MGR/Anonymous « Ibanez RG270 »
Published on 06/30/01 at 15:00I bought my guitar in the store that needs no introduction, "kley zemer" in
Jerusalem. It cost 500$ but because I had a special discount it cost 456$
It's my first electric guitar and I chose the Ibanez because I wanted a guitar with a Floyd rose locking trem and a H/S/H pickup configuration
The RG270 had both and was pretty good quality for it's price.
I think that the jumbo frets are a big advantage this guitar has over others. Although sometimes it is a stretch to play them but I would rather to stretch my fingers a bit than squeezing them when I get to the 20th fret.
The guitar sounds excellent distorted, a really fat sound, truly remarkable.It has a very heavy bass sound. It's great for me because I love that sound but if you don't like it you can easily adjust it. I also love the fact that I will never have to tune this guitar ever again in my life because of its Floyd rose single lock (even if changing the strings is a real pain).
The one thing that really bothers me are the pickups for two main reasons: One, they buzz.Two, even though they give that great, fat distortion, the clean sound is pretty rough and if I think about it, it doesn't sound very clean either.
There is also a really small thing that annoys me. the input jack keeps coming loose but that might be just a one guitar kind of problem.
As I described before, it has a Floyd rose single locking trem, 24 jumbo frets that are very comfortable to play and an H/S/H pickup configuration. I am not a big expert but I would definitely say that this is a good quality guitar. Although, I think I would trade my great sounding distortion for cleaner pickups.
The bottom line is that this is a very good guitar.I think that a beginner as well as an intermediate player would enjoy this guitar a great deal.If you need a clearer, cleaner sound then I would say you shouldn't commit yourself with the Ibanez RG270.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
Jerusalem. It cost 500$ but because I had a special discount it cost 456$
It's my first electric guitar and I chose the Ibanez because I wanted a guitar with a Floyd rose locking trem and a H/S/H pickup configuration
The RG270 had both and was pretty good quality for it's price.
I think that the jumbo frets are a big advantage this guitar has over others. Although sometimes it is a stretch to play them but I would rather to stretch my fingers a bit than squeezing them when I get to the 20th fret.
The guitar sounds excellent distorted, a really fat sound, truly remarkable.It has a very heavy bass sound. It's great for me because I love that sound but if you don't like it you can easily adjust it. I also love the fact that I will never have to tune this guitar ever again in my life because of its Floyd rose single lock (even if changing the strings is a real pain).
The one thing that really bothers me are the pickups for two main reasons: One, they buzz.Two, even though they give that great, fat distortion, the clean sound is pretty rough and if I think about it, it doesn't sound very clean either.
There is also a really small thing that annoys me. the input jack keeps coming loose but that might be just a one guitar kind of problem.
As I described before, it has a Floyd rose single locking trem, 24 jumbo frets that are very comfortable to play and an H/S/H pickup configuration. I am not a big expert but I would definitely say that this is a good quality guitar. Although, I think I would trade my great sounding distortion for cleaner pickups.
The bottom line is that this is a very good guitar.I think that a beginner as well as an intermediate player would enjoy this guitar a great deal.If you need a clearer, cleaner sound then I would say you shouldn't commit yourself with the Ibanez RG270.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com