Thinking about pulling the trigger on the RG3XXV from online guitar center, but kind of hestitate as i can't play one. I'm thinking it should have the same build/quality as the RG2XXV. So for those of you who have tried the RG2XXV, what did you think?
I believe i have to wait until 10 posts to post pictures, but I had the chance to play one. I'll describe what sort of issues it had. Around the AANJ bolts on the back, they over sanded and went through the paint there and there are white rings about the bolts. the trem cavity has spots that are missing paint, almost looked like it was scraped off, maybe rough time with trem installation? There were black spots in the paint like the RG1xxv has. It also had a larger grey mark, but I'm not sure if it was like that from the factory or just guitar center handling.
For the money, its basically a RG350 with different aesthetics. On the other hand, most of these are finish flaws, and we've seen they can spray other colors well on other models. If you are fine with what you are seeing from the RG300 and RG400 series, I'd say it would likely be on par with those. One interesting thing is that it has dimarzios stock so maybe it will recieve better QC because its more expensive.
Thanks for the fast response and info! I actually had an ibanez rg450mdx that i sold later because i didn't like the build quality. If the RG3XXV is on par with the RG2XXV (which is on par with RG300, RG400 series), i might pass.....
As always, try your hardest to find them in store and play. Just because one person had an average experience doesn't mean that all of the guitars have the same sort of flaws. I wouldn't discount a model just because of one or two average examples. I've seen guitars with far greater price tags with the same issues.
Played one at GC on Saturday. No different than the RG350 to me. Would not waste the money. Made in Japan is the way to go. I would not waste the time to compare it to an older RG5 or RG7 series. They are far better quality.
The RG2XXV I played was pink and I didn't plug it in. I didn't notice any paint flaws cuz I was more interested in how the neck felt. The paint on the pink strings was completely gone over the middle pickup though. The guitar just felt inferior to all my MIJ guitars. The fretwork seemed OK. Maybe it was the 400 radius.
I can comment on the quality of my S 25th since it is not a premium/MIJ model.
The paint on mine is quite nice with no black marks. There is some white showing through a little around the input jack and some black on the inside walls of the single pickup cavity but that's it.
My neck was bad. Ibanez offered to pay for the work that was done to it. It needed to be heat pressed along with fret sanding. It's great now but was really buzzy right out of the case!
Bottom line: try and play one before you buy it. Every guitar is different, even of the same models.
Good call. I think you chose a significantly better quality guitar.
Guy just paid over $900 for a genuine RG565 on auction. I paid $550 for mine new back in 1991. In 20 years, you think anybody's gonna be lined up to pay 80% more than the original retail for these guitars?
Why people are paying $699 and up for Indonesian guitars when they can do what you did and spend under $600 for a used or NOS MIJ Prestige is beyond me. I guess if you gotta have neon THAT bad, then more power to you. If I get hungry for neon, I'll pick up my daughter's refinished neon pink RG560. Guarantee it plays better than anything currently coming out of Indonesia, and it's 20 years old.
And for what it's worth, I WOULD pay $900 for a mint RG565 any day. Hell, I'd pay double that for an honest-to-god, brand new, MIJ reissue. But no, Ibanez is happy to poop out Indo "replicas" for $699. Frustrating.
If you like the neck and are capable of doing your own setups, pup swaps, and fret dressing it is a decent deal at $299.99 new on that site named after the big river in Brazil. If not, I would go walk on by. It took me a bit of work to get it as comfy as my other Ibby 6's.
Thinking about pulling the trigger on the RG3XXV from online guitar center, but kind of hestitate as i can't play one. I'm thinking it should have the same build/quality as the RG2XXV. So for those of you who have tried the RG2XXV, what did you think?
The RG350s are nice guitars (I have EXZ). However, if you wanna bring up the Dimarzio pups aspect, I'd say get a 350 or 450 and put in Dimarzios yourself. It'll be around same quality but with nicer pups. I put Dimarzio evos in mine (got them on sale through guitar center's website) so the total cost of my EXZ (including pups and charge for installing pups) was around 600 USD. I did do it over here in japan so maybe the pup installation might have been cheaper than the US but I dont know. Either way, I have a cheap axe that can overpower my friend's RG1XXV
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