Enough bitching! (RG2027 Goodness Posted Here)

[Gabe Nickelson]

I recently aquired an RG2027 from Rich (thank you, you're a lifesaver, although if I came face to face with the UPS driver that was suppose to deliver the guitar to me when promised, I'd shoot 'em). *

Anyway, I hear lots of requests and complaints to Ibanez but now I think it's time to praise them on such a great guitar. *It's truly amazing in every way. *I prefer this over my UV777BK as far as playablilty is concerned. *The magnetic pickups just don't cut it compared to other 7-strings, but it fits this guitar just fine. *

Ibanez can make some great stuff. *I've never been upset or unhappy with any of my Ibanez guitars - new or used. *I've owned about 12 of them so far off and on. *I'm the happy owner of 3 Ibanez guitars currently - all of which are of wonderful beauty and sound. *I plan never to part with the ones I currently have.

The RG2027 stands out among the best in my opinion. *I learned guitar on acoustic when I was about 14 and played it until I got my first Jem in 1997 (when I was 22). *I've always wanted to go back to acoustic guitar, but never had the desire to pull myself away from the electronic wonders before me. *Now I don't have to think about it ever again. *I have the sound of an acoustic guitar (believe me folks, this thing sounds JUST like an acoustic guitar through my Lexicon MPX G2) and capabilities of a nut crunching, double ball-blasting electric all wrapped up in one. *Amazing. *(I'll be soon to post a clip once I stop working 18 hrs a day).

Ibanez - I salute you. *I'm sorry to see this thing go "bye-bye" in production terms. *But, I'm glad I got my hands firmly grasped around one. *Keep up the innovative ideas inspired from this guitar - I'll buy 'em all!

Gabe

[Rich]

Thanks dude, those Prestige 7 necks are VERY sweet and smooth as silk to play on. And while the magnetics on their own seem to need more, they are *very* well matched to the piezo. I'm not going to ask about the UPS driver, nope, yes I am! What happened there?? LOL

[Gabe Nickelson]

Well, as it turns out I had to work late on Monday. *I knew this and left a note on the door to leave the *package at door. *UPS didn't leave it due to 'adult signature required'. *Alright, fine, that's the rules so UPS left a note saying they'd return after 3:00pm the next day for 2nd attempt delivery. *I got up early to work the next morning so I could leave early in time for the delivery. *I saw the UPS driving through the neighborhood around 6:00pm and got excited. *I sat and waited until 7:00pm... no UPS.

I called UPS on the phone and they told me their drivers do not take 2nd attempt deliveries as a top priority and if they don't have time to attempt that second delivery then they won't. *This enraged me even more.

So the next day I had to work from 8:00am to 2:00am so there was no way in hell I'd be home to take delivery. *Lucky my roomate was there. *I watched the UPS website until about 6:00PM and still no delivery confirmation. *I called and bitched and UPS put some sort of emergency call out and the package arrived that evening. *What does it take to get good service these days?

So all in all I've only had about 2 hours to mess around with the guitar, but I love it!

Gabe *

[Rich]

Shipping companies, they're all the same, Love - Hate relationship, but they move the worlds packages and they do get there, eventually