Purchased from: Bentley Music Malaysia

Features: Ibanez RG Prestige 7 string model. Made In Japan. 24 frets and a bolt-on neck. Solid Basswood body. Mine is a blue with a slight touch of green on it. Standard Passive Pickups with 1-Volume 1-Tone selector. Edge Pro 7 with locking tuners. Comes with a very nice Ibanez Prestige Team J Craft hardcase (fits perfectly and can only fit the guitar). // 10/10

Sound: I play Progressive Metal, Neo-Classical, Jazz (well alot of things actually) with this guitar (Rusty Cooley, John Petrucci, and the likes). Running this Guitar through my Boss GT-6 to my Marshall AVT-150. The guitar is great but the pickups are questionable. Plan to change the pickups to EMG's or DiMarzio's depending on how fast I can save for it. It's stock pickup is muddy and not as powerfull as I expect it to be. But the stock pickups are bearable and won't dissapoint. A change is definate if you're a person who values tone and power. Not much difference between the Neck and Bridge Pickup. Neck pickup goes muddy when gain is up and the low B-string is played. Bridge pickup lacks the bite and has no power to it's sound. Clean sounds are ok and nothing to shout about. If you don't solo on the guitar and the B string(extended runs) and only do power chords then the pickups are quite reasonable as the sound it produces is heavy. // 5/10

Action, Fit & Finish: I had a techincian to do minor tweeks to it. It came with 3 springs at the back and added another one. 5 springs make the trem too hard to play with. 4 was just nice to keep it in better tune and stability. Had some intontion check and changed the action as it was slightly higher then usuall. Neck feels great but Ibanez didn't do a great job to the minor details. I can see extra wood used at the headstock(7 piece neck instead of 5). The paint around my pickup has a very small blotch. Not really noticeable. All in all still a good job. I'm just picky when it comes to these things. // 7

Reliability & Durability: Definately reliable if you can stand the weight as it is slightly heavier then a normal guitar. Still haven't played a real gig yet with this guitar so I cannot comment on it yet. Strap buttons are solid. I would use it on a gig without a backup. Finish looks as if it can last forever if properly taken care of. // 9

Impression: I play nearly everything and this guitar fits it well. With the right pickups this guitar can definately play anything if you know how to. I own an Ibanez S cutomized by me and a Fender Highway 1 also customized by me and the RG7 is different. This guitar gives you the extra string and that really opens up possibilities to your playing. The 7 stringer can play what a 6 stringer can and more. If it was stolen or lost (which I will make damn sure it won't) I'll definately get it back. I Compared it with the Hamer 7 string and still went for this because of the neck. The neck is truly important as it makes the transaction from 6 to 7 a lot easier. Wish it had better pickups. After playing a 7 string, when you return to a 6, the 6 will feel like a toy and feel much more easier to play (for me). It would take some time to get used to it but when you do, it'll rock hard. // 9


This is from my review at
http://ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electri...1527/index.html

No reviews on this guitar here so i decided to pop it over and i made some minor changes here and there. Updated version. Still using the stock pickups

Seems that there ain't any 7 string users out there. If you play or have questions on 7 strings please feel free to PM me.

...argh! That was your review on UG?

I'm kinda looking to get a 7-string, specifically the RG1527. I saw that review on UG and was wondering who bought the thing...

Bentley now says that the next Ibanez shipment will not have any 7-string models...

...if you don't mind me asking, how much did Bentley sell it for?

Cheers...

This post has been edited by RustReaver4D1: Feb 15 2007, 04:48 PM

haha yea thats me Titus777 xD
you should've dropped me a Helpfull Vote haha!
well you have to pre-order the 7 stringer together when they ship it in
I got mine for 3.5k
If it's over your budget you can look at the korea 7 string RG by Ibanez its around 1.6k if im not mistaken.. 1.4k at swee lee in singapore.. it's a good starter but the neck dimension is slightly bigger if im recall..

a little question here...is it hard for a 6 string guitarist to try to play a 7 string?

It is all in the mind, i always tell people to go ahead and try one

since youre question is not really specific i'll try and answer your question the best i can.

When you play a 7 stringer you musn't tell yourself that it is hard.

most people tend to go like omg it must be harder with the extra thickness and string, which is actually not much of an issue since i only add 2 cm to my neck for the low B string.

and a 7 stringer actualyl makes you a better player in a sense that it makes your playing more disciplined.
An example to the discipline is that most players tend to wrap their thumb aroudn the neck-Hendrix style. I'm not sayign that is wrong but for the songs i play doing so actually makes you slower and generates future bad habits. a 7 string actually prevents you from wrapping your fingers around. After playing my 7 when i move to a 6 i actually play much better ( clearer smoother and faster)

i hope this answers youre question. feel free to ask me more =D

3.5k takes care of shipping and all other misc. charges?

yikes... not sure if I'd be willing to spend that much on a mid-range guitar that I've never seen or will see before buying... and heck, I've never even tried playing a 7-string before...

hmmm, getting an MIK 7-string may be penny wise, pound foolish... especially considering that there's quite a lot of good reviews for the 1527 and they generally say that the stock pickups aside, the 1527 compares well with more expensive 7-strings in terms of construction, quality etc...

...anyway, on a slight tangent, I noticed that you're into Rusty Cooley. He's really one sick guitarist, not just his ub3r-l33t sweeping/legato-ing/picking but his damn vibrato and sheer attitude is crazy... not too mention he's got some really tasteful phrasing and bends like in Dark Matter (shredder? bend? ). You must be quite a killer yourself if you play his stuff...

...hehe, I'm kinda GAS-sing for a 7-string because of him...

The Prestige RG1527 is an amazing guitar. If you were to compare the price of this gutiar with other 7 stringers this is considered the top of the range.

Example:
I tried the Hamer 7 string cost 2.7k and action was horrible, Pickups was a whole lotta crap no definition
I'm not gonna put 22k for a ESP 7 string "Signature" guitar(not gonna call names here) cause i never believed in using other people's guitar and the ESP doesn't come with a floyd and the pickups are Mid bridge instead of Neck Bridge.
I tried the UV777(Vai model) and was dissapointed entirely by the guitar.
Action was horrible the pickups were good but not to my liking and youre paying 5 digits for his name. It's actually just a normal RG 7 stringer with his name on it and a small inlay not worth the money

The ibanez is ideal in a sense that it's from Japan,comes in a great case, feels and plays great and is affordable (i mean for a 7 stringer it actually costs less that the other RG's aroudn that cost 6-7k not gonan name models here =p)

tweak the pickups and you have a wonderfull sounding and playing guitar.

I can't play for nuts. . . influence and playing is 2 different things xD

so it's only the thickness of the neck that need some getting used to...how about effect wise? does it require an effect unit that is specially for 7-strings? still very new to 7-strings..

its wider but the it still as thin as a normal RG1570 or whatnot.

I have an Ibanez S and it feels the same it terms of thinness.

Effects wise no but your amp must be of a substancial standard as i tried certain amps and it just cracks for the low-B.

i use a Marshall AVT150 and it sounds great through it.

and of course a 7String Wah would be good. As certain wah pedals can't register the Low-B so when you wah with the low-B it doesnt go a full wah mayb less and you can't really help it.

For me i use a GT-6 and the GT-6 comes with a in built 7 String Wah.

DS OD and whatnots work fine with it.

This post has been edited by Equilibrium777: Feb 15 2007, 06:05 PM

i'll need to try on one of them one day... but my main target now is the S series...just love then body and the neck...

Now I'm really hyped up about the 1527...

I'm gonna have to scrounge me next paycheck and hope Bentley doesn't ask for 5k or some other ridiculous figure....

lol, story of my life! I always like to think that Malmsteen, Luca Turilli and recently good ol' Rusty as my influences. But my playing, alas, just does not compare...

7 string floyd has to hav sum1 pro to setup string balance lo


does ur bassist use a 5 string or 6 string keke tat wud b fun to play sum DT songs wit the low B HEAVY man!!

I hate to close this thread, but we have to coz there's a thread just for reviews in this forum:

Music Instruments & Equipments Reviews Discussion

To Equilibrium777, please repost your review in that thread again and carry on your talks over there.

Good review btw