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Awesome.
If it must be new, the RG652 is, in my humble opinion, the best shred machine on the market. Try before you buy though - the neck is unreal thin, so you may like it or not! I wish I thought the Premiums were as good, because I'd love a Blue Floral Jem or the Blue Reef RG6PCM which I think are *beautiful* looking, but my 652 blows them out of the water.
Also, there's actually nowt wrong with the stock Ibby pickups, but it's hard to compare a guitar with top line Dimarzio's to one without, that's all
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At the moment I'm looking for:
* Hamer Watson, SS2, Vintage S, T62.
* Music Man Luke 1, Luke II
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Now I want the UV70P 7 string as well.
FML
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That was my thunking, same spec as my RG1550 which is a fannytastic guitar. Mine had Di Marzio's fitted when I got it.
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
Ibanez RG7620GN 7 String Guitar
Ibanez Prestige RG2550EX
My mate had one, stunning. Pickups are bloody good too.
Unfortunately / Fortunately I don't because 'That Thing' I just did is 2/3s paid for and it all fixed up now!
This is a bargain but I've got bigger things going on right now.
Hope this helps the OP find something cool though.
theyve usually got a Prestige or 2 as well so I can compare them.
If my hamfisted, err, hands can't tell a difference, then I'll go with the one that looks like a tarts handbag!
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My personal verdict so far is that the woods aren't as good as they used to be. Even on Prestiges.
Finishing and detail is usually great, with some crazy-good setups.
I played a SFG JEM (unplugged only, I think, not really being my thing) and though the wisdom is "that's not a JEM", it felt good. I think that's the only Premium I've tried.
It's not rubbish wood, otherwise one would not hear much difference between an ash 652AHM and a blackwood/basswood 652K (I did), but they wouldn't do what my beaten-to-death old '91 550 does. Nor would the reissued RG770s (with block heels!).
I dare say Jen Majura could now get a pricier Ibby to play with Evanescence than the "not-a-JEM" Indo-BFP, but I'm also not sure I'd set the most store by her verdict. Maybe it's a good one.
I've seen a fair few folk say it's better to look for a battered old Green Dot than a new UV70P, but I don't know much about sevenstrings.
Is it because it's a lower price tag or is it that snobs consider the original Japanese ones to be the only 'Real' Jems and everything else is just a modern day copy?
I've read somewhere on another forum that any of the Universe models that came after the original models are apparently very different and "A totally different playing experience"!
How far back do you have to go to get a 'Real Jem' or a 'Real UV'?
Is it something to do with the factory they were built in?
I've heard a lot of good and bad things about J-Craft or Team J-Craft but then when I hear bad stuff about that it's confusing because I thought all the Japanese models were the good ones..........
I'd love to find out about all of this.
@Alnico Yeah, the "not-a-JEM" thing started with the JEM 505/555/JR and basically comes down to Japanese = JEM
The Indonesian (Premium) Universes have a very different vibrato system to the Japanese ones, especially the early ones.
Picking through the Ibanez Rules website/Jemsite/Sevenstring/Metalguitarist selectively will get you a good overview. Rich Harris' forum posts are very informative on QC problems, he has to be seen as an authority IMO.
Personally, I think that as soon as you want to use a vibrato system on a guitar, it becomes its heart, and had better be a good one. That means that it had better sound good and/or stay in tune (see Scott Henderson!). The Edge Zero is Ibanez current top-of-the-line system (outside the US, where they have patent infringement problems). I find my example frankly disappointing compared to my knackered old '91 Edge, which must be a German-made example. It works fine (though the feel is a bit different), but the metal is just not as hard. Moving metal parts wear and fail, its just a question of how fast. It's not as if we're not paying enough for the kit at current JEM/J-Custom prices.