Cheap VS Expensive SHRED Guitar

[@markovthebe6st]

Yo that intro sequence with the harmonies and multiple arms, is the hardest guitar related channel intro i've ever seen

[@doutordrive]

The difference is in the playability and the tuning stability of the guitar and that´s it! The rest is just personal preference

[@arnauhernandez5228]

little correction you said in guitar A that the neck pickup (dimarzio air norton) was a single coil, when it is in fact a humbucker similar to the seymour duncan hot rails pickups

[@katzensprung7449]

A is the expensive one, I believe. But both guitars sound almost identical to me. Great video, I love blind tests, thank you, Justin!

[@BlazonStone]

I honestly dont care about "sound" when it comes to different guitars. I play or record with any guitar with humbucker for metal, its all about setup for me haha

[@studyingpain1590]

7:48 what is this riff?

[@justin.hombach]

Something I improvised

[@studyingpain1590]

@@justin.hombach should've known, very nice

[@lngodwetrust7117]

B sounds better & cleaner in my opinion, but that depends on the person's preference. Thanks for the review

[@Day-Walker.]

Agree 100%

[@Phaseish]

same I want the RG guitar, I ahvent played guitar in a while and I was thinking of getting this one over the premium, because I can get 2 guitars and still save money over it and whats the point, I am thinking swapping the same premium pickups in white and there you go.

[@emartinezr]

Guitar A is the expensive one. Pretty noticeable difference. Brighter with better grit/texture. But easy to make up for this with really good strings. If you put D'addario XS on the cheap guitar and Ernie Slinkys on the expensive one, the cheap one will sound better.

[@Gruppe_11]

Ibanez make's the best shred guitars. Maybe ESP and Jackson are also not bad. But Ibanez you get the most for your money!

[@thomas.loyens]

I saw some really good reviews on the Ibanez RG470, and I might go for that one. I'm still a beginner, but have messed around with a few guitars for several years. This year I really want to get better and have a decent guitar. That's why I'm looking more to mid-range guitars. Some of my friends advise not to buy the RG470 they think it's too expensive. They say I should buy a cheaper one, for example GR121, and upgrade some parts like pickups and tuners. But if I look up different pickups they're expensive too and then I think might be better off with the RG470 that's €555 in Belgium. A reviewer advised me not to get a floating bridge and locking tremolo guitar since I'm a "beginner". But I thought maybe it's just a matter of learning how to tune those guitars? I have patience haha so that might help. Any thoughts? I also wonder how often you need to tune the springs? Is it like almost every week or either a few times a year? I would use the guitar almost every day. Or should I go for the GR330 which is €322? It seems to be a big difference in quality though with the RG470. Or am I wrong?

[@shanewalton8888]

Awesome shredding.

[@jeremygomez7924]

For some reason I couldn't stop smiling watching the RGA❤

[@HaydenMcCarry]

When they announced the RGA guitar , i wanted that white one ! Such a nice guitar!

[@d.j.9961]

Does the floyd on the $500. Model keep tune? I have only had the floyd special on Jackson guitars & Westone. Growing up I had a Westone Spectrum LX (198MBK) until our house was stolen & I lost everything! (22 guitars, 5 amps, 10 pedals, one of the 1st five Steinway & Sons pianos ever made) the Westone spectrum lx had a bendmaster tremelow similar to the vibrato/tremelow on. A Epiphone S-600. These days, I struggle to find a guitar that holds tune. Exactly what Ibanez is that $500.00 model????

[@NotEnzix]

ibanez rg470dx

[@SuperSpacebum]

I was able to guess that A is the more expensive one. But, honestly, the difference is so small that other things like playability, ergonomics, comfort, and even appearance are more important.

[@GuitarPickingWorkshop]

B sounds the best. It’s more stable tone and much more clear and defined

[@GeoVTuber]

Videos like these are consistently proving that having a more expensive guitar is more about how it feels rather than how it sounds. Both guitars sound identical to me.

[@IAmNotARobotPinkySwear]

Something to keep in mind is just bc it sounds the same, the wave files would differ and there in lies the difference. Also who cares about the guitar cost, it's literally the pickup that matters.

[@maaaaaap]

@@IAmNotARobotPinkySwear expensive guitars have usually more expensive pickups, pickups are the part of the guitar cost lol

[@redbloodedamerican2346]

Except you're listing to through phone speakers or computer speakers. A 2k guitar is going to sound better period! I've got a $1300 Schecter C-1 hellraiser and a $300 Dean. The Schecter blows it out of the water in every single way

[@IAmNotARobotPinkySwear]

@@redbloodedamerican2346 I disagree. If you're doing Direct In, you can just model it sound like whatever you want, sure it'll be easier to achieve the sound w/ a "pricier" guitar (read: pickups, not the guitar lol) but a more pricier guitar doesn't necesserily mean it'll sound better automatically. The composition of the wood also plays a huge part in tone, but once again, you can EQ the signal to your heart's desire.

[@redbloodedamerican2346]

@@IAmNotARobotPinkySwear Then why don't professionals play on stage with 100 dollar guitars and save their money? Because more expensive pickups ect sound better! You can't make anything sound "any way you want". You can try. But it's not happening. Show me a cheap guitar is going to sound better than an expensive one. You can't.

[@Feverdream7777]

I'd swap in a seymour duncan JB and a Hotrail in the RGA

[@brunakis4428]

Does the tremolo go out of tune often on the 470dx?

[@7riX7er]

I hope for the expensive guitar to be B. Or is the tuning issue at 2:02 and 2:25 (=>2:27) due to poor adjustment? D'oh! 😂

[@justin.hombach]

War halt a bissl verstimmt 😜

[@7riX7er]

@@justin.hombach 😅 passiert wohl auch den besten ... Gitarren ... und Gitarristen 😇

[@EL_DUDERIN0]

Interesting. I almost prefer the pickup sound from the first one. I would probably have to play them myself to tell the difference! Ibanez makes amazing guitars in all ranges.... True story however I was looking for a new shred guitar and almost pulled the trigger on the Axe design Lab similar to this one! before I did however, I picked up a similarly priced Jackson Soloist American SL3 and ended up taking the Jackson, hands down. Dude have you ever thought about doing a shootout between an American Jackson and an Axe Lab? That would be SICK! Great video, love to hear these shootouts!

[@zakklee2556]

guitar A > guitar B cost new $2.5k, Used $2k No Stainless Steel frets, no deal.

[@ciscokid0307]

I honestly can tell a diference and personally I like the less expensive one. sounds like a it has a crearer sound to me in my opinion.

[@sg3757]

que guitarra electrica me reconmiendas por 600€? gracias

[@acakaantman11]

A is the expensive one. B doesn’t have as much clarity as A. If you’re not a musician or audiophile you wouldn’t notice.

[@TheArchimede]

I actually thought it was fairly obvious, looks like my hears are not as bad as I thought after all ... The clarity is what got me as I thought B was a bit muddy pretty much across the board

[@iloveitall]

My A/B guess was correct. I think you can hear the difference in output and definition quite well. If next week it'l turn out you made a mistake and it's vice versa, please make my comment disappear! 🤪

[@neilwerner2516]

Schöner Vergleich 🙂 Ton kommt ja bekanntlich aus den Fingern.

[@tusharjamwal]

Das ist so ne dumme Aussage... die Deutschen sind bekanntlich wissenschaftlich, aber das stimmt anscheinend auch nicht.

[@JD-vj4go]

A is white one B is dark one

[@user-hj5pk5rz8o]

Guitar A has more clarity in cleans and distorsion.

[@John-pe9dp]

I'm just amazed at people's inability to follow directions you have all these people yak yak yak yaking about everything but answering your comparison question I see this all the time at work it's a big problem in this world today ANYWAY dear sir in this A versus B comparison I'm going to have to go with guitar B as being the high-end one but I got to tell you I almost think I'm guessing it was that close

[@christianmiheli2689]

B is the 2000 euro. A is 500

[@herbst1398]

B is the cheap one

[@shoukydelgado]

They are very same both jummmm🤔 the A guitar is little be untune in a first section

[@JediCrackSmoke]

Dude, that intro is sooooo gay.

[@jeffreyp1855]

They sound the same to me.