My new Ibanez RGA32

flatfourfan · 2011-03-18T07:49:59+00:00

I have to thank guidopimp for this one, I was on leave and the interwebs was the last thing on my mind, but he spotted this one on the junkmail for a damn fine price and dropped me a line, I wasn't really in the market for another guitar until I saw it in the flesh and read up about it a bit more. I always wanted a daily player that had all the balls of my RG470, but without the single pick up. This ballsy guitar has twin actives which are okay, but I'll no doubt be swapping them out for a set of passive SD's. I'll replace the AA's tonight and see if I like the actives a bit more, but at this stage, their days are numbered.....lol. This guitar is as near mint as can be. 3 months old and the bonus was that it came with an Ibanez moulded case which is a beaut. The finish on this baby is perfect, the stained mahog is gorgeous. I love the binding on the neck and it's got that look that won't age. I have actually been looking for an RG 321 since the beginning, but was always spending my money on other things...lol. The Gibraltar bridge is what I was after as many of the hardtail Ibby's have the cheaper bridge set-ups on them. Plans? It needs a set up bad, action towards the top frets is a tad too high for my liking. I don't think that any sort of set up has been done. The strings on it are a bit nasty and I'll no doubt be replacing those soon. Besides that?.................I'm over the moon. It's a stunner.

flatfourfan

cool beans, I'll call you in the morning.........I'll see if I can get a set of 10's by then, but I doubt it.

Yeah giggs, I'll let you know.

guidothepimmp

Cool man,

No stress if you dont find 10's, I got a spare set of 10's lying around. Slinky's..

flatfourfan

Quick update, I changed the batteries in this thing and man does this guitar scream. I was on 4 where guido was playing on 6. I got a nasty volume spike as I think that at some stage, the volume pot took a hit, I have a new one on order and should have it by the weekend.

These pups are damn hot...........I'm still going to drop them and go SD though.

ZarK

I'd replace those pups with an EMG 81 in the bridge and either a 60 or 85 in the neck position... Nice axe btw...

flatfourfan

ZarK wrote I'd replace those pups with an EMG 81 in the bridge and either a 60 or 85 in the neck position... Nice axe btw...

Nah, I'm going SD on this guitar, I've had EMG's before and thought that they lacked compared to the SD's........Thanks man.

ZarK

flatfourfan wrote
ZarK wrote I'd replace those pups with an EMG 81 in the bridge and either a 60 or 85 in the neck position... Nice axe btw...
Nah, I'm going SD on this guitar, I've had EMG's before and thought that they lacked compared to the SD's........Thanks man.

Your call. ? Remember that the exact same pups can sound very different in different axes especially if made from different kinds of tone wood... Also, In my experience, pups designed by Dimarzio, SD and EMG don't come close to the real deal... Example: I hated the way the EMG sounded in the ESP KH-2 I was going to buy, but love them in the mahogany bodied ESP Truckster I ended up getting instead...

Nothing wrong with SD's... Have fun!

Charlie4

Not a lot of guitars that make me jealous but damn, I LOVE a nice wood finish.
That guitar is a beaut.
Curious to know what you paid, PM me if you want to keep it secret. 8)

flatfourfan

Charlie4 wrote Not a lot of guitars that make me jealous but damn, I LOVE a nice wood finish.
That guitar is a beaut.
Curious to know what you paid, PM me if you want to keep it secret. 8)

No secrets here...........I paid R2500-00, hard case included. Which I consider to be a bit of a bargain for a mint condition 3 month old guitar.

singemonkey

Sweet looking guitar. And quite a deal. Congrats.

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