There are no Blazes in RG762x's unless you put them there yourself. It's all New7's. And, there are no "Blaze II's", either. There are Blaze Customs, but that's another story. There's lots of posts on this topic here, try running a forum search.
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Yeah, definitely New 7's right from the get-go - I used to have a '99 7620 that most definitely had New 7's.
There's a LOT of confusion on this, and it's further augmented by the fact that Ibanez and Dimarzio can't agree on the Blaze, either - Blaze on Dimarzio's site and Blaze II spec'd on the UV, i believe. Whatever the official model name is (and as it's a Dimarzio pickup, they get a slight nod
), blazes come stock in the UV, but never came in the 7620.
My guess is the catalogue typo stems from the fact that at some point, the 7620 was originally spec'd to have Blazes, and the spec sheet slipped through unedited into the catalogue when they eventually hit production with New 7's. This is PURE speculation on my part, but before 99 they were the only 7-string pickups in production from Dimarzio, I believe, and it'd certainly explain the initial confusion.
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There's a LOT of confusion on this, and it's further augmented by the fact that Ibanez and Dimarzio can't agree on the Blaze, either - Blaze on Dimarzio's site and Blaze II spec'd on the UV, i believe. Whatever the official model name is (and as it's a Dimarzio pickup, they get a slight nod
), blazes come stock in the UV, but never came in the 7620. My guess is the catalogue typo stems from the fact that at some point, the 7620 was originally spec'd to have Blazes, and the spec sheet slipped through unedited into the catalogue when they eventually hit production with New 7's. This is PURE speculation on my part, but before 99 they were the only 7-string pickups in production from Dimarzio, I believe, and it'd certainly explain the initial confusion.
-D
It's definitely not a cosmetically dressed down UV (different neck, fretwire, pickups, wiring), but, at the end of the day, that's really not a bad way of thinking of it, as sorta a working-man's UV. More utilitarian in appearance and vibe, but still a hell of an instrument, and I know guys who actually prefer 'em to UV's. Put it this way - there are very few UV's that wouldn't look out of place at a jazz gig.
For the dollar it's also probably the best Ibanez out on the second hand market right now, too - you can often score a nice example in a UV1000 case for $400. Not bad, for a guitar that originally listed at $1300.
Oh, bu the way - shameless plug - www.sevenstring.org. Lotta overlap between here and there.
For the dollar it's also probably the best Ibanez out on the second hand market right now, too - you can often score a nice example in a UV1000 case for $400. Not bad, for a guitar that originally listed at $1300.
Oh, bu the way - shameless plug - www.sevenstring.org. Lotta overlap between here and there.
word up Jim. I have a '97 RG7620BK came with new7s. (Just to add to the clarity)
I switched them out with a blaze and a blaze custom (b) green and red naturally.
I switched them out with a blaze
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