I saw a a ibanez RG series selling for Rm590 in a complex, i'm not sure what's the exact model name, but from site i guess it's Ibanez RG1820X, from the price i know it's China made & the package is with soft bag, strings & picks, my question is, does it worth for a beginner like me?what's the different from Indon made & china made in sense of quality/sound?

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I'm not sure if that could be a genuine Ibanez. Usually the 4 digit models are the prestige models and usually goes for Rm3k and up. And i'm also not sure if Ibanez actually has any models that are made in China. AFAIk, only Japan, Korea and Indonesia.

You could be looking at some of the China pirated ibanez models, or Chibanez as some of the ppl call it

LOL at 'Chibanez'!!

For that price it's too good to be true man.. love NIN btw. Love your art too, but why oh so depressing..

This post has been edited by quarantined: Nov 3 2007, 05:33 PM

Nope, ibanez are also made in china

well, i saw it in 2 stores which is Harmony (uptown) & yamaha music (IoI), at the back of the neck stated clearly Made In China & the brand is Ibanez not Chibanez or anything, not sure whether it's genuine cos didnt ask the boss there & i dont know the existance of Chibanez too. btw whats the diff from other brand like Epiphone, between China & Korea have a big diff in price, in a sense of quality what's the diff?

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Added on November 3, 2007, 5:49 pmyo, thanks man, am i depressed?

This post has been edited by dennishew2004: Nov 3 2007, 05:49 PM

rg1820x for RM590? err..... fake 1? or u made a mistake? or extremely desperate seller? hah.

dude, ask the salesperson there lah what model it is.
Probably the Ibanez starter pack or something.

yeah, i think i mistaken some other model, i think it's the starter model,
will let u guys know.

if you say it's a whole package with bags and everything, then it should be the jump start pack from ibanez

the RG1570X is a prestige with piezo built in it...so it won't go lower than rm3K for a new one

This post has been edited by asura_86: Nov 3 2007, 11:17 PM

is it a worth buying from Jump Start Pack or a China made Ibanez guitar?

Really? Which models?

Sorry for the misinformation, Chibanez I just a nickname guitarists give to China made Ibanez fakes. You can see some of them here ibanezrules

Usually the fakes have impossible body colour/hardware colour/inlay combination which is not official from Ibanez. I'm not sure what guitar is that you are looking at, but it better to be cautious esp since the price is quite ridiculous. There is a saying, "if something is too good to be true, it probably is "

But anyways, there are some quality difference between same brand instruments that are made in different countries ie. Japan, Korea, Indo or China. Usually due to manufacturing costs the lower end models will be manufactured from the cheaper countries while the high end ones will be from Japan or the US. So due to the fact that countries like Korea and China make lower end guitar, ppl tend to associate that most instruments from there are inferior. Lower end guitars usually trade off quality (lower hardware, wood, inlays) for cost but they can be sufficient depending on your budget and use. For many hobbyist like myself, getting a full blown Japan model would really be ideal, but usually the cost would be way beyond our budget. Work out your budget and then choose the guitar model that would be suitable for you, and you can always ask a friend who has been playing for a while to give you some inputs too. And of course, you have this thread here for advise too.

This post has been edited by supercolossal: Nov 4 2007, 09:46 PM

i bet ongpohheng was talking about the gio series

Yup, lower-end series from Ibanez are produce in China, indon etc etc.
only higher ends guitar are produce in korea or usa

are there ibanez guitars made in the US?
I only know that the highest end ones are made in Japan.

i guess so.
cause last time i went to ibanez website to check out some GENG guitars and i think i saw it written there.
but i cant comfirm that la. wasnt paying much attention to where it was manufacture, more of droling over the cool guitar

supercolossal, thanks alot for the detail...my friends advise me not to buy the China made guitar, but they can't give me a certain reason of why China made is bad for beginner/budget, actually i'm planning for China made guitar for beginning then later on i'll buy a high end guitar.

does anybody have experienced of Squire Fender of Telecaster?Bently selling it of Rm580.

i recomended Ibanez Gio series. it's perfect for metal music for begginners like me.( u r playing metal right?)

anyway, i saw somebody selling ibanez gio for rm680 in the trAde zone area.

No prob, it's always difficult to buy that first axe, but it'll be a lot easier with some advise.

for a beginner...get a Samick...you can find some nice ones on ebay.com.my...

all guitars around RM500 are made in china...you cannot avoid that...

i've tried samick at sg.wang, its not that bad man ..seriously and the price are affordable too