RG with non floating vibrato ?

scanlan75018 · #1 04-07-2005, 03:45 PM

Hi guys !

One friend of mine has just bought a strange RG :

here are the pics :

It seems to come from 42X, 52X or 62X series, but i can't tell exactly what it is.

Maybe was it a fixed bridge model moded with a standard vibrato

What do you think of that ?

Ibateur · #2 04-07-2005, 03:50 PM

Keep your hands on it, and run.

Could be one of those 502s, Europe-only RGs.

Nice.

fettouhi · #3 04-07-2005, 04:06 PM

That thing is sweet!!!

Regards

André

pr0cyon · #4 04-07-2005, 04:09 PM

It's a -99 RG 521 with a wilkinson trem, very nice guitar

A friend of mine had one exactly like that one

scanlan75018 · #5 04-07-2005, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pr0cyon

It's a -99 RG 521 with a wilkinson trem, very nice guitar

A friend of mine had one exactly like that one

are you sure ?

I thought the 521 had a fixed bridge !

pr0cyon · #6 04-07-2005, 04:35 PM

I'm sure, in -99 the 521 came with a wilkinson, I'm not sure if there was a fixed version too back then. There is even one of those in the local music shop here, same color, and same specs.

scanlan75018 · #7 04-07-2005, 04:51 PM

Ok thanks a lot for your help

do you know how much it cost (in euro ?)

**jono** · #8 04-07-2005, 04:54 PM

Yep, that certainly looks like a 90's 521 to me

pr0cyon · #9 04-07-2005, 07:47 PM

hehe, the shop here wants close to €1000 for it. Yes, they are retarded

It's been in the shop since 1999, except for a brief period in '01 or '02 when a friend of mine bought it, a month later he returned it because he wanted to play bass instead, and there was something wrong with the nut (loads of fret noise on the high-e string) It even has one of my strings on

And they are still trying to sell it for what it costed when it was new...

Ibateur · #10 04-08-2005, 04:12 AM

The high cost of rocking in the Nordics. Almost as high as the cost of living.

the.godfather · #11 04-08-2005, 04:27 AM

Thats the sort of guitar I am always looking out for. But they dont really ever turn up over here. Very nice guitar though!

fuze · #12 04-08-2005, 05:16 PM

Not to nitpick, but the Wilkinson bridge on that RG IS a floating vibrato. It's just not a double locking system. The Wilkinson floats beautifully if you set it off the body about 1/8" to 1/4" - you can't pull up quite as far as if the guitar were routered out under the bridge.

-Fuze

straymond · #13 04-08-2005, 08:57 PM

reagarding the guitar in the pics, i've seen it in several norwegian shops.
one shop even said was made custom just for norway...
can someone else verify this?

**jono** · #14 04-09-2005, 07:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fuze

Not to nitpick, but the Wilkinson bridge on that RG IS a floating vibrato. It's just not a double locking system. The Wilkinson floats beautifully if you set it off the body about 1/8" to 1/4" - you can't pull up quite as far as if the guitar were routered out under the bridge.

-Fuze

Seeing as this thread was more about identifying the guitar than the exact nature of the hardware involved, that posts seems a heck of a lot like nitpicking to me!!!