Just Not An Ibanez Fan.

Whats your favorite 550 Color? Desert Sun Yellow , Road Flare Red, or Purple Neon? :_PowpowMacho:

Playability on these guitars is unbelievable

Ibanez is definitely an acquired taste. The neck profile (Wizard II in particular) is a learning curve but once you get over the thinness, they’re some of the best, fastest necks out there.

Ibanez are easily my favourite brand in the guitar industry. No others are as deseriable to me. Everything is just spot on with the RG, even the most minor things. Sometimes I'll look at Jackson, or ESP but they never make the cut for me. Even less so Charvel, Gibson and other brands versions of super strats. I love my Gibson LP and Fender Strat, and previous guitars like Schecters but the Ibanez stay

The Satch model is the one. All the edges are rounded and the neck is torqued for ease of playability. You can't see it straight on but when you look down the neck at the joint Joe's innovation becomes immediately apparent. Truly amazing engineering and it plays totally different from the other models.

Ibanez has always made my favorite guitars. I started with an Ibanez, and while I own several of the big brands these days, I always gravitate to my Ibanez guitars. They feel like home.

I'm a HUGE fan of the Ibanez RG models. I own three of them. I love mine. The RG model that was re-issued a couple years ago as a limited run was the RG 565 which is one that I own from 1992. Awesome guitar!

What I love about Ibanez, is that you don’t have to spend a ton of money for a quality guitar. Their Indonesian made RG’s are great for the price! I still have my 06 RG4EX1, and just splurged on an Axion 7 multi scale.

When I first got into guitar in the early 2000s, I was on a family holiday and took the Ibanez brochure with me. I spent days combing through it and fell in love with the RG1550 which (if memory serves) was Ibanez saying “We hear you, you want the 550 back!” I never owned that guitar sadly but did get an RG. Years later, I got a new guitar teacher who turned up with an original purple 550 with floral scratch plate. I was in heaven. That thing was stunning and played like butter. Long live Ibanez!

The Sabre series is the most versatile guitar I've ever played. Thin neck but you can cover anything.

My 2nd guitar was a Ibanez, still using it and is my fav guitar hahaha. They're great

Damn, after watching this I decided to rescue my old 80s Ibanez and when I tweaked the floyd post height it snapped off. Many tears. It looks like the classic floyd will fit right in there. I hadn't touched that guitar in 20 years and suddenly I'm buying parts for it.

I grew up with Satriani and Vai, more so Satch because Surfing with the Alien was the song that got me into playing in the first place. Last year I took a risk on a Reverb purchase from Romania on an 1991 Ibanez 540R HH. It was the model Satriani played before he had a signature model, and apart from a JS1 it's been my grail guitar since childhood. Six weeks to Australia, and I have to say it was everything I wanted and more. I also have an AZ, but when I pick up the 540R I'm 15 again and listening to Flying in a Blue Dream. A guitar is so much like the Japanese view swords: it contains a soul of its own. Whether that's from your guitar hero as a kid, or the effort you put in discovering your own musicality, these inanimate objects defy their anonymity because they become extensions of the people who play them - us.

I was a punk kid in the 90s but my dad bought me a neon green and black Jem. It was the best sounding guitar I ever owned.

Their AZ series is much more traditional feeling in the hand, and are truly excellent.

Ibanez is a great brand, outside the RG range they have some real hidden gems. Few years ago (around 2015 I think) I was in a slump with guitar playing, that was until I saw this Ibanez at my local music store. It was an Ibanez Roadcore model (premium model, RC720), and it's made me fall in love with the guitar again. Not the typical wizard neck but very comfortable to play. I have since also acquired a Gibson Les Paul but I always find myself using the Ibanez RC more. I've since changed the pickups to Bareknuckle Silo pickups, the tones available are insane! Anything from crystal cleans to crushing metal. If I had to keep only 1 guitar, my Ibanez RC would be the 1 for sure.

I’m primarily a bass player, first bass I ever bought was an Ibanez SR700 (from Sweetwater) about 15 years ago.Still have it, still play it all the time. Mine was made in Korea. Great bass one I’d never sell.

Funny you don’t like them. You sure sound great playing one. Honestly that intro was some of the best tone I’ve heard from you!

I’m a LP guy, 43 years old. About 3 years ago I bought a first year yellow RG 550. The neck is amazing, pre wizard. I’m still a LP guy but my RG is amazing and it does NOT go out of tune.

i have a J-Custom and i can honestly say it’s the best guitar i’ve ever played not only is it gorgeous with the inlays and red with black finish but the playability is like no other the hsh configuration is pretty versatile and the neck is extremely thin they way i like