Ibanez RG470

This axe says it was born in 1997, in Japan. 24 frets, and is basswood. 5 way selector, and has the V7 S1 V8 or whatever. Is kinda cool how the pickups are wired with the switch. Neck is Wizard II without bubinga stripe on it. Finish is blue, is in decent shape for 11 years old. I said I would NEVER get a Floyd Rose bridge (being a Fender guy), oh well. Got an itch from seeing Steve Vai playing a song on youtube. Case is raggedy as a mug. Will have to use a bungee cable to hold together, but is functional.

I play pretty much everything, will use this for mostly R&B (no, I did not stutter on that). This guitar seems to be able to do many styles, yeah I know it is a metal dive bomber, but I want to push the envelope with this axe. Am using a Digitech multi effects pedal and a PocketPod on stage thru a Fender Frontman 65R, mainly for its clean power. It is noisy on the middle selector, but with the in-between settings, is good enough. The neck pickup is full, but lacking something, not quite like my Les Paul, for sure. Treble pickup seems to be hotter, will do the job for most rock music.

Setup is ok, need to have a pro set this thing up. Bridge pickup was screwed up, as I bought this on ebay, had to reassemble the screw for treble pickup, but is ok now. See no flaws on guitar, is well made, finish is good, this thing is well made in general.

This thing is already 11 years old, and will last 50 years or more with proper care. This guitar will withstand the Large Hadron Collider, or better, for sure. Had a couple of nicks in finish, but will withstand much more over the years. I would use as main guitar, but I generally bring a backup, just for kicks.

Went on the website to see an old manual for this guitar, other than that, have not had to deal with Ibanez.

Playing guitar over 20 years, still as fun as when I first started banging out notes on the fretboard. Own several keyboards as well, am a committed musician.If this were stolen, would get another of its ilk, probably something newer. Like the versatility of sounds the best, hate the weirdness of the Floyd Rose tremelo system the worst. I compare this to my Mexican Strat, but not with the quirkiness. Wanted another Ibanez guitar, cause I know they are made well. This particular model is very nice, am going to add to my herd, though I really don't need any more, buy one and you won't be sorry, esp. if metal is your style.

JAPAN 24fret 3piece maple wizard neck, V7(alnico) S1 V8(ceramic) pickup gotoh tunners edge floyd rose with lockin nut... the circuit has a treble bypass capacitator on the volume knob so when I use the volume the sound doesnt get muddy as in cheap guitars.
very versatile guitar I get tons of sounds just using a weak distortion/strong overdrive and the volume and tone knobs...

I play rock covers, jazz standards, fusion improvisation, rarely some metal shred (and the guitar rox), but mostly jazz and fusion...
the alnico V7 is very warm and suits very well my needs, and the V8 is high output ceramic great for soloing... the single coil S1 gives me even more tonal options.
I was bettween an epiphone les paul and this guitar, and with less money I got a better guitar I dont even need to change the pickups so soon... with other guitar I'd had changed the pickups already.

I use it with a marshal solid state combo as a monitor and my podxt live kicks it to the PA. I learned a lot how to program the podxt live and so, I'm very happy with the result. I can play so many styles... and in most of them, I sound great, and I cant do this with some other guitars...

I dont use factory setup, I bouthg it 2nd hand, and I take all pieces of every guitar I buy, to make my own setup: IF you want something done well, do it yourself!!

The measures on the guitar were great, and the action is very very low, I get 4mm at 12th fret, with no fretbuzzz and perfect intonation...

all the hardware is working OK and i bought it used ^^ lucky ^^

a like a lot the green almost blue finish and the whole guitar itself looks cool.

I use it many times and it will last many years and I can depend on it for sure

no idea, never needed this thing

I've been playing 6years
I got
squier strat affinity
fender 2002 strat anyversary
phoenix costum strat handmade in japan, 20year old
sonora acoustic guitar + piezzo
hammer preccision bass
Marshal 50DFX
Podxt Live

I cant live without a guitar like thiz anymore, probably I will just put and hipshot tremsetter after a few years, and when I make up my mind about the pickups, I will upgrade the guitar pickups, but I'm not sure wich pickups I will buy...

JAPAN 24fret 3piece maple wizard neck, V7(alnico) S1 V8(ceramic) pickup gotoh tunners edge floyd rose with lockin nut... the circuit has a treble bypass capacitator on the volume knob so when I use the volume the sound doesnt get muddy as in cheap guitars.
very versatile guitar I get tons of sounds just using a weak distortion/strong overdrive and the volume and tone knobs...

I play rock covers, jazz standards, fusion improvisation, rarely some metal shred (and the guitar rox), but mostly jazz and fusion...
the alnico V7 is very warm and suits very well my needs, and the V8 is high output ceramic great for soloing... the single coil S1 gives me even more tonal options.
I was bettween an epiphone les paul and this guitar, and with less money I got a better guitar I dont even need to change the pickups so soon... with other guitar I'd had changed the pickups already.

I use it with a marshal solid state combo as a monitor and my podxt live kicks it to the PA. I learned a lot how to program the podxt live and so, I'm very happy with the result. I can play so many styles... and in most of them, I sound great, and I cant do this with some other guitars...

I dont use factory setup, I bouthg it 2nd hand, and I take all pieces of every guitar I buy, to make my own setup: IF you want something done well, do it yourself!!

The measures on the guitar were great, and the action is very very low, I get 4mm at 12th fret, with no fretbuzzz and perfect intonation...

all the hardware is working OK and i bought it used ^^ lucky ^^

a like a lot the green almost blue finish and the whole guitar itself looks cool.

I use it many times and it will last many years and I can depend on it for sure

no idea, never needed this thing

I've been playing 6years
I got
squier strat affinity
fender 2002 strat anyversary
phoenix costum strat handmade in japan, 20year old
sonora acoustic guitar + piezzo
hammer preccision bass
Marshal 50DFX
Podxt Live

I cant live without a guitar like thiz anymore, probably I will just put and hipshot tremsetter after a few years, and when I make up my mind about the pickups, I will upgrade the guitar pickups, but I'm not sure wich pickups I will buy...

Green finish, Edge tremelo, Gotoh Tuners, Thin Wizard Rosewood neck, Hardshell Case, Guitar was made in 1991 in Japan. 24 fret neck, basswood body. 5 way switch. HSH V7 SI V8. I replaced the Bridge pickup with a DiMarzio Tone Zone in '93

Versatile sounds from the 5-way switch. I play a wide range of music from Rock to Jazz. I was using a Carvin X-100B through a 2X12 Cabinet, and an Ampeg SS-140C. I am currently using a guitar port. Deep tones can be achieved with a pickup replacement.

Setup from the factory was mediocre at best. The action was set too high and the pickups too low. I can not find any flaws in the finish or fretwire. The tremelo needed a few small tweaks, then it stays in tune even during a simulated Brad Gillis whammy frenzy.

This guitar actually withstood a flood! It was completely submurged under 6 feet of water for three days. The hardware seems as if it will last even after sixteen years of abuse. I would use it on a gig without a backup.

I do my own repairs

Been playing for 33 years. If it were lost or stolen I would look for another RG-470 from the 1991 era. I love the neck and the ability to achieve low string action. I wish the volume knob was distanced further from the bridge pickup. This RG-470 replaced a 1987 Ibanez 540 Sabre.

Purple/Plum sparkle finish, Lo-TRS bridge, Gotoh tuners, Wizard neck. Guitar was made in 1999 in Japan. 24 fret neck, basswood body. 5 way switch. HSH V7 SI V8

I play this guitar through a Line 6 vetta/carvin legacy 412. brighter. more sustain with these stock pickups than my 350DX with air norton and x2n.

i love the sound...

bought it used and the dude apparently was all talk. the bridge was all the way forward, neck was filthy, dusty, old strings. i had to adjust everything and it kicks ass! stays in tune..feels way better than my Edge III...neck is a little wider just a tad than my wizard II neck.

i havent used it long enough to see if strings break easily.

never talked to them

ive been playing for like 9 years.. if it were stolen id be pissed as fuck. id buy another ibanez...same model? if i could find one.

MIJ 1992 superstrat shape HSH with a v7 in the neck, s1 in the middle, and v8 in the bridge. Wizard Maple neck, rosewood fingerboard, 24 jumbo frets, Gotoh tuners, Good electronics. Edge Trem..Basswood body

I love this guitar, and i chose it over some of the newer prestige models, they just feel better made from back in the old days. I have a Jade Green 92 model made in japan and it has the orignal v7 in the neck, s1 in the middle and the v8 in the bridge. Some people seem to knock the v8 in the bridge but i think it sounds awesome and compliments the v7 very well. The v8 is still nice and full sounding and adds some brightness to the guitar to provide some more versatility. This guitar will pull off any style fairly well in my opinion. I dont use the s1 very much but thats not to say its not good, it just doesnt suit my style. The pickups are best described as very ROAR and crunchy. Fantastic for heavy rock or metal but you can also get a nice fat warm clean sound with the neck bucker, and it doesnt sound thin up the top end. It's not very noisy at all. I run it thorugh a visual sound jekkyl and hyde > visual sound h20 > Hotrod deluxe or a POD XT Live > Hotrod deluxe. Sounds great either way but the Fender Hotrod tends to colour the sound of the POD XT a bit coz its a fairly FAT ASS sounding amp. The only thing i would change on the guitar is replace the edge trem to an edge pro. But the edge is doing a good enough job so theres no need. Harmonics are a breeze to pull off on this guitar. If you can, find yourself a MIJ one, you wont be dissapointed. I'm not a big fan of the Korean stuff but thats just my opinion. This guitar rocks and i'm giving it a 9 coz nothing is perfect.

I didnt get this guitar new so im not going to rate this section but when i recieved it, it was wayyyyy out of tune and the setup was terrible. The guy had put a set of 11's on it and the springs couldnt take it.. Once i got the guitar in tune the trem was taking a divebomb something severe. I ended up changing the strings to 9's and now the action is perfect, i didnt have to change the height of the trem and the knife edge is perfect. It's super low with just a tiny bit of buzz on the E string if you strum it hard, but this doesnt come through the amp and its only noticed playing unplugged. Doesnt bother me at all. The pickup height was perfect. The finish of the guitar is pretty much flawless the only thing is that the neck plate is starting to oxidise slightly. Besides that its been well looked after. Electronics seem fine. Neck is just beautiful. Routing is perfect.

This guitar will withstand live playing without a problem. I;ve been playing it live for a year now with no problems. I will usually put strap locks on my guitars but the strap buttons on this thing are HUGE! I alternate between this and my American Chrome Blue Fat Tele when im gigging. I wouldnt gig without a backup coz as we all know, replacing a broken string on a floyd rose style bridge isnt a 1 minute job. Paint seems fair, mine has no chips but i dont think its as thick as on my Tele. But the Tele has really nice thick paint. I'll rate it an 8 coz of the need for a backup due to string breakages.

Never had to deal with them but from the looks of other reviews theyre not the best which is a shame. There are plenty of helpful websites on the net to help you out with problems anyway. Do yourself a favour and learn to set up your own guitars!

I've been playin on and off for 12 years i've owned a fair bit of gear but my current guitars are the 1992 ibanez rg470 MIJ , 2003 American HS Fat Tele and an Aria 1970 Les Paul copy which needs a work over but the neck pickup on that baby sounds better than alot of gibsons i've played. If my Ibanez were lost or stolen i'd catch the prick and tie him down with a low E String and prick him to death with the high E string. I'd replace this guitar for sure, its the final addition to my collection and my search has finally ended. Although id love a Les paul Special with some p90's... The v7 humbucker in the ibanez is awesome believe me!!!!

2002, black, basswood, Japan-made. H/S/H

25.5" satin finished neck, which is very smooth and very fast. This guitar is all about the neck, isn't it? I prefer the feel of the 50s rounded Gibson neck -- it feels better in my hand, but the Ibanez's Wizard neck is so smooth and so fast - moving up and down the neck is effortless, although after a long set my thumb becomes tired because I don't have enough wood to hold on to.

I did not like the stock Ibanez bridge pickup, so I replaced it with a Seymour Duncan Parallel Axis Distortion (the PA is made to to fit the string spacing of the Floyd Rose). Ahhh! much better definition and higher output - I can hear every note even though my amps distors sooner.

I also replaced the stock 5-cent capacitors with some 50-cent Orange Drops (this is supposed to make it less microphonic; who knows, I can't tell the difference).

I replaced the stock 5-way switch, which seemed a little flimsy, with a Fender 5-way switch, which feels more solid to me.

And I replaced the cheapy volume and tone pots with real Alps pots of the same value -- they feel smoother to me.

This is my Metal and Grunge guitar , and it is usually plugged in straight to a rectified Mesa Boogie, and sometimes through a Danelectro Black Paisley.

I highly recommend the SD Distortion pickup (the SD PA-TB2) in the bridge -- you may think the stock PU's are fine... but you'll get a woody when you hear the combination of the RG470 and the SD Distortion through a Mesa Boogie rectified.

The single, middle pickup is lifeless -- useless, really; no real twang. The neck pickup is OK for rhythm, but again it is lower in outout than what I'm used to.

The Basswood is very light (good) and the resonance seems kinda "dead" (bad) compared to my mahogany Gibsons. I am surprised it sounds as good as it does -- pure Metal heaven.

The set-up from the factory (I bought it new) was horrible - the action was too low (fret buzz), ad the intonation was way off. This was OK with me because I prefer to do my own setups anyway.

There were no dings or scratches when I bought it. Honestly I don't know why people are so concerned with is; your guitar is going to be rife with dings and scratches after a few months of playing.

I have looked at some Korean- and Indonesian-made Ibanez', and I have to day that my Japanese-made RG470 show much better quality control -- the tuners were tight, the frets were smooth, the switches and pots were not noisy at all.

Some people say the Floyd-Rose trem is difficult to adjust. Not really. Just learn how to do it, and it will be as easy as any other trem. The micro adjustments screws do make it very easy and very fast to adjust for string stretch.

I have owned this guitar for three years, and I have played it on stage for two, and it has withstood the use. I usually change the strap buttons on all the guitars I own (my other guitars are all Gibsons -- know for their POS strap buttons), but this Ibanez has some beefy strap buttons-- I've never had a problem with them.

I try not to abuse my guitars, so the soft basswood has not been a problem for me - sure it's gome dings here and there, but so what? Do you really want to go on stage with a shiny, new axe? Remember what happened back in elementary when your wore new shoes!

I don't know about the customer support for repairs. I've always fixed my own guitars.

I've been playing for about 4 years, and I own a Gibson LP studio, and a Gibson LP Junior. Between these three guitars I can get any sound I have ever needed. The one thing that stands out with this Ibanez is the neck -- for fast runs up and down the neck this thing can't be beat. And trust me, change the bridge pickup to a SD Parallel Axis Distortion, and you WILL BE Metal.

I looked at ESP and Jackson. I prefer this Japanese-made Ibanez. If I found another one on Ebay for a good price, I will buy it.

Made In Japan, 24 frets, Double locking Edge Pro trem, thin maple neck, rosewood fretboard. Basswood body, Gotoh Tuners, Jumbo Frets,
5 way pickup selector (lots of sounds available here). Pickups id H(bridge-V8 but i changed it to ToneZone)-S(S1)-H(neck-V7)
Mine is sangria and sparkly too

I play the metal and I think this gutiar suits all styles I'm interested in. I use a AX1500G. This guitar pickups sounds so hot.. Even with vol-control roll-back-off, yes, i mean off, i cant still hear my playing the guitar (crunch). But the bridge pickup (tone zone/v8) is not good for clean. For clean channel I prefer to use middle/neck PU.

I bought this new, reason being I picked it up at a guitar store, had a jam, try another RG series and try this rg470 again, then i love this rg series more. I was in the market for a more expensive guitar, but just loved the way it sat in my hand.

I'm surprised how well the trem keeps everything in tune, It'll withstand live playing.
I'd like to say I can depend on it.

no Comment, but they are nice person

Started playing guitar since 1997 - self taught. I definitly want a similar guitar again as I love this, I chose this because of the price, the whammy and the sounds I was after.

I won't go into too much details on the stock features as if you're down to my review you'll know them by now, so I'll outline my mods.

- Dimarzio Evolution (bridge)
- Dimarzio Breed (neck)
- standard centre pickup
- upgraded trem posts
- Locking nut removed, standard tuners removed
- graphite nut installed with locking tuners
- all push pull pots

As a standard guitar, I give it an 8 due to its price.

I've been playing for 9 years now with 2 of the past years professionally in a bluesy metal band. What I hate most about these review pages are people who have been playing for 2 years or sometimes less that think they know everything about a guitar. Take 'aady' above slaggin off on Ibanez gutiars. Yes my friend mr Vai, and Mr Satriani mustn't know as much about guitars than your knowledge gained from you extensive experience.....what a joke....."All Ibanez guitars a crap".....pffft

Anyway, like I said I play heavy riffs usually around blues type scales, but solo in whatever fits. After putting in the evolution pickup first I had aural orgasms after realizing that I'd been playing for years not really 'connecting' with my instrument (even after years something ne can be found from playing the guitar....no one knows it all...thats why its exciting). I recently went the whole hog and installed a Breed pickup as well. Let me tell you that within reason I can achieve 99% of the sounds I want from this baby. The only sound I can't get...well not good enough comes from my strat....there are somethings you don't want to imitate.

But basically this thing sounds awesome now after the mods. I play through a Marshall TSL100, or a Line6 flextone III depending on where I am.

I bought this from new, reason being I picked it up at a store, had a jam, and fell in love. I was in the market for a more expensive guitar, but just loved the way it sat in my hand. Someone said it before and its exactly right...its like an old friend.

I've now removed the locking nut, and standard tuners and replaced that witha graphite nut for the strings to slide over (not locking) and locking tuners. I wish i did that years ago as its made tuing a lot easier, faster, and more reliable. I've also replaced the trem posts with new and improved ones which rejuvinated my tremelo and surprisingly gave me a little more solid sound.

I give this a ten cause you know when you go out looking for a 2000 dollar guitar and coe home with a 1000 dollar one (Australia) you know it must have had a good vibe.

My only gripe was that my tremelo fell into the guitar and sat at a funny angle one day when I was a little too whats the word, pissed or stoned?, well both, and using the tremelo too harshly.

Anyway got that fixed, and with the new posts its all good and stays in tune for ages. For anybody who is thinking of buying a tremolo like these, remember that they are a bit of a hassle to setup, but once its in tune, and you're not Dimebag Darrell it usually stays there. (I don't know how Dimebag used to keep his under control......that mans a genius, god rest his soul).

Never had to deal with them as the faults happend after the warrenty period expired.

I think if this was stolen I'd probably buy a different type of Ibanez (even if they still made these). Basically due to my curiosity of different guitars, and my RG was made to be as good as it is, so the same could be done to nearly anything. Either way, I'm certain that my rig will always consist of at least one Ibanez. they are quality guitars (you get what you pay for mind you) and easy to modify.

A good addition to this guitar or any for that matter would be a sstem where you can block up the tremolo (so it doesn't move) while gigging, but allow it to be removed while recording. As I've found that I rarely use the whammy bar on stage, but like to use it for effects in recordings.

To cut a long story short, you have to play something that inspires you, and due to my mods its a one of a kind...my signature guitar if you like....he he he......and that inspires me, or the thought of one day having one. :)

Model number = F0133926
I believe that to make it a Japanese 2001 model :)
24 frets, Double locking Lo-TRS trem, maple neck, rosewood fretboard. I was told it's the RG470, I got it second hand on News Years Eve 2004 (Happy Days!!!)
5 way pickup selector (lots of sounds available here)
Mine is very, very, very dark purple and seems to be kinda sparkly too

I play a range of sounds, but generally lean towards rock and its illegitimate sons and daughters. I bought this as a result of feeling a bit down and listenin to lots of Dream Theater and therefore forcing myself into believing I needed a bar... I LOVE THE BAR, I NEEDED IT!! OK!!?
Pickups are V7 neck, S1 middle, V8 bridge (thats H/S/H folks)
the pickups are pretty rocking, but I would like to venture into the world of better pickups when my financial situation is calmer as they dont have the balls of my Gordon Smith humbucker.
For the time being it's metal as f***
It's got a nice clean tone, and playing with volume and tone as always opens things up plenty.
I keep it simple with setup - using only a wah and amp distortion on practice amp Marshall MG50, sounds fantastic through Marshall TSL head and a Marshall valvestate amp. It even sounds good through my crappy little 30watt Peavey amp thats about 15 years old!

It was setup quite nicely, the neck is really fast, and it's set to use gauge .09 strings (I use Super Slinkys). I adjusted the pickup heights to suit myself however.
Reason I got this as cheap as I did is because of two small dinks that are round the back edge. I'm not complaining, it's been knocked about and seems to stand up to the abuse.
The pots are a little noisy, but I think they just need cleaning and possibly re-soldering.

I'm surprised how well the trem keeps everything in tune, It'll withstand live playing. Only issue I've got is that when you snap a string - its an arse to change etc cos of messing round with allen keys, but I'm getting used to it, plus, once its in tune it pretty much doesnt go out.
I've had to tighten the strap buttons a couple of time as they seemed to be coming loose.
I'd like to say I can depend on it.

Can't really comment.

Started playing about 10 years ago, but consider myself to have only been playing seriously for 6 years - self taught. I definitly want a similar guitar again as I love this, it's completely different beast to my Gordon Smith Graf Deluxe, and a dream compared with my first electric - the Encore EB1 (bless it's dead little socks).
I chose this because of the price and the sounds I was after. I actually intended to buy a 570 from another store for a couple of hundred more without a case, but luckily (not for the store) they were shut on news year eve - the day i caved in and decided I couldnt wait the week to get a new guitar.