NGD: Misha Sig Gloss Black (Pro)

[MattThePenguin]

Gonna keep this short and sweet. Honestly, it's more inspiring to play than I expected. Guitar is very resonant and I'm pleased with the quality of the pickups and the playability. It's not as nice as my Ibby but we're talking a price gap of over $1,000. I wanted something that wasn't as eye catching and had more of a classic stealth look, so this was perfect.

My only grip is the bridge is.. distracting. Saddle edges are just super uncomfortable, was wondering what some good replacement ones would be. I wish I could put the Ibanez hipshot on everything I'll ever own but oh well, really don't want to spend that kind of money haha

 

[MaxAidingAres]

You can file the edges but that would expose the metal under the black playing, you could get graphtech string saver saddles? Idk if they’re more comfortable. A real hipshot would be a direct replacement and has a bevel in the design rather than a straight cut

 

[Mattykoda]

Be careful with hipshot I have a pro ht6 and the string holes didn’t line up on the baseplate. The saddles do work just fine however and would be under $40 if you went that route. As @MaxAidingAres said the graptech string savers should work just fine as well though. Hopefully you got this at the blowout prices right now. HNGD!

 

[Dawn of the Shred]

Congrats and HNGD

 

[MattThePenguin]

Thanks guys, I'll look into it! And yeah I got a good price on this one, pretty happy. Never knew that they made them in all black so I was super happy about it. @Mattykoda your matte white one looks soooooo nice. Hipshot hardware is so tasteful

 

[Mattykoda]

Thanks man! It needed some work that's for sure but I expected it at the price. The hipshot UMP mounting plates didn't work because of the angle of the tuners so I had to drill each one and mount them with the screw. Not a bad thing and I don't know if there is a UMP plate for 7 strings but something worth mentioning. I really wish they did some matte colors in the 7 string version and I've debated picking up the all black 7 to try out as well. I've yet to hold one and have been really curious if I'll love the neck as much as I do the 6.

Oh I should also mention I swapped the saddles on my old AW-7 for string savers and they are solid. You'd be fine with either and as your not happy with the stock ones it will be well worth the investment.

 

[M3CHK1LLA]

very nice...congrats

 

[yellowv]

I got one of these a week or so ago. It went right back. It was a hot mess of QC issues. I do have the HT6 that is pretty awesome. I got all Hipshot hardware for it, but now the guy above says the bridge won’t work. Guess I’ll find out.

 

[davidian6811]

I just got mine about a few weeks back at a blowout. Several issues i have come across

1. Fret uneven - particularly only at the 21st fret, luckily it was the only one off and a bit of filing down it back to playable in that area
2. Pickups aren't aligned to the strings, after checking i think the neck pocket was a little off in precision as there is a bottom gap. this didn't bother me but close visual inspection will really look at it as off. Doesn't affect the sound at all
3. Nut isn't enlarged properly on the D string, keeps catching when tuning, so enlargement and nut lube and its working again
4. Jack was loose after a few use, i replaced it with a PureTone and tightened it correctly. working as it should

The stock pickups were a bit muddy with my rig, so i have changed them to Dimarzio Titans, much more clearer and precise. I also changed out the tuners to hipshot ones (although the stock ones were pretty awesome already). Knobs to hipshot as well.

Overall it's sorta my all around beater 7 string which is a looker. Can't complain much at the price i got it for. Pics attached

 

[MattThePenguin]

That top is actually nuts!

Yeah I saw some horror stories and went ahead and just played it on and off like 18 hours the first day I got it. Only thing that bugs me is the saddles, everything else is fine. It's unfortunate that sometimes buying an instrument is a gamble, which is why I took so long to take the plunge on another one.

I don't mind the pickups but I'm limited to VSTs. When I finally get my kemper I miiiiiight swap the bridge out but I want to put as little money as possible into this guitar.

 

[Selkoid]

Can we talk about that ibanez though ... what model is that?

 

[Xaios]

Can we talk about that ibanez though ... what model is that?

Probably one of the Axe Palace limited runs of RG752.

 

[Randy]

No handle, no lionclaw, no blazes, no care

 

[shupe13]

Congrats!