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@harveyvlach6752 I can do a dive into the electronics. That's so cool that you also own one! Really awesome guitar.

@@IsmaelDiaz-qg7yl Yes! Hi Ismael! 👋

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@brandonjackson5865 I have yet to mess around with the premiums. I sort of skipped line and jumped right to the higher end Japanese models. But collecting gear like one does, i may find a premium the looks good enough to purchase

@brandonjackson5865 The RG550 was known to be a very well built axe. I'd be interested to see how it feels compared to some other ibanez guitars of the same era.

@@ChristopherLeeShreds honestly the new indo stuff is pretty close as far as feel and fit and finish, mine could be considered one of the first reissues I guess because it wasn’t part of the original run and mine has the AANJ heal ( I think I prefer it ) and I’m not sure exactly what version of Wizard is on mine it doesn’t have the cracking around the locking nut bolts on the back of the neck that’s so common, mine also doesn’t have any paint cracks around the neck pocket most bolt ons have, it’s a very high quality guitar mine has a bound neck and headstock with the embossed Ibanez logo and Cosmo black hardware. I had a RG720QM for a couple years and they neck profile was a little different but still very comfortable, it had the ball ended frets and it was a good playing guitar and actually a whole lot pretty than “Reggie” that’s what I call my old black 550 . I want an original run 550 or if I get lucky an original 565. I wasn’t ever impressed with the Korean and early Indonesian Ibanez, they were fine they just didn’t have the same care put into the fretwork and factory setup I guess but the Premiums have always been impressive. They were a few lower spec’d MIJ RG450 I believe that were MIJ but they had the lo trs instead of the edge but I would imagine the necks and fretwork would be what you expect from a 90s MiJ Ibanez. I honestly don’t know if you’re missing much with your blue RG350, if you get good reliable service out of it. I do think there might be some magic or mojo in the OG late 80s RG550 but I haven’t played enough of them to say for sure. The Genesis is also an excellent guitar for the money and it’s MIJ still. People seem to love JEM Juniors , but I haven’t been impressed with them either, but also I’m not a huge Vai fan so I can see how they scratch an itch, if they did a JEM JR with disappearing pyramid inlays I’d probably have to have one though. I think those are the coolest Ibanez inlays ever, mine has I guess acrylic inlays shark tooth and I have always thought they were the only part of the guitar that looks cheap, I’ve seen better looking mother of toilet seat shark tooth’s on the lower end RGs

@@GeorgeTsouris A George Benson style Hollowbody is definitely next for the ibanez collection!

@@IsmaelDiaz-qg7yl 👋 Hello!

@NickDeMolayMusic That's Awesome! Great color choice 👌 👍 👏

@@GeorgeTsouris I do enjoy having something to tinker on! Thanks for watching George!

@buck7477 Thanks for watching! In 1983 Ibanez had the RS100 & the RS205. They had maple fret boards and a more traditional SSS pick up. If yours is like mine with the Rosewood board and hot rail style SSS pick ups then it is most definitely an 85. Either way gotta love the 80s ibanez line up!!

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No, but thank you for watching!

The Esquire comes in at 7lbs 6 Oz. Nice little chunk of Ash.

Gotta love those lawsuit Les Pauls. Thank you for watching

Hi Jordan! 👋

Whats up!!!! 😊

THANKS FOR WATCHING!!!

In what would be the neck position it is actually a dark position or treble roll off. The middle position gives you access to the tone knob. While the bridge position bypasses the tone control giving you a straight connection to the bridge. The bridge position is the brightest of them all.

That seems to be very effective. I noticed in the video you switched to the bridge position once and it was much darker, but I wouln't have guessed it had three distinct functions. I wouldn't have even looked at this guitar because of the single pickup, but i have changed my mind now thanks to your video.

@d3dude I really appreciate your kind words. I hope you add a Esquire to your collection. Truly amazing sounding guitars and they honestly, do make you play differently.

Thank you for watching!

Hahaha! Glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for watching.

It really does!! Thank you for watching!

Sounds like you have an amazing guitar!!

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That's great! I usually jam on 9s. Never tried 8 gauge. Sounds like you have yours dialed in! Thanks for watching!

I agree! You get a lot of guitar for the price. This particular guitar does not have noticeably loud springs. I think I may have been a bit lucky. Besides a quick truss rod/bridge adjustment, the guitar was very playable out of the box. The quantum pick ups are not the best but I think they sound great all things considered. They are ceramic. But for a beginner or intermediate player, this guitar checks off a lot of boxes. And like you said, after a few mods, maybe even swap the pickups for something alnico, you would have a top notch axe. Thanks for watching!!!

@@ChristopherLeeShreds for sure. And man like you say, entry level price for a guitar that plays inches from my vintage Jap ones that cost 5x what this one costs. Honestly my jap ones have been played so much over the years they need refret horribly. The only thing I really feel in play difference though is the Wizard III is 1mm thicker than the old Wiz II. Amazing guitar and thanks again for the entertainment. :)

I absolutely recommend it. I'm going to put out a more in-depth video on my thoughts with this guitar but I think it's a great instrument. It's absolutely worth every penny that I paid.

That's great! Congratulations on your new gear!

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Hi Jordan!! 👋

AWWW Thank you🙂 I am great! Hope your good! Love you too!

Thanks for the info. I found it very randomly online. I will update accordingly.

Thank you, Hope your son loves it as much as I do!

@@ChristopherLeeShreds He's out playing show this weekend. I wonder if he used it. Lol. I am sure he did. I was thinking he wants to not scratch it. Hahahaha. Nah he's out with it I bet. Lmao.