Made in Japan, the RG 550 DY owns a maple neck consists of 24 frets. the pickups are Ibanez V1, V2, S1 branch standard (I changed ibanez pickups by 2005). it has a floyd rose ibanez EDGE and electronic and consists of one volume, one tone and a 5-way switch. is one of the row that Premire and designed in colaboration with STEVE VAI including the handle, the floyd and color (found on JEM77DY of course)

UTILIZATION

The handle is worthy of the firm ibanez because this one has and finest. there is excellent access to acute. PSE this one a good 4KG therefore relatively heavy for a sound both heavy and hot with lots of sustain. the floyd when he has, it's madness. Disagree impossible to live, you can go like a fury, he always returns to its original position (something you can not find the current row, I know I have 4).

SOUNDS

Ideal for mtal is shred, this guitar is not made at all for the blues and others. gives its enormously fat and heavy. GNX3 a branch, the metal is de rigueur (DIGI thank you ....). branch of a GT8, clean sounds leaves you speechless (thank you B.. S)

OVERALL OPINION

I now use this guitar since 1997 and I can say it does nothing possde a RG current. that is now pass collector and is quite expensive to acquire. if one day ibanez are able to reproduce the SERIES (RG) with the same Features and finishes year 86, so I took a crdit to buy the stock.