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Delicious Noodles
Posted about this earlier in the week but it just showed up today.
First of all - this is the first guitar I have EVER received brand new in the last 25 years that required absolutely zero setup. I'm talking someone fully set this up to the point of turning a wrench makes it buzz. Someone did a fine job setting this up. I am blown away.
Action is right at 1.5mm. I know if I fudsed I could get down to 1.0mm, but it feels really good where it's at. I'm used to a higher action anyways on my 7 strings so it feels great.
Frets are in good shape. Definitely doesn't have the prestige treatment and you can tell. Frets aren't rough, but they aren't perfect like a prestige. No dead spots, no fretting out, no buzz.
Pickups are meh. About what I expected. The bridge pickup is better than I remember but definitely very bland. The neck pickup is atrocious to me, just does nothing for me. These will be changed.
Bridge. It's an edge. It's the best Floyd ever made along with it's lo-pro counterpart.
Finish. Holy fuck balls. I can go be a flagger in a construction zone with this.
I owned an original rg550 and this is so close to that (with the exception of obviously being a 565) that it's hard to tell a difference. The only real difference is the neck. If youve played the one piece you'll tell the difference, but not in a bad way. More like an alternately good way.
And it wouldn't be a classic Ibanez without coming brand new with neck pocket finish cracks! I couldn't help but laugh. Gonna try to squeeze out a slight refund. If I don't get it oh well, still a great guitar.
9/10
First of all - this is the first guitar I have EVER received brand new in the last 25 years that required absolutely zero setup. I'm talking someone fully set this up to the point of turning a wrench makes it buzz. Someone did a fine job setting this up. I am blown away.
Action is right at 1.5mm. I know if I fudsed I could get down to 1.0mm, but it feels really good where it's at. I'm used to a higher action anyways on my 7 strings so it feels great.
Frets are in good shape. Definitely doesn't have the prestige treatment and you can tell. Frets aren't rough, but they aren't perfect like a prestige. No dead spots, no fretting out, no buzz.
Pickups are meh. About what I expected. The bridge pickup is better than I remember but definitely very bland. The neck pickup is atrocious to me, just does nothing for me. These will be changed.
Bridge. It's an edge. It's the best Floyd ever made along with it's lo-pro counterpart.
Finish. Holy fuck balls. I can go be a flagger in a construction zone with this.
I owned an original rg550 and this is so close to that (with the exception of obviously being a 565) that it's hard to tell a difference. The only real difference is the neck. If youve played the one piece you'll tell the difference, but not in a bad way. More like an alternately good way.
And it wouldn't be a classic Ibanez without coming brand new with neck pocket finish cracks! I couldn't help but laugh. Gonna try to squeeze out a slight refund. If I don't get it oh well, still a great guitar.
9/10
