Ibanez RG series

KillerK · #1 05-01-2009, 10:03 AM

Hi,
Last week I traded a old Squire strat and practice amp for an Ibanez RG series. Only paid 100 dollars after the trade. Its supposed to be a 90's Ibanez. Its got no Model Number. Its black
Its got a 5 piece neck, 24 frets, Lo-TRS double locking tremolo. The logo on the headstock is chrome. its made in japan. The pickups are V7 S1 V8.
I was looking on the Ibanez website and the only guitar almost identical to this except maybe for the trem is the Ibanez Prestige RG1570.
Is that what this is? a earlier version of that? of was there a series of guitars just called RGSeries. I've never owned an Ibanez before, stuck to jacksons and ESP's.
Just wanted to get some info on the guitar.

Algiman · #2 05-01-2009, 10:16 AM

Most likely it's an RG470

southpaw_lefty · #3 05-01-2009, 12:50 PM

Agreed. I believe there was a brief time when the 470 was MIJ.

Doink · #4 05-01-2009, 02:30 PM

I know they made 470's in Japan in 2002, because that's the year the one I briefly owned was made. So figure they were also made in Japan for a year or 2 around that as well.

Either way, I much prefer the Edge and it's variants over anything TRS.

wicked_lester · #5 05-01-2009, 03:18 PM

Yep, I saw one like this at the local shop this week...fits the description perfectly. The rout definetely looks big enough to accept an Edge but you never know.

LonePhantom · #6 05-01-2009, 06:19 PM

MIJ RG470 for sure. They made them in Japan from about 1997 through to 2003-04 where they also got an Edge Pro at that point. LO-TRS is far better than the Korean LO-TRS II, so the trem should be fine for some time.