the pickups are not as strong and tight as my DiMarzio (S3), but they do not need replacement, are actually very good. Brilliant sound, of course, can drive great distortion. The tonal variation is very smart and even a guitar made for to rock or heavy metal, you can get clean tones a la Fender or jazzy fat sound. Very interesting! The Zero brigde keeps in tune the open strings even if you bend a lower one. Using this the arm don't "floating" sound, but you can take off the zero point and get this.

Five positions switch for 2 pickups are great. But the switch do noise when you change positions. This part I think to change for one better. I was unluck, because the tremolo arm is not inside the box. As I live in Brazil, it was a really problem...

The playability of the instrument is perfect. This guitar is a bit heavy compared to other Ibanez. The manual is a generical one, but ok.

This guitar is manufactured in Indonesia. Sure we don't need pay more because the guitar is made in USA or Japan. The manufacture of it is perfectly acceptable within the parameters for any professional musician.

You can't get more for the price. SINCERELY, if you will pay $2,500 for a "fashion" guitar, or endorsed one, ok if you can, is like a Ferrari, maybe. But if you want to play a good instrument, this one is ok.

About my tremolo arm the store in NY City said "Sometimes small parts can take a bit for us to get". So I ask directly to Ibanez. They said to me contact our representative in Brazil. Here is the same or worst problem to get parts, but Ibanez puched the representative here to send me the arm. Wow, fantastic, not?

Simple, direct, "honest" design of famous RGs of Ibanez

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