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RG model names, what do these three mean ?

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#1 ·
Hi!

Im just wondering if any of you guys know what RG8670,9570TRD and 2770FMVV means?? All the numbers and the letters. Im thinking about buying one of them soon. But I'd like to know what the names mean.
Thanks for any response :p
 
#6 ·
It usually means something...

the 1st number used to mean (for the recent guitars) :

No first Number = not Prestige model (Korean)
1 Means Ibz PU's
2 Means Ibz/Dimarzio PU's
3 Means Dimarzio PU's
8 or 9 Is only for J custom models

The Second Number :

The higher this number is, better the finition is

The third Number :

2 means 2 PU's configuration (HH)
5 or 7 means 3 PU's configuration (HSH)
6 means 3 PU's configurations (HSS)
there maybe other combinations

The last number :

0 is Floyd
1 is hardtail
2 is standard Vibrato (?)


Then the letters :
You have some like
EX or LTD for the special editions
FM, QM, QS, BM for the woods ont the top
And then some letters for the color (like TRD which I suppose is Transparent RED)
 
#8 ·
scanlan75018 said:
It usually means something...

the 1st number used to mean (for the recent guitars) :

No first Number = not Prestige model (Korean)
1 Means Ibz PU's
2 Means Ibz/Dimarzio PU's
3 Means Dimarzio PU's
8 or 9 Is only for J custom models

The Second Number :

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Nice try, but not correct. There really is no breakdown. There are JC's that start with a 1 or 2, and Dimarzio equiped.
 
#13 ·
They changed the 1880 into 8570 to avoid the confusion beetween JC's and prestige I guess

But the "rule" i gave is correct for most of the guitars.
You can had that before the prestige line, (so with three numbers), the first number (for example 6 for RG620) designated the finition level. Above 5XX it became 1XXX or 2XXX when the created the prestige line.
 
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