All user reviews for the Ibanez RGT42

I bought this guitar used at the local Long and Mcquade store for $500.00 Canadian plus tax. The exact same guitar was at the store new for $770.00

This guitar is a shredders dream! To start with, the hardware is great quality, tune lock thing is great (for guitarists like me, see below for details) the pickups sound bright and are great for distorted sounds as well. The floating tremelo is by far the best i've ever played, its sensitive and smooth and just perfect. The guitar is playable as well, light and agile, and the bottom cuttaway (unlike my last guitar) goes right down making all 24 frets easily accesible. I also love the nech-thru design, it feels awesome. A great guitar.

As i said before, i love the tuning lock because A)i love using the wammy bar with deep drops and whatnot, and B) i seldom stray from standard tuning. For a guitar player who likes to go between drop D and standard or whatever other tunings you like, the lock might be a pain because its takes a while to re-tune. Thats all i can think of on the downsides.

As i said before, the hardware has been great. Ibanez has two shops, the higher end guitars are made in a shop in Japan and the lower end guitars are made in Korea. This guitar is from Korea, but is one of the best guitars out of that factory. My teacher has one of less expensive guitars that comes from the higher end factory (about the same price as mine) and they are comparable in quality. The body hasn't chipped or anything, the construction has been fine.

This guitar is great for any type of guitarist, especially the shredders out their. Buy this Guitar!!!

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I ordered the guitar off of MusiciansFriend.com for $599. I had a Fender strat, but i wanted more versatility

I like the neck-thru design of the guitar. I also like the looks, It is a sharp guitar.
The binding sets the whole thing off. But beware, black pearl isn't very black, its kind of a charcoal. I also love the floyd rose tremolo on it. It stays in tune perfectly


I would like the neck to be a bit thinner. It has a substanial feel and is a good neck, but thinner would be better. Also the stock pickups could be better, maybe some Seymour Duncans?

The guitar is rock solid, and I would feel safe taking it on the road with me. The whole guitar is built to last

If you want a good mid priced guitar with solid construction and that will last a while, this is it.

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Series RG Corenne
Wizard II neck-
American Basswood body
24 Jumbo frets
Edge Pro II tremolo bridge
IBZ INF1 micro (H) neck
IBZ INF2 micro (H) bridge

UTILIZATION

Mache trs enjoyable, fine and fast
Easy Access in acute
light guitar and not too big, easy to play sitting or standing

SOUNDS

It is suitable for just any style
I play with this guitar plugged into a preamp and an amp johnson jstation peavey classic 50/50
I like the position humbucker gives good sharp treble and a pretty good dynamic
micro serious position can give quite good results for sounds and bluesy cliars

OVERALL OPINION

Cel has been a year that I have this guitar. I was looking for a 2nd guitar to give a little more versatile alternative to my bc rich I use to play the heavy metal.
I had the opportunity to buy this guitar at a price of nine ts INTERESTED, I found her beautiful and well finished for a trs Coren, it's almost like an ibanez of SERIES prestige.
the neck is so thin and fast that it became my main guitar, the only criticism that I would be the pickups especially acute micro is not too much to play for the big metal sound quite fat but Dynamic with good all the same.
otherwise the usual guitars are new books with rglages cans, any Manir I always pass it to a rgler my taste, I also added two springs in the vibrato as playing with a draft strong enough

- Manufacturing korea, body and handle (driver) in basswood (basswood US). exemplary finish, not a defect! mechanical, violin, ergonomics ... very good, raymond!

- Handle 24 cases, 2 humbuckers (infinity infinity 1 & 2): an alnico, one ceramic pleasant change
- Lo-pro edge Chevallet two licensed Floyd (which I recommend to a beginner who is quickly angry. But like all things it takes practice and then it runs by itself). namely Ibanez is a reference with its lo-pro. very good stuff.

- 2 knobs (1 volume, 1 tone), 5-way switch with two positions for splittages doubles.

- Note: 2 pts less for cable connectors and quality potentiometers (and cables) poor and failing.

UTILIZATION

- Channel super nice, it's a treat! Fast, easy access to acute (what with my big fingers I type too much above 20).

- Ergonomics is classy, ​​it's an RG series! it's beautiful, temperamental, it has a mouth, the muzzle is class. moreover, it is not heavy, not too light, you play standing, sitting, lying, doing abs .. nickel, marcel!

- For the right sound ?..... bah original mics are not bad. Bass is not bad for blues, the fever is rather dynamic and barred rock and with a great deal of presence. Obviously it does not sound like the EMG, the ibanez pickups are pretty average but not catastrophic. The output levels of the microphones are about 230-240mV.

- To make it sound really, prefer a couple Di Marzio (paf pro and tonezone for example) or seymour duncan (not know too much) or EMG. 1 point less for micro original ways.

SOUNDS

- Ben good ibanez is still well barred rock and more! but with this devil of a 5-way switching and switchage can touch everything! It's still great to switch a humbucker tonezone (370 mV) to get out of a clear lens (it also depends on the amp I agree!)! The basswood body highlights the low frequencies. when it is not connected we feel that the low and high frequencies predominate do not like a mahogany body. but each with its own vision of its sound, the question does not arise because it is played electric scraper connected, and there is a huge number of microphones in the unit with different characteristics .... so there is something for everyone !

- I play with a korg AX1500G pedal and two combos marshall VS100 (I will not change over time), and my style is a fusion-metal (mix between incubus and soad wholesale), so happy with the gear, fully in line with the equipment, due in part to switch to the splittages and terrible ergonomics

- Since I replaced my original pickups (which I installed on my epiphone SG) by di Marzio it has radically transcended my baby! it requires an expenditure in addition, obviously, but the result is here! even if the floyd lost a few harmonics and clarity, the neck-holds out the notes and the microphones (Di Marzio) walk to hell.

- The sound I like least is the sound when it is not connected, mahogany is a bit better out the treble, but this is not disastrous anyway. - 2 points for the original pickups.

OVERALL OPINION

- I use it for 10 months, I love his mouth, comfort, simplicity (2 knobs, one switch)

- The quality / price is relatively good, except that the electronic components were a little ridiculous, and for 700 euros, well, shit they could have made an effort!

- I tried a few models, I wanted this series and Ibanez RG (NICE), the one I wanted (rg2570) had to come from Dunkirk but never arrived ... I took it in a hurry and a discount of 50 euros and two sets of strings to compensate me for the wait, well I'm happy!

- I would do if the choice? Honestly I do not think (I preferred a series saber) I bought in a hurry without trying other (never do), and Floyd made me crazy. for a beginner, better focus Chevallet a tune-o-matic to get the teeth, even without the floyd later.

Guitar Original Coren.
-Body and neck Basswood amricain.
Driver Channel 24 boxes, rosewood fingerboard mdium frt.
-2 Humbuckers (infinity infinity 1 & 2).
Bridge-Lo-Pro Edge Floyd Rose licensed 2.
-2 Knobs (1 volume, 1 Tone) slecteur 5 positions with 2 positions for splittages doubles.
I put 9 for violin and finishing.

UTILIZATION

Channel trs enjoyable, quick with a sharp Easy Access in boxes until dernires
Ergonomics-not bad. For my part, I did it changed (I had a luthier dplac potientiomtre the volume between the switch and potentiometer Tone) because many manufacturers forget that guitarists have a hand right and that to the APRS dport orders floyd would be better and less Gnant Vitantis while lowering the sound playing (thank you Gibson). To form, has a RG is, we like it or not ... The lines are stratodes agrssives and prominent.
- GTA-42 is a guitar well proportioned and not too heavy.
-The sound palette offered by the original pickups and 5-position switch makes a guitar that show a home in many musical styles, but a pair of EMG will haisment Justice's image and its use of guitar oriented "big sound".

SOUNDS

-It is perfect for my style of music, mtal-hardcore.
-I made Fully modified (a real Lo Pro Edge, potentiometer, 2 EMG 81) and is plugged into a Peavey 6505, an MXR equalizer MR108, MXR Smart Gate and. It is clear that the instrument has got nothing to do with the factory. The sound is bold, sharp and prcis (EMG thank you) and thanks to Lo Pro Edge, the tuning remains despite the use prcis. Generated by the sustain driver gnial the handle.
-The sound in this configuration is much better than the original pickups.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it now for 5 years.
-Obviously I bought this guitar for my crush on her violin. In addition, it is a finish and color irrprochable Black Pearl (BP o) of the most beautiful effect. I love the look agrssif, but at the same time class. I found the Ibanez RGT-42 Chanon missing between the production Coren and Japanese production, because before I had an RG 320 (entry-level PCs) and I RG tried many Japanese.
-If you try to customize a guitar like me, this is a good base level violin trs. As for ergonomics, encastillages and electronics, has still a bit lightweight. Good quality price.
-I will not go without this choice has hsiter cause any changes (the overall opration s'lve all of the same for a 1400 guitar, floyd, microphones and instrument maker) . But hey, it allows me to final rcuprer a personal guitar trs I love and finally fixes all the default ...
I put 9.5 for the mine with the changes and 6.5 for the model plant.

The RGT-42 is part of the "budget" line that Ibanez has. They were originally made over in Korea, but they moved over to Indonesia later during the years. The guitar features a mahogany body, five piece maple/walnut neck, rosewood fretboard, 24 jumbo frets, sharkfin inlays, an Edge Pro II or Edge III bridge (depending on when it was made), two humbuckers, one volume, one tone and a five way switch.

UTILIZATION

The guitar is a well put together guitar. I found a few flaws in the few models that I played throughout the years such as sharp fret ends, but that's kinda to be expected for MIK and MII guitars. I'm also not a fan of the bridge they use. I find it feels cheap and doesn't flutter like I'd like it to. To make matters worse, I'm not sure if they're replaceable with other Edge models. You'll have to look that up yourself if you decide to ever replace the bridge. That said, the neck-thru construction is a bit rare in Ibanez guitars, so that's definitely a plus.

SOUNDS

The guitars seem to be fairly resonant from what I've heard. The mahogany really helps even everything out and gear this more towards a metal guitar. The low end and midrange helps push the amps into overdrive easier vs other woods. While there are two humbuckers, it's a fairly versatile setup with the five way switch and the tone knob. You can get tons of different tones with this thing. I highly recommend replacing the pickups in this guitar, though. The stock ones are absolutely horrible, and that applies to pretty much the entire Ibanez line.

OVERALL OPINION

If you're looking for a budget RGT, this is probably one of the models you'll look at. However, I recommend just picking up a Japanese RGT if you can afford it. I find the fretwork to be better on those models, and they tend to resonate a bit more for whatever reason. Whichever you get, be sure to replace the pickups immediately as the stock Ibanez pickups are pretty awful, in my opinion.