SeriesIbanez RGT Prestige

The Ibanez RGT-320Q is a new, Prestige version of the old RGT3020QM. It features a neck-thru body mahogany with a quilted maple top, a maple/wedge neck with 24 frets, rosewood fretboard with small abalone dots, two humbuckers, an Edge Pro trem, one volume knob, one tone knob and a five way switch. UTILIZATION Aside from the Ibanez J-Custom line, this is probably one of the most striking guitars that Ibanez offers. The quilt on this is absolutely stunning. The quality put into this guitar is really something to behold. The guitar was made in the Prestige factory, so it has awesome fretboard. I was able to get sickly low action on this guitar without any problems at all. The AANJ is a great neck joint, but these neck-thru models make it even easier to get up to the higher frets, if you can believe that. SOUNDS The guitar sounds killer! However, the stock pickups are very weak sounding. I highly recommend replacing those as soon as possible. Once you do, this guitar will truly come alive. The wood combination in this guitar seems to be perfectly balanced for just about any genre you throw at it. However, I found that it really worked great under high gain for heavy metal. The mahogany helped give the guitar some warmth and midrange, the maple gave it some spank, and the rosewood seemed to even everything out. OVERALL OPINION If you can afford one of these, I recommend checking them out. The quality is great, and the guitar resonates like crazy. Just be sure to replace the pickups once you get it as the stock ones suck. You might as well replace the pots and switch too since they're not exactly the highest quality out there. This is one of the few guitars I'd recommend buying blind as they all seem to sound wonderful.

Ibanez has had a few neck-thru models, and this is one of them. The guitar features an ash body, a prestige five piece maple/wenge neck, rosewood fretboard, small dot inlays, an Edge Pro trem, two humbuckers, one volume, one tone and a five way switch. The guitar is also a Prestige model, so it was paid more attention to than the standard production lines. UTILIZATION The neck-thru guitars that Ibanez makes are very cool. For one, you can see the actual neck-thru construction. Although it's purely cosmetic, I really enjoy that. The fretwork on the Prestige model Ibanez guitars is almost always wonderful, and I was able to get sickly low action on this thing. One problem, however, was that the pull-up was compromised a bit. While getting to the upper frets with the AANJ was a breeze, this is even easier thanks to its neck-thru construction. SOUNDS The most unique feature about this guitar is the ash body. Ash leads itself to be very low end and high end heavy. The mids are scooped a bit, and the lows/highs are extended. This can lead to some extremely cool tones, especially for hard rock. Since the mids are pushed back, the guitar seems to be clearer and less boxy sounding. The rosewood fretboard allows the guitar to not get too bright, too. The stock pickups in this guitar suck, so I highly recommend replacing them as soon as possible. DiMarzios tend to work great in Ibanez guitars, I've found. OVERALL OPINION If you're looking for a neck-thru Ibanez model, your choices are a bit limited. This model is a very good guitar. However, I highly recommend playing it first. For one, ash is not for everyone. Some people dislike the strong high and low end of the wood. Also, not everyone likes the tone of neck-thru guitars. If you do decide to buy blind, I doubt you'll be disappointed.