Not sure if anyone noticed but none of the online music retailers have the new rg565 for sale anymore. I contacted the rep from Sweetwater that had called and emailed me about when I placed my order for one and said it was discontinued but that they expect a shipment to arrive and I will receive mine. Not sure what all this is about, thought I should share it. Glad I ordered mine quickly! I almost didn't.

It's a standard catalog model now. Production of everything is slow though.

As said above, production and shipping is slow, not just for guitars, I imagine.

Likewise, those looking for an RG550 Genesis will also be somewhat disappointed because they're out of stock/back ordered in several outlets. I was looking at them recently and noticed that several places in Europe and the US don't have them. At Thomann, for example, there's a 13-17 week wait!

I just got 2 PN's that weren't due till February so it may not be that dire, but it may be a fluke too, dealers on hold ahead of me, who knows.

Well, If anyone hears anything email-wise of when these 565's are shipping, feel free to drop the info here!

Not that I'm desperate or complaining for the wait. Just would like to hear some good news.

First batch is February, then trickle like everything else.

Cool. I hope it gets here by Feb 14th so I can show how much I love myself!