My new Ibanez RG

Mike239 · #1 03-11-2008, 12:25 AM

Hey all,

Well finally after about 3 months of having my Ibanez on lay-by (lay-away or something like that) i paid the final installment and picked it up today.

And here it is

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Its an Ibanez RGR421EXFM
Made in Indonesia in '07
Features an AANJ, Wizard II neck (bolt on)
Ibanez designed by EMG pickups
Fixed Bridge
Reverse Headstock
Mahogany Body with Flamed Maple Top (head stock to match)
Black Berry Sunburst finish

Its an exceptional guitar my first Ibanez

I'm going to leave it for now and next week i'm going to do a full setup on it
Just the regular (oil fretboard, Polish Frets, Replace Strings etc)

And the for the Icing on the Cake, I'm going to swap out the mock EMG's and Replace them with an 81/85 combo

Now some more Pictures:
Close up of Body:

Fretboard

HeadStock:

rty13ibz98 · #2 03-11-2008, 12:27 AM

those are great guitars!!! congrats are in order. quite tasty, too. i have played them and was very impressed with them. swap out the pickups for some smoking dimarzios or duncans and its a field day!!! damn fine choice!

rich

Mike239 · #3 03-11-2008, 12:27 AM

More Pictures:

Back of The Body:

Back of Neck:

My 2 Guitars:

My 2 Guitars again:

Mike239 · #4 03-11-2008, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by rty13ibz98

those are great guitars!!! congrats are in order. quite tasty, too. i have played them and was very impressed with them. swap out the pickups for some smoking dimarzios or duncans and its a field day!!! damn fine choice!

rich

Thanks,

I Would've put dimarzio's in it except their hard to get a hold of here, and my custom already has a set of Dimarzio Breeds, so i wanted something different, so i went with the Emg 81/85 combo.

screamndemon69 · #5 03-11-2008, 12:58 AM

IIRC I've seen that swirl before. Who swirled it?

Congrats on your new axe.

sirbrandon101 · #6 03-11-2008, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by screamndemon69

IIRC I've seen that swirl before. Who swirled it?

Congrats on your new axe.

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screamndemon69 · #7 03-11-2008, 01:13 AM

Cool. They do nice swirls. I knew I'd seen that somewhere before.

Mike239 · #8 03-11-2008, 01:24 AM

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Originally Posted by sirbrandon101

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Yeah thats Right its The ET Guitars Fang Custom

, its a beast of a guitar

dimefan90 · #9 03-11-2008, 04:36 AM

that is one nice rg, i too am an aussie, i live on the central coast. i have an RG370DX and a 1990 RG550WH but i am really Gassing for a hardtail. hopefully soon.

Congrats

CosmicDebris · #10 03-11-2008, 07:12 AM

Nice hardtail there.

LordGrendel · #11 03-11-2008, 09:32 AM

Very nice, how does the neck feel?

Mike239 · #12 03-12-2008, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by LordGrendel

Very nice, how does the neck feel?

The neck feels great.

Its a wizard II so slightly fatter then the wizard, which is good i prefer the slightly fatter necks.

It has a Satin clear coat on the back which feels really good, personally i dislike the necks that have a lacquer finish. When your hand gets sweaty it gets harder to move, the satin doesn't really have that "stickiness" factor, but i prefer the un-finished necks above all else, the satin finish comes a very close second.

Mike239 · #13 03-12-2008, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by dimefan90

that is one nice rg, i too am an aussie, i live on the central coast. i have an RG370DX and a 1990 RG550WH but i am really Gassing for a hardtail. hopefully soon.

Congrats

Hey another Aussie, excellent we need more aussies here

My friend has an RG370DX their not bad guitars, i tried one out in the shop a while before i bought the RGR421. Feels very similar to the 421 except the 370 has a trem.

Tremolo equipped guitars are great for all those weird sounds you can pull off with the whammy, but hardtails are the best for alternate tunings, which is one of the main reasons i bought the 421.

dimefan90 · #14 03-12-2008, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike239

Hey another Aussie, excellent we need more aussies here

My friend has an RG370DX their not bad guitars, i tried one out in the shop a while before i bought the RGR421. Feels very similar to the 421 except the 370 has a trem.

Tremolo equipped guitars are great for all those weird sounds you can pull off with the whammy, but hardtails are the best for alternate tunings, which is one of the main reasons i bought the 421.

yeah ive currently got mine blocked. i will be getting either a freelok or a tremol-no.