Ibanez RG570

It's a solid body guitar made in Japan in 98.It has 24 jumbo frets, a volume and a tone control, 5 way selector.The pickups are passive Ibanez V8,S1 and V7 which are in H-S-H configuration.This guitar has a basswood body and maple&bubinga neck.The finish is satin.It has Ibanez EDGE tremolo which is one of my favourite tremolo systems.It stays in tune for a long time.The tuners are locking gotoh.This guitar has an awesome Super Wizard neck which is very thin, radius is 400mmR.I think super wizards are best for shredding.The fingerboard is a high quality bound rosewood.

I play nearly every style of music and this guitar suits well for every style from jazz,blues to heavy metal.I've used it with a 100w solid-state laney amp and a behringer gm-108.The bridge pickup(V8) has a bright and mid-range characteristic,single pickup(S1) is a bit noisy on 3rd position,a bit quiet and warm like classical single pu's.The neck pickup(V7) which i like most is like a dimarzio norton.It is very suitable for both rhythms and solos.
This guitar has classical strat tone on 2nd and 4rd positions.
When i played satriani songs i've realized that this guitar also screams.You can play every song with a proper setup.
Things that i don't like are middle pickup and a bit metallic sound but this is normal because it has tremolo system.If you change pickups this guitar will be awesome so i'll give it 9 for that.

this guitar was set up well.The action was well balanced.It was a bit low but there was no buzz.The pickups were not well balanced.Neck pickup was higher than bridge so it has a louder sound.But you can easily adjust them.Bridge was set-up well also.The body paint is weak,it falls out easily.

This guitar will last for a long time.The hardware is high quality and finish is well.Don't be afraid of live playing.You can play this guitar forever.So i'll give it 10 for that.

This guitar has the best price&-performance rating.The feature that i love is versatility.It suits well for all styles but best for hard rock&metal.If it were stolen or lost i'd really buy it again and i will never sell it.This guitar will beat all others in its category. But be careful!I recommend rg570s that are made before 2000s.

1996 MIJ 24 frets, solid body made of basswood, 1vol 1 tone 5 way selector, HSH, stock pickups V7 S1 V8. Wizard 1 pc maple neck w/walnut and rosewood fingerboard.
Edge bridge, Ibanez MIJ tunners all in cosmo black.
Color Flaked blue.

The best heavy metal guitar ever made. Other brands like Fender made its tries with the HM or the mexican~usa mutant....the prodigy but they had to stop producing it, we all know why it??s simple the ibanez rg mij are the best. I won??t even waste time on telling what i think about jackson and their ugly headstocks, body shape and shark tooths, lol.
The RG 5XX and above series are made under a recipe that mix the finest ingredients you can find for its price range. The best ever floating bridge. (there is no better even if you want to pay more cash you won??t find any better)
Neck woods are almost perfect.

Sounds perfect for what it was made for.
Stock pickups are almost good as DiMarzios but they are prety flat about eq. Difinition is good I have to say V7 is better for sweeping than a PAF Pro.
S1 sounds the same as HS2
V8 is a great pickup, I had many DiMarzios and SD.
Somthing that helps improving the tone is using string gauge as big as you can handle to play same speed. You know what i mean.
And i think people can??t speak about the tone without playing it through a good amp and pedal.

Lovely finish, ready to play. Even the electronic is perfect.

Perfect.

Perfect.

10/10 as a guitar player you can compare and choose. Just sit at your guitar shop, take a fender american std strat a gibson lp std and any mij ibanez, play 1 hour with each one, using same amp. Compare prices and quality. I choose IBZ. bye

All stock 1991, Japanese made, 24 frets on the original wizard maple neck w/ 17mm(1st fret)-20mm(12th fret) neck thickness and rosewood fretboard, solid basewood body, H/S/H w/ 5-way selector. Stock V3/S1/V2 passive Pickups. Edge double locking trem system. Superstrat style body with deep cutaways and recessed neck joint. Ibanez case.

I've been playing for 20 years on and off and have picked up a few styles and preferences. I have played through processors, tube- and solid-state amps. I have also played through various types of guitars from Fender Strats to Les Pauls, Jackson to Schector. This guitar really impressed me. I picked it up for under $200 as a beat up castaway. I cleaned it up and set it up and it blew my mind.
??? The stock pickups are very airy with a lot of definition in the lower end. If you like tight overdriven distortion, the V2 is for you. Great harmonics (I do a ton of pinch harmonics and this one screams at ease).
??? The S1 and V3 work well for more mellow and bassier tones, but I'll admit I'm more into the overdrive and harmonics of the bridge pickup.
??? The Edge trem holds tune under the most abuse and does all the flutter trem tricks at ease.

*Just a note here... I have purchased quite a few of these Ibanez models w/ varied DiMarzio and Seymour Duncan replacement Pickups... and I have to disagree with many of the other reviews... these stock pups are awesome... and in my opinion... better for a more rich tone. If you're not trying to sound like one of your idols and are looking for a more cutting edge feel... leave it stock.

I got this used, so I don't know the original action. But, I adjusted my action as low as possible and the pickups as high as possible to bring out the most tone and ease of play. Results? The guitar holds nice low action without buzzing and the pickups sound sweet. Like I mentioned before, the trem is very solid... definitely the best and most stable I have ever played on. Even though the guitar was beat up when I bought it, the finish and wood held up well where it wasn't chipped or gouged. The neck is cracked at the nut, but it plays like nothing ever happened and holds tune like a champ.

I'd say, with the way this guitar plays and the abuse it appears to have gone through.. I would not worry about it lasting another 17 years.

The web site is helpful in supplying part#s and archived catalog info. But, you can't order parts or get pricing online. Probably have to call 'em.

I'm an Ibanez man now. This guitar sounds nothing like the chewed up piece of garbage it looks like. I am sold. Like I said before, the stock pups are awesome... so awesome I replaced a Tone Zone in an RG565 I just got with an Ibanez V8... and it sounds (to me) much more complex, tight, and harmonic.
If I payed original sticker price, I couldn't complain... though I am still debating whether I should get one of those reissue RG770s for a grand +.

Japanese, made in 1989 with the Edge bridge. The neck is wide, thin with fat frets and a bubinga stripe. Originally came with v8,v7, and s1. I bought it used. I used it for a year and a half and just recently changed out the pickups. Gave it a 9 because the pickups were just ok.

Pickups suck. You will have to tweak to high heaven for any decent tone. I switched out recently to a fred/neck and 500xl/bridge. Huge difference. I should have done it before. I gave my brother an older japanese made 550 with emgs and it sounds awsome for metal. We both think the necks on these things are the best. The fred has thick creamy tone. The 500xl is at the other end with more bite, and very trebly. Beg, borrow, or steal... change out the pickups. You will never want for another shredder style again.

The kid I bought this from didn't have the knowledge to adjust this guitar. When I bought it the action was low, no buzzing frets, and intonated well. So, I guess factory set up was good (especially considering the guitar body showed he didn't take care of it). Electronics were sound. I give it a ten because it has no dead frets or buzzing with low action and the intonation is great dispite the condition of the body.

This guitar looks like it has been through some abuse and it plays like new. My guitar is solid. I would not use any guitar at a gig without a backup especially one with a floating trem. You can drop this guitar without any worry of effecting playability.

The website seems pretty helpful.

Been playing for 22 years off and on. I would definitely buy another if it were lost or stolen. The neck and bridge are the definite standouts. I would love to see this in a korina or mahogany body. Maybe they do? I have a japanese fender strat and a strat style s/s/hb guitar with an old boogie body neck (charvel) which is super flat with jumbo frets, and an old japanese les paul set neck. They each have their place as far as style. Only the les paul copy is in danger of being replaced. My 570 is a keeper.

The Rg i have purchased was a 2002, Japanese rg570. It has 24 frets, a solid top, the standard HSH 5 way switch. Im not giving it a 10 because of the stock pick ups. There not bad but im sure a Dimarzio switch can make a huge improvement. Its in a silver candy finish meaning there is alot of sparkels perfect for playing 80s hair metal. Mine has the better quality lo-pro not the crappy TRS bridge, and Gotoh tuners. It also came with a hard-shell. Not bad for 300 without a scratch for dent.

The neck is amazing for shred, but the pick ups dont say the same. The pick ups arent bad for basic rock and classic rock. But there isnt much gain to them or sustain. The single coil tho has alot of twang making the guitar very versatile allowing you to play blues and what not. The guitar dosnt get noisy on me using a pod xt live into a marshal solid state. Its a warm sounding guitar.

The neck is astounding. I believe it plays as good as a jem.

Yes im sure this guitar can withstand any playing. But if you were to brake a string on stage with this youd be fed in the A since thr bridge is a floater. Ive seen these type of finishes crack and wear but im sure if you treated it with care it will look like new for ever. Besides the bridge scare if I had to play a stadium this guitar would be with me for the whole set.

Bought it Used

Ive been playing for 3 years. I own a American strat with the s1 switch S-S-H. And a 80s custom guitar i found at a show that has 2 emg and a floyd rose. I believe this guitar is way better. It were stolen or lost i would go emo and cut my self. I love that its an Ibanez and i feel like im playing with the best. If anything I wish it had new pick ups.

I didn't buy this guitar for it's looks. I don't dislike the way it looks but it isn't my favorite style either. I bought it because it performs.

I have a 2001, Japanese made Ibanez RG570 in grew nickel. The finish is fine, nothing spectacular. The body style is that of the super strat and is made of basswood. Basswood is very good for mid frequency tones. A down side is that it is a bit soft and dents comparatively easily. 25.5 inch scale length There is one volume and one tone control. This guitar is equiped with a licensed Floyd Rose tremelo and a locking nut. The pickup configuration is H/S/H and the neck has twenty four fat frets.

More on the neck. The neck on these guitars is amazing. In fact, I bought this guitar for the neck. My RG has the Super Wizard neck which is made of maple with a brown bubinga stripe down the back. This neck has a very flat fretboard, relatively wide string spacing and it is very thin. What I mean by that is that there isn't much wood between the fretboard and the back of the neck. This makes soloing much easier for me and many other. The neck finish is very thin and smooth, facilitating fast playing. These guitars were designed with the shredder in mind but they allow anyone to play any style of guitar lead more quickly. That is, if you find thin necks to be comfortable. Some don't. I do.

I will start with the bad. I am not particularly impressed with the stock pickups on this guitar. It has the Ibanez V7 humbucker in the neck, the S1 single coil in the middle and the V8 humbucker in the bridge.

This is a very resonant guitar when played unplugged. These pickups just don't seem to pick up the subtle overtones that this guitar produces.

With the right pickups, I think that this guitar could be outstanding. The tone is there, I just need to figure out which pickups are best for capturing it.

I bought this guitar used. I can't comment on how the action is on them from the factory but I can set the action how ever I want it on this guitar. In fact, I can set it ridiculously low without fret buzz. This is a very well designed guitar, indeed.

The workman ship is very impressive all round. The neck pocket is a perfect fit. This guitar is a good example of high quality Japanese workmanship.

This guitar is solid. With the locking nut, it never goes out of tune.

I would not play this guitar without a backup because it has a floating trem. With this style of bridge, if one sting breaks, the rest go out of tune. This is not a design flaw. Again, this guitar is designed with shredders in mind and they tend to use the trem a lot while playing.

As an aside, this isn't the easiest style of guitar to tune. I would not recommend a guitar with a floating trem to a beginner.

I bought it used.

I am very happy with the purchase of this guitar. I think that these Japanese RGs are under valued. Some might say that the looks of them are outdated. I would agree with that to some extent. But, for me and many others, they are just about the easiest guitars that I know of to play. The wide string spacing makes for relatively easy alternate picking. The smooth neck allows me to traverse it effortlessly. The thinness of the neck allows my fingers to walk with ease from fret to fret.

There is a reason why so many of the fast players including Paul Gilbert, Joe Satriani, Steve Via play Ibanez guitars with necks similar to this one. The reason is that they are easier guitars to play for many of this and the ease in playing results from the great Ibanez guitar necks.

I bought this used off Ebay, it is a white Ibanez RG570, made in Japan, Lo-Pro Edge Tremolo, V7-V1-V8 pickups, you know the rest...

I've been playing Jacksons forever, until I played an RG570 at a local music shop through an Uberschall - I almost liked the guitar better than the amp!

I just got mine a few days ago, I love the white finish - it just looks so badass! I always have DiMarzios put into my guitars, this one has a PAF-Pro at the neck, an Evolution single coil in the middle, and a Tone Zone on the bridge. Of course, this makes a tremendous difference. With those pickups in this guitar I feel like I have the ultimate metal/shred machine!

Sounds killer!

The stock pickups are all right, definitely harsher than the DiMarzios with not as much sustain or contrast between the neck/bridge pickup. Terrific split coil sound on clean tone though!

Even better now with the DiMarzios!!!

Got it used.

I am in love with the Lo-Pro Edge trem system - the bar feels just right and man, does it stay in tune. The action is quite low, little to no buzzing.

Again, I bought it used so this setup was done to my preference.

The trem is one of the best in the biz' - you'll stay in tune and the intonation is solid.

I always replace the pickups and the straplocks (Ernie Ball locking) on all my guitars, so I can't speak for the stock version.

But I will put it this way - it put my beloved Jackson last in line at my shows! This baby's number one!

I couldn't be happier with this guitar - it sounds great, plays great, stays in tune and the trem system is top notch (looks killer too! The DiMarzios are all flourescent green as well as the volume/tone knobs and p/up selector switch).

I will most likely buy a few more in the future, and why not!

Wonderful guitar, particularly for metal and shred! Rock on!

H-S-H "SuperStrat" guitar, with double locking Edge (Floyd Rose) tremolo, basswood body, 24-fret bolt-on maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, 5-way switch, volume, and tone control. This is a circa 2002 model, made in Japan. It has the bubinga strip down the back of the neck for stability, and has a beautiful silver-nickle finish on the body (not the cheesy sparkle finish).

Stock, this is a good shredder axe, especially for 80's metal sounds. I replaced the pickups & this baby has really come alive. I went with DiMarzios, and I am extremely satisfied with the versatility of this guitar now. Pickups are as follows:
Neck = PAF Pro
Middle = Area '61
Bridge = Norton

I also replaced the pickup selector with a special 5-way, 4-pole switch, so I get hum-cancelling in all 5 positions. DiMarzio has a wiring diagram available upon request. The resulting pickup selections are as follows...
1. PAF Pro series humbucking
2. PAF Pro tapped, in parallel with Area '61 tapped
3. Area '61 series humbucking
4. Norton tapped, in parallel with Area '61 tapped
5. Norton series humbucking

Now this guitar has authentic sounding vintage Strat sounds in positions 2-4, and great humbucking sounds at the neck & bridge positions. I can cover anything from Stevie Ray & Hendrix to Petrucci, Vai, and beyond.

The neck is wonderful, and it plays like a dream. You can set the action ultra-low if you want.

Seems like it will last a long time with proper care. The finish is tough. I replaced the strap buttons with straplocks, so I can easily remove the strap to put it in its case. The hardware is showing some signs of wear on the cosmo black paint, but it looks cool.

Great guitar, even in stock form. Replace the pickups & you have a world class instrument. Satriani, Vai, and many other guitar gods have signature models that are virtually identical to the RG570. The only difference is paint color & pickups.

Nuf said on this, so I won't say much. It is what people back in the day called a superstrat.

These are one of the most versatile guitars you can buy. I guess it could be argued that if you can only have one guitar, this would be a guitar to consider. I usually play Strats. But the RG570 keeps winning a place on stage as my backup and gets a workout when I need a meatier tone. It usually is the one I practice with. Since I play strats I have grown fond of low output pu's so I switched the V7 and V8 out with what some may find a surprising choose. I choose Carvin H22N and H22B. The neck measures about the same as the V7 on my meter, but the bridge pick reads lower like a PAF humbucker. I like to have a clean signal then boost it. The neck and the neck/bridge sound very good in the clean and distortion setting of my amps and the bridge stays define when your rocking. Even with the stock pu's it is a good pro guitar. It doesn't spank like a strat, nor punch like a Les Paul. It has it's own tone not bright or to dark.

Simple put. No other guitar I have played plays better

Thing stays in tune and is durable and a true road warrior.

Don't know never dealt with them

I bought my fist Rg570 in 91 and played it as my main guitar in clubs till 2001. I bought a used one just last year. It was at a music store. So I picked it up and it felt like an old friend and bought it on the spot. Fender Strats and the Ibanez RG570 are the only guitars I have bought multiple times. I have been gigging 30 yrs and have played TexMex, Classic Rock, Country, R&B and a bit of Jazz with this guitar. It got me through every gig I played without breaking a string. Heck I played some gigs and didn't have to retune the whole night. I can't say that for any other guitar I have owned. It doesn't sound lke a strat or Les Paul, but has it's own voice and at their used sale price it is a steal!

It has a locking nut and tremelo which is great for extreme bends. I play rock, blues, metal, and jazz, it can play anything. H-S-H pickups.

Almost no feed back. Can get great twang sound and deep full sound but if you have the money change the pickups.

This guitar can stand tons of dinks and beats and still keeps very good tone. Strap buttons are very solid.

I have benn playing for 4 year and i have a strat but this is much better. No dinks on it except the ones it came with, almost bever goes out of tune

I think everyone's covered it by now, V7-S1-V8 pickups, Edge Trem, Locking nut. Basswood. The only thing I would have liked more would be if they had seperate volumes for the humbuckers. I'll give it a 9.

With this guitar I play mostly Neoclassical, Prog, and just plain Shred. Here's my setup

Guitar > Bad Horsie 1 > Boss TU-2 Tuner > Boss DS-1 Distortion > Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive (on occasion swapped out for a Metal Zone) > Peavey Triumph 120 PAG (great amp, if you ever see an old one pop up on ebay, grab it) <Effects Loop> Through a Boss GT-3 Multi effects (mostly use for EQ and Chorus type stuff) > Line 6 Delay Modeler <End Effects Loop>

I love the sound of the bridge pickup through that mess, with the amp on the "Ultra" channel (with the pre gain dimed, of course). The bridge pickup is a little too dark fortaste, not enough bite, but it does jazz quite well, and can get a very nice bluesy tone, and a decent violin tone for the neolassical stuff. The "in between" positions offer great funky stuff, really spanky. The bridge pickup is the only thing I would fault it for, so I'll give it a 9.

It was in okay shape when I got it, but then I set it up and lowered the action, plays like a dream with almost no buzz whatsoever, but I'm not qualified to comment, really, I got it used.

The trem is one of the most stable double lockers I've seen in a while, so no problems there, but one of the strap buttons was loose when I got it, an easy fix. I've only had it for two days though, so I really can't tell yet.

Haven't had any reason to contact them.

With the price I paid for it, which was a steal, I give it a ten. I had paid closer to a grand, it would still be a ten. This guitar plays and sounds very good, and it stands up to my Parker and my S Custom with extra attitude.

MIJ, I bought this guitar when they were fairly new many years ago. Grey Pewter finish on this one with hardware that has something of a gunmetal finish. Very sleek and sexy guitar that always looks good to me. Exaggerated cutouts allow for full access to the upper neck. This neck is as fast as anything I've ever played, maybe the fastest and most comfortable I've known. I thrive on low action, and this one gets so low it just about plays itself. Buttery fast action, if you can't shred on this, you can't shred on anything. Basswood is always a pleasure to sling up due to the light weight, but it's not the best of tone woods. I'd rather this was a fixed bridge guitar too not that I've had it so long, but sall good. Stays in tune well due to the locking nut. So long as you do the right things when slapping new strings on, you'll have no problems. I credit Ibanez for cramming lots of features into this axe. Taking off a point for the single coil pickup, it's superfluous and crappy...

The pickups are easily the weakest point, even still, I've heard *much* worse from stock pups. The single coil is terrible, they should have just made this a double hum configuration. There are other guitars out there which excel at the single coil twang, and this guitar finds it's home in hard rock and metal anyway imo. The neck pickup lacks far too much clarity for my tastes, and I never put the single coil in line. I always play this axe with the tone full on and the bridge pickup soloed. With some tasteful EQ and compression, this guitar settles into a thick sustain-laden crunch. This axe gets some ringing overtones at times when a chord is allowed to bloom too, which adds character to one's sound imo. Using my default tone/pickup config and some reasonably fresh strings, chord work will maintain respectable note definition. Decent lead tone, but could cut better imo. I dig sizzling lead tones that make the hair on my neck stand up, so I'd prefer the birdge pup were a tad hotter actually. The clean sound is generic and just ok, but much improved when fresh strings are kept in rotation.

My favorite thing about this guitar is the action. It gets low and FAST with no buzz, a real pleasure to play. If it were fixed bridge instead of the stock trem, it would be the perfect player. That's easily fixed with a well placed wedge though, so no big deal. The neck is thin though, and once in a while I've bent notes or chords just a hair off pitch by exerting too much force when fretting. Once again, not an issue with the guitar, but rather me needing to be conscious of technique. I play bass a lot too, so I tend to exert more force on a guitar neck than someone who plays only guitar. The finish is easily chipped, so take good care of it. Basswood is notoriously soft too, so it doesn't take much to ding it.

At least 6 years old and still going strong, only a couple small dings or chips to speak of. This guitar can gig night after night, but be sure to bring a backup. Why? Cause if you break a string, you are SOL unless you have another axe at the ready. This is NOT an axe you want to restring on a gig if you kept the stock bridge. The bridge requires a tedious retuning process after you bust one, so be warned. I personally find the bridge overengineered for my tastes, but I can appreciate that Ibanez was trying to offer versatily.

Never needed

I'll award a 9 for overall versatility and value within the given price range. Yes there are some superfluous features (sc pickup and overengineered bridge), but Ibanez gives you bang for the buck with this one. I don't know if they still make this guitar or what the model # would be, but I'd say this one's a keeper based on the playability alone. I don't want to feel like I'm fighting the instrument when playing challenging material. This guitar really plays itself, always been a pleasure to pick up this axe.

mine is from 87 made in japan, one of the first of the production line that year.

has (yet) volume and tone, and one 5 way switch (currently under modification)....had orriginal PAF pickups, but is getting better one's, with an seymor duncan hotrail middle pickup...
Edge bridge (original, good quality)..

jumbo frets and sharktooth inlay, for the nice smooth metal look..

I don't know the type of wood for the body, it's quile lite of color I had to sand it smooth, The guy I bought it from told me that it's owner before him nearly wrecked it up...now it looks in much better condition. Still working on a ply-wood pickup, to let the wood color run in one piece, looks awsome. It's a good guitar, because it's not yet finished I can only rate it from it's qualities when I got it.

has a very sharp sound, so it's more something for solo work then just power cords, clearly it already say's enough when you look at it. not a beginner guitar for shure.

it needs to be tuned properly, for the overall work, since I'm lead/rithm in a blackmetalband, that's why I'm changing the pickups.
overall, it sounds very powerfull, just right for my music styles

even when I got it as a partially wrecked guitar, the action was still perfect, and the copy floydrose, insured that it was still tuned perfectially. Only, the wiring was a bit roughly put together, looked like a mess under the pickguard.

this guitar is well wearth a stage performance, especially when I finished it with new clearfinish, new pickups ect...
It's sturdy and reliable...and will alway's be one of my favorites to play on.

n.a.

I've been playing it for 5 weeks before I started to modify and recondition it, it played very well for a guitar been in posession from more people then I have got limbs.

I hope when it's done, it should play better then my modified Yamaha rgx 312, wich I also bought in near death condition...

It soon will ahve evrything I can ask for (ok, I'm modifying it myself...)

a good guitar, like most of Ibanez rg / ex or jem series.....

Think it's been covered; fully locking floyd licensed trem, H-S-H pickup layout, 5 way switch etc etc.

I particularly like the large strap buttons this guitar actually stands a good chance of staying strapped on if you like running around stage.

I play everything from blues to metal. The pickups sound pretty dead and lifeless when not processed, but that makes them good for plenty of high-gain distortion. In my opinion there are much better sounding guitars that are in the same league.

I can't really comment on the factory setup, but the guitar is well made and the neck plays like greased lightening - it's a real shredders guitars (unsurprisingly). I really really love the neck on this guitar.

The guitar is old - not sure how old but over 10 years I reckon. Considering it's held up well - the pickups are loose, (i think the screws may be cross-threaded), but aside from that - pretty good nick considering

It's a good guitar, great for heavey metal shredding, but I wouldn't use it for much else. The tone leaves much to be desired, but overall it's a decent instrument and well worth considering if you can pick one up cheap.

I speak Spanish so high chances of bad spelling here.

RG570 1999 Japan made model. Rosewood fingerboard (24 frets), basswood body, H-S-H pickups (V7-S1-V8), Edge tremolo. I will give it a 10 because it has all the features I was looking for.

It is very versatile.
As with any guitar, you have to make serious tweaking to your amp and effects until you really nail the sound you want. Clean sound was easier for me to get, but the gain/distorted sound was a hard search.

I will not describe you how it sounds TO ME because I think it has no point. Your playing technique is for sure different from mine, your equipment probably is radically different and so your musical tastes and experience.

For those of you who complaint repeatedly about the sound and start to change pickups seeking for the ?Holy Grail?:
DON?T lose perspective. If you are into Vai or Satriani styles, go to a Blockbuster store and rent some Live DVD?s of them. Yeah, they are great and sound great but stop looking at them a little and focus behind them...can you see it? The tiny lights going on and off in those racks...?
1) Those racks value is half your house value!
2) Guitar woods and electronic isn?t the same quality (don?t believe me? Do some research about it?)
3) Those guys have a 24/7 luthier at their disposal
4) Ibanez, Marshall, Peavey, Dimarzio, Duncan, etc. make customs, unique parts for them
Now, do you really THINK that you are going to be able to sound like them with just a Marshall or a MESA, throwing an Evolution to the RG and a couple of effects? Think again...

There are people happy with their guitars just factory stock and most who don?t. Always have in mind that it has to do with what sound you?re looking for. NEW pickups or EXPENSIVE gear won?t make you play better. It COULD improve your sound, that will make you happier and maybe you get motivated to play more, learn more music, etc. But that?s it.

I bought it used. No rate here.
I had to set it from zero. The previous owner left it in the closet for years (without the case!...damn kid!), the action was too high, the neck was a little bend and the strings were almost black from oxidation. It has some dings...you get the idea... After completely setup and an intensive cleaning job, the guitar was ?as new?. Really low action, a dream for speedy runs freaks like me. No noise from the picks (only a little hum from the middle pick, which is normal). The tremolo was aligned as Ibanez specifications, tremolo springs were pretty solid and the arm was adjusted to stay in position as in Satch guitars. Just my taste...
As with every guitar, (the weather changes are drastic in my country), I have to do some minor setup adjustments once a year. That?s it. Treat it well and the guitar will last.

Just a comment about the tremolo, I read other people reviews bitching at the tremolo like this:
1) ?It won?t stay in tune?. Solution: probably need a springs change. If springs are ok, probably the guitar isn?t correctly calibrated for the strings tension. If that doesn?t work, you should know that this kind of tremolo isn?t the ideal for changing keys (drop C, C#, etc.) or string gauges heavier than 0.10. If that?s your case, calibrate the guitar to that particular key and strings gauge but you?ll have to stick to that. It?s a floating tremolo, you know? FLOATING. Got it?
2) ?When I play palm mute with my hand resting over the tremolo it moves and change slightly the pitch?. Solution: if the tremolo is correctly set (read above) then, my friend, your palm mute technique is incorrect. You don?t need to apply pressure over the bridge; you just need to mute the strings with your palm. That?s why ingenious people called ?palm mute?.
Please don?t blame the tremolo, sorry but it?s your technique. I do palm mute a lot, from soft to aggressive power chords, arpeggios, scales, etc. and the guitar stays in tune with no problem.
At first, to change strings could be a little frustrating if you have no experience with Floyd Roses but after a while you will get used to it and it?s not big deal as many people here likes to cry about.

Be gentile and it will last. If you play several hours a day, eventually you?ll have to take it to your luthier to do some fretwork. If you use the tremolo a lot ala Vai style but normally (I mean to get some of his sounds, not to grab it over your head from the tremolo arm) eventually you will have to change the tremolo springs and the arm bushes (those white plastics in the arm).
Other than that, this guitar is 5 years old and all I did was a minor fret work (I play a lot every day) and about the tremolo, as I wrote before I like Satriani and I use the tremolo in that way and so far I only had to replace the arm bushes.

HAHAHAHA?That?s a good one...Yeah! Right! Here in Argentina the Ibanez official distributor is Manny?s. I tried to order some parts from them and they just say ?NO, sorry but we only take guitar orders since to import single parts it?s expensive to us?. THAT?S high quality-human support don?t you think? Ibanez should be serious about who they choose to represent them. However, I saw in numerous reviews that they have a shit** support in USA also.

IF stolen, I will probably try an S series with H-S-S configuration (the S540 is still available here and I always wanted to have one of those).

HOWEVER, if I couldn?t find a S540 I?ll buy it again. For the price-features, this guitar has no competition. With more money you can go for a JEM but there is no point in expend more than US$1000 in a JEM when to be REAL close to that you can put the same picks on your guitar (I know, I know, except the middle one you freak). YES, I played a JEM a lot and I know what I?m talking about. The neck has a different feeling, yes, but that doesn?t mean is better, that?s up to your playing taste.

This guitar has a very fast neck, a decent sound, is pretty reliable and can handle many styles of music (unless you?re an anal, purist musician who by the way will never found the right guitar no matter how much will cost you).

I?ve been playing for 10 years now (I?m 34 years old)
I had (and have) many equipment:
Washburn N4 (excellent, incredible guitar), Ibanez Roadstar series (early Vinnie More guitar with DiMarzio?s Evolution and HS-2), Washburn CS780 (it surprises me, great guitar for the price),
Ibanez RG350 (crappy, horrible guitar), Marshall amps (when young and just want THAT crunch),
Fender Amps (I highly recommend you the Super 60 model), Crate and Peavey amps (sounded dull to me), etc.
Many guitars from my friends: Fender American Strat Plus, Fender Stratocaster Anniversary, early 90?s JEM DY777, RG550, Schecter (can?t remember the model, a high end one), Kramer Focus 3000, Charvel/Jackson and some more. I use mainly Boss effects (DD3, CH1, DS1), Marshall JCM900 amp, a Dunlop Crybaby and a Zoom 505II for home recording.

Sorry I extended too much but I tried to write a realistic review for the guitar player who is interested in buy this guitar. And some parts of this review are for those who have been playing for 10 or more years but wrote reviews like they had 3 months of experience and blame their gear (guitar, pickups, you name it) and not himself for been a crappy guitar player.

Japanese made, amazing amazing guitar. I got mine in Sparkle Apple Green, and I'm absolutely in love with the color. Ibanez has never used this color on another guitar, which is disappointing. I love it. The pickups it came with... Eh. I don't know, this was my first guitar, and even I was feeling dissatisfied with the stock pickups. They made the guitar almost sound like a toy, crunchy but compressed distortion when played on my amp. I eventually gave in, pulled out the stock pickups, and installed active EMG's. 85neck/SA/81bridge. This guitar is now my baby. <3

Basswood body. Should I pull off points for that? Honestly, I don't know. I really like how it sounds... I won't mark it down on that. The stock pickups are the real problem, but it's to be expected with an Ibanez. So let's just give it a 10, okay?

It fits my musical style fine. I play, uhm, well everything. I'm a self-taught guitarist (I know, I know -- You can cringe. I don't even know what notes I'm playing.) I'm using it on a Crate MX120R combo, and it's not noisy at all, but that's mostly due to the active pickups. Basswood gives you a muddy sound, even when I'm using my 81 and treble boost. It IS nice for playing clean music, though, which is strange but I guess it depends on your tastes.

Guitar had no real flaws, and everything was perfect.

It came with buzzing frets, though. I changed strings and I ruined that. Then I couldn't even play. The floyd rose system is just... Ugh. I really can't get the hang of it, unfortunately. Then again, I'm normally a bassist and not a guitarist. This is my only instrument I have to bring in to get tuned up professionally.

It's durable. It's also Ibanez. The hardware on this guitar is a lot more solid than my 1300$ bass, and this guitar only cost me like 300. I'd depend on it, unfortunately, I don't depend on the floyd rose system. Nothing wrong here, just have a backup. I dropped her and made a little dent but it didn't ruin the finish. I love that.

Don't know.

I've been playing bass for like 6 years, and guitar for 4 years. If this guitar was stolen I'd die 'cause, like, I really doubt I could find this model in this color again.

Well it`s a RG 570.
As far as i know all RG570 should be:

Made in Japan
Equiped with the ultimately thinest Super Wizard neck (not wizard or wizard II) really, really thin neck it is :) 24 frets there.
Neck MUST have bubinga strip on the back.
It should have an Edge Trem.

Mine is Black finished, but beware if anyone wants to buy a black one. It is black, but sparkly black. It`s not too much really, not a disco guitar, but not matte. Pictures I saw before buying couldn`t show that detail.

All right...sound is not the issue here for me. I tend to change pickups and worrie abaut the amps an effects more when it comes to sound. Wood is basswood, so check google to find more about tonal characteristics of that wood.
This guitar offers me complete freedom to experiment without negatives to be involved.
First thing, when it arrived, I ran to my amp and pluged it in and frowned. I was convinced that the electronics is dead. Really. Here`s how silent it is. I`m not joking, It is really really well made, there`s no mechanical or electrical problem affecting sound at all. Intonation, tuning, everything is perfect, just you have to be a bit patient and let Edge trem show you how you should set it. Probably you will spend few days searching that perfect tune after changing string gauge or such, but after that - rocksteady. Everybody say how guitars with floyd rose trem have weak sustain...well not this one. Really, it`s fairly good, I won`t say it`s a champion of sustain or such (if you want endless sustain go get a walnut or mahogany guitar with EMG pickups and you will get the max) So it`s not a champ, but I can`t say this guitar sustains weak, it`s just not the truth.
Only thing that can get in your way regarding sound is tone of basswood, if you don`t like it. But hey, then don`t buy a basswood guitar.

I bought it used 3 years ago or something like that, and I was stunned when I saw hoe it looked like. Beside from 3or 4 dotlike paint chips on edges, it really looked like new guitar. It had nylon covers on back side plastic covers and truss rod cover on head stock. Neck - perfect, arrowstraight. Gunmetal pickup covers and controls feel and look desirable and leave a very, let me say $$$$ impression. Frets, everything made me think how this guitar looks when it`s new? I claim that this guitar is unbeliveable hit for that price. Action is very low now, and anyone said buzz? What is that? I really dont know :)

There is some kind of paranoia about floyd rose here, everybody scares each other with "must have a backup stories. Well, I play a lot and this guitar never snaped a string on me. Even when I was playing thin 9 gauge. Maybe it`s my style of playing but surely guitar is getting loose
of pressure in the right way. This is the only guitar that never snaped a string on me. I change them when they get old. And lately (always) I play a lot of Dimebag`s (R.I.P. my brother) shit in spare time and when I do I go really wild on my right hand, that should break string on cheap guitar, but here no. I understand the fact of torment which you can go through if the string breake on stage with edge trem, it is a suck ass situation, I`m just stating out that it`s NOT happening with this guitar. I abuse this guitar pretty much and now and then i knock it on this or that and it`s ok. Paint chips much more easily then on my Fender strat, but it`s not that it falls of in pieces, i made maybe 2 ultra small (2mm) dots (you can see the wood through) thats it. Some guy said how he DROPED it down and now it has a crack on neck? No comment on that...

Never spoke to them, I don`t know.

I`m playing 12 years and own a strat beside this one. I like playing this one more, cause I like this neck, wide and thick necks just suits me, That is horror for classic vintage players, my best friend who owns an antique fender mustang and LP custom is horrified with it, he wants his hand filled withwood to grip on. I just want to concentrate on frets and strings, on that what I am playing and I want to be able to reach everything without a fight with instrument.

Find Yourself. This guitar is so easy to play You wouldn`t believe it. Every aspect is great, body is very light, it won`t drag you down and
it won`t try to set you in a "stand", you can play it whatever you want. Higher frets are very easy to reach.
If you belong to my kind of people, go for it.
But if you don`t like guitars which are too easy to play or you look for a heavy thick body and max avaliable sustain on the market, don`t buy it.

I think I`ll take it to my luthier and try to maple top it somehow. I` ve heard only praises on that wood combo :)

Have fun !

This is an update on my review I did before. A 2002 lefty model with black finish. The specs Remain the same. I'd still like a non-whammy version of this fine instrument in left-hand..

The guitar is made for metal and hard rock.

With gain on Full Metal Throttle, the bridge pickup (V8) has a really strong and punchy tone. I love it for down-tuned stuff in the vein of Sepultura, KoRn and maybe Killswitch Engage. Clean sounds pretty much suck ass on this pickup (like on almost any bridge PU in my opinion). Too powerful and trebly for that stuff maybe.

The in-between settings give some cool "twangy" sounds, but nothing spectacular. They are not completely useless. Although, they are truly awful with large amounts of distortion.

The Single-coil PU (V1) just plain licks balls (it sucks). I have yet to find one good sound from this piece of doo. It just hums alot and lacks personality even more. Totally useless by itself.

The neck PU has some decent distorted lead sounds and a lot of volume (for a neck PU atleast). This is the one I use for nice and round clean tones, it does it's job really well. The tone is not quite as singing as it is on my SG though.. Can't have all I guess.

Outstanding, to say atleast. Cannot find a thing wrong here, really awesone quality. The neck is smooth as a babys bottom.

I've been playing for about 4 years, and this is my nr.1 axe (I'm still waiting for my new Gib LP Studio). I've tried some Korean made Ibaz too, some were nice, others were just plain horrible. Everything (except the PU:s maybe) in this guitar is top quality. A professional instrument for a very decent price.

Great playability , very fast neck for aggressive players . V7 & V8 pickups with single coil in middle . Strat style body with rosewood fretboard , floyd rose whammy .

It suits many music styles and sounds great , i play it through a mesa dual rectifier and a mesa 50 cal. plus , so pretty much everything sounds good . it really shines with effects , go T C electronics . Very good sound from stock pickups , but i changed them to a seymour duncan JB and JAZZ , now iy sounds incredable . Seymour duncans rule , you can put a jb junior in a mexican strat and it will probably be your best sounding guitar you own . Find a guitar like this with great action and playability and throw some duncans in her that fucking guitar will peal paint off the walls , i guarantee it .

Great set up when i got it , i bought it used so i dont know if it is a factory set up or not , but i also own another ibanez , an AS 120 , a gibson 335 copy and the factory set up on that is great . Great action great finish .

Seems like a durable guitar , but with a floating trem it would be dumb to gig with out a backup no matter what brand it is . I have had over 20 guitars and this one is becoming my go to guitar , it feels like a well built guitar .

I,ve been playing for 7 years and can pretty much own anything i want , i play everyday and i am a gear junky , i own a strat , les paul , 2 jacksons , 2 ibanezs , 2 mesa boogie amps , 1 marshall , 1 fender . This guitar in my opinion is the best value on the market ,i never write reviews because the stuff i own is very expensive and it should sound good , but this guitar is inexpensive and is a great guitar . Ihate to say it but i enjoy this guitars playability over my gibson les paul and my jackson rr1 .Put some seymour duncans in this thing and you have a awsome guitar at a great price . Hats off to ibanez , great shred machine . .

Midnight blue color, Floyd rose locking system, 24 frets etc.. you all know the rest

This guitar won't lie to you about the notes you play. Every note is heard and will not get faded.
the V8 bridge pickup has a very aggressive crunchy sound which is loud and in your face however, the sound is flat & Harsh and lacks the musical coloring that Gibson's and high end Fenders possess. Nevertheless, it still provides very precise playing which I find wierd but, rewarding. I tried playing some metal songs such as metallica, slayer, and sabbath stuff and it did sound fairly good but, I had to tweak some of the amps EQ settings and lower the volume slightly in order to get a more accurate representation.
When switching between the single and bridge humbucker, the guitar provides a more trebly tone which makes it less flat sounding but, the sound still lacks good coloring.
The Middle single coil sounds very good as it provides good bite yet maintains a little thickness to make it sound warmer then an ordinary strat.
The remaining two neck switches consist of warmth and reasonable thickness to make it suitable for Jazz and blues.

The Floyd Rose Tremolo is such a huge asset to this guitar. It seems like it was built for this body and is easily accessable when playing songs. It offers some great sounds, the best i've heard from any others I used.

This is definantly a stage guitar judging by the high frequency sound and precision it provides however, as I mentioned the lack of flavor to its sound will require some EQ tweaking.

This is a solid guitar that is versatile for every style. you may need to do some customizations to this Axe in order to make it play like you would like.

This is a solid guitar that is versatile for every style. you may need to do some customizations to this Axe in order to make it play like you would like.

I think this has been covered pretty well in the 100+ prior reviews.

I will say that I removed the tone knob, so there may bee too many features for me :)

I'm a metalhead, through & through. It doesn't get much better than this for metal. A thick, chunky sounding guitar that is light, stays in tune forever, and doesn't look so pretty that you're afraid to play it? What else could you possibly need?

Like just about every Ibanez guitar, the pickups need replacing. I purchased an Air Norton/Evolution set to go in it, and that improved the sound drastically. I've since swapped it back to stock neck, stock middle, and an Invader in the bridge, (I don't spend much time on the neck pickup). Sound quality stock - 8.5, Air Norton/Evo - 9.8, Invader - 15

It was used, so I can't say. However, I did play a new one, and it was good enough to play without a setup, which has proven pretty typical of Ibanez.

The body on this guy is pretty beat up. Tons of paint chips, nicks, dings, some rusty screws... but, everything is totally intact. I'd imagine an Ibanez neck is going to be easier to break than a Gibson, but RGs are pretty durable.

No comment on the strap buttons, I replaced them with a DiMarzio Clip-Lok.

Gigging without a backup is simply stupid, especially if a locking trem is involved.

It gets a 9 because of the easily chipped paint.

No dealings.

I've been playing for about 12 years. I own 8 other electrics, including other Ibanezes, Schecter, Yamaha, Epiphone, BC Rich, and ESP/LTD. This one is my favorite. The BC Rich (Exclusive) is pretty sweet, but this is definitely the workhorse of the group.

I know this review comes off as a glowing Ibanez plug, but it is only because I really do love this thing that much. I've noticed that when I jam with anybody, I don't have to think about playing. As corny as it sounds, it almost does feel like an extention of my hands.

Hecha en Japon, 1992.
esta guitarra tiene todo lo que una gran guitarra necesita, un exelente tremolo, unos microfonos aceptables para empezar, luego es necesario implantar unos DIMARZIO.
Las maderas, muy buenas, espaciales para solear.

Sonido muy bueno, profundo, rico en medios, buen sustain.

Esto es lo mejor de esta guitarra...... es una de las guitarras mas suaves que he podido tocar, claro esta que el setup de esta guitarra mellevo un tiempo.... pro el resultado es exelente, el mastil esta casi recto y aun asi no hay trasteos..

esta guitarra la estoy tocando por casi 12 a?os, y aunque los trastes desafortunadamente se desgastan, mi guitarra esta como nueva!
el trastero de palo de rosa no presenta cunetas ni raspaduras.
considero esta guitarra como muy durable!

Bueno en la actualidad no hay soporte para esta guitarra en su website, pero como soy fabricante de guitarras electricas................ tu sabes!!!

Made in Japan in 2002, Grey-nickel finish.
24 Frets, 25.5" scale, thin (but very comfortable) neck.
1-Volume, 1-Tone, & 5-way selector.
H-S-H passive pickups: Ibanez V7-S1-V8, (V8 near bridge).
Solid basswood body, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard.
Ibanez Edge bridge - one of the best Floyd Roses ever made.
Grover tuners, with double-locking tremolo system.

The guitar has plenty of sustain. The five way switch provides five distinct sounds:

1) Bridge humbucker - excellent for crunchy rhythms & fast lead runs.

2) Bridge humbucker tapped + single coil - great for low gain crunch & crystal clear cleans. Similar to Strat position 2, but with a bit more gain & faster attack.

3) Center single coil - this is the only setting that isn't humbucking & therefor picks up noise when plugged into high gain amps. It's also rather sterile sounding to me, so I plan to get a multi-pole 5-way switch and replace this selection with both humbuckers in parallel.

4) Neck humbucker tapped + single coil - great for warm & clear cleans. Similar to strat position 4, (even more so if the neck humbucker is replaced with a Dimarzio PAF Pro).

5) Neck humbucker - excellent for warm cleans, blues overdrive, and warm high-gain leads.

Set up & finish was very good, but I made minor adjustments to the bridge to suit my taste.

It has a Floyd, so gig with a backup or change strings when worn & avoid pulling up on the tremolo arm.

Lots of information on website.

I've been playing guitar for about 14 years. I've owned plenty of different guitars & this one is definitely a keeper. In fact, I bought one back in the late 80's & loved it, but the damn neck twisted on that one over time. When I found out that Ibanez reinforced the neck on the later models I just had to have one. I love it!

Stock this is a great guitar for rock/hardrock/metal, plus it has great jazz & blues capability. Some people may want to replace the pickups to better suit their style. I've found that the Dimarzio PAF Pro works very well at the Neck, especially when tapped & combined with the center single coil. The Dimarzio Norton gives a more classic sound with warmer highs at the Bridge, but if bass is your ticket then go for a Tone Zone at the bridge.

Made in Japan in 2002. The basic features: 24 frets, H-S-H pickups (V7-S1-V8), VERY thin Wizard-neck, Edge-bridge, Basswood body and the standard strat-like body, you know the drill.
Oh, and it's also black and a lefty model.

I play various styles of music, but mostly metal and rock. The sound is ok, but I've been thinking replacing the bridge pickup. Nothing really wrong here, but I think it somehow lacks in personality. The single pickup is pretty much useless to me, the V7 in the neck can produce some nice round clean tones.

I think it works great for rock and metal but if you want tele or strat tones, don't buy it.

A shredders dream.

I bought this used and it was set-up pretty nicely, but the strings were too thin for my taste. So I changed them (which was a pain in the ass) and "locked" the bridge with a wooden block. I don't really use the whammy bar and I like to change tunings now and then. I wish it had a fixed bridge..

No big flaws here and played like a dream once I made my own little adjustments.

I think this ax will play live nicely. With some better pickups it should really come to life. The finish seems pretty thick, but it collects dirt, that's why I usually wash my hands before playing. The strap buttons are big and sturdy.

No problems here, atleast not yet..

I have no idea.

I've been playing for about 3 and a half years, and I also own a Tokai Breezysound tele and a Finnish made SG.
The RG is propably my favourite mostly because of it's great playability. I just love the neck, it's fast and has nice and low action.
For the price it's a bargain. Besides the pickups it has basically the same parts as the high-end Ibanez models (well the body is not mahogany).
I also tried a Jackson Dinky 2, but the RG just felt better (and looks cooler too :)).
I only hope it had a fixed bridge and some nice Dimarzios, but I guess you can't have everything.
If it was lost I think I'd buy it again.

Made in Japan. 24 Frets. Pickup configuration H/S/H. Edge Locking Tremolo. Thin / Fast Wizard Neck. If you cannot get the sound you are looking for out of this guitar, then give up. They're all there.

This guitar suits any sound. I play metal. However, you can get what ever you want. Your sound really is developed through your amp. If it's not a Marshall, it ain't shit!

This is the Perfect Guitar. Enuff said! If you don't know anything about setting a floating tremolo, forget it. This is a players guitar, not a collector or a novice player.

I play on the road with 4 RG-570's and 1 RG-350. They are always there for me. Never a problem. However, if you gig and only carry one guitar, you are either very lucky or very dumb!

No comment, never had a problem.

I have been playing for 20 years this summer coming up (2004). I have played everything under the sun. I have owned everything from a Lotus (cheap!) to an arsenal of Paul Reed Smiths. Three as a matter of fact, and they were all custom shops. Some folks swear by a Gibson Les Paul and nothing else. It's what fits them. ALL Ibanez RG Models, from the cheapest to the Prestige play well. This is the guitar I swear by. For me there is nothing else. It's the best of both worlds. Beauty and the Beast. I can play beautiful melodys and ballads, and then kick it in the ass and shred on it. Go try one for yourself! I feel this is the best guitar on the planet. I have 10 years road experience, and have played everything. This is THE GUITAR of the universe.........but what does my opinion mean.