Electric Guitar (Ibanez RG321)

[999m4em]

wtf is that sound...sounds like real fast jacking

[eddie1254]

How are fenders gay you clown? If you actually played guitar might have a clue about why people buy them!!!

[Sk8tboard123]

i hav that one.

[Sk8tboard123]

i have that guitsr too

[heavymetal880801]

heeee yo tengo este modelo y para metal es buenisimo a pesar de se de gama baja....

[FITBIKECO94]

as if you would fenders are gay

[TheDancingSaxophone]

@FITBIKECO94 Fenders are freaking awesome. Jimi Hendrix, Eric Johnson, Jeff Beck, and John Mayer, to name a few, all play fender strats. They're amazing guitars, just different than humbucker guitars.

[theblueteam10]

woopty doo... lets hear this things scream!

[Taud]

Is that the basswood or the mahogany?

[TLmemories]

Yeah, I have same guitar! Congrats, great choice ))

by the way, have you already chosen a pedal for that baby?

[jsc0tt1324]

i put emgs in mine and now it sounds amazing

[777WebsteR777]

good choise)

but with emg this guitar be better)

[MrXorHomer]

Eww EMG. There only good for playing metal.

[mikekap7]

I really dislike Emg's they sound to sterile to me. Dimarzio is the best to me dactivator are very high output sound great and are passive. Would rather have that than an emg anyday

[eddie1254]

hey thanks for the comments and advice everyone. but i brought an american fender strat few weeks ago so gonna put this one up for sale.

[audio454]

I've owned this guitar for the last 2 years. I'm not sure that new pickup will sound like but the current pickups are not very good. the E and A cords do not sound good when they are played separately. a power cord sound find. but when you separate them the quality goes down the tubes. I'm ordering a semore duncan sh 2 and sh4. I'm sure it'll do this entry level guitar just fine.

[trevallica]

put bareknuckle pickups in it. you wont be disappointed. look them up on here if you want to see what they look and sound like.

[jsmith5052]

ya go with the passive humbuckers... emg's u gotta use batterys

[NeglectedField]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Though I would say, do what I did and put some new pickups in it. But get some passive ones so you don't lose the 5-way versatility, one of the major drawbacks of EMGs (who've only recently started doing coil-tappable versions of the 81.etc)

[MacMarytahu]

i bought this guitar and changed the pickups for emg 60/81, with this pickup you will change all the electronics (not the switch) and this is a useful upgrade, sorry for bad english im french

[minnowhead]

i have that guitar and it has killer tone.

i didn't do anything with mine but if you do want to change something put in emg 60 and 81 pickups.

[jasonism123]

imo, this is a great guitar already, i tried it in one of the guitar shops, and it feels and sounds great.but if you would like to make some changes, start with the tuners first, then the pick ups, etc.. buy the dimarzio tone zone for the bridge, and a PAF Pro on the neck, if you want great pick ups.

the finish is great man..it's weathered black, looks cool..you don't have to change em, unless you really want to.

[Chairbedcouch]

locking sperzel tuners, depending on if u want the better ones or not (ive found there is VERY little difference between the two besides the look) will be around $80. Or the cheaper ones (which i have used on many of my guitars) will be about $50-55 depending on who you buy them from, i would buy them off of musicains friend. now i havent used the dimarzio D activators before, but i kno they are $50-120 depending on what you want (with pickups i reccomend u get the best you can get).

[KasperCo]

EMG

[xKaGxKrAzYxAsS]

omg dude, thats the exact same guitar i just ordered just like 1 hour ago, hold shit

[SirTim5]

ok dude do you want a awsome sounding guitar ? I would put sperzel locking tuners and dimarzio D activators on it,it will sound like a prestige guitar

[bluesman89666]

you should have bought an rg5ex1 if you were gonna mod it and everything you need is at guitar center

[eddie1254]

didnt know i was gonna but didnt come with a scratch plate so decided to mess about. still havent started yet.

[sbh]

throw a floyd rose in and some emg's my rg came with the rose and i recently threw some 38's in and now see purrs like a hot bitch on heat.

[nakajazz]

A floyd-rose in a 321 ? Are you dumb ? Wtf dude. This is a basic PGM model.

[Cupnoodlesz]

u cant put floyd rose tremolo in rg321,. ^^

[ChaosEnigma1978]

you can if you know a good luthier.

[Cupnoodlesz]

but thats alot of adjustment,. from neck to tremolo,.

[ChaosEnigma1978]

not that much work really, but i'm sure there are guitars which are more difficult to modify. i know a guy where i live who puts double locking systems on all manner of gibsons and fenders.

[iman87]

I have the same exact model except mine is the one with the weathered black finish and its a mahagony wood. Personally i would suggest a custom pickguard, a mirrored one should look good. Change those saddles to graphtech stringsavers and the nut to graphite nut, some better locking tuners on those, and up to you to choose a pair of pickups. I would go for a Seymour Jazz for the neck and sh4 for the bridge.

[eddie1254]

i need a pickguard but have no idea where to get one from any ideas?

[iman87]

Im not sure if those RG550 pickguard would fit on the rg321. Maybe you can try searching on ebay? I remembered seeing someone customizing a pickguard. Mine was customised by a local luthier in singapore.I'll try to get a pic uploaded. =)

[eddie1254]

ok wicked

[holycow512]

would you recommend it? cuz im on a budget abd its between that and the Ibanez GRG170DX. the only difference is that this one is mahogany, the other is basswood and has a tremolo.

thanks!

[eddie1254]

to be honest this is the best guitar ive ever had, the sound on it is second to none really, the strings also are real easy to slide and bend etc dunno what brand they are.

the problem with the trem is they are so much hassle to instal and maintain, i bend on this all the time and have only had to retune the top e string once.

the only reason i want to modify this is so is a one off nothing to do with performance really.

if you need any more advice about this let me know.

[holycow512]

ah, thanks...ill prolly get this guitar. i mean its solid mahogany vs basswood. so ill get this one, thanks for the help

ill save up for an Original Floyd Rose guitar so that its not much of a hassle

[eddie1254]

aww cool let me know how you get on with it when you get it

[holycow512]

sure thing

[luckyguitar123]

the edge pro trems are great too, the prestige models have that one.

[holycow512]

i was gonna ask you what you thought of the guitar...it would be awesome if it had a tremolo

[eddie1254]

there is a slightly cheaper model with a trem on it, was about 30 pound less than this one, but was advised that unless you would use alot then its more hassle than its worth

[luckyguitar123]

Search for some respected music stores in your country, try google. About the fret buzz i have the same problem, maybe your action is too low, raise it up a bit, and check your truss rod. I don´t know what do you mean with floating strings. Hope that helps.

[luckyguitar123]

i have that same guitar but with mahogany oil finish, i´m planning to cut the lower horn in a smooth way to have more comfort when doing big stretches.I have read that the dimarzio steve special and the air norton pick ups sound great on mahogany guitars, you should give them a try. You can change the tuners for some sperzel or gotoh and you can change the bridge and get the frets professionally done, but then you should buy another guitar ;). Just experiment with new pick ups.

[holycow512]

would you recommend it? cuz im on a budget abd its between that and the Ibanez GRG170DX. the only difference is that this one is mahogany, the other is basswood and has a tremolo.

thanks!

[unisol77]

Well all i can say is that you can change the pick ups to EMG 81 and EMG 85 if u want but they will cost allot. And why do u wanna change the look of it? Its a sweet looking guitar. I am also buying this guitar in three days.