No, you'll find the 450M to be significantly better than the 170. Still, you'll probably have to do some tweaking to make it as good as it can possibly be.
Sure, it's not a maple board, but it has Duncan Ibanez pups, the first time these have been out in a long time and the colors are interesting at least. they cost a tad more than a 450, but the stock pups are probably better than the INFs.
Thats a pretty good deal for a new RG. Direct mounted pickups and a stable trem. If the Duncan Ibanez humbuckers are the same as the ones that came in the SZ models a few years back, they are good sounding pickups. They were basically a HB-103B Distortion in the bridge and a HB-101N '59 in the neck.
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