blown-out looking because of the flash.

Anyway, the guitar...it's brilliant, a terrific instrument. The neck is a lot nicer for soloing on that my RG550, plus the PGM doesn't have the dodgy fret trouble that has plagued my 550 for so long, so I can actually manage some 2 handed tapping now!

It sounds great, though it doesn't have the dark, meaty sound of my RG...it's much more lively, bouncy and energetic, which makes it perfect for shredding etc, but it plays second fiddle to the RG in terms of heavy riffage. Still got to play about with the tones a bit more though, so there may be a heavy riff tone in there somewhere.

It feels really, REALLY nice to hold...seems a lot lighter and slimmer than my 550, though I'm sure that's mostly phsychological, perhaps to do with the cleaner, more stripped down look of the PGM, I dunno. It was set up with 9s, which I'm keeping on for the moment, but they feel like rubber bands compared to the 10s I use on my 550. Much easier to bend etc on them though, so I'm happy.

I love this guitar.

PS: There's a rather strange thing going on with the neck. Take a look at this:

Looks a bit like a 'dip' in the wood, doesn't it? That's what I thought...but run your fingers over it, or tilt it slightly towards the light, and you'll see there's nothing wrong with it, it's perfectly smooth...wierd little quirk in this guitar, methinks. I like wierd quirks.

:edit:

Silly me! I forgot it's name!

Ladies and gentlemen, this PGM301 is hereby christened 'Rebecca'.

ibanezcollector · #2 09-22-2006, 03:31 PM

congrats on the new guit-box...

If it werent for those damn f-holes I would want one.

Dee · #3 09-22-2006, 04:00 PM

The PGM's have really grown on me. I didn't used to like them but I want one nowadays...

Congrats! Nice axe.

Planeflux · #4 09-22-2006, 04:01 PM

Awesome, congrats on the new guitar!

I don't think the darker spot on the neck is anything bad - otherwise it prolly wouldn't have made it through the quality control. Looks stylish to me.

Davey · #5 09-22-2006, 04:04 PM

Beautiful guitars, can't beat 'em

andy7jem · #6 09-22-2006, 04:08 PM

Congratz!!

Happy shredding mate

Sabre · #7 09-22-2006, 04:43 PM

PGM's are growing on me big time, they always look good.

tTz · #8 09-22-2006, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Planeflux

I don't think the darker spot on the neck is anything bad - otherwise it prolly wouldn't have made it through the quality control.

I know, it's just a really wierd trick of the light. It doesn't show up as well in the photo as I'd hoped, but it really does look like a gash in the neck...like I said, it's perfectly fine to play on, and it *is* solid wood, it just looks strange.

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Originally Posted by ibanezcollector

If it werent for those damn f-holes I would want one.

And presumably the fact that it's not mahogany?

I love the f-holes, they really set it apart from all the other RG-a-likes out there, kinda like what the monkey grip does for JEMs.

Act of God · #9 09-22-2006, 05:51 PM

What's the stock pickup config - Tone Zone Bridge, Jem Single, and ?

Love that guitar dude, love it.

mi2tom · #10 09-23-2006, 12:33 AM

Congratz!!!

Flobanez · #11 09-23-2006, 01:02 AM

Very nice, congrats!

JM5150 · #12 09-23-2006, 01:15 AM

I love the PGM. Just wish the new ones came in some different colors (same with the JEM).

White is classy though.

C.Thep · #13 09-23-2006, 03:03 AM

Congrats

You can give it to me if it is too much of a burden.

tTz · #14 09-23-2006, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Act of God

What's the stock pickup config - Tone Zone Bridge, Jem Single, and ?

PAF Pro neck, JEM single, PAF Pro bridge. For all my worries about the PAFs sounding too bright, I must admit that I find the neck one a bit dark and muddy for my tastes, though a bit of judicious EQing helps, and it's great for clean leads. Strangely enough, I absolutely love the single coil...I played half of FTLOG yesterday to a backing track on the single coil without realising; it sounded so good, I thought it was one of the PAFs!

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Originally Posted by JM5150

I love the PGM. Just wish the new ones came in some different colors (same with the JEM).

I think I would have gotten a white one anyway tbh. It is pretty classy, plus it looks really good next to my black RG550...it's like the 'good' guitar and the 'bad' guitar (kinda like what Flobanez says about his black and white UVs).

I LOVE this guitar. I'm going to record some back-to-back comparisons with my 550, same settings and same songs, to find out just how much of a difference there is between them.