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Un vrai bijou l'ibanez rg 550 made un japan ,même le Floyd "in désaccordable"..
Publié le 18/11/22 à 20:38Je regrette cette merveille ,1988 made japan ,mais j'avoue l'avoir bien vendue 1250 e loin d'un certain argus ...le gars la voulait sans discuter ! Bref, que du bon cette RG ,et je m'aperçoit qu' elle est introuvable de nos jours en bon état essayée sur divers amplis (Vox,Marshall,mesa ,pédales etc tout passe top ,ça sonne tjs un côté strat dans les sons clairs et satur de ouf pour le métal ; la lutherie excellente mais le vernis un peu fragile quelques pocs peut-être à cause du corps tilleul qui fragilise la couche vernie ...,un manche relativement fin avec frettes jumbo efficace et une autoroute pour le jeu, la totale ...les micros font le job pour tous les styles possibles et + encore…Lire la suiteJe regrette cette merveille ,1988 made japan ,mais j'avoue l'avoir bien vendue 1250 e loin d'un certain argus ...le gars la voulait sans discuter ! Bref, que du bon cette RG ,et je m'aperçoit qu' elle est introuvable de nos jours en bon état essayée sur divers amplis (Vox,Marshall,mesa ,pédales etc tout passe top ,ça sonne tjs un côté strat dans les sons clairs et satur de ouf pour le métal ; la lutherie excellente mais le vernis un peu fragile quelques pocs peut-être à cause du corps tilleul qui fragilise la couche vernie ...,un manche relativement fin avec frettes jumbo efficace et une autoroute pour le jeu, la totale ...les micros font le job pour tous les styles possibles et + encore ... Quand au Floyd ,la c'est la tuerie ! aucun désaccordage après de longues séances vous pouvez tout faire ,ou presque ...j'ai même réussi à casser la tige du vibrato !!! Bon vous l'aurez compris ,un vrai et bon conseil si vous possédez cette guitare surtout faites pas comme moi gardez la sous le coude ....Lire moins12 - James...
Réédition Grande
Publié le 28/12/11 à 23:10 (contenu en anglais)I am a huge RG collector. I have an original RG550 from 89 and 91. When the reissue was announced I knew I would have to get one. These are for all intents and purposes very faithful reissues. Basswood body. Maple neck. Access neck joint. IBZ pickups. Edge pro bridge. Japan made. Ibanez really decided to do these right. To my eyes these look like time machines. Literally everything is exactly correct. I rarely give a perfect rating but the vibe says it is.
UTILIZATION
At the time of production these were made to be the best shredders you could find. The Wizard neck still holds up today as a favorite with shredders. It's a wide thin design made for easy scale runs and all that good stuff. You either love it or hate it. The fret access with the originals was not as good because of the block heel. These have the newer access heels which solve that issue. The Edge Pro is possibly my favorite bridge of all time, and fits this guitar perfect. It's very playable and the setup is pristine. While I have babied my reissue since I got it, I have no doubt that it would stand up to heavy touring.
SOUNDS
Despite my historical dislike for stock Ibanez pickups, these RG550 ones have always had a bit of magic to them. Seems like a lot of players like how versatile they are. Personally I put some bare knuckles in mine but that's not a knock against the stock ones. They are quite good just not quite my flavor. The wiring in these is fine and I didn't feel the need to gut it.
OVERALL OPINION
I am truly impressed with how accurate these are. It's like a true time machine. In fact I would say these are better overall than the originals. The Japan factory is doing some great things these days and they did this guitar a lot of justice. If you can find one of these, please pick it up. It's worth every dime. Who says hair metal is over? I use mine for everything.10 - Hatsubai
La guitare shred Pinnacle
Publié le 17/03/11 à 16:03 (contenu en anglais)Back in 1987, Ibanez released the RG550. These guitars had some fairly radical colors at the time, and they quickly became popular thanks to famous guitar players like Paul Gilbert. My personal model is a 1987 Road Flare Red model. Given its year, it means that the headstock is also painted the same color as the body. During the later years, the guitars had black headstocks. The later years also had the new AANJ, where as the older ones had the recessed square neck joint.
UTILIZATION
Ibanez is famous for their super thin Wizard necks and wide fretboards. This guitar comes with the standard basswood body and maple neck, but these models also had a maple fretboard -- something Ibanez still doesn't fully pursue for whatever reason. While they came with the standard HSH configuration, there are tons of pickguards out there to customize it to whatever you'd like. The stock pickups are a bit bland, and the electronics are questionable, but it's an easy fix. The biggest thing regarding these guitars is cracking behind the back of the nut. The nut is rear mounted, and given how thin Ibanez necks tend to be, along with a lot of inexperienced users out there, cranking down on the rear nut screws can result in cracking. If you're not experienced in woodworking, this can be a bit of a pain to fix.
SOUNDS
Basswood tends to get a bad rap because of some of Ibanez's budget line. It's not completely consistent at times, and there are definitely some dead sounding woods out there. However, once you find the right piece, it really sounds awesome. It's a heavy midrange wood with some neutral overtones that work awesome for lead playing. The stock pickups suck, but a pickup swap fixes that no problem. My personal model has Breeds in it, and they work really well with basswood. The Edge trem is also one of the best floyds out there, and it's a shame that Ibanez no longer makes them due to patent issues.
OVERALL OPINION
If you're looking for a wide/thin neck'd shred guitar, Ibanez is the brand you want to check out. The reissues cost quite a bit of money, and they seem to lack the "mojo" the originals had. If you hold out, you can find the original RG550s for a good deal. I actually prefer the tone of the original neck joint rather than the AANJ, but some people cannot get past the slightly hindered upper fret access. Don't be afraid to try a few models until you find one that speaks to you as the quality control at Ibanez varied at the time.00 - King Loudness
Comme une épée de samouraï ... lumière, furtive et mortelle!
Publié le 24/03/11 à 00:50 (contenu en anglais)The Ibanez RG550 was pretty much the archetypal shredder's guitar of the late eighties, so when I had a chance to rescue an abandoned one to add to my stable... I couldn't say no! This one was a 1991 with the pre AANJ 4 bolt neck heel. It was made in Ibanez's Fujigen plant in Japan. The features are as follows:
*Basswood body
*Maple neck and fretboard
*Ibanez Edge double locking tremolo
*H-S-H pickup configuration
*Volume/tone controls and a 5 way selector switch
*The famed uber-thin Ibanez "Wizard" neck profile
The pickups were made by DiMarzio for this particular guitar (as has been common for a long time with Ibanez) and they were definitely eighties in their tonal nature. The bridge was a double locking Ibanez tremolo, so you could very easily go nuts with the vibrato unit and it would still hold perfect tune. It's definitely a guitar that was designed to push the limits... especially for those seeking a killer shred guitar!
UTILIZATION
The guitar was designed to be like a Japanese weapon... light, stealthy, and deadly. It's an extremely light guitar (due to the sculpted basswood body) and fitted my (smaller) body frame like a glove. It was very easy to hold and play (even for extended periods of time) because of its light weight and the ergonomics of it were obviously a key point to the designers. The Wizard neck profile is definitely something that is meant for fast, fast playing. It took me a little while to get used to because it was MUCH thinner than any Ibanez or other guitar that I'd owned previously. The biggest issue I found with the neck was that it would occasionally start to give me hand cramps (after long periods of time) simply because I wasn't used to a neck that was that thin in diameter. Reaching the top frets was a non-issue because, again, the design was made so that you could get to that top 24th fret without a problem. In addition to the cutaways being very deep, the neck plate was angled slightly forwards so that the guitar had an easier grip when you were up higher on the neck... definitely great for shredding on.
I found it very easy to get decent tones with the guitar. When I was given it, the guitar was in rough shape and had been left outdoors and in wet conditions... so I was shocked that the pickups/electronics even worked! However, I didn't even need to touch up any solder joints... everything worked great! The tones were very fitting of a guitar like this. It didn't excel at anything but the high gain thing, but that high gain thing why it was marketed in the first place!
SOUNDS
When I got the guitar, I was using a rig centered around a Mesa Studio Preamp (Mesa Mark IIC+ head in preamp form.) into a 4x12 cabinet. For comparison, I also had a 1987 Ibanez 540R, a 2010 Charvel San Dimas USA HSS, and a 1997 Yamaha Pacifica 604W that I was using as superstrats around that time. I found the 550 to be the most modern sounding of any of them...
The clean tones were not bad. Certainly not as good as a Strat or Tele, but considering that it was a basswood guitar with high output pickups and a locking tremolo, I thought they were decent! There was a nice chime to the clean tones when you split the coils using the 5 way selector switch, which sounded very good for that processed, wet eighties clean sound. It's not the type of clean tones I'd recommend for jazz or country type sounds though...
There was really no middle ground as far as low/mid gain tones went. The pickups were quite high output and really just sounded weak to me at lower gain levels. That might have had to do with the woods or bridge as well.
The high gain tones of this guitar were definitely its strong point. The neck pickup was great for solo tones ala Jason Becker or Yngwie, and the bridge humbucker went from that more processed sounding L.A rock tone to the more modern chunk tones of more recent times. It cut through very well in a band mix and I thought that it was a very nice complimentary tone to my Gibson LP or other superstrat guitars. It was more modern sounding than my Ibanez 540R and had a much tighter sound than my Charvel San Dimas. Staccato shred runs ala Paul Gilbert could be pulled off with ease as the tones stayed tight even at higher volumes.
OVERALL OPINION
Overall I thought the Ibanez RG550 was a great sounding guitar for that eighties shred/guitar hero vibe. The Ibanez guitars of old are killer players that really push the limits of us as guitarists. My biggest caveat was the Wizard neck... as my hands just cannot get along with one after playing a Gibson Les Paul with a baseball bat '50s neck for some time before getting this guitar.
The tones are very eighties in nature like I said. The guitar might have benefited from a pickup change at some point... but I'm not usually one to modify my guitars so really I base my opinions for these reviews on what the guitar WAS, not what it COULD have been. If you want an eighties sounding guitar that can get into some modern chunk tones and allows you to fly over the fretboard, I'd give the 550 serious consideration. Many players have used them over the years and Ibanez certainly built a serious reputation on these guitars. They're very well crafted instruments... and you can usually pick them up fairly cheaply used as well, so it's definitely a cool guitar to look into if you want a shred 'samurai sword,' so to speak.00 - Grind my axePublié le 15/10/08 à 22:42Guitare fabriquée au Japon
24 frettes larges jumbos
2 micros double en neck et bridge (sur la mienne ce sont des Di Marzio Evo)
Vibrato Edge première génération (bien meilleur et maniable, selon moi, que le Lo Pro Edge)
Un volume, une tonalité
Un manche Wizard profilé hyper plat
UTILISATION
Manche très agréable, quoique un peu trop fin
Accès aux aigus carrément assassin
Côté confort, on est pas loin de la strat. La guitare est légère, et équilibrée.
Le son est super en son saturé (metal, fusion, crunch)
Le son clair est un peu anémique, malgré les Di Marzio de la mienne. On tombe très vite dans les sons cocottes façon Neptunes (les positions intéremédiaires surtout). Sur la positio…Lire la suiteGuitare fabriquée au Japon
24 frettes larges jumbos
2 micros double en neck et bridge (sur la mienne ce sont des Di Marzio Evo)
Vibrato Edge première génération (bien meilleur et maniable, selon moi, que le Lo Pro Edge)
Un volume, une tonalité
Un manche Wizard profilé hyper plat
UTILISATION
Manche très agréable, quoique un peu trop fin
Accès aux aigus carrément assassin
Côté confort, on est pas loin de la strat. La guitare est légère, et équilibrée.
Le son est super en son saturé (metal, fusion, crunch)
Le son clair est un peu anémique, malgré les Di Marzio de la mienne. On tombe très vite dans les sons cocottes façon Neptunes (les positions intéremédiaires surtout). Sur la position grave, on retrouve un son façon "Sisters" de mister Vai.
SONORITÉS
Je me sers de cette guitare pour travailler à la maison. Pour un certain type de sons saturés, c'est le bonheur (shred, rock moderne).
Je joue dessus avec un 5150, ou un POD.
Les sons satus ne sont pas vraiment gras, mais très dynamiques et puissants.
Encore une fois, les sons clairs sont assez variétisant. Il faut aimer.
AVIS GLOBAL
Je l'ai depuis plus de 10 ans.
J'aime particulièrement la mienne parce qu'elle a bourlingué partout, et qu'elle à un look très "reliqué" qui lui donne un cachet vintage séduisant. Bon, la couleur Yellow Desert est quand même un peu hardcore.
Je l'ai acheté à Pigalle d'occaz sur un coup de tête pour presque rien.
On peut les trouver pour pas grand chose, genre 400 euros, et pour ce prix ce sont de très bonne guitares. Rien à dire!Lire moins10 - Nitefly ProdsPublié le 20/06/05 à 11:39Fabriqué au JAPON, la RG 550 DY possede un manche en erable composé de 24 frets. les micros sont des ibanez V1,V2,S1 branché standart (que j'ai changé par des micros ibanez 2005). elle a un floyd rose EDGE ibanez et l'electronique et composé d' un volume, une tonalité et un selecteur 5 positions. c'est l'une des premiéres rg qui ont eté concue en colaboration avec STEVE VAI notamment pour le manche, le floyd et la couleur (couleur que l'on retrouve sur la JEM77DY bien evidement)
UTILISATION
Le manche est digne de la firme ibanez car c'est celui qui a eté le plus fin. il y a un excellent acces aux aigus. celle ci pése un bon 4KG donc relativement lourde pour des sonorité a la fois l…Lire la suiteFabriqué au JAPON, la RG 550 DY possede un manche en erable composé de 24 frets. les micros sont des ibanez V1,V2,S1 branché standart (que j'ai changé par des micros ibanez 2005). elle a un floyd rose EDGE ibanez et l'electronique et composé d' un volume, une tonalité et un selecteur 5 positions. c'est l'une des premiéres rg qui ont eté concue en colaboration avec STEVE VAI notamment pour le manche, le floyd et la couleur (couleur que l'on retrouve sur la JEM77DY bien evidement)
UTILISATION
Le manche est digne de la firme ibanez car c'est celui qui a eté le plus fin. il y a un excellent acces aux aigus. celle ci pése un bon 4KG donc relativement lourde pour des sonorité a la fois lourde et chaude avec beaucoup de sustain. le floyd quand a lui, c'est de la folie. impossible de desacorder en concert, tu peut y aller comme une furie, il revient toujours a sa position initial (chose que l'on ne retrouve pas sur les rg actuelle, je le sait j'en ai 4).
SONORITÉS
Idéal pour le métal est le shred, cette guitare n'est pas faite du tout pour le blues et autres. on obtient enormement de son gras et lourd. branché sur un GNX3, le metal est de rigeur (merci DIGI....). branché sur un gt8, les sons clairs laisse sans voix (merci B..S)
AVIS GLOBAL
J'utilise maintenant cette guitare depuis 1997 et je peut dire qu'elle ne posséde rien d'une RG actuel. celle ci est maintenant passé collector et reste assez cher a acquerir. si un jour ibanez sont capable de reproduire cette série (RG) avec les memes caractéristique et finitions des années 86, alors je prend un crédit pour acheter le stock.Lire moins20