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MGR/Bad Bob « Ibanez RG321 »
Published on 10/08/03 at 15:00 I purchased this guitar from Zzounds for $242.00 (free shipping). I have an RG220B with a Floyd Rose, and wanted a fixed bridge model for alternate tunings.
The neck is great! It's a 24 fret Wizard II, same as my RG220B, and plays fast and effortlessly. I also like the fixed bridge, although it is made somewhat cheap for a guitar of this "caliber".
The action can be set very low with no buzzing, and it stays in tune very well considering I bend the strings and get pretty wild with it. This guitar has some incredible sustain, almost too much!
The guitar looks great. Mine is Royal Blue and looks more like Black than Blue. The hardware is black chromed.
The pickups are nowhere near the caliber of the one on the RG220B. They just don't have the same punch.
The body is much lighter, I guess from cheaper wood.
The black coating on the hardware is starting to wear off, and it's less than a month old.
This guitar "feels" considerably cheaper made than my RG220B, which was made in 2000.
Both guitars were made in Korea.
Construction is good. The guitar looked very good when I first got it, and I found no flaws or bad joints. My only real problem is after only a few weeks it is exhibiting some real signs of wear. My RG220B is almost 4 years older and is still in showroom condition. I baby my guitars, and they get all the TLC in the world.
I guess the quality of Ibanez guitars has taken a nosedive, but then...haven't all major brands?
This guitar plays well, but I don't think it will last very long. After owning 5 different Ibanez guitars, all of excellant quality...I think the company has sold out to the Chinese. I doubt there will be any new Ibanez's in my future...unless they are older models.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
The neck is great! It's a 24 fret Wizard II, same as my RG220B, and plays fast and effortlessly. I also like the fixed bridge, although it is made somewhat cheap for a guitar of this "caliber".
The action can be set very low with no buzzing, and it stays in tune very well considering I bend the strings and get pretty wild with it. This guitar has some incredible sustain, almost too much!
The guitar looks great. Mine is Royal Blue and looks more like Black than Blue. The hardware is black chromed.
The pickups are nowhere near the caliber of the one on the RG220B. They just don't have the same punch.
The body is much lighter, I guess from cheaper wood.
The black coating on the hardware is starting to wear off, and it's less than a month old.
This guitar "feels" considerably cheaper made than my RG220B, which was made in 2000.
Both guitars were made in Korea.
Construction is good. The guitar looked very good when I first got it, and I found no flaws or bad joints. My only real problem is after only a few weeks it is exhibiting some real signs of wear. My RG220B is almost 4 years older and is still in showroom condition. I baby my guitars, and they get all the TLC in the world.
I guess the quality of Ibanez guitars has taken a nosedive, but then...haven't all major brands?
This guitar plays well, but I don't think it will last very long. After owning 5 different Ibanez guitars, all of excellant quality...I think the company has sold out to the Chinese. I doubt there will be any new Ibanez's in my future...unless they are older models.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com