The Ibanez 7 Club!

[Azwethinkwedo]

I thinking the 7321 is going to be my first 7, What pickups would everyone reccomend for a nice heavy tone.. I play in a sort of metal/death/hardcore band and we want to move onto 7 strings. My other guitarist has a jackson dinky 7 which is quite nice. But i've always been partial to RG's, they were my first love. =]

I have a bare knuckle warpig (bridge) and SD Jazz (neck) in my 6 string RG at the moment which I like, But i'm open to trying new pickups, maybe dimarzio. Or another set of bare knuckles when I have a spare £200.

I play through a peavey Valve king if this helps in your reccomendation.

 

[Detuned0]

what the.. EMG's?? where the hell did you leave the battery??

I managed to fit everything into the control cavity, mind you I did cut out some wood to mount the pots and switch to the pickguard so that helped.

 

[aleXander]

I've got one! Galaxy Black! Pics next week (I'm out of state right now)

We need pics now!

And more people need to post pics!!
I know there has to be more RG7420s out there!!

Mine should be done soon enough =)

 

[TMatt142]

We need pics now!

And more people need to post pics!!
I know there has to be more RG7420s out there!!

Mine should be done soon enough =)

you painting it or putting the veneer to it???

 

[aleXander]

It's being painted.
I've been looking at another 7420 that I'm going to put a veneer on. MAYBE.
I've had an idea brewin' in my head for some flame maple and it'll be awesome if it'll work.

 

[JaeSwift]

Can I quickly hijack the thread a little and ask the esteemed RG 7420 club about the quality of the 7420 vs. the 7620? I might be able to purchase one that I will most likely be making a replacement body for, but I'de like to know how good the neck holds up over the years and how good/bad the trem is.

 

[snowblind56]

Can I quickly hijack the thread a little and ask the esteemed RG 7420 club about the quality of the 7420 vs. the 7620? I might be able to purchase one that I will most likely be making a replacement body for, but I'de like to know how good the neck holds up over the years and how good/bad the trem is.

Same guitar body and neck. RG7420 has different pickups and an awful trem compared to the trem on the RG7620.

 

[snowblind56]

Probably going to repaint it white sometime this spring/summer. maybe add some Rageguy graphics, too

Everything is stock right now, but I have D Activators in the mail and a megaswitch from stewmac coming.

Repainting that would be a shame. That thing looks mint. At least buy a crapped out body on ebay to repaint and sell me that one.

 

[aleXander]

Can I quickly hijack the thread a little and ask the esteemed RG 7420 club about the quality of the 7420 vs. the 7620? I might be able to purchase one that I will most likely be making a replacement body for, but I'de like to know how good the neck holds up over the years and how good/bad the trem is.

They have the same neck. The necks used on the 7620's were used for the 7420s. They do have different trems though, the 7420 has a Lo-Trs trem in it. Some people love it, some dont. They're both great guitars and pretty much the same thing other than the trem system.

 

[ZeroS1gnol]

They have the same neck. The necks used on the 7620's were used for the 7420s. They do have different trems though, the 7420 has a Lo-Trs trem in it. Some people love it, some dont. They're both great guitars and pretty much the same thing other than the trem system.

I wonder if it would be possible to fit a lo pro edge in the 7420 without too much hassle...I own a 7420, which is a great guitar, but the trem needs to be adjusted like two times a year. Such a hassle, so I blocked it with a tremol-no.

 

[MaxOfMetal]

I wonder if it would be possible to fit a lo pro edge in the 7420 without too much hassle...I own a 7420, which is a great guitar, but the trem needs to be adjusted like two times a year. Such a hassle, so I blocked it with a tremol-no.

It takes a nice amount of work to shoe horn a Lo-Pro Edge into the route for a Lo-TRS. It's not impossible, but it's certainly not a drop-in replacement. If you want a better trem the best two options are a TRS-Pro which is another Takeuchi made trem, but made with better materials, or getting an OFR7. Those will both drop in much easier than a Lo-Pro Edge 7.

Honestly though, if adjust the trem twice a year is a "hassle" then there's no trem system on this planet that you'll be truly happy with. Also worth mentioning, for a few hundred more than an OFR7 you could probably find an RG7620 in decent shape.

 

[coupe89]

Here is my 7420 with a 7620 neck, JB in the bridge and 59 in the neck.

 

[malufet]

I love this guitar, the neck is perfect for me. Plus my k-7 is too nice to bring into shitty clubs. lol

 

[rippedflesh89]

^^^ Im not really a fan of black and yellow, but that looks sick!!

whats the asian symbol mean?? just outta curiousity

 

[Mukersman]

are those genuine new inlays? Looks cool me hombre!

 

[malufet]

^^^ Im not really a fan of black and yellow, but that looks sick!!

whats the asian symbol mean?? just outta curiousity

It means evil/bad.

are those genuine new inlays? Looks cool me hombre!

I just put some yellow reflectors I bought at a car store. It shines when the camera flashes.

 

[Ironbird666]

Here's my girl:

I've had her since 2000, she was my first "good" guitar. Unfortunately, I never played it much because I hated the stock pickups so she sat in the case for years. I almost sold it a couple times, but the playability always prevented me from getting rid of it. I'm glad I kept her around as she's a screamer with the Crunchlab/Liquifire combo. It went from being hidden away in a case for years to my main axe in my new band.

The only mods are the pickups and the trem is blocked off. I didn't get along too well with the stock trem and since I have a few other guitars with working Floyds I probably won't even bother setting this one up to float. I'd love to snag another RG7420 in Magenta Crush one day!

EDIT: Sorry for the blurry pics, too much coffee this morning!!!

 

[maggotspawn]

Just picked this up off Fleabay. Needs some work, it's missing the pressure pads for the nut and the jack cover. Sourced a jack cover that I think will work. Ibanezrules is back ordered on the pressure pads. If I ordered a generic 7 string locking nut from somewhere would the parts fit the RG?

 

[MaxOfMetal]

Just picked this up off Fleabay. Needs some work, it's missing the pressure pads for the nut and the jack cover. Sourced a jack cover that I think will work. Ibanezrules is back ordered on the pressure pads. If I ordered a generic 7 string locking nut from somewhere would the parts fit the RG?

I've yet to find a set of generic locking nut pads that fit the nut on 7-string Ibanez guitars.

 

[maggotspawn]

I've yet to find a set of generic locking nut pads that fit the nut on 7-string Ibanez guitars.

Yeah, I figured as much. Going to order from Ibanezrules, just have to run one chrome pad for a little while.