Paul Gilbert Video: RG750 or RG770?

kelmaur · #1 07-11-2009, 01:21 AM

was wondering which model this guitar of his is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcybQQFMPG0

is it a 750 or a 770?

are the differences between the 750's and 770's the same as the differences between the 550's and 570's

waylay00 · #2 07-11-2009, 01:45 AM

It's an RG750 in Five Alarm Red. And yeah, the differences between the 750/770 are pretty much the same as those between the 550/570.

Homebake · #3 07-11-2009, 02:43 AM

i've always wondered, why is it "five alarm red". isn't it "fire alarm"?

Ibateur · #4 07-11-2009, 03:38 AM

A 5-alarm fire tends to imply a gigantic fire. In the Ibanez context I guess it means a "really hot red".

Ironjose · #5 07-12-2009, 06:10 AM

i love the color...very metalish...

waylay00 · #6 07-13-2009, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Homebake

i've always wondered, why is it "five alarm red". isn't it "fire alarm"?

No, it's five alarm. The term is used to describe a fire so big that fire engines from five different stations/companies have to be called in.

nuno · #7 07-13-2009, 05:53 AM

could it be Carotene Orange? looks more orange than red.

waylay00 · #8 07-13-2009, 06:55 PM

Nope, it's Five Alarm.

Rachmaninoff · #9 07-13-2009, 07:46 PM

I like his clean tone much more than his dirty tone on this vid.

**GilkyBear** · #10 07-13-2009, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by nuno

could it be Carotene Orange? looks more orange than red.

That particular one is just very faded.

**jim777** · #11 07-13-2009, 10:08 PM

750's and 770's both have Edge trems; this guitar is a hardtail.

**Ayrton** · #12 07-13-2009, 11:44 PM

That is the famous "Dino" guitar. Supposedly that is the first guitar that Ibanez sent to Paul.

nuno · #13 07-14-2009, 05:28 AM

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Originally Posted by jim777

750's and 770's both have Edge trems; this guitar is a hardtail.

it used to have an Edge trem, then Paul had it filled up and put a fixed bridge on. see pic below:

he did that on some of his formerly trem-equipped guitars, like the Telesavalas and his famous 300.

**jim777** · #14 07-14-2009, 11:46 AM

Well then, there you go

I knew he had done it to Telesavalas, but couldn't see the difference in paint in the youtube vid

**jim777** · #15 07-14-2009, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Ayrton

That is the famous "Dino" guitar. Supposedly that is the first guitar that Ibanez sent to Paul.

Seems unlikely, Paul was in an ad with a PL2550, and that had to have been before the RG7xx series came out. I thought it was in a catalog, but it might have been a print ad...