Ibanez RG550 Serpent

[jono]

Originally Posted by serpent owner

got mine new in 92 from exchanges brum.

same price pretty much as a jem with vine inlay

the play ok, not bad pick ups cantvreally compare to any other ibanez as its the only one i've played

a real rarety 1 of 100 and can't say i've seen or heard of more than 10 on the net.


as for the picture on here with the purple scratch plate its just the angle the photo was taken at they were all gold mirror

love or hate em got to admit a real find if you want a rare ibanez

Oooh you have a production figure! Is this confirmed or what you were told by MX back when you got it?

[brianxtr]

i would buy it and replaced the neck....i think its childisch...come on....it looks retarded as hell,who's idea was it to put a bad painted snake on the fretboard?first i laught about it now i feel terrible only to think about it! aaarh.....but it can be fun....when your 14 or so..

[serpent owner]

from what i can gather figures from a couple of people this side of the pond and the other ,100 was the figure that was mentioned as for the other statement about being retarded and appealing to 14 year olds to each their own but at least learn to spell if you're going to try and flame someone

[serpent owner]

its never gonna be a 59 les paul but it is what it is a really different super strat

what value do you reckon they put on one or where can i find out as its just lumped with my other guitars on standard house insurance?

i don't think its gonna be more than a normal jem but would be nice to make sure it was covered


cheers

[serpent owner]

yea thats probably the best bet as i said just want to make sure i'm covered

cheers

[IbanezFreak777]

Originally Posted by brianxtr

i would buy it and replaced the neck....i think its childisch...come on....it looks retarded as hell,who's idea was it to put a bad painted snake on the fretboard?first i laught about it now i feel terrible only to think about it! aaarh.....but it can be fun....when your 14 or so..

Childish ? like your PINK guitars with pretty colored pyramids ?

Are we on the same forum ?

I reckon the snake inlay is awesome.

where do I get one ?

[jono]

Originally Posted by IbanezFreak777

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where do I get one ?

1992

[IbanezFreak777]

Originally Posted by jono

1992

Spoil Sport

[serpent owner]

Originally Posted by jono

1992

LOL

[Ayrton]

I will be happy to take any serpent 550 from someone who feels the snake is "childish".

[brianxtr]

it isnt that bad as i said before.....the guitar is great!but i dont like the snake that much.i take back some words.sometimes im a litle rough with speaking.i love the jem sk and others hate it.i completly understand you buy it.

[UV-7-BK]

ive always like the serpent...its just different!!! Dont see them often

[jono]

Realisticly, I'd say not much more than a regular 550, off the top of my head, probably not much more than £600 tops.

I'd say you should look to get printouts of all the ones you can find on **** in completed items and use that to get proof of value for your insurers.

[TAorama]

They go for way more than a standard RG550!

Nobody is going to buy a serpent and replace the neck. You gonna pay $1500 for a collectible RG just to put a new neck on it? That's silly.

[Yousef]

I think it's cheesy but if I owned it I would definitely play it. And when I'm not playing it I could always use it as a game board for snakes and ladders.