Ibanez RG321MH Electric Guitar

Feature:
just clean, easy to use and no confusion as to which button or awitch to use, all straitforward.Again,the mahogony body combined with the wizard maple neck offer the best wood combinations available. And the INF humbuckers were a great addition for the versitle tones and added sustain.

Quality:
I always check out craftsmenship on anything that I buy as do most people. Cosmetically it is very clean and nothing out of whack. The reliability remains to be seen as I just got it but mahogany and maple---What could go wrong?I would not hesitate to take it on the road as it feels sturdier than my strat. I have a deluxe players strat.And due to the fact that my rg has no finish, my guess is that it will outlast my honey blond strat.

Value:
If you are a musician, you know by trying the product immeadiatly if it is worth the price or not. Ibanez mid priced guitars are worth every cent as the quality from my experience, usually surpasses the price. They seem to either hold or exceed their value.

Desirability:
Once again the mahogany body and dual humbucker setup were very appealing, the bound wizard II neck is a marvel in and of itself. It makes great music with very little effort.

Sound:
First and most importantly i would characterize the sound as somewhat dirty through a clean amp.no crystal bell ringing sounds in any pickup position after adjusting pickup height.The sound quality would depend upon the style of music that you prefer to play.For example, blues played through the bridge pickup in the first position is dirty and reminiscent of stevie ray, and no distortion is needed if you have your volume up and treble knob all the way on. If you turn down the volume a bit and roll back some on the tone a bit, now you have BB King. If your amp has built in distortion,again on the bridge wide open treble all on, you can pull some pretty good metal and the wiz II neck really adds great distorted hammer ons and pull offs and the sustain rings forever and a day. In either mode I just described, your pick attack will really shine through enormously which is why I'm sure the luthiers at ibanez decided to use the INF3 and INF4 in thier infinate wisdom regarding pickup choice for this versitle axe.I love a bolted on maple neck (espically the wizard II) in combination with the fantastic tonal and sustain lasting abilities that you can only get from mahogany. Check your Gibson body's and Warmoth replacement bodies and a great deal of quality manufacturers out there who insist on nothing but mahogony.There is a reason.My music styles range between rock (old and new) blues,Jazz and country and this axe plays them all beautifully. This guitar and an epiphone blues amplifier w\lady luck speakers would be a match made in heaven. I hihgly recommend that, if you are searching for a guitar and you like mahogany teamed up with humbuckers and the renound wizard neck, this guitar deserves a close look, it is priced fairly,it is old school,very clean,easy to play, bound wizard neck and dual humbuckers that with the onboard conrols, can take you anywhere you want to go.

Ease of Use:
easy to use tone and volume controls and the pickup selector is just like that of a strat. the bound wizard II neck provides unprecedented action on a guitar of this price.making the playability most commonly described as butter.I also use a digitec rp 50 which i use on all of my setups as it works great and was very inexpensive and enables me to coax any sound I desire from my new rg321 guitar.

Support:
I have not had any reason as yet to deal with Ibanez and I have owned different Ibanez guitars in the past and have never had a problem with any of them.At one time I owned one of the very first les paul copies that Ibanez ever distributed when they first came out and it ended up worth more then a Gibson. It was a black beauty Ibanez and I wish that I still had it.I am no stranger to Ibanez, I am 59 years old and play a guitar every day and if Ibanez werent any good I would not continue to buy their products. I also own an original Ibanez rock and play which has been used almost weekly since it was new at least 10 years ago.

Overall:
I feel that I'm always looking and that some things can be more appealing then others, for excample, in the past I would look for fancy looking guitars that were eye appealing to the crowd, but once you learn the bread and butter of it, you want a guitar that sounds great and plays better for your certain style and after trying this guitar it pleased me in every way that I was looking for and, as such, I bought it.If it were lost or stolen I would seek to replace it with another of the same.

Feature:
For the cost there isn't a guitar that comes close. I played a show with mine right out of the box and tore up the stage..It felt and sounded great....Loud and distorted...the God inteneded

Quality:
Really very very good

Value:
For this good of an axe it is dirt cheap

Desirability:
The raw wood look is very minimalist..it says " i play this guitar because of the tone"

Sound:
You can't beat the tonal superioirity of this guitar. DON"T let the price fool you..this guitar is all quality and plays like butter..rip away... The smooth satin mahogany body is not heavy..it is more comfortable than the nickel painted version which weighs 2 pounds more for some odd reason. They are both fantastic guitars with super fast necks . The pickups are not the best...if you change them out for $140 with DiMarzios the guitar is now worth $1000. It just sings...

Ease of Use:
No Problem shred away my friend

Support:
No problems

Overall:
Quality fast deep bottom pinched harmonics..it's got it all for the price BUY 2..I did