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I know some of you hate Ibanez.. But I'm into them! It's a new neck-thru model for 2005:













Should arrive tomorow all the way from Germany.

I couldn't 'try before I buy' because I can't find anywhere within about 300 miles who stock this new model until around July, although, I've played many an Ibanez and i'm sure this won't dissapoint.

I'll most probably switch the bridge pickup in a couple of weeks.. I've heard the stock pups aren't too hot

Signed,
Your dearest Tug

Cant go wrong with an Rg. That thing looks sweet. Cool guitar

Looks sweet, throw some new pickups in there and it'll be a monster

i'd hit it

cool ibanez make very nice guitars

im a huge ibanez fan. They're making neck-thru RG's with hardtail's now. and yeah buy some new pick ups. anything stock ibanez is weak

Nice axe man. I'm another Ibanez fan. I'd love to have that with a fixed bridge. Is that the ZR trem or and Edge?

sweet guitar man, congrats.
Install an EMG or Dimebucker and that thing will blow!

im not an ibanez fan, but the neck looks nice

id stick an original floydd and a set of duncans in it though

gheoss wrote:sweet guitar man, congrats.
Install an EMG or Dimebucker and that thing will blow!

Do not listen to this person.

stick an EMG85 in that bitch

Metallash wrote:stick an EMG85 in that bitch

Do not listen to this person either.

emg81 by the neck, and emg85 by the bridge... or is it the other way round? i forget.

dan wrote:emg81 by the neck, and emg85 by the bridge... or is it the other way round? i forget.

Disregard this post also.

nice axe!

If it sounds good then keep it, but usually when I think of Ibanez, I think Dimarzio for it's p'ups.

Fucking awesome. Gotta love guitars.

hippy wrote:

Metallash wrote:stick an EMG85 in that bitch

Do not listen to this person either.

youre obviously a retard.

Cheers guys

It's now Thursday and still hasn't arrived, a day late already

I'm torn between getting a hot passive pickup for the bridge (Something like a Dimarzio Evolution, Seymour Duncan Invader or a Duncan Distortion) or going totally active & getting 2 EMGs... I'd probably go for EMG 81s in both the bridge & neck.. I've never been fond of the 85, 89 or 60 which are the other popular choices of EMG for the neck.

P.s. What do you suggest Hippy?

scrotal_tug wrote:Cheers guys

It's now Thursday and still hasn't arrived, a day late already

I'm torn between getting a hot passive pickup for the bridge (Something like a Dimarzio Evolution, Seymour Duncan Invader or a Duncan Distortion) or going totally active & getting 2 EMGs... I'd probably go for EMG 81s in both the bridge & neck.. I've never been fond of the 85, 89 or 60 which are the other popular choices of EMG for the neck.

P.s. What do you suggest Hippy?

if you ever goto andy sneaps forum theres a guy on there who posted 2 guitar clips, one with an emg81 and one with an emg85, the difference between them both is incredible, the 85 sounds much more brighter and fuller compared to the 81, it makes it sound alot bigger.

oh and on your datura clips did you use amplitube for the guitars? or your 5150?

Cool, it is interesting, but I don't have the balls to get an 85 at the bridge incase I dont like it & have to get it swapped.. I'm really low on money

I've got an 81 in the bridge of my dime at the moment & I really like it!

I know Killswitch use 85's in the bridges of their capirsons too, and their tones are outstanding.

On the older Datura clips I used amplitube. I'm using my 5150 on a lot of newer stuff now though - I can get really similar results!

did you order the guitar in the same color that the one in the pic?

Yes, the guitar in the pic is actually the one I've bought.

http://www.backmask.com/preproduction/81.mp3 - EMG81 Clip
http://www.backmask.com/preproduction/85.mp3 - EMG85 Clip

i think we can all agree which sound better.

85, im very happy with my 707, its a modified 85.

I think Dino Casares use a 707 in a Ibanez or am i wrong?

gheoss wrote:85, im very happy with my 707, its a modified 85.

I think Dino Casares use a 707 in a Ibanez or am i wrong?

Dino uses a modified 707 in his Ibanez. It a lot better than the 707 (which is a peice of shit IMO), you would be better off with an 81-7.

EMG

This is the best combination for an Ibanez EVER. Dimarzio Air Norton in the neck. Dimarzio F-Spaced Tone Zone in the bridge. you can't beat it, also you can get the pick ups in white which is what i did on my blue ibanez which looks much better than standard black.

scrotal_tug wrote:hot passive pickup

X2N

Well thanks for the suggestions again!

It's early here & I have to go to lectures, but it will be here today, so I'll let you guys now how she is!

Metallash wrote:http://www.backmask.com/preproduction/81.mp3 - EMG81 Clip
http://www.backmask.com/preproduction/85.mp3 - EMG85 Clip

i think we can all agree which sound better.

Is this the same guitar with the 85 switched to the bridge position?

Sounds a lot thicker & less waspy.. But I'm worried the thing will sound tooooo bassy & dull in the bridge position!

I geuss i'm worried because i've only ever played guitars with the 85 in the neck, and I hate neck pickups. In many cases I find they sound too bassy, thick and poorly defined.

i think it was in the bridge, ill check for you though.

Metallash wrote:i think it was in the bridge, ill check for you though.

yeah, it was same guitar, same amp settings, same eq etc...

scrotal_tug wrote: I geuss i'm worried because i've only ever played guitars with the 85 in the neck, and I hate neck pickups. In many cases I find they sound too bassy, thick and poorly defined.

they are bassy because of the position they are in. lets say you took an emg 81 and put it in the neck position, it would sound bassier than a 81 in the bridge.

I see!

Well, it's just arrived now & I've sessioned her for about 30 mins so far!

Plays really nicely, pretty damn well set up & I'm really impressed with the Ibanez floating trem!

The strings on it are a little heavy for standard tuning, so I'm gonna string her up with .09s and lower the action a little more (I like it super-low!). Then it should play like the wind!

Sound-wise, the pups aren't too bad.. They are quite bassy & a little muddy (In comparison to my EMG 81 loaded dime).
I find they can't quite handle lots of gain like the 81s do either.. The tone just seems to get muddier as gain increases beyond a certain point at which the 81 would be excelling!

On the whole, damn nice.. It'll need a bit of tweaking set-up wise and a new bridge pup thrown in pretty soon.. But after that, this thing will own!

badass

this summer when i'll be rich i'm getting a dk-1 dinky in gunmetal gray

only concern is that i's a bolt on but i really don't care cuz it comes with everything i want(emg's floyd etc.

whatever you do keep EMG's away from your ibanez.

ibanez rules

hippy wrote:whatever you do keep EMG's away from your ibanez.

Why do you suggest this?

It's a nice axe for sure. Might upgrade the tuning pegs. Keep it set up at least every three months.

scrotal_tug wrote:

hippy wrote:whatever you do keep EMG's away from your ibanez.

Why do you suggest this?

because your guitar will sound like mud, you will get no high's and it will turn into an all around piece of shit. air norton and tonezone get the job done.