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Author Message   Bozie Username: Bozie Registered: 01-2006 Posted on Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 6:17 am:    Ok, I own an Ibanez 76 Strat copy, a 76 Bob Weir Professional standard, and a 78 Artist II bass. Love old Ibanez guitars and use them live all the time. Now I want a nice light RG to use as a workhorse. I see Rg 270's, 470's, and 570's 2nd hand often, and they seem to have a lot of the same features, except point of origin with the 570. So whats the difference between a 270 and a 470? Whats a full time pro to buy from this period? How do these rate against current 320's and 350's? Now when I say I see these 2nd hand, I mean advertised, I always seem to need to travel hours to try anything. I will take any advise I can get on this... Whats a good, cheep, RG, with good hardware? Oh, and sorry to ask this, but has anyone used a Cort X-custom (please dont throw rotten fruit at me for asking, we all know Cort make Ibanez!)   Brentm Username: Brentm Registered: 03-2005 Posted on Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 10:58 am:    Hi Bozie, Sounds like you have some nice Ibanez guitars in your collection. So there's tons of good Japanese Ibanez RG guitars to choose from (at least on eBay). I've picked up a few of them, and they're all a little different, but very good instruments. Your best bet is to do some research on the IbanezRegister.com to view all the variations of the RG... but in my opinion the RG sweet spot is in the 5XX and up. The register notes the 470 with cheaper p/u's, but I've seen tons of them on eBay with the V7/S1/V8 p/u configuration. The most notable difference on the 470 (with identical P/U configuration) from the 570 is the angle of the neck plate. Before the AANJ, the neck plate of the 470 was level to the rest of the body, while the 570's is beveled and tilts. I believe the 470 is also missing the routing for the input jack. So, during the years of progression, you'll notice that in later years they moved from the neck plate to the AANJ. The neck joint feels more comfortable, and they also added a bubinga stripe to stabilize the necks. In closing, I'd try to stick with the 5xx and up with the higher end hardware. From what I read, you'll be much happier with those.   Bozie Username: Bozie Registered: 01-2006 Posted on Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 7:48 pm:    Hi again! Ok, thats great. Modern guitars have not been my thing so I was feeling a bit in the dark. In a photo they all look much the same, dont often get a closeup of the hardware. This helps to narrow the feild a bit. Thanks again for all your help!   Mickf Username: Mickf Registered: 09-2005 Posted on Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 5:25 pm:    Hi Bozie, I once thought I need a Floyd Rose guitar, so I bought a 1990 RG 550 in Desert Sun Yellow. Well, apart from the very metal looks it is a great guitar. Compared to more traditional style instruments (like my Artist, or a Fender Strat) it needs a bit of time to get used to playing it. The main differences are certainly the very flat and rather wide neck and the locking trem, that's certainly not everyone's business. What you must be careful about (especially if you change guitars during a gig) is that the RG also sounds very metal and you will have to adjust your EQ to the very bright and powerful pickups. The quality of the RG 550 (wood, finish, frets, hardware) is excellent, I can really recommend it, even though it is the most basic of the Japanese RG models. Ad Cort guitars: I had a X-2, which is really the cheapest of the line, but I was overwhelmed by its value for money. Compared to my RG the neck was brilliant, large frets, flat fingerboard radius, nice finish on the back, a slight flame in the maple, very fast and easy to play. The body shape is comfortable and the hardware is ok, especially when you do not use the trem but fix it by tightening the springs. The powersound pickups sounded rather good, no feedback and good midrange for hard rock. I have no idea about consistency in quality of Cort guitars, but this little X-2 was awesome for the approx. 90,00 euros I paid for it! I suppose a X-9 or 11 should be on par with Ibanez models of the same price range if not better.

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