New guitar!

Well, maybe I am easily impressed or maybe you can just get better stuff for your money nowadays. I don't know, but I am super-impressed with my new Ibanez RG3EXFM1.



I've been playing the same Ibanez RG320DX I bought about 12 years ago for about, well 12 years. And I love everything about that guitar, except the Floyd-Rose Tremolo (or Ibanez's version of a Floyd-Rose.) I've never really needed to use the tremolo with the style I play. Any bends I need to do can be done the old fashioned way. And Dive-Bombs went out with the hair-bands IMO. I play my guitar in church every week, and various other amateur (and I mean amateur) venues, and every time I get ready to tune the thing I have to deal with the locking-nut, which is a huge pain. So I decided it was time for a new guitar and one with a fixed bridge. I loved everything about my old RG, so I decided to get another. I didn't think Ibanez even made an RG without a tremolo. But it turns out they did.

I only paid $350 for this thing, and I love everything about it, from the looks, to the to feel to the sound, to the value. I can't believe the quality for such a cheap guitar. Once again I am impressed by Ibanez, and I'm sure 12 years from now if they are still around I'll buy another.

By the way, here is my old one. Not bad after 12 years of use.

ORIGINAL: Slugbaby

If you like Ibanez, that looks perfect!
I hated the Floyd Roses, so I never wanted an Ibanez. And the rare time I borrowed a friends', the neck seemed so thin I was scared to break it (even though I know i wouldn't).

Thanks.
And yeah, the Ibanez necks are pretty thin. But that is what I learned on, so I am comfortable with it.

Looks nice man! I like the fixed bridge... Ibanez's are a great value.

Dave

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"Most of my other guitars were purchased pre-marriage and pre-baby. So that explains why I am more frugal now. lol"

OH, you need to learn the ancient art of guitar player "emergency pawn shop special secret $$ stash keeping" - not trying to lead you to the dark side, but, a special guitar is a special guitar..... : )

What she don't know won't hurt your relationship. My approach was always "have a million guitars around"; then, when some new cast member showed up, it'd be "OH, I've had this one for YEARS!" : )

99.99% of guitarists I know, IF they go twelve years between new guitars (which is rare, in my observation)

I bought my Gibson SG in 72, and then bought a Gibson "The Paul" in 81..sold it 3 years later kept the SG.... I haven't bought another guitar since.... not that I didn't want to.... just never did.

I'm curious: is it made in Korea? That is not to disparage your new guitar; I've been looking at Corts and Samicks lately, as they make many of the low end models for Ibanez et. al. I'm only a seeker of knowledge and truth! And, after building a few, I'm a lot less impressed by brand names than I used to be. I may get my new Ibanez from Korea.............

ORIGINAL: mcourter

I'm curious: is it made in Korea? That is not to disparage your new guitar; I've been looking at Corts and Samicks lately, as they make many of the low end models for Ibanez et. al. I'm only a seeker of knowledge and truth! And, after building a few, I'm a lot less impressed by brand names than I used to be. I may get my new Ibanez from Korea.............

My old RG was made in Korea, but I don't think the make them there anymore. I forget where the new one is from. Maybe Indonesia? I've heard that the Korean ones were better than the new ones, and that the rare Japanese ones are better than all of them. But I've got no complaints about my new one, no matter where it is from.