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Ibanez RG550MXX 20th Anniversary

STC-Shaped Guitar from Ibanez belonging to the RG Standard series

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Published on 09/13/08 at 07:33
Manufacturing Japan (team J-Craft) This is a limited edition reissue of RG 1987.
microphones v1, v2 and s1
prestige wizard neck style 1987 5-piece, reinforced by a titanium rod
maple fingerboard, 24 jumbo frets
heel provided with a mounting plate and 4 screws
Back Plate 20th Anniversary
edge floyd (early model)
Mechanical Gotoh
volume, tone

colors available: red, yellow, black

UTILIZATION

The neck is ultra thin, ultra fast, the varnish is brushed over and the key is maple (rare these days)
access to acute super fastoche
ergonomic top, as usual on a RG
the sounds are varied, with the 5 way switch and good violin and fittings of good behavior.
hands fall naturally where they should and the weight light enough not to hinder the use, even very prolonged
the guitar is well balanced for the game sitting or standing

SOUNDS

Sounds more metal,
quite versatile in all
used with a boss distortion MT 2, was the sound!
the pickups are IBZ, I do not want to change them because they sound good, always arch specific sounds typed above medium, the more gain is added, the more they are singing, very "Di marziesques". Some of you would like to change them, but since this is a reissue of the flagship model of the great era of Ibanez, ...
the sound is warm on the microphone near the handle but not as much as my JS 100, the micro saturates very acute, the harmonics come out easily, the micro environment provides simple you need versatility. It's not a Start, but doing well.

OVERALL OPINION

I bought last week is a fairly exclusive guitar (1987 copies in all and for all) my mine is the number July 1419
I have a js rg 100 and is even better, the ergonomics are top and the handle as it does today, it's so late at the beginning it is believed that they forgot to do some ! but the handle faster than the + to be found. Perfect for an academic position.
The guitar was sold a bit expensive, but it excluded yanaura not for everyone! bonus, it comes in a case of top quality the same color as the guitar, so I regret it because it is very endearing and color (bright yellow) is coooool ....

26/07/2008:

on balance, it would be to change the micro shrill tone an area perhaps the original is a bit garish, compared to L500 Bill Lauwrence example

13/09/2008:

Micro Acute changed now one month (Steve Di Marzio special, its crystalline clear, and dug distos modern, high output), a new arm vibrato Schaller, perfect .....