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anything but ibanez

Why so? Ibanez does make good guitars.

i luv ibanez... why?

yea, indeed... they make a good guitars. & endorsed by some of u-know-who famous guitarists.

im not bias toward ibanez..but im using ibanez now. their craftmanship is quite good.

i like your word!

really bro?

i ain't really an ibanez fan (i'd even pick a squier over an ibanez), but their guitars are great. i happen to get a chance to play of those RG's, and it sounds good.

and i do own an ibanez AEB8

not really,

most of the guitarists under ibanez uses custom made guitars, with probably the best materials and all. same cant be said of the rest tho,

most of their RG line has got floyds, however their floyds cant stay intune, and they break easily.

the low end also uses "standard" basswood, which by far is the worst and cheapest of the tone woods. their high end uses american basswood which is far different, but a pointer on basswood, its not the strongest wood in town.

their stock pups are also something that most people hate, a lot of folks get an ibanez and once having the cash changes the pups to something else. the V series is one of the better pups from ibanez, but they are normally reserved for higher end rgs (entry model prestige)

most importantly they are boring on clean, ive tried the Jackson RR5 against a RG2550z and god the former blitz the latter.

if you want to see a really well made budget guitar, go look at some of the top end fender tele squiers, i cant remember which exact model but some of them are crazy good and can give a MIA fender a run for its money. if you can afford more, go find some 80's charvel, brands like Godin (specifically their SD) are superb guitars.

usually i compare gio & squier for sub 1k
mybe yes for different price segment, im not really particular over RG.
i thought that, most of ibanez artist signature are mass production rite? few exception like PG fireman.

yea, squier made a good guitar too except bullet/affinity/california sries which is badly crafted IMO... ,I praise their 80vibe series (mybe thats one that u trying to say)

boring on clean? hmm mybe yes for RG..as i guess Rg are not meant for clean playing.

I still prefer ESP

agree on the bold part though - they suck at clean.

i own a squier tele california series. i love the sound, i love the tele twang. almost all the time i use the neck pickup. anyway do you have info / knowledge about the california series? i googled this before - it's like a lower cost limited / discontinued squier series.

Some Ibanez models are not as versatile as those PRS and EBMM that's what I think.

IMO, to sum it up in term of quality, 80svibe>deluxe>standard>affinity>california>bullet...

ya ive read something like this too. thanks for affirming this!

not all squires are good, i agree but i know there are a few good ones out there. ive yet to find a good gio...

artist signature are mass produced however guitar companies tend to shower their artists with huge amounts of guitars custom made from the best luthiers in the company. take the JEM for example, there are huge amounts of them in the market and you even have a knock off 555 model. however steve vais personal JEM is made by the best in the co, with the best woods that the whole co has, (if you read the original JEM story, ibanez went back to japan and hand picked vais basswood by knocking on it and took the best for him.) this can be said for any brand, but if we were to say a guitar is good cause an artist uses it, be mindful of this point.

for me if a guitar sucks on clean, it sucks period. its only on clean or light distortion that you can test teh guitars tone; where tone wood makes a difference and natural sustain comes into the picture. i always believe that a good clean guitar can always sound awesum under effects (gibson LP), but a bad clean guitar cant always sound good without it.

LPs quite expensive either epiphone or gibson. i guess, that what we get for what we pay for ...my next guitar, is squier standard or vibes strat..searching for twangy tone of strat...

If you're really into twang you should go for Tele's.

epiphone is not too bad, considering that i am refering to teh range of gio - mid range rgs here.

as per topic, best guitar:

1. i've ever used before - ibanez RG350M (own), PRS paul allender SE (friend's)
2. now - currently using epi '57 goldtop
3. soon - getting an LTD M-series (still within budget)
4. dream guitar - ESP Horizon-II (leaf/tongue headstock), jackson dinky DK2M

but some ibanez suck on clean la..i've tested PGM series 1 of the fixed bridge with PAF PRO pickups..fantastically clean n stunning...dun sum up all the ibanez suckz to the max..

squier california series IMO even worst, tuner out of tune, sounded thin n weak..bridge pickup bright n sharp like hell...but like i said..everybody got their own preferences