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.

This is a korean made one. Usual RG features. "INF" pickups...not sure how good they're supposed to be. I think the neck is a wizard II since its a bit thicker than the wizard. It does have everything I could need in a guitar, minus pickups but you never get exactly what you want stock anyway.

I play the metal, and jazz fusion , and the progressive rock. I think this suits all styles I'm interested in.
I use a behringer v-amp, and a roland cube 30, and have played this through a laney VC-50 a few times.

It sounds pretty good for what it is. I'm going to switch out the bridge pickup at least. Depending on what I do with the tone knob, I can get a searing metal sound, or a slighty richer fusion sound..frank gambale or something like that. I like versatility in a guitar sound, and this does have it. It doesn't nail anything in particular dead on, but does any sound I want reasonably well.

I didn't buy it new, but it was like new from the pawn shop I found it in, though the locking nut mechanism had been removed for some bizarre reason.
I don't think anyone had set the guitar up, so I'll assume it arrived like this from the factory. The action was too high and I had to do the intonation and adjust the spring tension, but that all is no big deal.
Even being a used guitar, the finish is still flawless, with only the guitar equivalent to swirl marks on a car, since its black and all. It feels quite solid.
The tuners don't feel as good as the ones on my japan made RG570, but they're not terrible.
The bridge seems a bit crappier than the 570 as well, but it stays in tune just fine and works just the same. It's just that the fine tuners don't have that smooth action that they have on the 570. Probably not a big deal really.

There is no reason for this guitar to not withstand live playing. There is nothing wrong with the floyd rose bridge if you take the 5 minutes it takes to figure out how it works. If it's setup properly, it stays in tune better than any tune o matic guitar I ever had.

I would use it without a backup, yes.

no idea

I've been playing for a long time and have an ESP explorer and a japanese made RG570.
I can have no complaint about this guitar....it's not a real high end guitar, but it does its job well. I can think of no better guitar than the ibanez RG, whether korean or japanese. The ESP just sits now that I own 2 RGs. They definitely have expanded my playing beyond hitting palm muted power chords all day. I've played some yamaha, kramers, BC Rich, gibson..I don't like them at all. I would take this korean RG over a lot of more expensive guitars.
I just wish it had better pickups, but you really can't hold that against a guitar of this price.

one last thing...this guitar was in the pawn shop because the person couldn't handle a floyd rose. I see a lot of that in reviews. Take the time to figure out how to set it up! It's not that hard and it stays in tune just fine! Don't blame the guitar!

This has changed from the manufacturers standards spec. I think I may have reviewed this earlier, but this is a bit of a road update. I bought the guitar in 2000 and I'm still using it live.

Current specifications:

EMG 81 bridge SA middle and 85 Neck
5-way switchcraft switch
Official Floyd Rose tremolo, black.
Gotoh SG tuners, black.
Professional Refinish

The sound is ballsy and meaty. I use this as a backup in my thrash band, though mainly use it for recording these days due to its convenient shape. There is just something about basswood. I got the guitar with DiMarzios initially and hated the sound... The evolution sounded sterile and flat and the PAF Pro was muddy. I used it for years as a beater with a single EMG81. Now I have recently rejiuvenated it with a refinish and new hardware and its phenomenal! For some reason, EMG plus Basswood is just unbelievably nice!

The 81 has all the balls necessary to wake the dead, or at least drive any neighbours insane. The SA has a sweetness to it like a strat on its way to the prom. The 85 has some really classic lead tones in the neck position and really punches through well.

I am using an Engl Powerball and a Marshall TSL 100, each through its own Marshall 1960 cabinets, each with v-30s and g75s in X formation.

I love the sound of this guitar now.

The guitar has lasted a long time. The finish wore our and died under my sweaty paws. Its just had a refret after years of use the original frets were a little dented and discolored.

The basswood chips a little too easily for my liking and during the modification process, I had to strengthen some screw holes and in some cases fill them and re-drill them. The most risky was the tremolo posts, but it has come off alright!

I would be happy to rely on this guitar now. It has always been a well built guitar and survived a few drops and unintentional slams! (ooer - its metal after all!)

The TRS tremolo wore quickly and wasn't much use after a few years, but that has now been remedied. I love that you can just change out the tremolo to the official floyd.

I'm sure I can depend on this guitar and always have really!

Never dealt with Ibanez

I have done the following to this guitar:

Ripped out the worn-out TRS tremolo and replaced it with an Offical Floyd Rose in black: #120-130 ish
Replaced the tuners simply to match the floyd rose, the original tuners are still in good nick: #30
EMG pickups: #160
Refinished in bright yellow: #175

The guitar looks phenomenal and plays really well. I have it tuned to C and the neck feels really nice!

I have been playing since I was 8 and tinkering with guitars since 15 or so. I am 24 now.

I hope this never gets stolen as I'm sure its almost one of a kind. Again massive kudos to Ibanez for making the tremolo the same size as an official floyd. I ended up filling the original holes for the tremolo posts and recalculating/redrilling them, but it was worth it.

I have two other Ibanez RGs. One is an expensive ish quilt top one, unfortunately with an Edge tremolo and the other is an RG 570 which is still going strong after all these years. I intend to modify this one next.

I love the new color and the new hardware. Its a real piece of eye-candy. I will endeavour to beg or steel for a digital camera and show the world!

OK, so yes, its essentially #500 of upgrades for a guitar you can now by for #200 or so. Was it worth it? Well, for #700 you can buy a nice guitar, or you can get one of these and do what I did and get something that your REALLY want. I know when I'm jamming out and playing, I feel like I'm playing an extention of me and that the guitar is part of me, not just something hanging off me! Its going to make its first outings soon!

I've had it at rehearsals too and when guitarists of other bands see it, they ALWAYS ask about it and are very very interested. One wanted to swap me for his Jackson Rhoades RR5, but for me, this is definately going nowhere!

Amazing - when I first got this guitar, I really didn't like it too much! It was a while before I discovered how good the EMGs sound in there with the basswood body and how much difference a decent tremolo can have!

Go me!

Korean Made, not sure of year. 24 frets. Controls: volume, tone & 5 way selector switch. Pickups: H/S/H all dimarzio (put on by previous owner), LoTrs Locking Tremolo (which although there seems to be quite a few bad reviews of, seems to hold its tune well. I did have to use a spring under the arm screw on to tighten the arm but its been good), Neck is smooth, slim & a pure delight & comfort to play

This guitar sounds very good with fitted dimarzios (not sure of model) and is very versatile. I play alot of rock, metal, funk, jazz & blues and this guitar does all rather well but a little weaker on the jazz & funk although I would use as a backup on a gig if necessary.
sound is near full (not as much as my strat fitted with hot rails) but very good excellent for metal and hard rock.
I like the sound of this guitar alot but there is still a tone gap between it & my strat.

this guitar was purchased from a guy who makes guitars so set up, condition & everything was absolutely flawless.
this guitar was as new, hardly played.

no reason why this little beauty wont live on the stage with me for many years. The neck does creak/click very, very, very. very slightly no & then due to the tapered heal but this is only slightly & not a problem. All hardware is black, infact everything is black!
some have slated the lo-trs locking trem system which has been completely fine so far, with good abuse i should add! Finish also is very good. again this guitar is like new! Strap buttons are very solid. I can definately depend on this guitar. Although I always take a back-up guitar for every gig, I would'nt be over concerned if I only had the 470.

I once owned a steve vai jem some years back. the neck warped & it took Ibanez about 8 months to sort it & replace with new, which they did but was frustrating due to time limit & the new neck was as good as the other (before the warp obviously). So, maybe its changed? dunno, however, I quite like Ibanez guitars & the warp was a rarity so I have no problem about buying Ibanez again as long as its a regular production model.

I have been playing guitar for 13 years & in that time have become a full time guitar tutor and have also picked up a music degree along the way. I own a few other guitars, tone wise my strat is superior to the Ibanez but I was looking for a competitior, I was looking for a locking trem guitar and Ibanez has just the best feel. If this guitar was stolen I would take a look at different Ibanez models as this model is now discontinued but I would replace it no question. The guitar just feels so nice & sounds very good with the dimarzios, keeps its tune well. I compared this guitar to a few other locking trem models, maverick, Ibanez 550ex but the 470 was just in a different class completely & felt like an old freind. maybe if the lo-trs becomes as bad as people say I'll replace it with a lo-pro but thats all.

Bought it about 6 years ago. It's got a pain in the ass floating bridge and locking system. Other than that it's only an Ibanez. 8 for ibanez's goal to make my life a living hell to tune.

For metal and hard fucking rock, this is the guitar to go. It has no variety though. It is harder to play light and vintage stuff. I regret liking hard rock 6 years ago. Fret board also likes to rattle like a fat woman having an orgasm. 9 if you like metal and hard strumming. 3 if you are everyone else.,

What do I look like? A freaking guitar tech.? the bridge is a pain in the ass. The neck is for black basketball players with hands that can grapple an eight pound watermelon. The finish on the guitar really does make the scratches stand out. There are plenty of loose screws on the bridge and the black paint on the bridge comes off with time. Low quality assembly.

LOOK ABOVE IF IM NOT A GUITAR TECH U THINK I PLAY LIVE?!?!?!? Well the finish doesn't last. The floating bridge won't last much longer if I have to keep changing strings on this sh*t. There is also the tone knob likes to fall off. Maybe it's because i drop it like I drop my kid. The locking nuts do not like to fit snuggly near the head of the guitar. I'll let you know how it lasts when I change strings again. I'll see how long it takes me to snap it in half.

First off, THEY CHARGED ME FOR A FREE CATALOUGE! I mean what do I look like? Bill Gates? I can't afford a catalouge that's free. Other than that Ibanez U better do something about the big freaking necks. PRS on the other hand mailed me a free catalouge and dvd. I would have got a PRS if I could afford it. I can barely afford a pick. If I lost this guitar, some poor guy will find it washed up in a river.

I have been playing for 10 years. I wished I asked the damn company how da heck to tune these guitars man. If I lost this guitar, some poor guy will find it washed up in a river. IF YOUR A METAL MAN THIS IS FOR YOU. IF YOUR EVERYONE NORMAL GO WITH SOMETHING LESS PAIN IN THE ASS.

This guitar rocks,i bought it used. Its has 24 frets, with 2 control knobs, a volume and a tone. The pickups are H/S/H, my pickups have been replaced and has a dimarzio DS100 supre distortion neck pickup. and fender red lace sensor,which sounds like a humbucker and hotrails for the bridge pickup. It has an awsome floyd rose bridge with cool string lockers. The guy at the shop gave me a free nylon case with it too......

this guitar definatly fits my style of playing, i like to play rock and cKy, which is listed as alternative metal, the pickups are awsome, i am glad that the person who owned it before me changed them, They give the guitar a nice full sound, especially the humbuckers on them, i run this guitar through a pedal, so its not noisy at all, but when it is not ran through the pedal it hums, but my amp sucks anyway, so i dont think it would matter if it does hum.
there is nothing i dont love about this guitar

When i bought the guitar it was great, but there was a dramatic change in temperature over here where i live so i had to get the neck re-adjusted thats about it. When i bought it there were 2 little tiny nicks in the body, nothign too serious, but you cant notice them from a foot away...

This guitar could withstand anything, messing around or live playing, the finish seems fine and doesnt look like its going to wear down anytime soon, i would definatly use this guitar without a backup, if i could have one guitar for the rest of my life, this would be it...

never had to deal with any customer support

I own a takamine guitar, that was my first guitar, after i bought that i bought a squier strat, and the Ibanez RG470 is the biggest upgrade i have made and probably ever will. I have a digitech RP100 mulit effects pedal that i play this guitar through, i compared it to other ibanez models, i knew i wanted an ibanez, but wasnt sure which one, glad i found this one, the only reason i would not buy this guitar again is becuase i would buy the RG570. I would only change one thing, i would add another tone knob, but overall this is the best guitar ever in my opinion

Basicaly the same features as described in other reviews except the infinity pickups (96/97), it has the dreaded Lo-TRS II floyd, made in korea

I play mostly rock and metal, i like to play classic pieces too. The bridge infinity pickup is decent since it provides a good metal distortion sound although leads sound a bit sterile and bright, the single coil is cool for clean stuff but the awfull bridge takes away most of the sustain, its pretty noisey too, the neck pickup is worthless as it is not sensible to fast shred notes at all, its like your playing sounds like an ice picker. With a decent neck pickup this would make the guitar pretty versatile ... this Lo-TRS bridge is the worst piece of crap floyd ive ever seen, even my 3(!) maison guitars have better floyds, it just kills the sustain and it makes the guitar go out of tune instantly. Overall the guitar does sound a bit cold in most settings, with a pickup and bridge change it would probably be alot better since the guitar plays pretty well

I got it used so i had to set it up myself, pretty easy to get a low action without buzz, if you dont use the trem it will KINDA stay in tune but not for long, i am gonna block this worthless thing next week, i dont know what the hell did the guys at ibanez were thinking when they put out this trem. Most of the screws are corroded but that is understandable since its a 96 model, the arm is in excelent shape

You can play live with it but you have to block the trem or it will go out of tune, this guitars is 7/8 years old and looks like new so i guess it will last a long time, since i dont play live i cant say mutch more ...

Been playing for 5 years mostly with my brothers Maison but also with other borrowed maison guitars (no i dont have a fetish for maison guitars!), i bought this guitar cause it was a nice oportunity as i intend to sell it for more $$$, i had a little bit of a problem adjusting to the tall frets but i'm kinda used to it now, the arm is excelent for my girly hands, i wouldnt buy it for more than 250euros cause of the terrible Lo-TRS but since that was discontinued a couple years ago (the rg 470 is discontinued also) and now that the new edge pro 2 seems a pretty decent floyd i would consider another korean rg (maybe the 321 with fixed bridge), overall it has potencial due to the nice playability but it probably needs new pickups and bridge to really shine

1993 model i think, black, Korean made. has all the usual stuff.. locking nut and fake floyd rose, 5 way switch, tone & volume knobs, maple neck/rosewood fretboard.

Has all the usual stuff you'd expect a guitar like this to have, dont know about the quality of said parts though.

Sounds like ass. the pickups are really REALLY weak. i know it's not my amp or my style because my other guitars sound good. my rg470 isn't even a backup anymore because of the way it sounds.

Not much of a variety because it sounds so thin and weak. I don't use many effects(read any, except amp lead channel) so i mostly vary sound by changing pickup & volume level but with this guitar it has to remain maxed out and on bridge pickup to get heard though the mix.

Strangely enough, this guitar sounds almost 'fendery' thru my jcm800. had someone play a greenday song with it and it sounded 98% there.

I got the guitar 2nd hand, my 3rd guitar ever and 2nd electric. It was set up fine when i got it and has never needed any serious repairs. the electronics still work fine(pots are a bit scratchy), the hardware has gotten a tad rusty though. I've put my fair share of dents in the neck and body and it's held up fine. I'm suprised so much of the finish is still attached. Frets still fine, neck straight, no sharp bits on bridge or nut. the locking bridge sometimes has trouble holding a .009 e which kinda sucks, but i never play it so doesnt bother me.

I wouldnt gig with this guitar, but that's because of the weak sound. I did play a few shows with it when it was my only electric but those days are long gone.

Hardware goes rusty, had a few bridge problems (strings not being held firmly by locking bridge)

oh yeah, one of the tuning pegs broke! they dont make the kind anymore so had to order in an almost identical set and install. new one isnt as 'smooth' as the old one though.

other than that, it's fine. it nails that shredder style for ease of play.

Never dealt with 'em.

Been playing since '93. Main axe is '99 american deluxe strat with dimarzio super distortion in bridge. main amp is 1988 50w lead series marshall jcm800.

Dont have any real regrets about buying it because it served its purpose til i got the strat. that being said, i probably would've quit guitar if i hadnt scored the strat.

Neck is superfast, that's good. pickups suck, that's bad. looks too metal (i play in a punk band now), that's bad.

it needs a higher gain bridge pickup. i dont know how the jap or newer rg470s shape up in that regard. if you can score one of these cheap and it's fairly straight, it would make a good do'er upper/fuckaround guitar. something to try out weird pickup wirings or new pickups on. if it were lost or stolen i wouldnt care, i'd prefer it were stolen from my house or when car is parked on someone's driveway so i can get the insurance payount.

The reviews below tell the story. Basically, this is an Ibanez and it has everything you expect. Now discontinued so good deals are out there to be had and believe me...you want one.

I'm going to give it a 9 because for #300 it has everything you need.

The sound is pure Vai/Satch etc... Some people will have you elieve the pick ups could be improved upon or that it doesn't sound as good as a Vai or Satch signature model. Forget all that. I have owned a Jem, I have owned a JS1000. There is almost no difference.

You see, a decent rock sound is all about the amp and your technique. Not the guitar or the pick ups. Generally, the sound is so processed anyhow (distortion and effects) that the pick ups make v.little difference indeed.

This guitar has the same 24 fret access shape as a Jem (the JS1000 doesn't even have 24 frets) but costs #1,800 less. Use the difference to get lessons.

Set up is fine no problems with this at all. You could go higher or lower as you require. Use the money saved on buying such a cheap guitar to get it done professionally.

It is as strong as any other precision Ibanez...which means it is not a strat and actually very fragile.

I would never bother Ibanez. If a guitar goes wrong it is becuase I didn't check it properly. Anyone who feels different should get off their high horse.

No other Ibanez is worth considering. Just buy this one. If your technique is bad, change the pick ups and add more distortion. Otherwise enjoy the best value shred machine money can buy...but remember it is a discontinued model so move quickly!!!

This is a Japanese-made 24-fret beast, one of Ibanez's most common types of guitar and the kind of thing (minus monkey-grip!) that Steve Vai uses. You can see why. The H/S/H pickup combination gives it tonal versatility, and the licensed Floyd Rose trem means you can divebomb, wobble, even bounce the guitar up and down using the trem bar in a fit of rock cheese without it losing its tuning!

I'm gonna give this one 9 because it has so many features that make it a very usable guitar.

I said above about the tonal versatility - let me expand on that. the neck humbucker does the creamy kind of sound that you'd expect, with plenty of clarity. The middle pick up does a very Strat sound, with its own edge. If I say it sounds artificial, I don't mean it in a bad way. I mean that there's a real unique tone to this pickup, it's not quite metallic, not quite twangy, indeed it has tons of warmth. It's perfect for anything from crunchy cutting-through blues solos or quieter melodic moments like Steve Vai's so famous for. The bridge humbucker is impressive too, a real rounded sound unlike the nasty trebly fare you sometimes get from Eastern-made guitars, especially if you roll off the tone pot a tiny bit.

The volume and tone pots have a real effect on the sound, and clever use of the volume control especially can mould the sound from the same pickup from all out, vivid, expressive rock to a cleaner yet still full-bodied sound. In fact, it works like a perfect volume control should, keeping the compression and clarity of the sound all the way through.

I'm rating this as 9, because, 4 years into owning this guitar, I still believe it to give tone that you'd struggle to find on most other guitars even at higher prices.

To be really critical, the frets were only 90% good enough, the action was a little low in places, but that is being very very critical. The important thing to remember is the price, and for a #400 pound guitar, this is the best you will ever get. It's sleek, well-built and the finish (if I say sparkly purple don't get the wrong ideas, it comes out as dark blue really) is impeccably done.

You can always change the pickups on a guitar, but you can't do much about the playability, and on this count the RG470 is superb.

I've had a problem with the input on the guitar, has crackled a bit but no worries most of the time. The pickup pole-pieces have rusted a bit, as has the trem, although it hasn't affected the performance of the guitar. 4 years on, it's been used plenty, and yet the only marks on it are little chips on the back of the headstock where I've decided to join in with the drummer and play a cymbal or two!

Never dealt with them, but the guys at the Guitar Amp and Keyboard Center in Brighton were very helpful.

Overall, I'm gonna go the whole way and give it 10/10. This is because if you're just starting, as I was at the time, to build on your Squier Strat or whatever and spend #400 on a nice electric, you will not get a better guitar. There's a nice, organic feel like you connect with the guitar, and on a guitar this cheap it's a rare and very welcome feeling.

24 fret, double locking crap whammy. The pickups are U series instead of V series, I'm not sure why, I just know they sound AWFUL!!! Very muddy, no bite to them at all. I tried a .001 capacitor on the volume pot like Fender does with their telecasters and it helped a little but it has no sustain, it just goes ?thunk?. I also put in a coil tap to switch from single to hum bucker. It?s o.k. Clean but when I use any drive it makes my 4x12 peavey or crate cabinets sound like a 1x10. I tried it with my Marshall and my Randall amps, and digitech preamp effects but it still doesn?t help the sound of this thing. And Ibanez wants $450 bucks for this thing new? I?m glad I only paid $100 for it used at Sam Ash!!!! I thought I was getting a great deal but it?s only worth about $25 to me. I have an rg270 that sounds and plays better and cost me less.

The neck is nice and thin but there?s too much string buzz if I try any decent low string action. It could need some truss rod adjustment or fret work. It?s a pain in the ass to tune or change strings. The only thing I like about this guitar is the color (jewel blue), the lightweight and the thin neck.

Ibanez 2001 model. Made in Japan. 24 frets, solid top, volume and tone knobs. 5 way selector. H-S-H pickups. with V1-S1-V7 pickups.

The sound of the guitar overall is great. But the stock pickups kinda hide the real beast inside. I changed the pickup with dimarzio fred in the neck position and tone zone in the bridge position. I love it. Especially the fred pickup. I am using it mostly straight to my vox amp. Occasionally I use boss me-8, boss od/dist. and delay. It sounds wonderful with each of them. The guitar will sound great for rock type music, also truly holds other kind of styles. Ive been playing for 10 years, thats why I kinda know about guitar playing styles =).

The factory set was kinda high so I brought it up to professional for re set-up. Everything after that was great! The wizard II neck feels like way expensive guitar. Slick and fast. The paint is wonderful, but I dont know if it will last long since I only bought it for 3 months.

I would give this guitar a high rating especially since I bought it for $300 but truly can fight the sound of more expensive guitars. Dont really expect much for the stock pickups though. The stock pickups still considered great compared to other standard/stock pickups in this price range. I would say the guitar is comparable to higher prices ibanez models like the RG 1570 prestige.

Japanese made. 2001/2 basswood body, maple neck w/ rosewood fretboard, 24 frets, lo-trs floyd rose trem, H/S/H pickups configuration (passive- V7 neck, S1 middle, V8 bridge), 5 way switch, 1 vol 1 tone, Titanium Ice colour (sparkly light purple), cosmo black hardwear. i'll give it a 9 because no guitar has the perfect features for everything, but the finish and features are all high quality.

i use this guitar for metal (dream theater type stuff) and the pickups suit this style perfectly. the humbuckers sound rich and are very responsive, good considering they are stock pickups. i prefer the bridge humbucker because it copes with distortion better, but the neck isn't bad either. the single coil adds a lot more variety to the sounds you can get, but i don't use it as mush because of my prefered sound. this guitar is certainly not noisy, however i have heard better. i would prefer slightly more powerful pickups.

this guitar had just been bought by a freind when i swapped my jackson jdr-94 concept for it. straight out of the shop the action was pretty high, as was the bridge pickup but i set it up to my liking in no time. there are a couple of dents from use in the shop but the only flaw that i can see in the building process is the locking nut is very slightly out of line with the edge of the fret board on the bass E side, however this makes no noticable diference to the way the guitar plays. not the toughest of finishes judging by the dents.

it's an ibanez - it'll last twice as long as a jackson. all the hardwear seems totally flawless and durable. the finish won't wear but it won't take hard knocks (this doesn't bother me though cos it's the way it feels to play that counts). i changed the strap buttons for schaller straplocks (always a good idea). i would never gig without a backup incase of strings breaking, but i am totally confident that this guitar is dependable.

1 year warranty i think.
never dealt with ibanez.

this guitar was well worth the swap. i got the jackson 2nd hand for #250. i have always prefered ibanez to any other guitar brand. the Japanese RGs are built to last, and the position of the controls is better than on jacksons (no knocking the volume when you need to flick the switch quickly). it would be hard to find a better guitar for the price of this one. jacksons may look a bit better, but you get loads more quality guitar for the money with ibanez. i might change the pickups later though.

mine's made in june 2001. standard rg features - new penny finish, which is basically copper like. (24fret maple wizard neck with rosewood fretboard, hsh pickup config(v7,s1,v8), 5 way switch, volume, tone. low trs bridge.

let me start off by saying that this guitar, and other ibanez guitars and most other imports are totally fuckin' gay and not at all worth full price or even fuckin' half price in many cases. i would have never paid fuckin' 450 for this shit, i got it for 200 and i bought it as a project guitar, and for that it fuckin' kills now. the bridge is basically locked down(5 springs, eraser to hold it up), it used to go out of tune like a bastard and spit strings.

anyway, back to sound. with the stock pickups i'd give it a 6. decent stock pickups but lack output and character. but they're not HORRIBLE like some other stock pickups, like epiphone for instance with their wax potted donkey turds.

but anyway, the stock pickups had to go, now this thing has a dimarzio paf pro in the neck and a duncan distortion in the bridge. i'm gonna change the middle single coil to a cool rails but am not sure what to put to get a huge range of sounds on the guitar. maybe even a texas special or dimarzio virtual vintage blues. the pafpro and the DUNCAN distortion are probably one of the best matched pairs in existense, especially in this guitar, it's prog rock heaven. the basswood body takes away some grind and adds some roundness to the tone. i noticed that right away when i plugged in my charvel with the duncan distortion and the thing actually managed to SCARE THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF ME(that's when i figured out why it's called the duncan distortion). now i rate this guitar highly. it has a huge variety of usable tones, and will have more once my pushpulls arrive. stock, it's a decent instrument, but with or without modifications, i would not have paid a penny more than 200 for this shit. i'd rather get a 'deluxe' squier and do work on it the wood's probably from the same tree anyway.

first of all, as someone mentioned, this is totally fuckin' biodegradable!!!! the most horrible finish known to man, the bridge fades by itself. the finish falls off if you fuckin' play too many chords or something. and let's not even go to the setup. ibanez makes some of the worst guitars out there, and each and every one of them is jap. if you're 'lucky' yours is korean!!!!!!

mine has the bridge locked down, it spit strings at it's own free will(aside from changing colors) so now that's stopped. but also this helped me acheive the LOWEST FUCKIN' ACTION POSSIBLE. fuck lockin' trems they're gay anyway, especially ibanez bridges.

any guitar, including this one with the vomiting floyd, will withstand live playing. i don't see the difference between playing in front of people and playing in your bedroom, you're still playing the guitar, you're not mopping the floor with it at a gig...................well there are exceptions but those homosexuals(most ibanez fans infact) shouldn't be playing.
but anyway, the bridge has got to go, and it will, in a couple of months, me getting american floyd rose. i'm gonna have it sprayed with clear sealer, since the copper finish which is actually great looking, falls off like the chocolate layer on the icecreams when you take a bite. i would definitely gig with even the stock guitar though, most probably without the backup since i PLAY the guitar, not fuckin' dance with it and fuckin' have target practice or whatever.

i've heard so many bad things that i could write a book about them. personally i don' blame them for not picking up the phone. after a couple of phonecalls they probably realised they ship all the shit with colored primer on it. the fact that you need customer support shows there's something wrong. i never hear people callling fender for a new fuckin' left side for their strat because their pick knocked it out. but i'm not gonna rate them since i'm never gonna call the fags.

i've been playing for 2.5 years, probably all of it since playing guitars is all i do. i've gone through like 10 guitars now and i currently have 6.. i play straight through a marshall tsl602(yes all tube, no intels here). i know A LOT about gear and guitars etc now. i've made my major mistake in life(my ibanez s1540 with mods which ain't worth shit anymore) and i sure as hell know that any guy who likes the company ibanez is a huge fuckin' asshole, and any guy who actually pays full price for his ibanezs is a bigger fuckin' asshole. these guitars are worthless trash, fuck resale value, let's just talk about the guitar, half the paint is missing as you're paying for it. most never stay in tune, no matter how much you use the bridge(don't give me the you don't know what you're doing shit, i can fuckin' smoke you in my sleep). the pickups suck, sometimes the guitars are wired wrong(like my friend's rg3120). i picked up this as a project guitar when i saw it for 200 bucks, and after i'm done with it it'll be a good guitar, but otherwise, for 450 i'd rather buy a mexican fender, or a jackson(since i know how to pick 'em), or carvin and warmoth(great and AMERICAN). that's how everyone should go about with ibanez. buy 'em for like a hundred bucks in the used market since they have NO resale value, and rebuild 'em. otherwise they're horrible guitars.
i have no opinion on the overall rating.

Sparkly purple, H-S-H, 5way switch, lo-trs2 locking trem, 24 frets

I Play mostly punk/new metal on it but its also excellent for iron maiden, metallica, well, anythin u want really its so versatile. i run it through a zoom gfx4 fx pedal and a HH 100w professional power amp and a peavy 100w pa speaker. Any effect i can come up with the ibanez just makes it sound good. it is the best sounding guitar ive ever used in my 8/9 years experience, live, practicing and recording

The set-up and finish were excellent, my shiny new plaything!

OOH, heres where it fell flat on its face
1) the top strap nut comes loose frequently
2) the volume knob is a bit faulty, when turned all the way down it still gives out sound. you have to turn it back a bit to mute it.
3)It dosnt stay in tune as well as it should considering the locking nut!!
4) chips really easy due to soft body and im a clumsy mo fo

never used 'em

AWESOME ALL ROUND

Ibanez RG-470
2001 model made in Japan
Serial No. F0123139

I have had this guitar for about a year now

It has a Basswood body in a contoured strat type shape, slightly more "Metal" though. In a nice purple colour that looks a little sparkley close up.

25.5 inch scale Wizard II neck, maple with a rosewood fretboard with 24 jumbo frets and an AANJ(All Access Neck Joint)

Double locking floating trem system using the Lo-TRS licenced Floyd Rose trem

H-S-H, ibanez V7-S1-V8 passive pickups with a 5-way selector switch

Master volume and master tone knobs

Came with all the hex keys needed to do a full set up, got a free strap, spare strings and a couple of picks free too. No hardcase though

im giving it a 9 because it would be nice to have a hardcase with it

I mainly play rock/Metal, mostly a mix of power/thrash/prog/death metal although i do plenty of clean mellow stuff for recordings at uni and at home too. This guitar gives out some pretty good sounds given the right equipment, although it is mainly directed towards a rock/metal setting.

The stock pickups are pretty good, but lack that something that turns good tone into really good tone. And they are not the quietest pickups on the planet, not really noisey, just prone to feedback a little more.
The humbuckers in the bridge and neck are both using Alnico 5 magnets and have a fairly balanced output.

The Bridge pickup, to my ears, is the worst of the pickups. With my setup the high up can be a little too edgy, sometimes a bit harsh.I compesate for this by rolling the tone pot back about a quarter or a third and that sweetens up the high end.
Also the low end doesnt sound tight enough for me, and can get muddy at times.
Overall it comes off sounding a little thin, lacking body and being a bit overbright. Although it is a quite useable tone and cuts well.

The Neck humbucker is the better sounding pickup, its quite smooth sounding and full giving a pleasing lead tone, but the low end can get really muddy, especially if you are using lots of gain, but if you stick to higher notes for high gain lead parts it sounds great.
and it can sound a little too punchy when using it clean.
Overall it lacks personality and sound a bit sterile, Although it is definatly a good pickup, these are just niggles i have with it.

If you play lots of clean then using the "in between" sounds will work very well. settings 2 and 4 have a noticable drop in volume, not too much, but it can be really usefull for cleaning up an over driven sound. It sounds a lot cleaner than the humbuckers by them selves, has less punch and a slight twang or quack too it, these can be great used for a lush clean sound.

The tone knob is quite usefull for taming the bridge pickup or getting a slightly jazzier tone from the neck, but the volume isnt quite consitent and stops having much effect at about three quaters or more on.

im giving it a 7 because of those small niggles with the pickups. it is a great guitar, its just that those areas arent quite great

The loveley Purple finish is really nice, it came pretty much perfect, nice and shiney. Finger marks arent too much of a problem but the body is a little softer than some, probably because its made of basswood, so it dents a bit easier.

When i brought this guitar it was fitted with 9s and the action, intonation etc... were spot on. the nice low action made it really easy to play and the combination of the flat fretboard and jumbo frets makes it super easy to bend. Although some of the fret wire at the treble side is a little rough so you have to be carefull sliding up and down. its not too bad, just a little anoying.

The pickups were fairly well ajusted, but i did raise both humbuckers a little and balanced the pole pieces a little better.

The neck is a wizard II neck and is very similar to the wizard neck, its flat, wide and thin, but not as thin as the wizard neck, although the difference is only a couple of mm. I personaly prefer the slightly thicker profile of the wizard II and utra necks, they feel more comfy to me.
The AANJ and the really big lower cutaway alow pretty much totally unrestricted upper fret access, the next best thing to a neck-through

The Pickup selector is not noisey at all, although the plastic bit in the end did start to fall of after about 8 or 9 months, i just pushed it back on hard and it hasnt come off since.
The volume knob is a bit crackley but the tone knob it fine.

The top strap nut does come loose slowley, i have to tighten it a little every couple of weeks, no real big problem. theres no risk of the nut falling out, its just anoying

Im giving this a 7 because of the volume pot, the strap nut and rough fret wire edges.

I have played live with this guitar loads of times, plus a weekly practice were i get a little rough with the trem. Its held up fine so far.
I have giged without backups before as well and it was fine, although, having a floyd rose trem on it, i wouldnt advise using it without a backup because the strings take ages to change

The trem was the main problem at first, its a Lo-trs trem which has a bit of a bad reputation. its mainly the lo-trs II on the korean ibanez guitars that are really crap.
This trem isnt a perfect float trem, it slightly up tunes if i pull up on the bar and dont push down a little before letting go, i could most likley fix this by sharpening the knife edges but i havent found the time yet.
The other problem was that when i first got it the high E, B and sometimes the G strings would sometimes snap at the saddle it i pulled up on the trem bar too much. After i set the float angle on the trem properley it wasnt quite so bad but still happend.
This all changed after i switched to 10-46 gauge strings. now i can leave the strings on for a couple of months and abuse the trem loads and they are fine.

The strap buttons are big, and they arent angled like some, i have never ever had my strap fall off, not even once.

The finish, apart from a couple of dings, is as good as new.

I feel as that as long as i have a fairly new set of strings on, this guitar would not fail on stage

Im giving this an 8 because of the trem

Never dealt with them

I have been playing for around 7 years and i can play a fair bit of Satch and Vai stuff so im not a beginner, and although i havent had many guitars i have played plenty.

When i bought this guitar i had spent a couple of week trying out guitars at the, very few, local music shops. I played mainly Ibanez but also some B.C Rich, lower end Jackson, Yamaha and a few others and this came out on top.
It has all of the features i wanted. H-s-H pickups, floating floyd rose trem, great neck, 24 frets and a fairly light body.
It makes a great stage guitar that, when set up right with heavier strings, is very reliable. And the main thing is that its fun to play, it just feals really easy and unrestricted.

There are some bad points, the pickups and the trem mainly, but you can do a direct swap for an OFR(Original Floyd Rose) and some new pickups and it would rival many more expensive guitars.
It would be great if it came with these, but then it wouldnt be #450

Overall it as a great bang for buck guitar, it looks good and plays very well but im going to give this an 8 because it is definatly not perfect, even if it is cheapish

Ibanez RG470m Made in Japan, Standard 24 frets, 5-way pickup selector, solid pain finish, floyd rose bridge, locking nut, thin neck, no accesories.

The guitar sounds amazing with basically any amp. I have tried this guitar on Fender frontman 15 watts to my Marshall MG100DFX, the guitar sounds amazing and has a lotta tone. This guitars suits better for heavy music such as death, black metal etc. And many black/death metal guitarists use Ibanez RG470 (ex: Skinless)

Titanium ice finish, which is actually great as you can make it reflect any color you want using proper lightning. The guitar didnt have any problems except the screw hole for the strap buttons was huge, and the buttons didnt fit

Ibanez Rg470 isnt a reliable guitar considering the fact it takes 3 hours to retune and re-string my guitar because of the fuckin floyd rose bridge. The finish was awfull, and it has chipped from several places. The strap buttons sucked and i had them replaced because the screw hole for the straps was too big
On the bright side, the guitar didnt ecnounter any problem even with severe abuse. It has fallen several times on stage, but it didnt cause any trouble

Ibanez said that i could get it fixed at any ibanez authorized dealer, and i found out i couldnt ( i brought it online). But the people who i brought it from were nice enough to pay for the repairs

good for metal

This guitar comes with a Wizard II neck, basswood body, rosewood fretboard, 24 jumbo frets, Floyd Rose Licensed Double-Locking Tremolo, a V7 Humbucker at the neck, V8 Humbucker at the bridge, and a S1 Single-Coil pickup in the mid. 5-Way toggle switch, 1 volume and 1 tone knob. Mine has a sparkly copper-colored finish with black hardware.

I love this guitar. I run it thru my 535Q Crybaby, Ibanez CF7 Chorus/Flanger, and Boss MT-2 Metal Zone Distortion into my little Peavey Envoy 110 amp. What can i say? For early Metallica, Slayer and other fast crunchy metal this thing can punch it. I've been tryin to tweak my setup for months now and couldn't seem to get much lead-way in terms of gettin a sound with scooped mid that didnt muddy up with bass or screach with treble and still get enough out-put to hear it. This guitar is the answer to my prayers. To keep it realistic, i'll give it a 9.....but thats just because they didnt include free EMG Actives with it :-)

Again, almost perfect. I'm really skeptical about floating tremolos, but with the action on this guitar i really dont care what i have to do to string it up and tune to perfection. The finish is beautiful and the actions low enough to do the stuff i need, but not so low that its riding down on the body when i do palm-muting (IMHO Fender sucks....) Only thing i can find to complain about....every now and then my fingers accidentally hit the volume knob....boo-hoo...

This guitar, like any good Ibanez would definetly withstand live torture. I can say much about deterioration since i just got it, but ive had to trouble with fairly-treated Ibanez guitars b4 so i dont predict a problem. I wouldnt gig it without a backup, as that is just stupid no matter how good of a guitar u think u have.

I've been playin for over 3 years now and this is the finest guitar ive ever had the privledge to own. I cant think of anything id wish for it to change except to have factory installed EMG actives, but hey....toilet seats arent made of gold either...peace out and happy playing

I think it was made in the year 2000 (if someone can tell me how to find out exactly pleas E-Mail me). It was made in Japan.
24 Jumbo frets, solid top, 1 volume, 1 tone, 5way selector, Pickups in H/S/H configuration made by Ibanez neck-V7 mid-s1 bridge-v8, Passive electronics, Purple-blue basswood body, Flamed Maple neck, Body style- super strat, Double locking floyed rose licensed tremolo called Lo Trs. The neck is called "Wizard" but in the catalog it says "Wizard II" but it's not ("Wizard" is better than "Wizard II").

I play matal, mainly leads: Kirk Hammet, Zakk Wyld, Glenn Tipton, Marty Friedman and so. I'm using Marshall MG15DFX amp and Marshall Jackhammer distortion/overdrive pedal. The stock PUs are lousy ones. The two humbackers sounds bassy and hollow: the one in the neck is muddy, the one in the bridge isn't hot enough and they both lacking "personality". The single coil is fine for clean - I cant tell for sure because I'm not an expert in "clean", but anyway it's not the kind of a guitar you want to use for clean.
I gave 6 to the PUs but to everything else I give 10 because when I'v changed the PUs it became a perfect guitar for my style!!!

I've bought it used so I don't know which flaws are from the factory but everything is functioning.

Everything looks like it would last.

I've been playing for a couple of years now. I had aSquire Stratocaster and an Epiphone SG both of which sucks. I went to the store to buy a Jackson (probably DXMG) but the were ono in stock and the salesman convinced me to buy this one which has "the same feats and quality and a lower price". If it was stolen I'd probably buyJackson instead, its stock PUs are better and besides Jacksons look cooler and have much better history.

Mine was made in Japan as it says "Japan" on the back of the headstock and all the tuners say Japan. I don't know what year, but it's a RG 570 TI it says? This is 2002 so I'm guessing it's a 2001 or 02 guitar.. I can't seem to find it on their web site though for the 2002 models, so I'm guessing a 2001!

It has a great thin maple neck with rosewood board, 24 frets that are huge which I love, etc.. The rosewood is killer on this guitar.. It's a purple color with specs of glitter or something.. very light colored purple.. Very nice.. Basswood body, low TRS trem.. which stays in tune great so far, etc.. Has a 5 way switch, one volume and one tone.. Great set up.. HSH picups.. The brdige is an Ibanez v8 Humbucker, then a V1 I think it is single coil in the middle and a V7 in the neck.. The pickups are a little muddy in my humble opinion, but I've always played with high output EMG's or Duncan Distortions, etc.. I think I'm going to put in either a Dimarzio Tone Zone or Evolution in the bridge.. If anyone has a suggestion of the two, please let me know! Email me please!

Sounds great so far.. Really acoustically loud.. Like my old wolfgang really.. I think it will sound better once I install new pups and I'm going to install them directly in the body of the guitar like my old wolfgang and then block the trem maybe although I do love to raise the pitch of the note when jamming, so maybe not..hehe.. It's a tad bright in the bridge pickup when distorted, or a tad harsh I think.. Maybe the mid is harsh.. I don't know, but to me it's a tad thin sounding and harsh and I figure it is the trem that does this..
The guitar sound pretty good really.. for most anything.. I think it would do blues well, clean well and metal ok.. you might want stronger or higher output pickups for metal..

Mine was perfect.. I mean perfect.. and the store told me it came that way from the factory.. I actually tried this Ibanez against a couple others including a white Jem of some type which had the Evolution pickup which I really liked, but this guitar sounded acoustically at least as good unplugged, etc.. and is just as easy to play.. easy to get to all of the frets, etc.. I don't or didn't like Ibanez in the past, but I must say this guitar has made me a believer.. I traded a really beat up Gibson XR 1 (Predecessor to the Gibson Studio for it) because it was so damn heavey and it didn't even sound as good to me with the Gibson Dirty Finger pickups as this thing does.. Those japs would rather commit suicide than make a bad product I think.. It's very Jackson like to me in that it works well for the money.. It's about a 500 dollar guitar I think usually.. but that's just a guess..

Don't know yet.. Because of the Trem you might want a backup.. I'm currently not playing in a band, but have and anything can go wrong.. I'd guess it would be reliable though.. It's built well it seems.. Everything seems aligned properly, set up properly, etc.. I did lower the trem just a tad and lowered the pickups just a tad as I don't like pickups with too much output too close to the strings or you'll deaden the strings.. With EMG's you don't have to worry about this of course..

Havnen't dealt with them yet.. Don't have a clue.. Does have a warrenty but I doubt I'll ever need it.. I think it's a year..

I've been playing for too many years.. on and off for about 24 years.. I'm 41.. and I'd guess this is a great guitar for begginers and experts alike.. It seems very nice sounding, better than average, is lightweight, comfortable more so than 99% of the guitars out there which was a requirement for me and my old aching bones to rock out with.. hehe.. Part of the reason I dumped the LP XR1.. Has the correct pickup combo for me to get most sounds from Clean to Metal, etc..I'm giving it an 8 because of the stock pickups, and no case with my purchase as the dealer told me it didn't come with one.. Otherwise it's a very good guitar.. I also wish it had a neck re-inforcment like the wolfgang did with it's neck.. Otherwise, you can't go wrong with this guitar for an all around guitar to jam with.. Will do about whatever you need.. Much better than a standard strat with it's big neck, weak sqeauly pickups, etc.. for much less money..

I think it's a 2000 japanese guitar.
24 jumbo frets
laminated top (great golden-like color)
volume & tone
5-way selector H-S-H V7-S1-V8 passive pickups

It has all what I need!

I play mostly metal, and it sound great! I use it through a 65-watt valvestate, sometimes through a korg AX1500G or sometimes straight to the amp, and it sound great anyway!

I really like the pickups, and the humbuckers are practically noiseless

I use this guitar with 10-46 strings

I got this guitar from a sealed box (she didn't spent any time at the store being showed up, so nobody played her before me!!!! hehehe) the factory settings wasn't so bad, but after a calibration the guitar turned to be incredible to stay in tune, with a great action, the pickups height was just fine, I haven't moved them.

However the floyd rose came somewhat bad-painted, I haven't noticed any factory flaws, and the volume knobs tend to get dirty very quickly and make noise when being turned up and down

I have used this guitar without backup many times, I definitely trust on it.

This is a great guitar, I would definitely recomend a calibration so you can enjoy it fully.

1994 Made in Japan, Metallic red finish, 24 frets, "Super-strat" body shape, thin 2 piece neck, h/s/h Ibanez Pickups, 1 Volume & 1 Tone control, 5 position selector switch, Ibanez "Floyd Rose" bridge, Gotoh tuners.
Case included.

This is a good guitar for the beginner and intermediate metal player. When I bought it (1994) I was playing mainly metal, and this guitar suited that sound very well. I play it directly through my Marshall 40Wx2, dual reverb combo and it sounds really powerfull. It's has a tight sound, a "fast neck" and is very confortable to play.
The two humbuckers have a nice tone (although not very versatile), but the single coil (center position)is of no use at all - the tone is terrible, flat dead, has no spark at all.
I use the bridge humbucker for rythm (this is my favourite pickup in this guitar) and the neck humbkr. for clean sounds (richer tone but a little too bassy).
The worst feature by far on this guitar is the tremolo. It is an Ibanez modification of the Floyd Rose, and although it looks great, it works really bad. Even a moderate use of the tremolo, causes noticeble detuning...The only workaround seems to be the replacement of the bridge for a real Floyd Rose.
Besides this issue it's a good guitar, very confortable to play, and with a special vocation for metal.

The factory set-up was ok (I'm taking it for the 1st set-up ever next week), and the guitar had no flaws whatsoever.

I have this guitar for eight years, and despite some heavy gigging and practicing, it almost looks good as new.
The metal "plate" in the neck/body junction oxigenated a bit from the sweat, but apart from that, there's no other visual detiorations.
Besides that, I get some noise in the pickup selector, but only in one position and only every now and then.
I've used it several times without any backup guitar.

Never dealt with them.

- I've been playing for 11 years, and besides this guitar I own a Vester Strat, a Marshall Valvestate 8240(40Wx2), a Korg Pandora PX3 effects processor and a Jim Dunlop Wah pedal.
- At the time, and in the 5 or 6 years that followed the purchase of this guitar, yes I would definetly buy it again if it was stolen. In the present time, I probably wouldn't, only because I'm looking for a guitar with a different, more versatile tone - I'm on the process of buying a Epiphone Les Paul Standart.
- I love the playability and the guitar tone when playing metal (it has great looks too!). I don't like (at all!):the tremolo and the single coil pickup.

This guitar was made in late 2000 I believe. It is a Japan made guitar. With the Neck Wizard II. Basswood body. Jumbo frets. Floyd Rose floating temelo Lo bridge design. H/S/H pick up configeration. V7 humbucker neck pick up. S1 single middle pick up. V8 humbucker bridge pick up. In a flat black color. For the price you can't expect much more.

I like this guitar cause it fits my metal music style needs. With a Boss MT-2 you can't go wrong. Too distorted in the neck position but the single and bridge pick up work and suit my needs. I think if your looking for a clean sounding guitar this is not it. The guitar seems to bring out its own form of distortion. But as I said before. If your into metal and heavy sounds, this is the guitar for you.

I bought the guitar from a shop and it was set up after the factory. So I have no idea how the Ibanez reps took care of the set up. The pick ups are fine so I left them there. I'm not anal with my guitars. If they sounds right off the bat, I let them do their own thing. As far as flaws there was one slight nick in the finger board. I'm not sure where it came from. I noticed it after owning it for a year. I really don't like the flat finish. Oil from your hands shows up like a sore thumb. Over time from strumming, my fingers rubbing cause a glossy shine in the finish. But it adds character so I don't mind. The action is sweet. The neck is real thin and makes playing a breeze. One complaint is the neck finish though. It's a bit rough, sometime I wonder if I should chalk up before playing.

I believe this guitar could hold its own. Only for metal and rock though. I can't see anyone playing classics on this guitar. I think if I dropped this guitar it would be the end of it. It seems real fragile. The hardware however seems solid. I like the strap bottons they are big and chances of dropping this fragile guitar are slim. I guess Ibanez had that in mind. It's been dependable for the last year and I feel it will continue to be.

Don't know anything. If it breaks or gets stupid. I'll just buy a new one. And yes I would buy another.

Like I said, if it was lost or stolen I'd buy another. I like it for it's metal and rock abilities. I can't say I really hate anything about this guitar. The look of this guitar is sharp though, and I think thats what brought me to buy it in the first place. I must say that if it came up to this guitar vs. my Brian Moore. The Brian Moore would win by a guitar length.

These are all set up the same. V8 and V7 humbuckers, S1 single-coil, controlled with a 5 way switch. Volume and tone knobs. LO-TRS double locking tremelo. This is where I have a problem with the guitar. It is marketed mostly to metal-heads (although very versatile) but doesn't have two volume knobs - very key for Morello style fun. I have rewired my previous two-knob guitars, but this can be expensive at the shop when all those wires are too confusing for people like me. For those of you complaining about the tremelo system...why did you buy this guitar? You need to know what you're getting into when you buy a Floyd Rose guitar. The advantages include guilt-free whammying and never having to tune after stringing - ever. The disadvantage is a more complicated re-stringing process and no dropping D on a whim (what would be ideal is Floyd Rose with those new MIDI pickups). *** Here is how to string this type of guitar *** (1) Open up the backplate. (2) Loosen the screws providing tension to the trem. (3) Place a stick of chapstick between the trem and the backplate. (4) Turn guitar over and re-string one string at a time. (5) Get all strings to tune then remove chapstick, which will cause the tuning to drop a step or so. (6) Tighten the screws evenly until the trem tightens to tune. (7) Relock nut and don't worry about it until your strings turn black.

I run my guitars through a wah and a Digitech RP300 (also a must have) into a Marshall Valvestate 100. Between three pickups, a tone knob, and the multi-fx, I've got more tone than I know what to do with. The V8 is awesome. I've purchased Seymore Duncan pickups as replacements before, but this V8 is here to stay. Great metal sound. I do play a wide variety of music, and really have no problem getting the sound I want. Right now, I'm mostly into old Metallica, Rage, AC/DC, System of a Down, and old White Zombie. I have no problem matching these tones - but I also have the help of song-specific fx patches.

The guitar was set up very well except the high E string was broken between the nut and the tuner, and ringing E flat. I just popped in a new string, not finding the process too difficult. The action is awesome. This guitar replaced my old BC Rich Platinum, and there is a world of difference. The neck is soooo thin and you can barely even feel the strings below your fingers. It was more like I bought an additional two years of experience rather than a new guitar. This guitar is so easy to play, it's unbelievable. It's almost boring playing songs that I found challenging before. Instruments can be very limiting to performance, and this guitar is helping me get to a new level.

I have only had this guitar for about a month, and have had no problems, so I don't feel like I can fully comment here.

Haven't had to deal with Ibanez.

If this guitar were stolen, I would definitely get a new one. I really want another one for a different tuning, but I know I should wait. I really love everything about this guitar except the single volume knob and (as with all floating Floyd Rose trems) no changing tune on the fly. I compared this guitar with many other guitars in this price range, and this one really stood out - seeming as though it should be grouped with much more pricey guitars. I know you're not supposed to submit a super-glowing review, but this guitar really exceeded my expectations!!

2001 Model Made in Korea, 24 frets, solid top, one chrome volume and tone knob, 5-way selector w/ coli taps in 2nd and 4th positions, passive HSH configuration: V8 bridge position high output alnico humbucker, S1 ceramic(?) single coil, V7 high output ceramic humbucker, basswood neck and body, thin Wizard neck, rosewood fingerboard, black finish, contour on the side of the body, floyd rose style floating tremelo bridge, locking tuners, came with gig bag and strap. basically, everything i wanted in a guitar at the time. not very special though.

first of the positions:
five way selector: 1. full bridge humbucker 2. middle sc w/ coil tapped bridge hum 3. middle sc 4. middle sc w/ coil tapped neck hum 5. full neck humbucker

this guitar is very versatile it can get many sounds ranging from twangy blues to warm, acoustic-like tones and heavy distortion. the pickups really don't shine out by themselves but a lot of different sounds are achievable.

1st position: a bit thin sounding on clean, i turned up the bass and treble almost full and it was better, sounded nice, not very special though. distortion is good, nice bass, not very tight, but doesn't ge muddy. treble is a bit harsh, good for low gain blues, not very smooth though. not a lot of mids. i use this position for most of my distorted stuff (metal and punk).

2nd position: less output, twangier. good for acoustic-like lead tones and single notes are fairly sweet. i prefer the tapped neck pu though.

3rd position: the single coil is okay, blues is nice, a bit harsh and percussive sounding, especially with distortion, kinda "quacky".

4th position: big, warm, acoustic-like tone. very nice. good for short passages or chords. very big and warm.

5th position: basically a bigger, warmer, bassier version of the bridge pu. single notes are nice and warm. with distortion, the bass is tight but there seems to be too much of it, it can get muddy.

when i got this guitar i was into mainly punk, such as blink-182, green day, sum. 41, new found glory, and nu metal (korn, limp bizkit, staind, linkin park) and i didn't know much about guitars. this guitar looked sick (black pointy guitar!), had a cool looking bridge (floyd rose), and felt good/was easy to play. now i play mostly metal, ala megadeth, metallica, ozzy/zakk wylde, korn, slipknot, and still some punk and progressive rock: satriani, vai, SRV. and this guitar still fits great with me. i recently replaced the bridge pu with a seymour duncan JB model, very similar to the replaced pu w/ thicker distortion and sweeter clean tones. individually the pickups are okay, and overall this guitar is versatile.

the guitar came with stock ibanez light (42-09) strings i replaced them with regular(46-10) dean markley/ernie ball strings and for a while my git stayed in tune as much as my friend's mice singing acapella, it was horrible. i tuned the strings and by the time i was done tuning the bottom strings were out of tune again, SH*T! i finally figure out how to adjust the spring tension and now it's fine, stays in tune great. action was set fairly low, i raised it a little. pickup height was just fine, good string-to-string balance. the pots were a bit scratchy so i had to unscrew the back plate and spray some WD40 on them. the finish was pretty cheap, typical of ibanez, really thing and the edges chipped especially easily.

the guitar is pretty durable, i've banged it around quite a lot, the finish isn't great and the bridge is rusting. the ibanez floyd rose isn't the same as the original, as ibanez uses cheaper, less solid metal, which means it isn't as durable and doesn't stay in tune as well. i prefer higher end bridges, such as edge's. those in my opinion are the best on the market. strap buttons are pretty solid. i don't gig but in a few years this would be my backup.

never talked to them, 3 year warranty

i've been playing close to a year. i wish i had gotten a HH guitar instead, but this guitar's fine. my only gripes are the bridge and the cheap paint job. if it were stolen, i would track the guy down, impale him with the headstock, and if he were still a live sell him the guitar for double the price i paid or send him to jail. i would definitelyt get a new guitar. if it were a HH guitar i would probably stick EMG's 81/60 in 'em and replace the bridge. good guitar nonetheless

This is a Japanese made 24 fret guitar. The body is made of Basswood and the Neck is maple. The neck width is 44mm which comes out to about 1 11/16. The pickup configuration on mine is H/S/H. It comes with a Floyd Rose trem and has a Wizard II neck.

The sound is very bass oriented (lacking mids). Sounds great unplugged. The pickups are very quiet. This is a great metal guitar but do not buy it if you are looking for a blues sound. It is meant to be played with a lot of distortion and the neck is made for metal riffs. I mostly play rock/metal so it suits my style fine.

Let me first say that when I took the guitar home it made a cracking sound on the neck everytime I picked it up. I returned it an got an exchange. From the factory the second guitar was set up horribly. The action was high & the bridge was not adjusted properly, minor probelms. The frets were not well dressed and I have noticed superficial cracks beginning to form where the neck meets the body. Nothing serious but annoying none the less.

Be aware, the hardware quality is horrible on this model. The screws on the nut began to rust a month after I got it.

This guitar is good for home use or as a backup but it cannot take abuse. The finish is durable but to use this for live playing requires some serious hardware upgrades.

Never had to use it. The store I purchase it from Sam Ash, NYC was great.

I've been playing for 14 years. If this guitar was stolen I would not repalce it. The sound is great both plugged in & acoustically. Compared to other guitars in its price range its a good buy.

The main thing I would like to see changed on this guitar is a narrower, fatter neck. Also better quality hardware.

Every body has already mentioned all of them, has all the features i need

I love the sound of this thing! I play alot of ozzy-metallica type stuff and it does it perfect! I love the tremolo on this thing i can go crazy on it and it doesnt even think about going out of tune. When i compare to my Epi les paul it sounds better with clearer notes on the higher frets, its sounds a bit brighter with distortion and i love the clean tone i get from the V7 in the neck. I'll give it a 9 because its not perfect but pretty damn good.

When i got it the action was a far bit too high and the pickups were too low so i lowered the action and the pickups. the when i was playing i discovered that the trem was raising above the body so i TRIED to adjust it and srewed it all to hell so i figured while it was srewed up i would just new strings on it. that messed it up even more and it ended up taking me and my freind about 2 hours or so to fix it, but now that it is fixed i can change the strings in about 5 min or so, there wasnt any flaws on anything and checked it over really good because of the price i got it for i was skepticle about the quality of it but it is great!

Every thing is rock solid,it will last!

No clue, hope i dont need it!

overall i give it a nine, i love it! When the guy told me the price of the thing over the phone i about shit myself, it was on clearence for $299, but when i called the dude said he would let me have it for $220! What a deal!

2000 Ibanez rg470... medium yellow finish... very nice looking. 24 frets(jumbo) and 5 way selector. H/S/H pickup config and basswood body. Floyd Rose lockin tremolo and lo bridge.

This is the perfect metal guitar. Sounds very very close to Pantera, Slipknot, Slayer, Sabbath, Mudvayne... you can get it to sound just about like any metal guitarist. Not too noisy on back or front setting alone... but on middle pickup it is a little noisy.

Set up perfectly from the factory for a normal person, but I had to go and re-tune it down to C# for Pantera. No flaws whatsoever.

Hardware seems durable and so do the strap buttons. I would use it in a gig without a backup guitar... but I have only played a few gigs so I don't know for sure yet.

I have been playing for approx. 3.5 years and I also have a B.C. Rich bronze warlock and a Washburn dimebag darrell 333(which owns the ibanez). I love the tone versatility and I also like the thin neck it has. If it were stolen, I would pry save up and buy an rg higher up the ladder like a 570 or something... for the few extra features... but all in all this is a sweet guitar.

Made in 2002, most likely in Japan. 24 frets with a laminated top. One tone knob, one volume knob, with a 5-way selector. Passive Ibanez Vintage 7 neck humbucker, S1 middle single-coil, Vintage 8 bridge humbucker. Basswood body with a Wizzard II maple neck. Really cool metallic blue finish. Standard pointy Ibanez body. Ibanez Lo Trs double locking bridge. Nice thin neck with jumbo frets.

I play mostly metal, with some punk thrown in for good measure. This guitar is the best sounding guitar I've played, and it suits my musical tastes perfectly. Right now im using it through a Dunlop Cry-Baby wah pedal and a Crate GX-65 watt amp. Nice and quiet except on the middle single-coil, but that should be expected.

Guitar was set up great from the music store, but i don't know how it was set up from the factory. The action is nice and low, but not so low as to cause fret buzz. No flaws that i can find. It was actually in tune when i brought it home from the store.

Only had it for a couple hours, so I really cant comment on this one.

Never dealt with Ibanez, but Brighton Music Center was VERY helpful and friendly.

GREAT METAL AXE!!!!!!!

2001 Ibanez RG470, Japan made, 24 frets, Lo TRS (Floyd Rose style), normal pointy superstrat. Very thin neck.

The H-S-H pickup routing is pretty good, with better pickups this is a very versatile combination. The bridge pickup is very hot, even on a crystal clean amp setting it sounds dirty and distorted, this pickup had to be raised considerably to get a hope of an artificial harmonic on this guitar, and even now it's still hard, which is confusing considering the power of the pickup. Middle single-coil is very noisy, no real use unless linked with a humbucker in posistions 2 or 4. Neck pickup is thick and warm, although very quiet compared to the bridge. This guitar has a slightly "wiry" tone due to the Floyd Rose style bride. Not usefull for everything, but it gets the job done.

Neck is THIN, which to me is absolutely useless for rhythmym playing, its just too damn thin! My hands are just too big for this guitar,it'd suit those who have small hands or like a thin neck, but it's not for me, my hand's keep falling off it. Definately an aqquired taste, but its not for me. Upper-fret access is superb, deep cutaways and a contoured neck-body bolt mean your comfortable all the way up to 24. Had a few chinks on the back of the body, also had some very odd mark on the lower horn, almost looks like black paint, its not very noticable but its a bit on the odd side.

This guitar would look great live playing due to stage-lighting off its almost glittery paint job, the hardware (especially the bridge) seem's to be able to withstand my slightly over-powerfull picking. The Floyd rose is an interesting one. It's probably my biggest fault of the guitar, it sucks sustain away, it gives a wiry tone, it's not too good for dive-bombs, or EVH style whammy-bar abuse without strings snapping. And when a string DOES break, its time to get the anger management books out. On the plus side though, that with all floating bridge, whenever you pick a string, the entire bridge flexes, lessening the wear on the strings, thus making them last alot longer, I've not broken a string on this guitar yet apart from when using the whammy bar. The floyd rose really lets this guitar down, I dont see myself using a Floyd Rose equiped guitar again.

No dealings with them.

The Floyd Rose and the neck are my main concerns here, I just cant use them. I'm not sure whether its due to the scale length or not but for some reason this guitar feels very uncomfortable to strum away on, this is an aqquired taste, but not for me.

Read the other reviews, except this is a black one, made in 2000, Japanese etc.

I play a bilot of everything in the broad Rock genre. Punkt to thrash, abit of Robert Palmer, 80's pop covers.

I play through a couple of different setups. Acoustically it has quite a neutral, but well sustained sound.

I generally practice through a korg AX10G (cheap multifex). It sounds just the same as everything else, except on the low gain patches, where it has a noticably fuller and deeper tone than some of my other guitars.

Through my serious stuff (Marshall JMP1, Behringer tube composer, Into mixing desk with some EQ adjustment) it can be a fickle beast. It ranges from tear you head off, uncontrollable tone etc, if played with too much gain, all the way too the best, chunkiest metal guitar sound I have ever heard. It has clarity especially when combining the single coil with the humbuckers. We used to cover Mr Crowley (you know the one) and it was our start of practice warm up and end of practice run down. I swear we used to play that song for an hour a night, and the ridiculous sounds (in the way of tremolo dives, pick scrapes, and harmonic screams)we managed to get just never got dull.

The whole thing was setup beautifully. In fact when I bought it I compared it with a Satriani model, and it blew it away, even though the JS was way more expensive.

Recently I have been using thicker strings (.0010, oh my god they are like tree trunks to a super strat type like me)with a higher action, and it still plays fantastically if not better than with a super low action. The added bonus is that my finger strength, and picking accuracy is really improving. So aet up your guitars badly like me, and improve your playing.

Solid work horse, totally vrsatile. Once setup it is incredibly stable. I used to break plectrums on the strings from being just too metal for words, and it never even detuned, with serious abuse that is impressive. Definately one to buy if you want a main axe that can do everything well.

They wont sell me a seperate neck with inverted headstock, and I don't want to pay over a grand for a PGM, which is basically an rg 4xx or 5xx with said inverted head.

I have been playing for 10 yrs, and I also own a fender pre CBS Musicmaster, and an Ibanez DT350 (80's pointy guitar). They are good, but the RG is way better.

I have played alot of guitars over the years (les pauls, washburns, charvel, jackson, more fenders, cheapies, the lot). The only other guitars that I liked as much in the same style were charvels (my other Ibanez is pretty good too). The only guitar to beat it was an early Jem. Since the RG is really a low spec Jem I suppose that is not too bad.

What don't I like.

1. Ibanez wont sell you custom bits. I want to use Ibanez parts and i can't.

2. For me the fret wire is too chunky, but after a while you get used to it.

3. The pickup sound is raw and powerful. This can be good, but it is tempting to turn it up to 11, you never get the best sound that the guitar can give that way.

4. Setup is a bitch, really, It takes me hours to get it in tune. Iam sure for professional it is a 2 minute job, but for me it is a real chore. This means that I don't restring as often as I should. Or worse still when I am practiicng or gigging, I spend 4 hours a fortnight restringing and buggering about.

Other than that it is a dream (once it is setup it is truly a lovely guitar). I actually wanted an Ibanez for about 7 or 8 years befroe i bought this, and I wasn't disappointed. It is arguably one of the best alround guitars that money can buy, after the HM strat.

This is a "higher" end Ibanez made in Japan I'm pretty sure...24 frets..1 volume 1 tone....5-way selector switch...H/S/H PUP configuration.....Passive electronics of course...Basswood..more of a "super strat" body type....Lo-Trs II Trem....REAL thin neck..If i ahve forgot anytihng...go to IBANEZ.COM and get the rest...

Well I am pretty much a "metal head"...It suits that pretty well for that purpose....but it is REAL REAL bright...that is a down side of this guitar...with distortion it sounds pretty good....oh ya..
I HATE THE LO-TRS II TREM...IT SUX A BIG ONE...so i just blocked it and stoped complaining...now i em kinda happy with it..:)

my factory setup...was OK i guess...not the best..no chips or dings i guess so that is a plus...i did order about 4 of em befoer i got one that want damaged!!! i mean what the hell is up with that???!!...but i finally got one that wa flawless...i'll give it a 7 cuz of those dern mishaps

I have the New penny color..I LIKE IT!!!...nice shine to it..it is my back up guitar but i still luv it!!..lol ..REAL strudy though

nope..never dealt with Ibanez directly

Sweet ass guitar for what i paid for it...i of course got it on a close out deal..otherwise IBAENZ tries to rip ya a f**** new as*hole on their bogges prices!!!???

MY Ibanez RG470 is packed full of features. It was made in 2000 in Japan, it has a Titanium Ice finish which looks really attractive in the right lighting. It has a 5 - way pickup selector and a H/S/H pickup configuration featuring V7 in the neck which gives a clean warm tone, S1 produces a twangy strat like sound, and V8 in the bridge which is better for leads as it produces a wide range of harmonics considering that these pickups are only stock. It has a super strat style body with a licensed floyd rose in the bridge (TRS II) which is pretty cool, it never goes out of tune and lets me do some nice dive bombs. Gotoh tuners with nice stylish headstock. The neck is a super thin maple neck (Wizard II) and the body has nice deep cutaways for easy access to the high notes. Came with allen keys and whammy bar.

This guitar is very versatile, i can get near enough any sound i want. It suits my style down to the ground as I play Satch/Vai and this guitar allows you to execute all the divebombs and harmonics you want. And with the super thin neck you can get around very quick and easy. I use it through my crappy Westfield 10 watt amp but along with my Zoom 707 it makes up for what I lose in my amp. When played on Lead i get a cool warm sound which is great for those mellow solos in the neck, and in the bridge i get a Satch 'Summersong' type tone when set on Wild. Together with the floyd i can make this axe squeal like a pig. EXCELLENT! Although I am considering swapping the bridge and the neck for some Di Marzio Evolutions because I want a more aggressive sound.

The guitar's factory setting was fine by me, i like a nice low action for more speed around the neck. The pickups however had to be adjusted as they were a bit too tame for me, a few turns of the screws to raise them a little and they were perfect. The floyd feels well made as it has a reinforced steel plate that the tremelo is based on. I also had to tighten the locking nut a little too because it kept going out of tune but now its brilliant, but i would not use this guitar live as floyds are tricky to change strings, even though i havent had the problem myself yet because these strings haven't snapped yet.

It looks to be tough enough but I am always so careful when I'm carrying it around, i treat it like a king. The finish as ive said before is 'Titanium Ice' which is like a metallic purple colour, it seems thick so it wont wear off through time as quick as others do. It has nice big strap buttons and generally seems well made. I wouldnt use it without a backup because of the floyd bridge.

Never tried???

I've been playing for about 5 years self-taught and I must say I consider this guitar part of the family even though I've only had it for a week. I also own 2 acoustics, an Ibanez PF5NT and a Hohner countryman. I've always liked Ibanez since i first heard Steve Vai Play at G3, since then I've been hooked. I love the Lo-TRS trem but i hate the fact that I cant play like Vai and Satch, YET! An Excellent guitar, if it were stolen I would buy it again, no questions asked. Great value guitar, buy this or you'll be missing out!

the guitar was made in 1999 un Japan
24 frets
1 voulme, tone, 5-way selector
HSH that means V8, S1 and V7 i think they made by dimarzio they all passive as far as i know.
the bridge is LO-TRS, sucks! the tuners are locked i have no idea who made them.
the bridge is sucks...i want to replace it, it going out of tune to easy and the strings are cutting to many times

the sound is good...quite good....
after i set the neck pickup to higher ground the sound became very worm.
the single and the bridge pickups too boring...

every thing is quite good
the only problem is the tone control...i cant use it now and i need to replace the pot.
the pots of the volume and the tones are very bad...very cheap...
the selector is nice but im going to replace it too after ill put a new singel and bridge pickups (im going to put symor on the bridge and fender strat in the middle)

the guitar will hold if you want it as is...
the bridge is bad, replace it to Ibanez Adge or FR orginal/pro/2 or even kahler bridge, the bridge on the guitar is going out of tune too easy, the strings cut off when i used the tramolo and i had to change the setup so the strings wont cut off.

never tried

i have 13 guitars inculde this...this was the only one i had to replace the bridge.
i love the guitar but still...the bridge and the tone made me quite mad...
the wizerd neck is very good, nice to hold it and easy to play with.
the body very good too, and easy so you cant brake your back to hold it.
but you need to thert this model very nice and not to smash it on the walls :-)

This guitar is an Ibanez RG470 in Cosmic Blue finish, made 6th December 2000 in Ibanez' Japanese factory. 24 Frets, solid body, 5-way pickup selector switch, H/S/H pickup configuration, Ibanez made pickups (V7, S1, V8), All-Passive electronics system, Basswood body, Rosewood fretboard, not sure about the neck, looks like Maple or some other light wood.

The neck has been finished in Satin and the body has a gloss finish. Body style is the distinctive Ibanez RG Super Strat with the tilted back neck. Bridge is a Floyd Rose Licensed Tremelo, in Cosmo Black finish (dark chrome). The neck has quite large frets, not as high as a Les Paul Studio, but slightly thicker.

No accessories were included from Ibanez, but plenty of free bits from Rockas in London on Denmark Street near Charing Cross Road. (Thanks guys!)

I play all types of music ranging around the rock area (Metal, Punk, Classic Rock, Hard Rock) and I like to dabble in 70s rock sometimes (Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, Deep Purple), but my band mainly specialises in Hard Rock and Metal.

I am currently using a 15 Watt Marshall solid-state amp at home, and for gigs a hired Marshall 100 Watt All-Valve Half-Stack. I also use a Boss Reverb pedal in the FX loop of the 100 Watt Marshall.

The humbuckers and single-coil (when on Positions 2 and 4) are deadly quiet unless you crank the amp distortion all the way up, then other external factors come into play (Valve hum, Radio Frequencys etc.)

The sound on the factory pickups is very, very good. They have a thick rocky sound, without sounding overly bloated like a Les Paul (I always feel Les Paul tone is a bit TOO thick for anything but Guns n Roses). This gives the guitar a feeling of agility. The neck humbucker (V7) has a good warm rythm sound, which sounds great clean or with some strong overdrive. The Single Coil has a good twangy clean light sound, whilst still fitting in with the image of the guitar (eg. its not going to sound like a Telecaster, its more Stratocaster). The Bridge Humbucker (V8) has a superb distorted sound, great for almost any distorted rythm playing (Metallica, GnR) or for screaming solos. The allen-key pole piece adjustment is a nice touch.

For this type of guitar, the variety of sounds it can produce is quite incredible. Blues and Heavy Metal is in no way out of the question with this guitar. This is helped by the Single Coil and not overly hot humbuckers.

Also a nice touch is that the Tone and Volume pots are of very good quality, at no point does the volume pot just 'turn off', and the Tone pot really can make some interesting tones.

Its hard to fault this guitar for sound, although if you specialise in one type of music you might like to buy an after-market pickup to get that perfect sound for your genre - this guitar sounds great, but its a jack of all trades you could say.

From the factory this guitar was setup between average and good. Considering it had been shipped half way round the world in a shipping contained or in a low-pressure aircraft cabin, its not half-bad really. A few hours tweaking (with the EXCELLENT instruction manual, superb stuff), and it was just how I liked it. The shop where I bought it also offered to set it up for me professionally.

The guitar only contained one flaw, and that was the paint finish. On the entire main body of the guitar, it was superbly painted, and the Cosmic Blue colour is BEAUTIFUL (the nicest painted guitar i've ever seen). But in the tremelo cavity *below the Floyd Rose) and in the pickup cavities there are exposed bits of white primer and the paint is slightly lumpy. Ok, you have to look bluddy hard to see it, but it would be nice for it to be painted and sanded all over.

The tremelo also came coated in a VERY light oil, presumably to stop it from seizing up/rusting during transport, but this cleans off after a few wipes with a soft clean cotton rag (old well washed t-shirt does the trick).

As with all gloss-finish guitars the body will need polising with some good guitar polish every few days to keep it grease free, but this is worth it.

Apart from the paint then, superb.

This guitar has a Floyd Rose, I would never play live without taking another guitar.

The hardware looks mostly solid, the Floyd is good quality, but not up to the standard of the Lo-Pro Edge models, but this can be added relatively easily as an aftermarket add-on.

The paint finish is very nicely done, a solid looking gloss finish and a good even paint job. Doesn't look like its going to flake off any time soon. Not sure how they've done the Cosmo Black hardware chroming, it seems like a thick coating though.

The strap buttons are nice and big, I have an Ernie Ball strap and it just doesn't look like it will come off (its an arse to get the strap on :D). Saves buying strap locks I suppose.

Never dealt with Ibanez, the shop I bought it from said they would cover any problems with minimal charge however, so I doubt I'll ever have to get in touch.

I also own a Les Paul Studio and a Fender Mexican Strat, this guitar pretty much completes my tone collection (everything I'll ever need anyway).

If it were lost or stolen I would definetly buy it again, but I would get the next model up, with the Lo-Pro Edge tremelo instead (better quality).

Good guitar, I definetly recommend.

this is the ibanez rg470.Mine is an older model with the infinity pickups.It's H\S\H with a floyd rose tremolo system, 24 jumbo frets, volume,tone.A pretty good setup.

Hey, I am a metal musician and I love this music so I bought this axe to have some fun.It fits my style very well.

This guitar is made in Japan and it is surely why it has a such a great quality/price ratio. It is fully loaded with 24 jumbo frets, a Floyd Rose licensed "Lo-trs trem" bridge, a double-locking system and a H/S/H pick-up configuration. There is two knobs (volume/tone) and a 5-way pick-up selector. It is made of basswood with the New Penny finish, wich is amazing. The neck is a Wizard-II type (large, thin, fast). It is very light (compared to my old guitar) but you can have lighter axes( who cares of a so light guitar, work your muscles, get stronger and there's no problem!)
Oh I almost forget, the input jack is much better than on cheaper ibanez and when you take it, you feel it is well-made and solid. It comes with a tremolo bar.

I am a big fan of metal and this axe really fulfills my needs for the genre. But I am also into rock and classical and the guitar suits for those genre as well. The V8 (bridge) gives incredible leads and rythms. With a Boss Metal Zone, it really kicks ass. The V7 (neck) is quite usefull for brite and warm clean melody while the S1 (middle) sounds more vintage like wich is cool to play old rock distortion. I was a little bit disappointed by the combination (V8/S1)or(V7/S1).
But in general, the pick-ups are quite good and they don't buzz, except when i boost a lot the volume.

The finish is incredible, every thing is solid, the pick-ups aren't loose, the painting is awesome and I have nothing to say about the fretwork. Again, this is a great quality guitar. The finger prints does not appears on the painting, even in the light.
Don't play to much with the pick-ups selector, i don't think it could break so fast, but it floats in its hole (very little: less than 1 mm)
I opened it once and I can say say that the electronic job is perfect.

I only had it for about 3 weeks so I did not make any gig with it yet but I am sure it will give a blast. The strings almost never detune even with heavy tremolo action. When I bought it, the strings weren't exactly in-tune and I had a hard time tuning it (it is the first time I have a Floyf Rose bridge). Perhaps one thing less positive is the strap button is fixed a quite thin part of the guitar.
Even if this guitar is incredible, I would always have my old guitar for a back-up, we never know what can happen.

I did not have to deal with the company yet... hope I will never haver to... I'm optimistic on that...

I have been playing for 2 years ans a half now, almost 3. I use a Boss Metal Zone 2 MT-2 and a Samick LA6ORC 85 W.
What I would have like to do is to try a Ibanez Jem (Steve Vai's guitars) and find something cheaper that come the closest to Vai's. But I am sure mine is close enough for the price.
I also tried a LTD M-200 (i'm not sur if its 100, 150 or 200) at 550 CAN$ (it was lighter, but the neck was fat and every features where way under those of the RG470)
A great guitar that also have a great look... New Penny color makes it really sexy. This is what is the closest to a Jem.

2001
Japanese made
Basswood body
24 Frets
One Volume and One Tone 5 way selector switch
Hum/Single/Hum (a wide variety of tones, has coil tap)
Passive V series Ibanez Pickups
Maple Wizard 2 neck
Super strat RG body style
Solid Black Finish (shows finger prints)
Floyd Rose licensed double locking trem, ibanez calls it the Lo Trez 2
Non-locking Gotoh tuners
25.5 Neck scale, super fast, super thin neck
Case Incuded for $30

What more do you really need?

Sounds perfect for my metal roots style of music. The first time i plugged it in too the amp at the store i noticed it had a nice fat clean tone and a beautiful thrash distorted tone. I played it through a Marshall AVT50 at Mothers Music. My home amp is a shitty Fender Frontman amp but it still sounds great. Not as good as the Marshall of course but there is a world of difference from my old guitar. The single coil is a bit noisy but arn't all?. It has a very full sound i just love it for metal. I play some blues too and the coil taps and single coil handle that beautifully. Blues isn't this guitars genre but it still does the job. The Hum/Single/Hum gives a great variety of tones from Metal, Blues and Jazz. Overall it has a great sound on both Clean and Overdrive settings. Great variety, great pickups, i love the sound of this guitar.

The action was just to my liking, low and fast with NO FRET BUZZ. I got the guys at mothers to throw a set of 11's on the guitar instead of the stock 10's and they set it up nicely. There is a little bit of extra glue around the pickups but i scraped it off with a pick and it looks great now. The finish is a gloss finish so it shows pick straches and finger prints but that's nothing a little guitar polish can't fix. No flaws other then the extra glue around the pickups but i took care of that.

I have no doubts that this guitar will survive numerous gigs and many years of hard playing. I have already played this guitar hard and i've only had it for two weeks. I play 2-3 hours a day and this guitar has given my no problems whatsoever. The hardware will last and i don't think the paint will come off of them. (all hardware is black) The finish looks good except for the finger prints but i have already put a few light pick stratches in the guitar. The strap buttons are very solid. I got a strap without strap locks and i could barley get the strap on because the strap buttons were so big! I feel i could depend on this guitar for years to come because it was built so solidly. The craftsman ship is excellent. I wouldn't gig without a backup though because the guitar has a Floyd Rose and you never know what can happen.

I've never delt with the company. The guys at Mothers Music where I bought the guitar were very good, they threw me in a $100 dollar case for $30 and put new strings on for me. The warranty is for one year but i hope i never hafta use it. I probably wont.

I have been playing for about 3 years. I have a shitty Fender Frontman Amp, a Takamine acoustic (my dads) and a Vantage strat. This guitar blows my old one out of the water. I try to play my old guitar but it is like nails on a chalk board. If this guitar were stolen, i would beat down the fucker who stole it with my guitar, collect the insurance and buy the exact same one. I love this guitar because of the great variety of tones you can get out of it. The tone knob actually does something. I also love the floyd rose because i can whammy away to my hearts content. I'm not a big fan of the finish tho because it shows finger prints, but looks isn't the important thing, tone and playability are. I compared it to a few other guitars but this owns them all. I tried a Jackson DX10D, an Ibanez AX 7 string and a Peavey model (can't remember which) this guitar had the tone and playability the other didn't have. I love this guitar and they only way you will be able to get it out of my hands is pry it from my cold, dead fingers.

This is a 2000 model I believe, I got it right before Christmas. It has 24 frets, basswood body, 1 tone knob, 1 volume knob, passive pickups, that I think are a little to thin sounding for me. It has a the Wizard II neck which is very thin,licenced Floyd Rose, Gotoh style tuners.

I mostly play metal, the pickups are ok, I dont think they are as bad as some say but I do think they are a little thin sounding and I am planning on changing them to EMGs. I use it through a Peavey Stereo Chorus 212, and a Marshall Jackhammer distortion pedal, the distorted sounds are good with alot of gain, using the bridge humbucker. The single coil doesnt sound very good by itself for clean sounds so I usually use the 4th position.

I was very suprised with the action and setup of the guitar when I purchased it, it was just about totally perfect, at purchase everything worked fine, the finish is great, however the wood is a little soft, so little dings will go through the finish fairly easy, because the wood dents in and cracks the finish, but if you dont hit it on anything this wouldnt be a problem

I wouldnt gig this guitar without a backup, just being that it has a Floyd, it seems pretty solid but this is where my only major issues with the guitar come in, after about 2 months of having this guitar I noticed the strap buttons were coming loose, so you might want to check them and tighten them every now and again, also the neck pickup began to sink in, the volume and tone knobs began to crakle when turning them, and the finish on the hardware is starting to wear off from palm mutes, but these problems are easily fixed

Havent delt with Ibanez's Customer Support

I think this would be an excelent second guitar for someone, thats what its purpose was for me anyway, its priced very well for the quality you get. If it was lost or stolen I would probably get a high end Jackson or Gibson, which I am planning on doing anyway. I think it is a nice guitar for someone who hasnt been playing long and is on a tight budget

Mine is an older model, it has the infinity pickups (2 hum, 1 Single coi). 5 way selecter switch, tone and volume controls, double locking trem system, pretty much your standard rock guitar setup.

I play mostly melodic hard rock, with punk, funk, and alternative influences. This guitar suits my stule pretty well, although sometimes I wish I could get a little bit more of a 'vintage' sound out of it. I'm thinking of changing the bridge pickup to an EMG or a duncan. The neck pickup is very good however, perfect for that bassy thick clean sound or for a kind of smooth lead tone. The single coil
sounds are a little too thin for my taste, but I also own a strat copy If I need a better single coil sound. The bridge pickup has a sharp sound to it, but it can be a little muddy sounding if you play to loud or have the settings on your amp off. I play through a Marshall Valvestate half stack with a Boss Metal zone, a tubescreamer, dano flanger, Boss chorus, and Boss phaser. I also use a 95q crybaby wah for lead/funky rhythm stuff. All in all, a good guitar for intermediate players or advanced one if they customise it a little.

Fine. Has a little trouble staying in tune after excessive whammy bar use, but what guitar doesn't.

This is my main stage guitar, Ind I have used It without a backup before. It works great, havn't had any problems yet, but I would like to have a backup around just in case I broke a string or something. They take forever and a day to replace on this thing.

A very good guitar, and I got a good deal. I might eventually upgrade to an S series ibanez or an ESP, but it's serving me fine for now.

Built in Japan, 2000 production year.

One-piece Wizard II maple neck w/satin finish, rosewood fretboard (24 jumbo frets) with dot mother-of-pearl inlays. Neck is very thin with a wide, flat radius. Solid basswood body. Ibanez LO TRS double-locking tremolo bridge (licensed under Floyd Rose patents). The tremolo bloack lets you adjust how far in you wan to screw the arm, which is a nice way to control how loosely you want the arm to swing. Passive electronics with 5-way switching. H-S-H pickups are Ibanez-made Vintage series: V7 neck, S1 middle, and V8 neck. Ibanez used to put their Infinity pickups in this guitar, but now I think -- at least in the U.S. -- only the Paul Gilbert model comes with those pickups. I prefer the new V7, S1, and V8 pickups, which are hotter than the V1 and V2 pickups that Ibanez makes. Gotoh SG sealed tuning machines.

Finish is called Titanium Ice, which is basically a metallic light purple or lilac color. Hardware plating smokey chrome that I think Ibanez used to call Cosmo Black. It looks good with many of their finishes. Chrome-finish Ibanez logo on headstock is an improvement over 1990s models.

Guitar came with maintenance manual, a separate setup guide, screw-in tremolo arm, a truss rod wrench, and 2.5mm and 3mm Allen wrenches for adjusting the bridge saddles, locking nut, and string stopper bolts, and bridge height.

I play hard rock and power-pop with my band. On my own, I play a little bit of instrumental rock in the style of Joe Satriani. I can cover all these bases well with the RG470, which is why I now have two. They're good all-around guitars, except for country (get a Telecaster)and jazz (ESS 335 or Ibanez George Benson).

I run the guitar signal straight into an Original Crybaby wah and then directly into the input of a Laney 120-watt half-stack (TubeFusion 700). In the amp effect loop, my signal is Send --> Fender PT10 tuner pedal --> Danelectro Fish'n'Chips EQ --> Ibanez GF-7 chorus/flanger --> DOD DFX9 delay --> Return. I don't use effects too much, except the EQ pedal for a lead boost. This guitar has a full-sounding clean tone when using either humbucker full on. When using the single-coil pickup, it sounds almost acoustic. It's warm, not sterile or twangy, which is why I don't recommend this guitar for country music. The neck pickup sounds "round," while the bridge pickup has plenty of midrange bite. The same characteristics apply to the distorted tones. For distorted solos, I boost the lower mids around 800 Hz to 1 KHz with my EQ pedal to thicken the tone to where it sounds very much like a Les Paul.

No one guitar can go it all, so I give this axe a 9! I don't play country, but I'd like to get some twang out of this guitar if I needed it. So much for starting that Beach Boys tribute band!

Negative: Feedback risk! For my lead tone, I set my amp gain on 10. At my first gig with this guitar, we couldn't mike our amps, so I had to turn my amp volume up to 6, at which point I experienced low howling feedback through my 4x12 cabinet. I remedied the problem by lowering my amp gain to 7, but I lost some "edge" in my tone. I don't know if this is a shielding issue or because of how the pickups are wound. But I don't foresee playing that loud very often; we try to take a hi-fi approach and keep stage volume low so the P.A. does most of the work.

Because this is my second RG470, I wasn't too brutal to it at the music store. I strummed it and played some legato down the neck and was happy not to find a dead spot anywhere on the fretboard. The action was just right for me, low but not too low like Satriani likes. When I got it home, I was disappointed that it wouldn't stay in tune after wiggling the whammy bar like mad. Then I noticed that the locking nut wasn't tightened. I tuned her up, tightened down the internal trem springs, retuned, and let the guitar sit overnight. The next day, I locked the nut and adusted the fine-tuners, and everything's been fine. I played a gig the following night with no tuning or problems with the action.

My only complaint is that the bridge had what looks like oil on it, giving off a "rainbow" effect when the light hit it at a certain angle. I wiped it up with a polishing cloth, but I can still see it around the socket where the arm gets inserted.

If this guitar is built like my first RG470 I bought five years ago, it will be a true workhorse. After using my first RG for five years, the only service it required was a new volume pot, new tremolo arm, and a fret dressing. I can live with $100 in maintenance every five years.

When I needed a repair on my other RG, they were prompt in responding to my e-mail and made sure my dealer took care of me. But that was several years ago, and the new site isn't helpful in spit of all the bells and whistles. I hope I have no problems with this new one because I don't want to go through that again. I feel safe enough, however, because I bought the guitar from Guitar Center, where they have a 30-day refund/exchange policy if I have any problems. With the one-year Ibanez warranty, I'm sure Guitar Center will assist me with obtaining service. Ibanez USA needs to wake up and offer some REAL customer service beyond the showroom floor. My score of 2 is for Ibanez, not Guitar Center.

For an affordable, versatile rock guitar built for serious players, this guitar reigns supreme. The tremolo system is the best on the market (other than the Edge and Lo Pro Edge). If I didn't like my Jewel Blue one (1996), I wouldn't have bought the Titanium Ice one (2000). I wasn't even in the market for another guitar, but when Guitar Center said they'd match the competitor's closeout price AND give me $250 in trade for my LTD H-200, I'd have been stupid to pass on buying this guitar for $69. No regrets. If stolen or lost, I'd replace it immediately with my insurance check. Even at the street price of $500, it's still a great guitar.

Prefered features:
1. Pickup mounting rings that match the other hardware.
2. A recessed, angled output jack like on the JS models.
3. More finish options. People deserve to choose from more than two or three colors. Fender and Carvin offer five or six without charging extra, I think.

Pawnshop special. I was looking for an inexpensive but good starter electric guitar, and I think I got one (with a few caveats).
Made in Japan (1992).Humbucker/single-coil/humbucker pickups (V7/S1/V8), with 5-way switch. Floyd Rose-type tremolo. Locking tuners at neck. Dual cutaway body. Gotoh tuners. One volume knob, one tone knob. Passive electronics. Basswood body, bolt-on maple neck, rosewood fretboard, 24 frets with dot inlays. Neck is very comfortable. Had an experienced guitar-playing friend (but with no Ibanez axes) try it out before purchasing. He was favorably impressed with the features and playability.

I wanted a clean sound. My daughter has an Ibanez RG270DX that sounds and feels great. I especially like the smooth "jazz" tone it has with the neck pickup. So I naively thought, "Hey, this RG470 will be even better! Its a more expensive model (new), and it has better "vintage" pickups (V7/V8)." I got it home, cleaned it up, wiped dust from it, oiled the screws, attempted to tune it. I got the local luthier to change strings, check the setup, etc. I couldn't get it tuned afterwards, so I took it back to him, and he installed a fourth tremolo spring. I took it home to play, and was sorely disappointed by the tones. Yeah, I know this is a "hard-rock/heavy-metal" guitar (which is NOT what I want to play, or to listen to), but I thought it was versatile enough to give me a smooth sound from the neck pickup, like the RG270 does. I think it would have been great for rock-lead, or distorted sounds, but that is not what I wanted. I did some research, then had the luthier replace the neck humbucker with a Seymour Duncan Jazz pickup, and the single-coil with an Alnico Pro 2. Now it has the the sound I want. Smooth melodies from the neck pickup, nice rhythm/blues tones from the middle pickup (or combined pickups), and rock tones from the bridge pickup. Like other reviewers, I figured new pickups are justifiable, since the price of the guitar was so low. The bridge pickup is very loud compared to the Seymour Duncans, especially the single-coil. Maybe adjusting the pickups' heights can normalize their volumes. Turning the tone knob "down" makes the tones "muddy" or muffled, in my opinion. I expected to get a dark, but still resonant sound. No dice. That's the only serious complaint I have with the sound now. I just keep the tone knob turned toward the "bright" end.

I don't know what this guitar has been doing for the last 8 years. It seems very sound, but in need of some TLC. It has a couple of nicks in the headpiece, so I touched up the paint job with black fingernail polish. The pickups did not seem adjusted correctly, but they are now replaced. The metallic blue finish is missing three small chips along the edges; I'll use touch-up paint on the light-colored wood, once I find a near-match, to make it easy to ignore. All the metal hardware seems sound. I replaced the lock-down screws (on the nut), since their heads were getting stripped. Bottom line: I believe the original fit/action was good, since it still is; the chipped shell on the body makes me think that it was not such good quality. The tremolo, which plugs-in, flops loosely. Until I find way to tighten it, I'll leave it off. With the back plates off, it is evident that an additional grounding wire was soldered on, so it probably had a hum problem at one time.

I expect the reliability/durability to be good. Only time will tell. Strap buttons are solid.

Purchased used. No warranty.

I have not been playing very long. My previous guitar playing was limited to acoustics (steel-string and classical), and I've been away from it for a few years. This is my first foray into electrics. I chose it because I liked the body style, and it felt and sounded good, and was inexpensive (the dealer had a higher price marked, but accepted my offer). Since I didn't have much money to spend, it was either a pawn shop special, or a beginner electric guitar at the music store. I'm very fond of this guitar, after setup and new pickups. Since I intentionally bought it as a cheap-but-good learning guitar, I'm satisfied. I've already gained a lot of experience and knowledge, and I enjoy playing it. I've been told that Ibanez guitars are very good values on the used market (for the buyer), since they don't tend to hold their resale value as well as many other brands (that's obviously not true for their high-end models). That worked to my advantage this time, as long as I don't wish to sell it. Now that I'm wiser (I hope), I intend to be much more discriminating in the future. When that time comes, this puppy can be my backup guitar. If it were lost or stolen, I'd probably replace it with a jazz-style or a nice acoustic/electric, since I've found that my playing interests lie mainly in the jazz/blues/folk directions. I'm also not crazy about the Floyd Rose-style tremolo, or the lock-down nut. I'll look for other styles next time, or do without tremolo. I recently purchased a gorgeous korean-made semi-hollow-body guitar (ES335 style), so, along with my old steel-string acoustic, I've got an excellent and economical selection of instruments.

made in korea i believe, 24 frets, one vol one tone h/s/h pickup config. pickups are v7/s1/emg81? floyd rose tremelo

well it took me a while to adjust my fender princetone chorus to sound good with this guitar but now that i've got it it's pretty solid. the emg sounds great with distortion but on clean it's not really to my liking. i plan on putting in a new neck humbucker because i just can't get the sound i like out of the stock one. sounds great for hard rock.

i got it used so i need to take it in to get adjusted cause i know nothing about floyd rose so i don't want to break it.

it has withstanded playing live and worked quite nicely i had no backup or anything and i had no problems

i got it used so i don't know

i've been playing for five years now and this has been my third electric and i must say i am quite satisfied with it. i've also had a strat and an epiphone sg and that guitar sucks never buy one. i really am used to the strat feel so this guitar fit me nicely. if it were stolen i think i'd save up and buy an american strat instead just because ilove the feel and sound of strats but i would miss this one. i love the colour on this guitar and have never seen one this colour so that makes it rise above your avereage rg470. it's a nice dark blue that i love. overall i'm satified for the low price.

The guitar is just total bad ass. The dimazio pick ups are a dream. The warm sound it gives off is excellent and so clean. The wizard neck is sooooooo easy to play as well. This guitar is truly awsome!

I play all sorts of music from funk to metal and my ibanez keeps up all the way. Also with the 24 frets it adds a little extra notes for solos etc. Notes are also clear as a bell at the top end of the guitar as well as at the bottom.

The action is just a dream. The pick ups are very powerful and deliever an excellent sound even through the worst of amps. The guitar come straight out of the box perfectly. I have owned it for 6 months now and have never had a problem with it.

I have giged this guitar and it lived up to the performance. This guitar could withstand an atom bomb. The strap buttons have to be removed by screw driver. No need for strap locks here baby.

Ever since i have picked up this guitar there has never been another guitar for me. My guitar is just un-touchable.

mine was made in 1999, ordered 2 of them from ibanez, brand new. black and violet. 24 frets, 5 way selector, h/s/h. basswood body, jumbo frets, perfect neck for me. i hate fat tree trunk necks and prefer the jackson feel of a really thin neck. this one is perfect! it's thin, and yet, enough to hold onto. it's so easy to play fast on this neck. i have owned a lot of guitars and this one is awesome! nothing really flashy about it. it just looks like your typical metal guitar, what a metal guitar should look like. body style is killer. nice shape.

sounds very good turned up loud with a good tube amp! very tight bottom end pickups. metallica or thrash metal sound is easy to get! not really noisy. very rich full sound with a punchy bottom end with the stock pickups. this is good for jazz, rock, but mainly metal. the only thing is that i wish the body was routed out a little more like a jem so pulling back on the bar wouldn't be such a hassle. a deeper routed cavity would have been nice.

guitar was setup ok at the factory. had to lower the strings a bit.

all i can say is that i have owned a lot of guitars and for me this guitar is perfect. it's like it was made for me. i loved it so much when i tried it out that i had to buy/order 2 of them right there. it's great for me. remember the most important thing; no guitar is perfect! and also, buy what is right for you. if you just love the feel of a $300 guitar when everyone else says you must buy a $5000 PRS...SCREW THAT! I have bought guitars that were $$$ cuz i thought they would sound cool or whatever and guess where they are now....someone else's house being played...all sold. buy what you love and what feels right.

ibanez is a mystery...they can't be contacted unless you're steve vai.

been playing 15 years now. own all ibanez and a jackson and a peavey guitar. have had jem guitars and now i'm down to one jem... the jem77dbk, which i highly highly highly recommend as well. this RG is awesome and i can play very well on it. it's just perfect for me.

2000 Japan made Rosewood board. Picked it up as a Blem model on line. In the mid 80's I had a Roadstar and loved that thing to death. SO I had to go back to an Ibanez for the neck and low locking floyd rose trem. I still Love the thin neck but after 4 months of play the trem droped or some thing and I'm getting som fret buzz.

It dose not fit my musical style it is more a heavy guitar, sort of cold sound. Not the bright warm Psycadelic stuff i attempt to create. Because of the longer neck "24 frets" the lower e string gets alot of rumble when picked open and if playing a clean chanel is is realy anoying becuse it sustains more that the higher strings. I'm using it with a simple Pevey blazer. But when I add my big muff I do get a great smashing pumpkins sound from it. After playiung it for 4-5 monts without using the trem. I'm now getting alot of fret buzz also.

Out o fthe box it was tuned and good to go. since I did not use the Trem I did not have to adjust it at all for 2 months. I bought it as a blem so I got a good deal but it had a dent next to the guitar strap hook on the bottem.

I plan on keeping this guitar I think it would be a good live guitar for some more over driven music. It sems solid but I've added a few dings to it already. But I know that it will hold a tune. I think it would sound beter with 250 Ohm pots and a different campasitor bridging to the tone pot to cut down on the bass sound.

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I've been Playing for 7-8 yesrs on and off and only resently got serious again and decided to buy a new guitar as I was geting sick of the HUge neck on the 60's silver tone holow body guitar I had. I previously had a roadstar and I remembered I liked it for the thin neck. I did not remember that most Ibanez RG / roadstar guitars are more metal driven set ups. I'ld problably not buy this guitar if it was stolen I'd take the Insurance cash and go shopping for something else.

It's 2000 Japan made modelwith 24 frets.
it has h/s/h pickup configuration(v7,s1,v8).
basswood body,body style is kinda pointy viking style strat very cool
actually.floyd rose and locking tuners are included.
I believe that these jumbo frets.I think that this is more than
enough.

Well, I listen to DIO,JUDAS PRIEST,BLACK SABBATH,BLIND GUARDIAN and I
play that stuff in a band. I can compare my lead style to van halen and randy rhoads and I think does pretty descent job.
I am using it thru Marshall JCM 2000 I'm not very happy with the sound of my amp
but it'll sound better when I get some effects. however clean tones are great, excellent for jazz,blues...
but in overall this is a metal lead guitar

The guitar was set properly only that I screwed it up when I replaced the strings. That floyd rose is really fucked up.
finish is shiny but the paint on nuts and tremolo keeps falling off that is my biggest dislike on this guitar.

I allready played three times with it and it generally stays in tune.
finish is ok but it really gets dirty very fast.
I dont need a backup for this guitar neither i have it.

never dealt them

I've been playing long enough to tell what's a good guitar and what's a bad guitar and trust me this is a very good guitar especially for the money. I owned before an Ibanez Blazer and comparing to RG470
it sounds like a peace of junk. I wish it had just a bit better pickups but you can always replace them it's no problem these days.

I bought it last year. It is black model, made in Korea, with
Infinity pickups.

It sounds fairly nice, but the pickups don't have enough definition.
That problem can be solved with new pickups. Changing pickup positions
can change the sound dramaticly. The 2nd and 4th postions are great strat imitations, cool if you want some nice clean sounds.

Action: excelent.

Finish: When I bought it, it looked amazing but after a warm
summer the finish on Floyd started to wear off. Now the screws on
Floyd are silver instead of black. I have no idea why. That is
really big fault because guitar looks like it's 3 years old.

Would go without backup.

I play guitar for 4 years now, and this is my second electic. The
first one was a cheap strat copy. RG470 is a 3 light years away from it. A excelent instrument for the money. Floyd is very stabile. But that problem with the finish is annoying, maybe it's because it is
made in Korea. The Japanese model is certanly better, but what the hell.

I bought it last year. It is black model, made in Korea, with
Infinity pickups.

It sounds fairly nice, but the pickups don't have enough definition.
That problem can be solved with new pickups. Changing pickup positions
can change the sound dramaticly. The 2nd and 4th postions are great strat imitations, cool if you want some nice clean sounds.

Action: excelent.

Finish: When I bought it, it looked amazing but after a warm
summer the finish on Floyd started to wear off. Now the screws on
Floyd are silver instead of black. I have no idea why. That is
really big fault because guitar looks like it's 3 years old.

Would go without backup.

I play guitar for 4 years now, and this is my second electic. The
first one was a cheap strat copy. RG470 is a 3 light years away from it. A excelent instrument for the money. Floyd is very stabile. But that problem with the finish is annoying, maybe it's because it is
made in Korea. The Japanese model is certanly better, but what the hell.

I bought it in new in 99' but it was made in 98 in korea. It came with inf pickups (stock) floyd rose fender styl bridges suck it is green every chick that has seen it fell in love. HSH pickup config, 5 way switch volume and tone.

I play the good stuff ozzy, motley crue yngwie malmsteen and steve vai. The stock pickups are good for what they are good overall tone. I dont dislike any thing about it except that its not a jackson. it is made of the same wood as any other high end guitar the only difference is the pickups. replace them with seymour duncans and you'll have a very very good guitar.

No guitar is well setup in the factory except custom shop guitars, but you cab lower the action close to the fretboard without buzz. My guitar contained no flaws. it is very tight.

I have had no problems with it, it can stand live playing it is a good quality guitar.

Never had to consult them. dont know about the warranty.

I have been playing for four years now, I play it through a marshall stack it can kick ass. if it were stolen I would buy a jackson, when i was shopping for a guitar I was originally looking for a jackson but this incredibly hot chick i was with loved she thought it was sexy thats why i bought it didnt get me laid but im glad i did.

This is the year 2000 model, born in japan and raised in the uk. Its a 24-fret, rosewood fretboard and maple necked guitar, strapped to a basswood body.

Mine is in black and came installed with a PAF Pro (neck) and Evolution (bridge) pickup. Anyway, since you are obviously interested in this guitar (otherwise you wouldnt be reading it, right?), im sure you know all this :o)

Personally, I think its the requirement for a metal guitar to have
a. 24 frets
b. a floyd rose trem (or tunomatic for riff guitars)
c. at least two humbuckers
d. decent pickups
e. A pointy body (to any extreme)

This guitar has all of the above, so top marks!

I bought this guitar so I could get some really smooth leads and rhythms, while having really sweet clean sounds. The PAF Pro and Evolution manage this VERY well. Im not a Steve Vai nut, but I know this sound is top class. The evolution provides very high end screaming solos and really coherant rhythms. Couple that with shimmering clean sounds and you're there.

The PAF Pro i use if I want dirtier rhythms, darker cleans or lower end solos (eg backround solos, or harmonies with a second guitarist).

The hardware is not noisy at all, but then again it is on 6 months old...

The single coil in the middle I rarely use as it is still stock. However as the sc is significantly lower output than the humbuckers, it gives interesting results when mixed! Although, some adjustment is requred on your amp volume as there is a sharp drop. All positions sound very good clean.

If anyone can reccommend a decent single coil to replace this with, i would really like to hear from you!

Gets a 9 for the pants single coil

NB: I cannot comment on the original humbuckers as i never even played them. They came straight out as soon as i got the guitar!

The finish seems quite rugged. Thats one thing about all ibanez i've found is that the finish doesnt come off easily.

The pickups were installed by me, but the single coil only had slight adjustments.

The tremolo came bang out of tune and the strings used were total shit! I basically ripped them off, reset the trem and slapped on some new ernie ball 9's. The truss rod needed no work and the trem stays in tune very well. It didnt need a total overhaul, but some attention to string height was required.

The trem, as i said, survives even the most vai'ist of maniac solos and still returns in tune!

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This guitar loves live playing. The tone pot is coming a little loose sometimes, but its no biggy! The hardware seems like it will stand the test of time and i actually see it still in use years down the line.

Strap button seem good, but I always fix straplock on to all my guitars - its just common sense. No use crying after the shocking meeting between guitar and hard stage.

Customer what?

This is the uk!

I've been playing for going on 10 years and I have owned many guitars. This is one of the best ive owned and used. Its your stereotypical metal guitar, and thats all it should be! If you hate strat shapes, then go away. If you wanna be like vai, trey azagthoth (i know for a _FACT_ he uses this setup on his rg) then try one of these babies out!

Have fun BYE

1992? something like that I bought it new with zero percent financing...a musicians dream! 24 fret, 1 tone, 1 volume. The pickups are stock for now, but I'm going to replace them with some Duncans. Deep red finish with black hardware and looks nice. Very nice thin neck with good low action. It is pretty versitile sounding but the pickups are a little noisey on a tube amp, ok with solid state.

It suits my style ok. I bought a PRS Swamp ash special so this is my backup now. I leave it drop tuned when not giging and it plays metal well, I still think the pickups are noisey, definately not good for the studio, but fine to crank and shread! I play a crate gx-40c for practice amp adn gig with a mesa heartbreaker. MESA ROCKS!

Good action and easy to play thin neck. I really noticed how nice the neck was after going to the SAS because that guitar has the fattest neck I've ever pleayed.

In the early days of it's existance it giged w/o a backup. Probably not a good idea cause if you bust a string it takes a while to get your axe in tune again. Lucky for me it never happened that way.

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I've been playing since the late 80's. I wish I would have bought an american made axe but this one was cheaper. It really is a good beginner guitar, and they will probably laugh when I bring it to the open jam this week cause my PRS is in the shop getting siome TLC!

Japanese-made, 1998 model in Cherry Fudge finish (dark reddish-purple metal-flake color, looks nice!) Neck looks like a multi-piece maple, with a 24-fret rosewood fingerboard. Basswood body is very light and very resonant. One volume, one tone, 5-way selector. H/S/H Ibanez pickups: neck is a V8, middle is a single coil S1, bridge is a V7. Rose-licensed Lo-TRS double-locking trem system. Gotoh tuners. Thin, fast Wizard II neck. Bought it used and very cheap, so I didn't mind not getting the tools with it.

Sounds pretty good clean, which is how I usually play it. This is a rockin' guitar, which I have pressed into service as a praise and worship band instrument. It fits the bill surprisingly well. The neck pup is a little higher output than the others, and works great for fingerstyle playing; the sound is full and noiseless. The single coil is a little hummy, but sounds good for strumming. The bridge pup really quacks, and reminds me of a Tele playing with both singles on. My favorite setting combines the single with one coil from the neck. Very clean and quiet. I don't play it much with drive or distortion, but it sounded fine the times I did.

The axe was setup at the shop where I bought it used. I need to have it adjusted for some buzz when I strum hard. It came with 9 gauge Elixirs, and I would recommend those strings, as they sound great and last forever. Action is fast and low, maybe a little too low given the buzzing. The Wizard II neck is great! I love a thin neck, and this is the thinnest I've ever played. The jumbo frets are probably better for fast rock solos, but work okay for my church music. Have to be really light-fingered when playing open chords near the nut with these frets, though, as it has a tendency to go sharp really easily on the G and B strings down low. Factory fit and finish looks really clean. Haven't seen any flaws in the finish, or any loose hardware, or anything. Seems solid structurally. Stays in tune forever with the Lo-TRS trem system.

I play it live all the time, and don't use a backup. But, then, my style of play doesn't lend itself to breaking strings, or smashing guitars, so I probably don't need a backup. If you ever do break a string, you're done until you can get it replaced and re-adjust the Floyd, so if you're a shredder, you better have another axe at the gig with you. All the hardware seems really solid so far. I haven't had any trouble with the strap buttons.

My only concern is the durability of the finish. It had several chips along the edges when I got it, and I've put a couple of more in it since I've had it. I'm not hard on guitars, and it has not had any really hard knocks while in my possession, so I think maybe the finish just isn't as tough as it could be. I was surprised to read other reviews here about guys who drop their 470's and have things fall on them, with no scars or chips. That would not likely be the case with mine, based on my experience so far. Still, I'd rather have the finish chip and the hardware last, than vice versa.

Downgrades this category, though, because of the chips.

Haven't dealt with Ibanez. Pretty cool website, though

I've been playing off and on for over thirty years. This is my only electric. I own a couple of steel string acoustics, and a cheap, mile-high-action classical. If the RG went astray, I would look for something that didn't have a Floyd Rose, because I just don't need it, and it makes changing strings a real pain.

I really like the sounds it makes, though. And the basswood body is really light, so it doesn't drag me down during a long set. The color is really cool, but I wish it didn't chip so easy. I do wish it had a little more tone control. Two tone knobs would really be nice.

Before I bought it, I played Strats and Teles and LP's and clones of those. For the money (under two hundred bucks US), it was too good a deal to pass up.

Japanese-made, 1998 model in Cherry Fudge finish (dark reddish-purple metal-flake color, looks nice!) Neck looks like a multi-piece maple, with a 24-fret rosewood fingerboard. Basswood body is very light and very resonant. One volume, one tone, 5-way selector. H/S/H Ibanez pickups: neck is a V8, middle is a single coil S1, bridge is a V7. Rose-licensed Lo-TRS double-locking trem system. Gotoh tuners. Thin, fast Wizard II neck. Bought it used and very cheap, so I didn't mind not getting the tools with it.

Sounds pretty good clean, which is how I usually play it. This is a rockin' guitar, which I have pressed into service as a praise and worship band instrument. It fits the bill surprisingly well. The neck pup is a little higher output than the others, and works great for fingerstyle playing; the sound is full and noiseless. The single coil is a little hummy, but sounds good for strumming. The bridge pup really quacks, and reminds me of a Tele playing with both singles on. My favorite setting combines the single with one coil from the neck. Very clean and quiet. I don't play it much with drive or distortion, but it sounded fine the times I did.

The axe was setup at the shop where I bought it used. I need to have it adjusted for some buzz when I strum hard. It came with 9 gauge Elixirs, and I would recommend those strings, as they sound great and last forever. Action is fast and low, maybe a little too low given the buzzing. The Wizard II neck is great! I love a thin neck, and this is the thinnest I've ever played. The jumbo frets are probably better for fast rock solos, but work okay for my church music. Have to be really light-fingered when playing open chords near the nut with these frets, though, as it has a tendency to go sharp really easily on the G and B strings down low. Factory fit and finish looks really clean. Haven't seen any flaws in the finish, or any loose hardware, or anything. Seems solid structurally. Stays in tune forever with the Lo-TRS trem system.

I play it live all the time, and don't use a backup. But, then, my style of play doesn't lend itself to breaking strings, or smashing guitars, so I probably don't need a backup. If you ever do break a string, you're done until you can get it replaced and re-adjust the Floyd, so if you're a shredder, you better have another axe at the gig with you. All the hardware seems really solid so far. I haven't had any trouble with the strap buttons.

My only concern is the durability of the finish. It had several chips along the edges when I got it, and I've put a couple of more in it since I've had it. I'm not hard on guitars, and it has not had any really hard knocks while in my possession, so I think maybe the finish just isn't as tough as it could be. I was surprised to read other reviews here about guys who drop their 470's and have things fall on them, with no scars or chips. That would not likely be the case with mine, based on my experience so far. Still, I'd rather have the finish chip and the hardware last, than vice versa.

Downgrades this category, though, because of the chips.

Haven't dealt with Ibanez. Pretty cool website, though

2000 RG470, made in Japan I believe. 24 frets, 1 vol knob, 1 tone knob, 5-way selector. V7 S1 V8 pickups. Basswood body, kickass body shape (very aggressive, fits my personality perfectly). The colour is amazing, the NewPenny matches the black hardware like a dream, this is a beautiful guitar!

Since my music style has not yet been defined (because I love all sorts of music, and I have only been playing for a couple of years) this guitar is great. I find it to be very versatile. I only have a very crappy Fender Frontman 15G and I use no effects, but this guitar still sounds a hell of alot better than my old crappy Squier. I did, however, bring it to my guitar teacher's studio and used it on some re-built 1970's Fender amp and I almost killed myself. It was amazing, I was using a Danelectro Fab Tone and I couldn't believe the quality of sound and the low amounts of feedback (I am used to the feedback beeing as loud as the music with my Squier and Frontman).

Great...but only one problem, my 15th fret was set in to low so when I went to hit it the string touched the 16th fret making it impossible to hit that note...but this will easily be fixed for no charge sometime soon when I take it back where I bought it.

Since I have never played live and I have only owned the guitar for a week I can't judge very well. But everything seems great and looks like it will last.

Never dealt with them yet.

Used it for a week and I can't get enough of it...the New Penny colour is the coolest thing I have ever seen. If it were stolen I would be screwed because I can barely afford this guitar in the first place...but I would hunt him down and beat him, and take it back.

I actually use this Ibanez guitar, this is a made in Japan guitar as all the good Ibanez guitars, basswood body with a maple neck and a rosewood fingerboard with 24 jumbo frets and V7 S1 and V8 pickups. This is a standard black finish guitar with a Lo-TRS floyd rose and Gotoh tuners. The hardware finish is kinda chrome with a light touch of nickel making it very special.

It suits my style so good cause I play Joe Satriani and Steve Vai stuff, generally. I play it with the next effects following the signal prossecing: Digitech XP300 Space Station, Boss CS-2, Digitech XP100 Whammy Wah, Boss PH-2, Boss MT-2, Boss DD-3 and a Marshall JCM 900.
This guitar is not noisy enough but I found a little bit of ground sound in the bridge (V8) pickup, a little bit of more noise than the neck pickup you know, almost like a single coil pickup, but I think that is a polarization problem in the place that I practice cause in gigs there's no problem, but I'll change the pickups one of those days anyway, cause I need better pickups to get the sound that I like, V7 and V8 are good but I found 'em good for rhythm playing and I generally use The V7 and S1 for clean sounds as well as the S1 and V8 but I'm looking for a cool Dimarzio pickups like the Evo's, cause this stock pickups doesn't help me to get the pinch harmonics so good.
Stock pickups aren't so good.

I'm using that kind of guitars since three years ago and I'm very, very fucking careful in the floyd rose adjustment principally( it need to be parallel with the body and with an apropiate height for a comfortable and fast playing).I already knew that this guitar was made with high quality materials for example the wood, but I didn't pay to much atention in that and I'm so special in the adjustment I don't use to play with disajusted guitars (when I bought this guitar I thought: Hmmmmmm well, it's so fucking pretty but it needs a lot of adjustments man) I just get home and took my screwdriver and work. Actually this guitar works the best you know, i'm in love with her.

Just play it, clean it and take it away in this way you won't have problems. Ohhhhhh I forgot, adjust is very important to a great service.
OHHHH shit!!!!! remember: Don't borrow it, IF YOU DON'T TAKE CARE OF YOUR INSTRUMENT, WHO IN THE HELL IS GONNA BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

I had some problems with them in my last buying.

I have been playing since 7 years ago and I just always identificate me with this kind of guitar and I own an RG270 too. Those body and headstock shapes looks versatile, professional and agressive. YOUR GUITAR MEANS YOUR PERSONALITY, love it like your girlfriend, it won't give you love but if you play it with love and feeling it will belong to you all your life.

Black, made in 1999, its got everything i look for in a guitar- 24 frets, 5- way selection, gourgeous look (sharp curves), you can reach any fret on the fretboard easily, the floyd rose lo- trs is great (changing strings is a nightmare though), great thin wizard II neck, easy to play. ive been playing for about 3 years and this guitar has all the greatest features (especially for such a decent price) i was looking for. keep in mind that my review is only a comparison to other guitars in the same price range. you cant really compare it to the JEM series or PRS guitars.

i play mostly blues, metal, and classical, and this guitar fits them all beautifully. i use a peavy bandit 112 with it and its got a decent sound. id change the pickups though, im not crazy about them, a little too bright and not so clear as id like. the guitar makes a wide variety of sounds, the floyd rose is great. i recommend it to anyone- ive played on a million guitars and for the price, this is the one id buy.

The guitar is set up beautifully, the pickups are adjusted great a single coil in the middle, two humbuckers on either side of it. i havent seen one flaw in the guitar yet. ive dropped it a few times when i was really tired, and the guitar plays just the same as the day i bought it. the bridge again is great, ive only had one string break on me and ive played on it for at least a few hours a day for over a year. changing strings, again, is a bitch, i did it once and totally messed up the bridge and had to bring it to the shop to get strings put on again. if you dont know how to change the stings, dont attempt to make it up as you're going along cause itll suck in the long run.

this guitar couldnt be more reliable. ive put this guitar through so much and the hardware remains perfect. i play the crap out of the thing- it will definitely withstand live playing. the strap buttons never gave me any problem (the strap never came loose, and i have a really cheap strap), and you dont need a backup at all for it, its totally dependable. the tone and volume knobs are still the same as the day i bought the guitar too, never came loose or off.

The warranty was for a year i think, but ive never had to use it and ive never dealt with the company (since ive never had a problem with the guitar) so i wouldnt know how good the customer support is.

Ive been playing for about 3 years now and this is my favorite guitar for the price range. ive had it for over a year (since april of '99) and ive never even considered buying a different guitar. if you want the big sound, all the greatest features, for a relatively low price, this is the guitar for you. if youve got the money though, id prefer one of the JEM guitars, but its hard to compare the 2 cause they are in different universes. and the tone cant match a les paul or anything, but its definitely more than decent. if it were stolen i wouldnt even think twice about buying a new one. maybe id save up to buy a more expensive model but i doubt id go with any other guitar than this one. I love pretty much everything about it, except again, id change the pickups if i could afford it. id maybe get a pair of EMG 81 pickups, but you'll definitely live fine with the V7, V8, and S1. Remember again, the 10 rating is against those guitars in the same price range, it cant be compared to the really expensive guitars.

The Ibanez RG470. 1999 version.
-24 frets on a wizard neck
-5 way selector for an HSH pickup configuration. V7, S1, V8, respectively
-basswood body, pointystrat style
-floyd rose bridge tremolo system, lo-trs.

The neck is nice and flat. Thin from top to bottom, making it very easy to play, given you have fairly big hands. Less muting and fumbling as a Fender Strat might give you. This is probably due to the rise of the 7-string, so Ibanez is investing in making flatter fretboards. I can dig it. Came with all the appropriate tools and them some. I payed separate for the case, but I'm not complaining.

Keep in mind a rating of 5 is AVERAGE for me. Your random-picked guitar shop axe. 10 is Parker kind of rating. Top o' the line. Thus, I'm giving it a 7 because It's my favorite pick-up array and I love the neck. It loses some points due to somewhat weak pickups.

This is where the Ibanez shines. I love the sound. I kick the neck humbucker all the time. It's good, high output, punchy sound. This is a very dark-sounding guitar. Not muddy, but nice and warm and dark. The bridge humbucker makes the popular quack sound. I hate it. But it loses no points because that's diversity. The single coil is a loose, bright, strumming-type pickup.

I'm using this guitar on a Fender Twin Reverb amp and a Zoom 505 pedal. The amp and guitar compliment each other very well. The combination uses its zany tag-team action to actually make the 505 sound GOOD. *gasp!*

I might add that the Floyd Rose is as much fun as a boy band caught with a kilo of cocaine. String changing is a pain in the ass, though. Oh well. Even Hendrix said we have to make sacrifices.

If I cared enough, I would change the bridge pickup to suit my style, but this is more due to personal preference. I play experimental, thick, groove, surfy sort of music. Eclectic. I like thick lows, clear highs, and scooped mids. This guitar can do that over-reverbed Dick Dale thing, but can lay out superheavy riffs like...Well, like something damn good! I give it another 7 because the sound is very good, but not perfect.

Action was perfect, haven't made any adjustments. The pickups dropped from their screwed in position. This dampened the sound, but I had a friendly guitarist pop them back into place. No problems in that area since. Thanks, Noah!

I give it an 9.

The only complaint here is the finish. I love the color, called Cherry Fudge, but it's thin as hell. Small bumps have chipped the paint. I nearly cried. But it adds character, and decreases the weight. Image is nothing.

The strap buttons come a little loose occasionly, but nothing a Phillips head won't fix with a quick twist. No demotion there. I don't think it's very wise to gig without a backup [you never ever ever know], but I could rely on this baby. Gets an 7 for the finish problem

Never talked to Ibanez, never had to. Is this a blessing or a curse? More at 11.

No opinion because there is no example to form one on.

This guitar is like a tough Chevy pickup truck. Effecient, useful, and gets the job done until you get that Cadillac convertible with fins. I've had it for about year now. It's nice, and I congratulate Ibanez for making such a kick-face guitar for as cheap as they did. You could really take this one on the road. For what it's built for, this guitar really gives in 100%.

The only thing I hate is changing strings. See above. Considering this is my main guitar, I would hire a PI to find it were it stolen. Otherwise, I'd be gigging with the Lotus L680. See that review. Overall, a happy 7. I'm very tempted to give it an 8, but considering the wonderful things that are done with guitars these days, a 7 is what it gets.

The Superstrat style RG470 appears to come preety well equipped to deal with a fairly advanced standard of playing,on my japanese manufacture standard model features include Floyd Rose locking Trem (LO-trs system),INF pick ups (s/s/h), sturdy looking tone,vol and 5way selector switch, 22frets on a reasonably thin/fluid rosewood neck and a fairly well balanced laminated top body.

I purchased the RG470 as I thought it could cope with a range of sounds/styles. The neck pickup provides fairly creamy possibilities opening up the Jazz side of things.Combo of middle and neck single coils give a brave effort on funk sounds but look preety limp and flacid next to the beef of a Stratocaster. The humbucker(bridge)pickup sans effects always makes me laugh in sick dismay. Trying to deliver an accurate tone that doesn't merge high tempo lead work into an Oasis type mess of a guitar sound is painfully frustrating. Saying that I must admit that I have got some satisfactory sounds out of the RG470's factory fit setup over the last 2yrs. In some situations it will provide. By the way I would never consider using this guitar without compression and EQ in varying amounts. It's direct sound is always on thin ice when it comes to quality. I have used this guitar through GallienKreuger, Marshall and Fender Amps. If you're a raw bluesman/woman don't consider plugging that freak of a humbucker straight into your amp. The imbalance of frequency deliverance will give you more than just the blues....

The guitar received a setup at the shop before I took it home. Action was a smooth compromise and the neck felt just fine. The two most appealing features. I didn't notice any great faults at the time of purchase , but maybe I should have been more scrutinous...(more to come)

Hah,the section I've been waiting for - Ibanez hang your head in shame you cowboys.
Reliability/durability, may I be so bold to presume?, are preeety important characteristics and if this is the crux of the guitar's rating, how dare you charge anything like #350 bucks for this thing.
Setup after setup was no panecea to my rapidly failing Ibanez. With this guitar should have come a stitched on care label saying something like,`if you're a player who likes to practice a lot, gig even a fair amount, have a reliable recording instrument, find new sounds in your guitar, hell - even if you just like playing your instrument, you must by no means use this guitar.(Oh yeah, and piXX off if you think you're getting ya money back, bastXrd)'.
After 2-3mths of use at a semi-professional level I started to notice niggling things like quickly oxidising hardware, strap buttons relaxing and unwinding, dodgy scratchy lines in the locking nuts, hairline fractures in the wood around the nut and in the laquer at the body/neck join and very cheap sounding pots. The greatest pain in the arsehole is the pseudo-biodegradable trem. system. What an unbelievable piece of shiX. No word of a lie after 3mths the System started to perish; it won't hold tune. If you dip the bar then it will return around a quarter of a tone low, raise it and it's a quarter higher. This makes recording/dubbing with this bastad a nightmare. I know this problem has afflicted other pursuers of Floyd Rose supremacy but there is no excuse, especially after 3mths for cripes sake!
If there are those who cry neglicence on my behalf let be known that I had regular setup's from tech's with the highest recommendations in London I could afford (even couldn't afford). Despite being very anal (slightly uncomfortable word)with my guitar care and listening to my guitar tech's saying, `Be right as rain in a jiffy guv'ner.Sixty-Quid' I couldn't polish over the rickety reality that is the Ibanez RG470.
No, you can't think of this guitar as dependable, heaven forbid a workhorse. Using a Floyd Rose based guitar at a gig w/out a backup is a big gamble, lose a string and your in a very slack sounding hell. Try to re-string it there w/out the proper experience/knowledge and you may never tune it before you have to pay the bar bill.
Now to use this guitar at gig has a sweet innocence stupity to it. Use this guitar at a gig w/out a backup and I expect you to be babbling something like `lifes a box of choclates...etc'

Customer support? don't make me laugh. It might just be my neck of the woods (London) but the support thing just weren't happenin'. Who?,What? and shine your shoes? are amongst the most common response given to those in search of Ibanez customer care. `Don't know nuffin' mate' is the most common.

Perhaps I expected too much from the RG470. At it's price it can still wear the hat of the Budget Guitar but, masquerades as a semi-pro possibility. I have been playing for around 9yrs now and was gigging in London pubs when I was an underage nipper. I have been slogging out as many projects as I can find and I often practice in excess of 6hrs a day. After the 470 let me down I thought I'd give a second hand, very low mileage RG570 a whirl from a friend. I refuse to review that as I've had it up to the neck with the RG's. Both RG's now sit in a very lonley corner and only get touched in those moments of insanity when I think `they can't be that bad can they, I payed a fair bit of money for them?' I suppose the abusive relationship is sustained by memory of that sweet fluid neck and the belief that,`no,no it won't do it again, it told me it's changed forever'. My prefered instrument is essentially a second hand squire stratocaster chucked together from some unknown mix of parts. It is an absolute workhorse and has never let me down in anyway. It sounds great through my GallienKreuger backline and Fender stage 185 amps. The Marshall JCM900 is a tired sound for me now but is still great with this particular squire.
I have 2 bastardised Ibanez's, a Fender Stratocaster, a Squire Stratocaster, my first guitar/love an Ariapro Mad Axe and a clutch of acoustics.
Sometimes I wish that the Ibanez's had been stolen. I can just remember the look of anxiety on the faces of musicians I gigged with when I unsheathed the RG470. They knew that when I started wailing away I would be riding the edge between guitar god and utter shit. Sometimes a bad workman blames his tools but, that's not always fair. Bad equipment can have effects on your all too precious reputation as well.

2000 Model. Great guitar. Has a very versatile H-S-H configuration. Great Floyd Rose Tremelo. Locking tuners are top-of-the-line. And finally, a damn good output jack in an under $700 guitar. Got tools with it. Body's Basswood. 24 jumbo frets. volume and tone controls.

Extremely versatile pickup configuration. At the neck, the V7 give great lead and distorted tone, and a very clean clean tone. This pickup alone would be able to satisfy most guitarists. The middle pickup is the S1. It's a decent pickup that makes strat sounds.
Makes a variety of sounds when mixed with neck or bridge pickup. The bridge pickup, the V8, is a bright lead pickup. Good for solos or trebly chording. On clean, good for fast punk-ska and anything where you don't want clean or dirty. My only problem would be you can't mix v7 and v8 together,

everythingf in these categories was top-notch, except for a crumb-sized ding on the back of the guitar (i didn't notice it until 3 weeks after I bought it, maybe it was me). AND the strap pin nearest the neck ripped out of the body during an energetic band practise (I was jumping and swinging it around, but it should've taken it). I assume it was just a bad piece of the wood that happened to be in the worst spot. However, for 2 gigs, I used duct tape for my strap, and then I took it back to victoria where it was fixed with ebony. A small, pinky-nail sized black piece of wood, not noticable, but still takes a little away from the guitar.

Again, the strap button issue. It's fine now though. I play it live without a back up, and I'm in a punk band with a shit load of downstrokes involved. Strings might break after 4 weeks of play, but you can just unwind it twice and use it again, that's another good thing about Floyd Rose trem. Very solid live. Excellent output jack.

good, Ibanez reinversed Guitars Plus to fix it, but they couldn't get the paint here within 4 weeks, so I said screw it.

I like it, I love it. I stare at it and it says play me. so i do, and I love every minute of it. I've been playing for 2.5 years and I've had a Samick pawn shop junker, an Ibanez GAX70 and this. I had a 700 dollar budget and I was choosing between this and a Fender. Fender gives you half the value for your money. This is a kickass mid-range guitar. Always shop around, but keep in mind that this a great guitar.

1997 made in Korea. basswood body, dark green. Lo-trsII floyd rose style trem. Good all around trem system I think. Good enough for all but the most demanding wammy bar users. Wizzard II neck. Some people mentioned that you could only use #9 strings with this trem. Not the case. I have used 8's, 9's, and 10's. You just have to adjust the spring tension inside the trem cavity.

Well despite everyone downing the inf series pickups that come with the guitar, I think their ok. They're not amazing, but their not crap either. Lots of dynamics, maybe a little thin sounding. They have more output than the ones in my gibson sg. They don't sound as good, but they are higher output. You can get a good variety of sounds with the 5 way selector switch.
I'm planning to change the pickups to some sort of Dimarzio probably "the breed".

The guitar was setup well from the factory. I've changed the setup somewhat to suit my playing style. No real flaws to mention

Seems like a very reliable guitar. I've had mine for about 4 years. It's like new. I have to tighten the strap buttons now and then.

Don't know about customer support

I've been playing all my life I own an old fender, an SG, a Yari-Gaki, a Simon & Patrick. Lost or stolen I would replace it with something a little different. I wonder if you can get an RG with a mahogany body and a fixed bridge? That would be cool. I've played tons of guitars, if you are into heavy metal of any kind,you'll like this guitar. Oncew you get used to the wizzard neck it's hard to back to anything else.

mine is ythe new 2000 model, 24 frets. H/S/H pickup config.
5-way pickup selector, volume and tone dials. basswood body.
double-locking nut, floyd-rose trem.

trem is great and it stays in tune for ages - very light too, maybe it could do with nother tone dial??

i play lots of different styles on it and it sounds great. blues, rock, metal
it sounds good clean too, i play through a fender princeton 60 watt amp and a zoom 707 pedal (which sucks)
the pickups arent very noisy, i'mcomparing all this to my old guitar, a squier strat so it all seems great to me!

the action was perfect, there were no flaws at all in the initial set up. pickup selector is silent, which is amazing after the moise my squier made.
finish is great, although it isnt really my colour - midnight blue i think it's called...

the finish looks fine and i dont see why it wouldnt last. the guitar as a whole seems very tough and very hard to knock out of tune, although it can be a bitch to tune in the first place. (and it wont stay in tune for long if you tune down a step etc)
strap buttons are good, very big and meaty.

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i boght this guitar because i'm going to music college this year and i knew my squier start couldnt hack it. i tried lots of other guitars before i chose this one and i'm happy with my choice.

It was made in 1999. It was made in Korea. It has 24 frets. Theres 1 volume, 1 tone ,a 5 way selector, and a kill button. It came with sucky v7, v8, and s1 pickups but i put in an emg 81 and 85. Active electronics. its made out of wood. black finish. a floyd rose. locking
gotoh tuners.

it plays any music. im using a jmc2000 stack amp and tons of effects.
it has full sound and wiked heavy.

the setup was perfect on the guitar. the action is great.

its great for live play, the hardwares great

iv never needed to use customer support.but ibanez people are mean. i have a lifetime warenty

I bought a nice 2000 model, Has 2 humbuckers and a coil in the middle, A Floyd Rose bridge (which is a bitch to tune, but very smooth when you use the whammy bar)its got a neat 5-way selector, i think the body is basswood, tremolo lock (so it stays in tune very long)\

This guitar is made for thrashing. Im play Korn, Deftones, RATM, and Metallica, and HardRock sounds great on this guitar. The bridge humbucker sounds great with distortion, the single coil is ok but a little weak, and the neck humbucker is kinda crappy too, but still playable and can sound pretty good. So overall, this guitar can play clean well, but can rock GREAT.

The guitar wasn't in tune when i got it but no guitar ever is. The fretwire was almost perfect so the strings didn't rumble. The only thing i had to do was tune it, and screw in the whammy bar.

This guitar is tough, I've dropped it many times, and the thing is scratchless. Very dependable and will last a while.

I havent had to deal with them...

I've been playing for 5 years, and this is one of the best guitars I've played, although the pickups are kinda bad, you can easily solve that with new seymour duncan's. This thing sounds great in a Mesa/Boogie Rectifier and it even sounds great in my 10 year old 30 watt Fender Sidekick, this is definetly a guitar to try out.

Basswood body, hum single hum pickup configuration, volume and tone and 5 way switch. Locking lo trs trem. SUPER NECK; very thin wizzard style.on the light side as far as weight goes.

Nice sound. From Sreamin' to chimes to that woody type tone. I use it through a Marshall vs102r and a Galien-Kruger 250 ml and direct with a Shultz rockman. Live I use a Korg a4 pedal board and a crybaby. I must say the pickups are ok. Not the greates, but not the worsrt either. The weakness shoews when recording I think...but not too bad over all.

I bought it online from AIRPORT MUSIC. Service was fine. The action was a little low and there were a few buzzes. I played it for a week or so and brought to a LUTHIER, not a music store hack. Two days later
I had the best playing guitar I've ever had. It just comes alive in your hands.

This guitar seems fragile. It's no Strat in that it could fall a few stories and be fine. The neck will flex when when playing a chording style that requires your thumb. The neck is no bat, thats for shure. This I don't view as a fault.Its just its nature. The finish chiped down to the wood from a good ding along the edge.
Just take care of it and it will be fine.

I never delt with Ibanez.

Ive been playing a long time 20 years or so. Ive had a Les Paul, an SG
, 3 Strats and a few junkers and this guitar has a character that brings out somthing in my playing that none of the other ever did.I t inspires me and feels great to play. I would buy anther if it was stolen or maybe move up in the RG series, maybe a 570. Its a very good guitar for the money. Plays great, Sounds good.

Standard factory issue. Intonated prior to purchase. Single volume and tone knobs. 5-way pickup selection. Black finish. Floyd Rose tuning system. 24 frets.

Sounds beautiful on any music that feeds on distortion and harmonics. The neck and bridge pickups have a little noise during dead space when combined with rough distortion. I have never played a guitar that allows for easier pinch harmonics. When clean, the sound can be thick and mellow or bright and sharp, depending upon your preference. Wonderful sound all around for any metal or alternative enthusiast.

The action was a little low from the factory, but the saleperson fixed it free of charge. When properly set-up, plays like a dream. The narrow neck allows for easy leads on those lower strings for players with smaller fingers. The black finish still shines like new. Rating is lowered from 10 strictly because the store set it up prior to purchase.

I could play an entire set with this guitar, provided retuning isn't necessary. The guitar can get smashed against furniture or hardware and stay in tune and keep its luster. Tough as 70's Cadillac.

No opinion because of no problems.

For my five years of playing (not much by many standards), I've played different styles from classic rock to alternative/metal to jazz and musicals. I honestly feel that this guitar is capable of playing all of the above, given the correct effects unit. I fell in love with it when I started rocking out to ZZ Top in the store, complete with all of the harmonics in leads that I just couldn't get with my Strat. Metal-mongers gather 'round... this one's for you, especially for the money.

24 frets, one tone & volume. LO-Profile double locking trem. Dual Humbuckers & single coil. Black gloss finish.

The stock humbucker in the bridge was pretty good, but I wanted something meaner, so I tried a Duncan Distortion humbucker, but then went with a Bill Lawrence L-500. The humbucker in the neck is terrible, something that should definetely be changed, it didn't sound good clean or with gain. The single coil sucks, but don't they all? I will probably throw a hot-rail in there.

Unlike the action on a lot of cheaper RG models, the action doesn't chunk out on you around the 12th fret. The action is fairly nice, with some adjusting it could be great. The finish is on there well, I keep bashing it into things and it doesn't lose the paint, go figure?

Definetley a reliable guitar and brand, I am not a fan of Ibanez at all, but they always seem to produce quality instruments at a fair price.

I had to order new lock-blocks for the tremolo because I lost one, I had guitar center special order them for me, I would say they are reliable, but not fast on there feet. It took a month to get them shipped!

If you want a guitar that is versatile and reliable for a moderate price, Ibanez might be for you. There are thousands of people on ebay selling theirs, I would go there to check on one, but definitely try it first. This guitar might be great for some people, but terrible for you. Any guitar center will have them in stock, try one out.

1999 Model
24 Frets
1 volume and 1 tone knob 5 way selector
Pickups: (V7) H / (S1) S / (V8) H [ All Ibanez Brand ]
Floyd Rose Licensed (Double Locking)Tremolo

The Pickups are great, I don't see why other people are putting them down. The humbuckers can also be paired with the single coil for a 2 single coil effect.

The factor condition was great also. Perfect condition.

I've bumped it a few times and it still keeps on looking and sounding great so I think it will last

This is a great guitar especially if you play rock music. Have fun

1997 dk green, Korea
you all know what it is
I've had it for 3 years and have put Dimarzios in.
Tone Zone for the bridge and Air Norton for the neck

I play lots of styles. But mostly pettrucci, vai etc... Obviously this guitar is perfect for this and is perfect for lead in general.
I use a ADA MP-1 preamp and a Peavey Classic 50/50 poweramp, If you want something with some gain, then get a MP-1, don't get a crap marshall. The guitar suits the preamp/poweramp combo.
Factory it sounds like $%)(, this is all because of the pickups though, if you like metal and thats all you play, get EMGs if you want versatility get Dimarzios. Factory the rating would be a 5.

Factory, as per usual, it was set up crap. I've had everything adjusted and it is now set up perfectly. Don't try using 10s with this as the trem is really only designed for 9s. Yeah i agree the stap buttons suck, but that's my only complaint. Everything else is brilliant for the price. Epiphone would give you crap plastic hardware for a similarly priced guitar.

This guitar is a tank. It's been through the wars and still looks like a bought it yesterday. I have dropped a bookshelf on it and lifting the shelf off the guitar expected to see a mess. It was fine apart from a tiny ding which didn't even chip the finish. I've also left it in the boot of my car when it has rained and the boot wasn't closed properly, i rang up the insurance company ready to file a claim but took a second look at it and there was nothing wrong with it!

I've been playing for 4 years. This is my only electirc guitar but i'm gonna get something else soon, probably a les paul.
I would buy a higher model RG, I compared it with similar priced Jacksons when I bought it, Ibanez kick Jackson's butt at this price range. My favourite feature is the neck! it rocks! I wish it had better strap buttons and the pickup switch knob keeps falling off, i'm gonna have to glue it on.

Japan made. 24 frets. solid top. 1 volume 1 tone, 5 way switch selector. p/u go like h/s/h. inf# pickups in all positions. made of basswood. black finish. superstrat style body. floyd rose Lo trs II. wizard II neck. jumbo frets. no case. 9 cause of no case... but isn't that really the dealers fault??

nice, but a tad bit dead on the bridge positions both clean and distorted. really rich and full at the neck. great for a beginner gutiar tho.

Everything is beautiful on it. Quiet pickup selector. Smooth volume tone/knobs. Action was a bit low... too much buzzing. But I fixed that like 5 mins after I got home.

I think it's very reliable. Yeah. I'de go without a backup to a gig. I've been doing it. lol. One of the strap button screws got stripped, but I fixed that with a toothpick and wood glue. Finish looks thick (and I can tell cause I made a pretty deep gague in it with one of those Dunlop soloing picks... fuqin' sharp!).

never had to...

I've been playing for about 7 years. This was my first electric and I'm trying to sell it. If it got stolen, I probably would just kill the fucker and take his money as compensation, but I wouldn't go out and buy a new one. I'de look for an S series Ibanez (much higher price range but I like better). Beautiful first guitar!!!

THIS GUITAR WAS MADE IN '99 IN JAPAN. IT COMES WITH 24 EXTRA JUMBO FRETS. HAS 1 VOLUME, 1 TONE W/5-WAY SELCTOR SWITCH, WITH H-S-H PICKUP CONFIGURATION, THE PICKUPS ARE A V8 IN THE BRIDGE S1 IN THE MIDDLE AND V7 IN THE NECK/PASSIVE ELECTRONICS. I DONT PARTICULARY LIKE THESE PICKUPS CAUSE THEY DONT SEEM TO PICKUP EVERY NOTE, AND THE SUSTAIN IS NOT THAT WELL AT ALL. I WANT TO INSTALL AN ACTIVE SETUP(EMG) BUT THAT WILL ALMOST COST AS MUCH AS THE GUITAR, BUT I PROBABLY STILL DO IT. THE BODY IS MADE OF BASSWOOD (I WAS SO SUPRISED HOW LIGHT THIS THING IS BEING BASSWOOD AND ALL) THE NECK IS A SMOOTH MAPLE WHICH IS EXTREMLEY THIN, AND IT FEELS GREAT, THE FINGERBOARD ROSEWOOD WITH DOT INLAYS. THE FINISH ON MINE IS NEW PENNY, IT LOOKS PRETTY NICE ( I WANTED BLACK, BUT WITH WHAT I HEARD IT IS HORRIBLE SO IM GLAD I GOT THIS FINISH). ITS A STRAT STYLE BODY, THE BRIDGE IS A LICENSED FLOYD ROSE( WISH IT WAS AN ORIGINAL BUT IT DOES A GOOD JOB OF STAYING IN TUNE WHEN I DIVE BOMB, HEHE), TUNERS ARE DELUX GOTOH, THESE ARE NOT LOCKING!!!!! IT CAME WITH THE ALAN WRENCHES AND TRUSS ROD AJUSTMENT WRENCH.

THIS PERFECTLY FITS MY STYLE, METAL, HARD ROCK. I USE A MARSHALL MG30RCD, AND A BOSS ME-30, ITS GREAT FOR THIS PEDAL. THIS GUITAR DOES HAVE A PROBLEM SHUTTING UP WITH HEAVY DISTORTION, BUT ITS OK. LIKE I SAID EARLIER THE PICKUPS DONT CLEARLY BRING OUT THE HIGHER NOTES. I GIVE IT AN 8 CAUSE THE PICKUPS JUST DONT HAVE THAT UMPHHHH.

THIS GUITAR WAS SETUP PRETTY WELL, THE ACTION IS PERFECT,(LOW, JUST LIKE I LOVE IT) I CANT STOP TALKING ABOUT THE PICKUPS, ADJUSTED PRETTY WELL, BUT THAT ONE SMALL PROBLEM PISSES ME OFF, THE GUITAR HAD SOME SCRATCHES IN IT, BUT THAT DOESNT REALLY BOTHER ME SINCE THEY WERE SO SAMLL. EVERYTHING ELSE FITS AND WAS SETUP PERFECTLY.
ATTENTION: THE FLOYD WILL ONLY GO IN TUNE IF YOU USE 9-42 GAUGE STRINGS THE WAY IT WAS SETUP, I WASNT ABLE TO PLAY IT FOR A WEEK CAUSE I WAS USING 10-46 AND IT WOULDNT GO IN TUNE. I THINK YOU HAVE TO GET THIS ADUSTED TO USE WHAT GAUGE YOU WANT. GOOD LUCK

THIS GUITAR WOULD STANDUP PERFECTS TO LIVE PLAYING. THE HARDWARE WILL LAST LONGER THAN ME AS FAR AS IM CONSERNED. THE FINISH HAS SOME SCRATHES IN IT, AND A CHIP HERE AND THERE. THE STRAP BUTTONS LOOKED GOOD, BUT I IMMEDIATLEY SWITCHED TO LOCKING BUTTONS.

NEVER DELT WITH THEM, BUT COMES WITH A 5 YEAR WARRANTY SO THATS GREAT.

GREAT GUITAR, I WISH IT HAD BETTER PICKUPS BUT EVERYTHING CANT BE PERFECT. MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT THIS IS THE NECK, ITS SO SMOOTH AND THEN, GOD I LOVE THAT THING, IF IT WERE STOLEN OR LOST, ID SIT IN MY MOMIES LAP AND CRY IN HER ARMS ALL NIGHT LONG, AND THEN I WOULD TELL MY UNCLE(EX NAVY SEAL) TO GO FIND THE GUY AND KICK THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF HIM, HEHE.

This is a 99 (I beleive not sure) black version RG470. The pickups are V7/S1/V8 pickups they sound fairly good, it has a REALLY liteweight basswood body, and has a Lo-TRS II tremolo. It has 1 tone and 1 volume with a 5 way selector switch. It has a very nice and thin neck with that oh so nice all access neck joint system. This guitar only came with tools I had to purchase the case seperately.

This gutar suits me well I play a variety of things but mostly metal and rock ie: KoRn (like it or not!), Metallica, Coal Chamber, Megadeth, etc. and it sounds good on all of those. It sounds very good.

The action was great but this really hurts the rating and that is the finish. There are alot of flaws, barely and I mean barely noticible but I know they are there so......Flaw #1: On the headstock a little above the nut where the headstock finsih disappears under the nut there is a flaw it is not painted or the paint was somehow chipped off in this region. Flaw #2: On the top "horn" of the guitar theres an almost hair thin line that has no paint (only shows up when positioned right) where you can see the wood. Flaw #3: ALL AROUND the guitar from the bottom across the neck join and over the top edges there are little tiny white spots that resemble dust but WILL NOT wipe off no matter what I try. Now I think if you pay over $400.00 for a guitar EVERYTHING should be in good order. So this sections rating will suffer.

This guitar would deffinately withstand live playing I've dinged this guitar on a couple things and I've yet to find so much as a scratch in the regions dinged where as the Epiphone I had would dent or scratch when barely hit by something. The finish will deffinately last that is if I don't decide to strip the paint.

Never delt with them

This guitar is a great deal if it were lost or stolen I might buy it again or I would try out an ESP/LTD hard to say. I wish they had taken better care of the black finish though. If you're looking for a good guitar I suggest this one. If it hadn't been for the finsh this would have scored a perfect 10.

It's a 98 made in Korea like most Ibanez guitars. 24 frets on a rosewood fretboard. 1 volume and 1 tone with a 5-way split coil switch thing. H/S/H. It's the newer model so it has V8-S1-V7 pickups which are hotter and sound much better than the crappy powersounds. The body is basswood which is actually pretty heavy with a maple neck. It's basically a pointed strat body and seems to be a little thicker. It has a very thick black finish. It has a Floyd Rose which is very cool. The tuners are non-locking Gotoh. The neck is very thin and has jumbo frets.

I play mostly hard rock and metal and it covers these styles excellently. The single coil sucks alone so I use one of the split coil modes for clean stuff. The pickups are pretty quiet aside form the usual computer screen hum. I play lead and its bright sound is perfect for that.

The factory setup was pretty good, not quite as low as I like though so I had it professionally setup by a friend. He also adjusted the spring placement on the tremolo block. There were no flaws I saw on the guitar except for a tiny amount of rust on the 12th fret which scraped off easily. The finish was very thick and is showing no real wear after 5 months or so.

It is very reliable. The only thing that isn't is the black finish on the hardware which is rubbing off in some spots due to lots of palm-muting. Other than that, it's solid.

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It's my second guitar. My first was a Squier strat and this obviously blows it away. I love the floyd on it and the pickups also.

A '99 RG470, i believe it was made in Asia. I think it has a whopping 24 or 25 frets, with a 5 way selector, H/S/H. One tone, one volume, im not sure of the woods, floyd rose bridge. Im gonna return the guitar though because the floyd rose is a pain.

This guitar has a great sound but is too dark for me. I use a marshal vs 230 amp.

Action was in incredible shape, low action, but it buzzed, another reason i am returning it. Finish looked beautiful.

THIS GUITAR WILL NOT WITHSTAND ANYTHING!!! The stupid floyd rose and locking tune thing is anoying, the hardware was nice, but too many screws and such, im getting my self a fender.

I dont remember

Ive been playing for a year and put this guitar away after 20 minutes and picked up my squire, an annoying system this floyd rose is.

Basswood (whatever the hell that it) body Solid black (including hardware) Pretty thin Wizard 2 Neck It feels great!! (according to Ibanez the original wizard is thinner)Mine has a Seymour Duncan Distortion in the bridge and a hot rails in the middle with factory v7 neck pick up. I bought it used so I'm not sure of the year but my guess is 97 or 98. Even though I bought it used it came with the Ibanez booklet, Cheap cable (like a new guitar would!!!), and Ibanez hardshell case. It was in absolute perfect condition when I got it. Ohh yeah It has non-locking grover tuners according to the Ibanez website (My bet is that their copies or really cheap because the seem pretty jerky) Has a locking nut tho. and an Ibanez Lo-Trs II Tremelo(pretty damn cool) It is a copy of the Lo-Pro Edge which I'm sure is superior to this but This will suit the average persons needs. I play rhythem so I use the tremelo to pull up powercords and sometimes dive bomb but I like the ability the pull a chord sharp. Holds in tune pretty well. It also uses Ibanez split 5 switching which cuts a humbucker for the inbetween postions (mine is wired that way even with my duncans) A nine because there are always ways to improve features.

Well I can't really comment to much here because I have Duncan pickups I play pretty much 2 kinds of music: Hardcore Punk which is my favorite (bands like Bad Religion, Pennywise, Down by law (they are more emo and not hardcore), 59 times the pain,Anti-flag, Straight Faced) and Metal (Pantera, Vision of Disorder, Anthrax, Canable Cropse) I don't own to many metal albums tho. The neck pickup is kinda boomy for clean and pretty thin dirty I never use it. The hot rail is perfect for real metal, pantera and beyond (Canable Corpse, Sepeltura) where the tone is not real fuzzy but has lots of gain. This pickup probably won't suit you posers who say you like bullshit like KoRn and Limp Bizkit (and other bands that suck donkey dick like Slipknot and 311) besause its not fuzzy and has a "clean" palm mute sound (the kind real metal needs) The Distortion is good for punk that needs a fuzzy sound (especially palm muted) and gets a great 59 times the pain/Pennywise plam mutted sound) This is also the pickup that fag from Coal Chamber uses which makes me not like the pickup as much but a lost of punk bands use it. I never use the inbetween postions because they just cut 2 puckups and combine them.I don't play lead so I don't know how it would sound for that but The neck sure is fast, pretty good sustain also. For me the sound is an 8 because I'm sure there is better and the neck pickup sucks I'd replace it but I never use it By the way I use a peavey transtube Special 2-12

Very fast neck, Action is hella low and intonation is good. Stays in tune well also. Finish is verythick and black not much else to say Tremelo bar is pretty hard to remove (atleast it is for me maybe you know an easier way? e-mail me) I'll probably add a trem-setter, The trem bar is also pretty lose (can rock up and down with adjusting the pitch) but www.jemsite has a good tip if making it more solid. One thing weird it that when using the trem it makes weird knocking noises kinda (from the springs pulling the wood I think) Maybe it is because I had to put 4 springs on it because unless I tightned the spring holder all the way to the wood it would float to high with 3 springs. a 7 because of the small problems with the tremelo

Hella yeah it will last, after a while i'm sure the black will where off the hardware. I'll post another review on how it holds up after my band starts practising and getting gigs the case seems good to. I've had it for a week and a half and I don't see how people easily break strings playing with the floyd I pull it back as far as it goes lots of times and the strings are fine (I've never broken a string playing and I play hard, on the other hand I break plenty of strings turning the tuner the wrong way and snapping a string) For backup I have an ibanez Ex piece of crap

I have their 800 number but Its at my other house so e-mail me if you want it I'll also post it later. I'll give them a 4 because its very hard to find an e-mail address or 800 number on their website nor do they update their effects section enough (they don't even mention their tone-lok pedals yet) No warranty bought it used. The dude I bought it from was cool tho

for the price I payed and what I got Its perfect. If your looking to buy one new check out chris B's music (can't remember their web site) the sell them for about $70 less than Guitar center or musicians friend. It sounds great with the duncans and pretty good unplugged It no les paul but it has a floyd rose and 2 of my most favorite bands use rg series (Fletch from Pennywise uses a coustom Rg and 1 of the guitar players for 59 times the pain uses a 570 I think but it might even be a 470) For those of you who are confused the Rg470 is the top of the middle part of the Rg line and The Rg270 is not middle of the line it is 1 away from the bottom of the line (I hate when people say it is middle of the line) This guitar kicks ass and you all should try it If you in the market would also be good for a lead player. The only thing the sucks about it is the gay bands like orgy, korn, limp bizket play the 7 string version of this guitar. those bands suck and so do all the posers that say they like them you all suck and need to get a real life or not let Mtv tell you what type of music to listen to and get you own taste. Mtv sucks to

I got it new in 1997. It is black strat-shaped 24 fret guitar with H/S/H (passive) pickups with a 5-way switch with a Floyd Rose floater and locking tuners. I think the body is basswood and the neck is maple with a rosewood fretboard. It has the INF series pickups which is its only major drawback. It came with a nice case.

I play a variety of music but most rock. It suits that style quite well except for the weak pickups. It is really too bad that the pickups are so weak since they don't sound pretty good. Then again, that might be because I play through a Peavey Classic 30 that has a very nice tone. It is a pretty versatile instrument that with some effects, I can make it sound the way I want most of the time.

The tech at the shop where I bought it set it up for me when I bought it for no charge. The action is pretty low and the wizard neck is very playable. The guitar is flawless and the finish is perfect. Even though this is an intermediate guitar, it has the fit and finish of a much higher end guitar.

This guitar should be fine for live performance before I play this one live I think I will take the advice of others and swap out the pickups. The hardware seems good and durable. The finish is excellent and hasn't worn off or chips where I have banged it on things. The strap buttons are okay but for performing, I think it would be wise to replace the buttons with strap-lok. This is a very dependable guitar but it would be foolish to gig without a backup especially with a locking tremolo guitar.

I haven't dealt with Ibanez but I had the shop fix the socket where the threads broke. I think someone put in the trem bar and didn't screw it down and broke the threads. This happened in the first week and they didn't charge me to fix it. The shop I got it from was Fat Sound. They really stand behind their stuff.

I've been playing for 11 years and this was my third guitar. The first was a early 70's Teisco and the second was a early 90's Ibanez acoustic. If it were lost or stolen, I'd be really upset. I'd have to hunt down the thief and hit them over the head with my LP (that would probably be considered deadly force though). I like all my guitars but I think this one is my favorite. I chose this one due to its playability, nice tone, and versatility. I wish it had better pickups.

Made in Korea,1996,Basswood body, Maple neck with rosewood fretboard, 24 Jumbo frets. Black finish. LO TRS II tremolo, TopLock. Passive pickups (H: inf1 /S: infs / H: inf2). 5 position pickup selector. 1 tone and one volume control.

I mostly play metal, and for this I have yet to find a better suited guitar. I run it through a Marshall Valvestate 8280E and the sound is great (rating: 8). However the standard pickups (the inf1/infs/inf2) aren't too hot (and a bit noisy), so I replaced them with an EMG 89/ EMG S/ EMG 81 setup, and trust me, this is an improvement! EMG-pick-ups rule, they blast everything away! (rating: 10) The guitar looks great too with the EMG's fitted. I saw that the RG470 now ships with V7 and V8 pick-ups, and i've heard these are a lot better. So if my RG would have come with these, the soundrating would probably be better. This guitar isn't just for metal fans (although those are the ones who will appriciate this guitar the best, especially when fitted with EMG pick-ups (yes, I know I'm babbling, but I just love these EMG's)). Pop, grunge, rock or blues can all be played on this this guitar without a comprimise in regards to sound (by the way: the standard pick-ups are good enough for these types of music ). I guess the only ones who will not appriciate this guitar are the ones who like country or mushy music(you know sickening goody,goody music), they should stick to Fender.

Since I rarely use the tremolo arm (and then only to lower the pitch), I fixed the bridge. Further: action wasn't as low as it could be, so I adjusted that as well. I've had this guitar for 3 years now and except for some small scratches the finish is still in great shape, although it took some serious bangs.

I think you could take this guitar to hell, and still come out of it pretty unscaved.

Never had to deal with 'em.

I've had this guitar for 3 years, and i think it'll probably last another 50. I love this guitar. If it were stolen I would buy another RG, maybe a more expensive one, but definatly another RG. But I would probably replace the pick-ups with EMG's. With that done I'd say for metal, rock or grunge, this IS your guitar!!

This guitar has everything that you need period! I get just about any guitar sound That I could ever want. I have an older model 470 (1993 to be exact) So, I got mine when the 470 was "new." I have played in four different bands and had more gigs than I can remember with this guitar- from Metal to jazz to funk.... and this guitar has constantly delivered that goods!

THe sound is great! The only mods that I have done have done is a a pickup swap. I put a Tone Zone in the bridge and a PAF Pro in the neck. I get any sound that I want.

I love the action on this guitar! It's LOW!!! That's how I like it. The finish is good.

Like I said, I've giged heavily with this guiatr.... and I've never had a problem.

Never had to deal with them.

This is my No. 1 guitar. I have a Les Paul that sits in the case most of the time. The only time it comes out is when I break a string at a gig. If you are looking for a pro guitar at a very not pro price.... then this is the guitar my friends!

it was made in eitre 98 or99 it was made in japan.it has 24 jumbo frets. its solid top.controls given are volume tone and 5-way selctor switch.the pickup configuration is h/s/h.the bridge pickup is stock ibanez pickup which is a v7 humbucker the middle pickup is a si single coil and the neck pickup is v8 humbucker.the body is a basswood,the neck is maple with rosewood fretboard.the guitar came with a kick ass finish the color is new penny.the body style is strat style.th bridge is a ibanez floyd rose lo-trs ii. the tuners gotoh tuners locking.the neck style is wizard 2 which is pretty thin.it is good for fast guitar solos and fast rythm.it did not come with anything i had to purchase a gig bag separetly.

I PLAY HEAVY METAL AND THIS GUITAR SEEMS TO DO ITS JOB QUITE WELL. I AM USING A PEAVEY MAX 100 PROCESSOR AMD PEAVEY STUDIO PRO 112. 65 WATT AMP. IT IS NOISY ON THE BRIDGE PICKUP WHICH IS A V7.THIS GUITAR HAS A VARIETY OF SOUNDS FROM HEAVY METAL TO BLUES AND ACOUSTIC.I HAVE NO DISLIKES ABOUT THE GUITAR EXCEPT FOR THE BRIDGE PICKUP WHICH WILL BE GETING REPLACED WITH AN EMG 81.

THE GUITAR WAS SET UP WELL WHEN I GOT IT BUT THE ASCTION WAS A LITTLE LOW FOR ME. I CAN'T REALLY SAY HOW THE PICKUPS WERE ADJUSTED BECAUSE I DONT KNOW.THE GUITAR IS GREAT NO FLAWS.

I HAVEN'T PLAYED THIS GUITAR LIVE YET BUT I THINK IT WITHSTAND THE TORTURE.THE HARDWARE IS BLACK IT SEEMS LIKE IT WILL LAST I JUST WORRY ABOUT SCRATCHING IT. THE FINISH IS LIKE INDIDSRUCTBLE.IT HAS REALLY SOLID STRAP BUTTONS.I CAN DEFENITLEY DEPEND ON THIS GUITAR.NO IT IS ALWAYS GOOOD TO HAVE A BACKUP JUST IN CASE.

NEVER DEALT WITH THEM

I HAVE BEEN PLAYING FOR ABOUT 2 AND A HALF YAERS. I WOULD COMPARE THIS GUITAR TO ANY JACKSON MODEL. THIS GUITAR ROCKS FOR THE PRICE.

BY THE WAY METALLICA KICKS ASS!

This Strat-like Ibanez RG470 was made in Japan 98 or 99 (not really sure.) Solid blue basswoodbody, 25.5" scale 24 Jumbo Frets maple neck with a rosewood fretboard including center-dots. Passive Ibanez electronics, H/S/H configuration with Ibanez Humbucker-split wiring. Ibanez licensed Floyd-Rose lo-trs tremolosystem, locking Gotoh tuners. Gigbag, tools and manual included.

I play this guitar through a Marshall Anniversary Series Combo and it works very well. I've tried it through lots of different Marshalls, valve Fenders and Crate Blue Voodo and it works every time. The electronics are absolutely marvellous, particulary when I play the clean channel. The middlepositioned single-soil is a bit noisy when you use it alone, so use it together with a split humbucker and it sounds great. The body delivers a very bright sound, a perfect mix of middle, bass and treble. I play in a metalband, and we mix a lot of musicstyles. It works well for everything.

The action was great, I have nothing to complain about.

I've played with it live many times, no problems at all. A trustworthy guitar, definitely!!

I've never dealt with them.

I've played for eight years. I've been trying Gibsons, Fenders, Kramers, Washburns, Jacksons and many others, but this one is definitely the best one at this price. I mean, if I were rich I would probably buy the lates RG or a USA Jackson, but this one is great. My favourite is the electronics in relation to the tonesetting, it's like an extra equaliser. Compare that to the Japan Jacksons, they are worthless. When you adjust the tone, it just sounds worse.

This is an update to my previous review. I looked over my review and I realized that I had overlooked some important flaws.
I forgot to mention the fact that there are several "dead spots" higher up on the fretboard, where the string can not properly vibrate and sustain is cut off almost immediately. This is more apparent when bending at these spots. It is a subtle, but very annoying thing.
I am hoping that the guitar just needs some adjusting of the neck to fix this situation, but the folks at Guitar Center already tried set it up once. If anybody out there knows what to do, please e-mail me.
Hopefully, if this can be fixed, I can do it myself...Guitar Center will probably charge me about $50 if I have them try to set it up (and there's no guarentee they'll be able to make it any better).
Anyway, I really hope this can be fixed. It may seem like a minor thing, but it really affects the playability of the instrument. Everyone else talks about the great playability of the RGs, and I can feel it below the 12th fret. I like everything else about the guitar (except the pickups), so it would suck if it couldn't be properly adjusted. I was thinking about changing the pickups, but if it doesn't play right, it's not worth the investment, and I'll trade it in for something else later on. Anyway, for now I'll have to lower my overall rating to a 6.5.

I think this guitar was made 1997 because it doesn't have the bubinga strip or the V8, V7, and S pickups, but it looks relatively new. If you want to see the features in detail, look at the other posts below, or go to www.ibanez.com. Mine, specifically, is black, and has the lower-end INF series pickups. The 24 frets are very wide, and it takes some practice to play accurately higher up the fretboard. Guitar Center threw in a case and some picks (The case is huge. It wasn't designed for this guitar.). This guitar has basically everything you need, but it doesn't come with anything really fancy like coil tapping, or active electronics.

I have only been playing for about a year, so I don't really have a particular style yet. I play through an older Peavey Rage (15 w) w/ no effects. This guitar was meant for hard rock and shred, though. My complaint is with the INF pickups. The 2 humbuckers are both weak and kind of hollow sounding, and the single lacks character. If you turn the distortion way up, you can get a passable sound, but it doesn't sound very good clean. I think part of the problem is due to my crappy amp.
I plan on changing the pickups like this: Dimarzio Tone Zone in the bridge, maybe a FRED in the neck, no idea about the single...possibly an HS3. I think this guitar will sound awesome with the new pickups (and a new amp), but for now it gets a 6.

I got the guitar used, and the action was pretty bad. It was easily fixed by the staff at Guitar Center, but I had to take it back 3 or 4 times because they didn't want to recognize it. Finally, on the fourth time, the guy fixed the Floyd Rose and adjusted the truss rod correctly. At least they didn't charge me for the set up. Since then, I have readjusted the Floyd, and the action is almost down to where I want it. I think the truss rod might have to be adjusted one more time, but I'll leave it alone for now.
Everything else is fine. There was some rust on the pickups, tremelo, and nut, but I cleaned most of it off. There is a small dent in the finish, but its on the back, so nobody will ever see it.
My overall rating in this category will assume that everything has been set up properly.

This guitar seems very reliable. The finish is thick, and should last for a very long time. Despite the thinness of the neck, you can feel how durable it is. The strap buttons are small, so it would probably be a good idea to change them. I've never played live, but it seems good enough to use in that situation.

There is no warrenty from Ibanez because I got it used. I can't comment on their customer support, but they do have a cool website. The people at Guitar Center are friendly, but a little less knowledgable than places with their own repair facilities. They have better prices than most of those stores, though.

I have been playing for about a year. I also have a Crate Electra strat copy (see my review), and a Peavey Rage amp. I wanted a really cool looking guitar with 24 frets and a Floyd. I was also thinking about an ESP LTD M200, but they were like $500 (new, of course). The fact the Satriani, Vai, Petrucci, and so many other great players play Ibanez drew me to their guitars.
Before I bought this guitar, I promised myself that I would try everything in the store until I found the perfect guitar. However, it's hard to do that when you're eager to get your new guitar home and start playing, and your parents are standing around bored, complaining about their aches and pains. This turned out to be the only guitar I tried, and I wasn't thrilled with the feel. I picked it because I liked the body style, the black finish, and the price. I really wish I had spent some time trying everything out. Fortunately, everthing turned out okay, and I am happy with my purchase. Next time I buy a guitar, I'll let my parents stay home, and I'll be prepared to stay awhile so I can get exactly what I want.
As for this guitar, I love the stability of the tuning with the locking nut and the Floyd, the speed of the neck, the cool tilted back headstock, the ease of access to all 24 frets, and the black finish. I don't like the stock pickups, but that's about all. I kind of wish it had a neck-through body to increase sustain, but that would add significantly to the price. If this were stolen, I would try to find a higher end model, like a 570, or a Jem. I am giving this guitar a 9, because it has basically everything I wanted in a second guitar, for about $350. Stock pickups are made to be taken out, anyway.

This is a great guitar for its price. I got it in a Royal Blue color which I love. I havent had any problems with it so far except that its a pain to tune and change the strings. One thing about it is that you can only use 9 gauge strings unless you want to adjust the tremolo system. I love the low action for the neck. Makes good playing for lead. Great guitar if you like metal.

The guitar sounds great. I play pretty much everything except country and it sounds good with all of them. I use a Fender Strat for clean sounds and this for the heavy. I have the Infinity pickups on my guitar. But the newer Rg 470's come with the Vintage pickups which are supposedly better. The pickups give great sound but I have recently replaced them with emg 81 pickups in the bridge and neck. The emg's are awesome. They blow the stock pickups away.

I havent found any major flaws in the guitar. This guitar can withstand a beating. The paint is still great on it. Its still in one piece....

No problems so far. Ive had it for a year.

Havent dealt with them.

I would give the guitar a 10. It is a great guitar for lead and metal. I have a Fender Stratplus with it and I would say I play this guitar a considerable amount more. I wish I would have waited to get the Vintage pickups but i dont guess it matters since I replaced these pickups. If it were stolen I would probably buy a JEM but oh well.

This guitar is sweet. It has 24 frets and has a Wizard II neck.. Its really thin, so you can really thrash up and down the fretboard. The frets are jumbos, which i really like. they're good for hammering. The pickups are H/S/H. They're standard Ibanez RG pickups, V7, S1, and V8. It has the floyd tremelo which is the best feature any guitar can have, regardless of brand or make. This has alot of features for a great price.

This guitar has a great sound if you like to grind. But, if you put it on the single pickup or neck pickup, you'd be amazed at the quality of the tone that you get.

I had the guitar set up especially for my playing needs, but when I was trying it out in the store, the action was pretty good. Everything was in excellent working order except that the pickups are rough along the edges of the fretboard. If those were fixed, I'd give it a 10.

This guitar was built to take anything. It's a tank. I could drop it every night, and it would be fine.

I've been playing for 4 years, and I've never played anything that was as good as an Ibanez. They're reliable, durable, and they sound great for an affordable price. I would recomend this guitar to anyone who is a serious guitar player. If i had to replace it, I might get a 570 or a 7 string, but definately an Ibanez.

Korean made. American basswood body maple neck with rosewood fingerboard (Ibanez Wizard ii type). 24 Jumbo frets.
H/S/H Ibanez pasive INF series pickups with 5-way selector. Ibanez Lo-trs ii Floyd rose trem (locking nut obviously)
The guitar shop Threw in a hard case. Tools included
Only one tone knob could be ,limiting to some players. Tone and volume knobs need to be a little more sensitive. But don't be scared this is a great guitar.