Ibanez 1527/7620 appreciation thread!!

[iondestroyer1527]

ive had countless guitars and just glance under the avatar...nuff said

 

[jam3v]

New RG1527 owner here. Put in some Nailbombs last night (amazing).

Getting some pretty nasty microphonic squealing out of them though - especially the bridge. Maybe they're too close to the strings.

Any of you guys had to enlarge your pickup routes for aftermarket pickups in your 1527's?

Edit: Figured it out: The mounting wasn't secure enough to the body of the guitar, and it was creating vibrations and microphonic feedback. I was using foam underneath the pickups to help AVOID microphonic feedback, but apparently that was causing the mounts to not be as tight as they could be. I still get a little, but it's not anywhere near as bad as it was before.

 

[Dan-Enoch]

New RG1527 owner here. Put in some Nailbombs last night (amazing).
Any of you guys had to enlarge your pickup routes for aftermarket pickups in your 1527's?
quote]

Yes, i bought a dimarzio air norton7 for the neck position and dimarzio tone zone7 for the bridge.
Now the sound it's really without noising like ibanez pickups with distortions and really great!
You can split the tonezone in a single coil way to get a really great clean sound and for the solos the air norton is great!

 

[heineken_fretwalker]

I loved my 1527 lots, but I unfortunately had to let her go. However it was a blessing in disguise, cause with the money I got from that, I bought a 2027, which is infinitely superior.

 

[Tyrant]

Ive probably had mine for 2-3 months now. First month it was just laying around as I was slow on ordering strings and slow on setting it up properly when the strings first came.

I bought it used, and everything is stock. Its my first 7string so I cant really compare to anything else. I do love playing it though, so nice to have a bigger scale, love it

Will try and get some pics soon, I dont own a camera so may be a while...

 

[SerratedSkies]

I loved my 1527 lots, but I unfortunately had to let her go. However it was a blessing in disguise, cause with the money I got from that, I bought a 2027, which is infinitely superior.

The only thing I would get rid of my 1527 for is a 2027, but I love my maple fretboard so much.

 

[guitarplayerone]

The only thing I would get rid of my 1527 for is a 2027, but I love my maple fretboard so much.

funny though, nowadays it isn't too hard to add a maple top and piezos.

my RG=

 

[heineken_fretwalker]

The only thing I would get rid of my 1527 for is a 2027, but I love my maple fretboard so much.

I understand. The 1527M is definitely on my list!

 

[heineken_fretwalker]

I would also like to add, also on my list is the black 1527. If anyone knows where one of those might be, please let me know.

 

[Bloody_Inferno]

I would also like to add, also on my list is the black 1527. If anyone knows where one of those might be, please let me know.

There's one with me. Take it out of my cold dead hands!

Seriously, are you looking for the BP or GK finishes? IIRC the GK was a limited Japan only model, you can try Ikebe or Kurosawa gakki (where I got mine), but I'm pretty sure there's quite a few on the second hand market.

 

[heineken_fretwalker]

I wasn't aware there were two outside of the blue haha. What's the difference? I thought there was the blue and then for like a year or two they had a black. I'm putting money aside until I find one.

 

[Bloody_Inferno]

There's some info on this thread courtesy of MaxOfMetal:

Would it be a bad idea to install EMG 707s in a new RG1527? - Prestige Guitars - Ibanez Forum

Also I edited my last post, I was supposed to say BP (Black Pearl) not IPT (Iron Pewter). And I got my GK literally from Kurosawa Gakki in Ochanomizu.

 

[heineken_fretwalker]

Max is a genius haha, and a good bud of mine. Extremely reliable in his knowledge of Ibanez guitars.