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Published on 10/23/11 at 19:26The Ibanez RG Prestige RG2610Z is a recent model offering from Ibanez made in the last few years as a stripped down/simple guitar for those players who wanted a killer Ibanez superstrat, but in a very simple package with no needless extra features, and just a very direct guitar overall. It features a basswood body, a maple neck with rosewood fretboard and 24 frets, standard Ibanez Edge Tremolo and a single Seymour Duncan TB10 Fullshred humbucker wired to a single volume control, no other pickups or switching options. Definitely a rig for the player who will sacrifice features for a powerful and high octane sounding guitar with playability from beyond.
UTILIZATION
The guitar is extremely ergonomic like most Ibby RGs. The sculpted basswood body is fairly light and the whole guitar sits well on the body, and feels very sleek to boot. The cutaway has great access to the upper frets, and when combined with Ibanez's classic AANJ neck heel, the reach to the highest frets is really quite good.
Getting a good tone out of this guitar is fairly simple... if you understand that it's a one trick pony. It contains just a single Fullshred humbucker, which is quite high output and given that there's no other pickups or switching options, the tones are pretty high gain and shreddy. It's not a guitar I'd use for low gain bluesy stuff by any means... this thing was meant to soar.
SOUNDS
I've tried this guitar through a variety of amps and have concluded that it sounds best through a modern amplifier like a Mesa Boogie or similar high gain amplifier rigs. The clean tones really don't do much for me... the combination of the basswood body and the high output humbucker make for cleans that sound pretty gained out and far from the pristine and textured/vintage voice that I look for in a clean tone. However, the high gain tones are wonderful. Whether doing fast staccato rhythms for hard rock/metal or playing some shred ala Paul Gilbert or Jason Becker, it really shines. The Duncan Fullshred really shines when hit with a fair amount of output. It doesn't get overly compressed in this guitar either which is nice. It's definitely worth looking into for high gain rock/metal styles, but it's a bit of a one trick pony.
OVERALL OPINION
All in all I think the Ibanez RG26120Z is a cool guitar from the company that offers great high octane tones and killer playability in a simple and direct package. They can be had for about $1,000 new which is a decent deal considering the fact that it's a well crafted and great, if not unversatile instrument. Definitely worth looking into if you're a rock or metal player craving a simple yet deadly superstrat with which to unleash a sonic assault.
UTILIZATION
The guitar is extremely ergonomic like most Ibby RGs. The sculpted basswood body is fairly light and the whole guitar sits well on the body, and feels very sleek to boot. The cutaway has great access to the upper frets, and when combined with Ibanez's classic AANJ neck heel, the reach to the highest frets is really quite good.
Getting a good tone out of this guitar is fairly simple... if you understand that it's a one trick pony. It contains just a single Fullshred humbucker, which is quite high output and given that there's no other pickups or switching options, the tones are pretty high gain and shreddy. It's not a guitar I'd use for low gain bluesy stuff by any means... this thing was meant to soar.
SOUNDS
I've tried this guitar through a variety of amps and have concluded that it sounds best through a modern amplifier like a Mesa Boogie or similar high gain amplifier rigs. The clean tones really don't do much for me... the combination of the basswood body and the high output humbucker make for cleans that sound pretty gained out and far from the pristine and textured/vintage voice that I look for in a clean tone. However, the high gain tones are wonderful. Whether doing fast staccato rhythms for hard rock/metal or playing some shred ala Paul Gilbert or Jason Becker, it really shines. The Duncan Fullshred really shines when hit with a fair amount of output. It doesn't get overly compressed in this guitar either which is nice. It's definitely worth looking into for high gain rock/metal styles, but it's a bit of a one trick pony.
OVERALL OPINION
All in all I think the Ibanez RG26120Z is a cool guitar from the company that offers great high octane tones and killer playability in a simple and direct package. They can be had for about $1,000 new which is a decent deal considering the fact that it's a well crafted and great, if not unversatile instrument. Definitely worth looking into if you're a rock or metal player craving a simple yet deadly superstrat with which to unleash a sonic assault.