I Finally Found It (At Guitar Center?!?!)

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

When auto correct change Ibanez Jem to Ibanez Jam....

[@toddmoore2324]

Lol perfect

[@Servant316]

Autocorrect plays Bass, just saying

[@RokDAWG1]

Technically speaking that Ibanez does allow you to throw down the jams!

[@SnappyJCM800]

Also the JEM came out in 87 not 85

[@book3100]

Kick out the Jems mfers!

[@LocalManMakesMusic]

That’s awesome that your wife helps you find new guitars! My wife does a similar thing. When I find a new guitar, she helps me find a new place to sleep.

[@m.sav8862]

My wife laughed pretty hard at this.

[@TheMelody911]

When I met my wife about 27 years ago I had 67 more or less good guitar's. From copy's from Hohner.over to Ibanez and 4 Gibson's! Well...we are married 26 year's now and I have 6 good guitar's but, damn I miss every single guitar I had to sell......and mostlyy Ibanez RG 550 and my Hamer Centaura both in desert yellow.....

[@landonbailey]

0:06 George Costanza wants his wallet back! 🤪 and congrats!

[@mikeg6666]

🤣🤣🤣👍

[@ChrisOfTheRiff]

Dude..... I'm sitting with a guitar in my lap w/a coffee(in NewZealand)... clicked the vid wondering "hmm.. what guitar is it?" ... then saw... THE SAME GUITAR AS I AM HOLDING. .. Rad! EXACT same color etc... everything(but mines a '90).. far out, .. from the other side of the globe, love it! PLEASE do some vids on it, and hopefully about your want for it. Radness! Radical, and rad. Thanks once again for making my day, .. and hopefully that guitar yours!

[@Proximo1776]

Happy for you my guitar 🎸 brotha! My next is a white black trim Charvel SoCal 80’s Delicious 😋

[@ThankGoddaily]

Sweet guitar, Robert. Your playing and your song is awesome. As usual, you totally rock!

[@markfry5796]

My '88 RG550 has been my main guitar since, well, 1988. The only change has been the Duncan JB I installed in '97. The Genesis re-issue is awesome too.

[@wolfsdenmusic9404]

I have an '88 too. Put a Duncan Screamin' Demon in it, and that's it. A perfect guitar!

[@musicman76]

I have a 560 from 91/92 and I installed a JB too!

[@markfry5796]

I also had an '87 in Desert Sun Yellow. Like a dumbass, I traded it in on a Strat. Yes...mistakes were made.

[@rayfabris2512]

Hey I read your comment and I was looking into changing my stock pickups in my les Paul after playing with them for a year and a half so my question is are the jb's better than the Slash pickups I really don't like artist names attached to them but I have watched a A-B shootout so I wanted someone else's opinion,thanks

[@e7thstar]

@@rayfabris2512 if you want a hot sound go with the gibson 57+ ...just stick stock to gibson.

[@bfireguy702]

That's an awesome find. I still have my RG560 that I bought in 92. It still plays amazing although it is due for a refret. I changed out the bridge pick up for the Dimarzio Evolution but I kept the factory single coils in it's place. Congrats on your new ax.

[@DjKaiser84]

Will never let my 560 go.

[@kevinmessiah872]

560. The sweetest of the rgs I got me 2 (CA & PN) from 89 and they are fantastic. I learned to play on the purple one and eventually bought the red one as a backup. I have a 2350 from 77 and that too is a wonderful guitar. Damn Ibanez make great instruments. :)

[@DjKaiser84]

Got mine at a pawn shop about 20 years ago. 1990 rg560 upgraded with HH EMG 81s, and an Ibanez hard case for $125. I don't think they knew what they had.

[@TheStrykerProject]

Congrats, Robert! It's a very good day when you bring home a dream guitar. And Liz is a goddess for seeing it and actually telling you! Priceless

[@sinisterj73]

That is a super nice guitar there. Congratulations. I have a 1991 RG 570 and it has become my favorite all around guitar.

[@MikeX50]

Feeling proud right now that you found this in my hometown store in Columbus :). I'm there a lot checking out guitars and wish I would have been there on the day you came in - that would have been so cool! Love your videos!

[@flybynight1929]

What makes them great in part is the Low Pro Edge vibrato and the Wizard necks. Makes them super comfortable to play, and they're made to shred!

[@metalEric69]

I thought the 550 had the original edge. Not the low pro..?

[@metalEric69]

The 560 I've got on loan has the edge.

[@bboren]

@@metalEric69 1992-1994 RG550's got the lo-pro edge. The original edge is great too though.

[@grantandrews4826]

Really gorgeous editing on this!

[@roybenson955]

Great guitar ! I own a 550 from the early '90's, I believe. Thirty years later, it's still one of my faves.

[@GearGasms]

Love road trip videos!! And I have a 350 in the same color that I gave the Jem treatment to

[@kingbrutusxxvi]

I have three Ibanez guitars from '84 to '97 and the quality (they were all made in Japan) is so much better than even their Prestige line now. I bought my '89 RG760 new and haven't had the first issue. FujiGen really knew how to make a quality instrument.

[@SeanOHanlon]

Wow. Awesome guitar riff. Would love to hear the rest.

[@Joec9t]

Brilliant, I’ve had mine since 1991 and the old girl is still amazing 🤘🎸🔥

[@CCCowboy]

Cool, you found a new toy! :) Steve from Boston's videos helped me find the pickups I put in my Strat like 5 years ago (Duncan Vintage Rails)...skilled player!

[@nicolassanchez3099]

It feels wierd to see an Ibanez looking so old, time is wild Coool guitar

[@jcburger733]

The Ibanez RG-550 guitar looks & sounds great. Love your new song too. Kudos to your wife for finding it!

[@barbmelle3136]

From Leo: Happy that you found a special one. I am old, and have had that great feeling many times. I now have the opposite problem, I have found all the special ones I have wanted in the last 40 years. No more "thrill of the hunt" at this point.

[@edma812]

I'm the original owner of a 1987 RG 550 BK made in the FujiGen Gakki factory (Nagano, Japan). The guitar was made in december of 87 and boght in Japan in 88. Great guitar.🤩

[@tommya5957]

Lmao....who ever has said my wife helped me buy a guitar.... She is a keeper for sure Robert.

[@mikeg6666]

Yeah mine says " why do you need another one" in her BITCH voice. That's when I respond calmly by saying because I can!🤣 Doesn't help the situation but I really don't care , you only live once I keep telling her....

[@camilo1455]

One guy, so far.

[@muzerino]

My wife actually does extra overtime at work to help pay for my guitars. Lol. She’s a Angel! ❤️

[@k8923]

Sounds 80's spectacular!! Good choice. Glad it turned out to be a keeper.

[@gavinmonson6574]

Love the song (and the axe)! Will you publish sheet music for the song?

[@michalneubauer4325]

What is that headless pink stealth ML in the background? It looks sick!

[@alphalonzo]

Great axe! That's the 550DX produced from 1992-1993, I believe(?). Basically the same as previous year models, only difference is instead of the standard profile Edge Trem, it has the Lo-Pro Edge. Used to own one, but had to part ways with it.

[@omgdisfunny4852]

Crazy, how much did it cost you? (or what was the original selling price they had it for )

[@hod8931]

Cool nice find! I liked those but ended up with a Charvel-Jackson mij and put a dimarzzio super distortion in it. Was a rock god with that😂

[@blacklion401]

I own a 87 yellow 550 autographed by Larry DiMarzio on the headstock. It’s a killer guitar, sounds and plays fantastic and does not go out of tune. Cheers on your new RG🤟🏻

[@jonathanhornemusic]

My dad has a black RG that he bought in the late 80’s, such a great guitar that’s aged wonderfully. Great find, congrats!

[@MrActionRadar]

Same here Robert. I tried an RG550 in 92 at a local guitar store and I still remember it to this day. It was a nice lime green color and I wish I had the funds to acquire it back then.

[@eric_in_florida]

I didn't realize they were so hard to come by.

[@andrewbecker3700]

Congrats on scoring a classic shredder from the 80's. The popularity of this type of guitar is having a major come back. I'm not into used guitars but can appreciate the value some of these models offer. You gotta have at least one shredder.

[@doctoribanez]

Looks like someone played it a lot all over the fret board. Looks awesome. I always wanted a jem when they first came out

[@devinsinderwitcz9134]

Props to the Mrs., that is a real beauty! And that tone yummmm!!!!

[@wisdomoverfear2685]

My holy grail would be a Ferrari red custom made Jackson from pre 1986. One humbucker and a kahler tremolo (even though I prefer Floyd Rose systems !) It my grail guitar because it was mine from a guitar teacher that ordered it and only paid for half and left town ! I was a regular customer at the store where "Ivan" worked and the owner said if I wanted "Ivan's" Custom ordered Jackson I could have it for $600 which was the amount owed to pay it off and have it shipped . I played that guitar for many years before selling it . Biggest mistake I ever made (and I sold a Marshall Plexi for $500 in the 1990's that a collector told me later was one of a handful of that exact amplifier !) and I would trade all my gear right now to if I could get that exact guitar back ! I have a decent amount of gear too ......like a Kramer Baretta ....and a hand built ESP ......a Crate Stealth 50 watt head with a 2-12 cabinet with EV12L' s a DOD Corrosion series Metal FX95 and a cheap digital delay and a strat kit guitar loaded with a Floyd and a 1990's Seymour Duncan 59' wound by Maricalla Juarez . Easily a couple grand worth of "collectibles" I've had for many years ! Everyone that plays my guitars all love the low action without string buzz ......and nothing I have now or have ever had since (more guitars bought,played and eventually sold (or stolen) than I can remember !) has come near the absolute perfection of that Jackson original super strat ! It almost played itself and you could put the action so low there was almost no resistance at all to where you would raise a little just to feel the string hit the fret ! When I owned that guitar I played out with my band and used a Marshal 50 Watt head through a 1960 slanted cabinet with celestions or a Solid State Laney linebacker 100 watt head through the same cabinet that nailed the George Lynch,Randy Rhoades sound to a tee .......without a distortion pedal ! That Laney amp was one amp I also wish I still had ......! Some of the bands we played shows with I was good friends with and played with several in side projects and every single person I ever let play through My Jackson into my Laney with just a cord .......no external effects (amp had reverb If I remember correctly !) offered me money and increased the offer when I laughed ! I finally sold it to one of the better musicians in my town .......his name was Tim Grobi (I think that's his last name !) in Ft. Myers Florida ! That was 30++ years ago ! Tim ......if your reading this..........I want that guitar back (lol !) and would pay dearly to have it back !

[@dellneighbours]

I had that exact one in the late 80's! You'll love it!

[@duncananderson4984]

That’s a rad guitar, congrats! I get to go to a Steve vai concert later this week.

[@nightmoves7989]

I'm no shredder by any stretch but I'm a 48 year old guitar player who also had a Great White Buffalo guitar. People who are Les Paul devotees tend to disagree without even holding what had been labeled at one time the "Les Paul Killer" the boat anchor of a heavy ass guitar 1978 Yamaha SG 2000, I played this heavy bastard at periods throughout my childhood and early 20s because my uncle bought a beautiful tobacco sunburst model new in 79 0r 80 and had never parted with it, several years ago he said he was thinning out his collection he is getting older and his health is declining and he remembers how that particular guitar was always my favorite, even given the choice between a PRS, one of the very first Wolfgang models from the early 90s, a very nice G&L Leo Fender Strat I always went back to that extremely heavy, sustaine for days, and very competitive guitar that Yamaha had put a lot of thought into and the craftsmanship was 2nd to none. He gifted me that guitar that he could have easily gotten $3,000 for to a number of different people and I was very appreciative because for years Japan was the only place to find one on ebay and shipping was expensive and most weren't even close to the condition of my uncle's. I will never part with it and I play it often with great joy. It's an outstanding instrument and I still have a tendency to overlook others when I pick up to play.

[@MARK-r6c3k]

Hey that's the Guitar Center that's near me! Wow you must not be too far away from me. I'm in Delaware, Ohio. That place is still 35-40 minutes away but not to terrible. There is a Sam Ash up the road from there but you might already know that. Congrats on the new Guitar! Looks pretty Sweet! 🙂👍

[@DavidHBurkart]

That is a legit classic Ibanez. Congrats and kudos to your Bride and Steve from Boston on the collaboration!

[@mjolnircarlssen4211]

Definitely sounds better than it looks!

[@aelmorky]

Congrats! The 550 is an amazing guitar to play! Especially the First year 87 to 1993 with the square heels. Still lovin my 87 RFR!

[@ROKZLEON]

Very cool! Congrats man!!!

[@kevint911]

Welcome to the club my 1st guitar is an 87 Rg550 DSY. Still have it still love it it's gone through some cosmetic changes but still a workhorse. I bought a reissue ,but the changed the neck and heel joint.

[@BK-lx5mo]

I recently scored a 1989 closet queen🎉 570 w/ the early V1 / V2 pickups and I can’t put it down. Not only does it smoke my Prestige, but I’d put it up against the entry-level Suhr stuff any day. Amazing what Ibanez was able to do before they started cost-cutting.

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

Agreed the late 80s and early 90s Ibbys are all amazing guitars.

[@camilo1455]

@@RobertBakerGuitar maybe a longer video? Treat it like a review, maybe? The late 70s gibson clones could be quite nice, "real guitars" coming out of Japan.

[@gunslinger80sguitars]

Congrats love the matching headstock

[@abeldeleon5901]

I finally found my 550 in 2018. I dreamed about owning one of these since they came out. Great Guitar!

[@Shalathen]

Awesome! Congratulations my friend!

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

Thanks buddy

[@sirdudeness1386]

Happy for ya man! Enjoy!

[@nathanmclauchlan5148]

Cool guitar Rob and cool new song too, nice. I always like a maple neck guitar too

[@wadeteach]

I got an RG450 about a month ago. $300 on fb marketplace. The dude replaced the 3 stock pups with jb and jazz, put a custom pickguard on it, and replaced pots with a coil split. It’s my new favorite.

[@yetimatzenightcat8702]

Congrats to your RG Really cool guitar 🔔🔔🔔...👏👏👏🥳

[@kennyleejohnson5253]

I bought a RG770 new in 91. Had to sell it about 10 years ago.. best sounding guitar I ever had. Great find. Your wife is definitely a keeper !!

[@nicknchrist]

I have the "92 RG770 red one and I would concurr that the tone on that is amazing.

[@themagicreed6013]

I have the RG550 '87 in desert yellow too!! I bought it from a hair metal era guy 3 years ago !! Some dings here and there , but in great shape for the years!! The best guitar ever... easy to play, tremolo bridge never goes out of tune , and the pickups can paly almost everything!!

[@yakfishin4912]

Cool find. I have a bunch of these.

[@martinclayton7260]

I bought my RG550 second hand in 1991,it's a late 1980's one in white. There's not much left of the original guitar. It's had new pickups, pots, switch, jack socket, neck, and most recently, a new trem. I always hated the Ibanez trem, so I have had a Schaller lockmiester trem in gold on it now.

[@Johnny-bv2se]

I had a 91 in blue. Best guitar I've ever played. Pawned it in 93... Man

[@higler.]

old school Ibanez content is always a win!!!!! Time to shred!

[@edwardfair5803]

Literally been in that same Guitar Center, decently sized, great selection

[@mikeivey8471]

Love the Ibanez RG 550 & the RG 570's . I have 3 of them !! Wonderful guitars !! Congrats !!

[@biganttony6786]

I had a rg 570 when I was 14. it was like a metallic crimson coler with a floyd and black hardware, no pickgaurd. Maple neck rosewood fretboard and it sang. Wish I still had it. it was a 95' model

[@shanewalton8888]

Congrats Rob. I’m actually getting a leftyS series soon.

[@alexanderhanksx]

Gotta love those rare Ibanez models they made for like a year. My first nice guitar was a run they only did in 06 (not the best guitar they've ever made, but certainly nowhere near the worst. I've had so many people try to buy it off me because it's a unique shape)

[@claytonkarcher661]

Dude!!! If it has no backplate and an fu tone brass block with white noiseless springs that guitar was mine before i sold it to gc cbus!!! Got it from a guy in philly during lockdown!!!! Hope you’re loving it still(:

[@andybungert]

I Loooove the worn in maple board. That thing is a vibe! Totally badass! I just got my first Ibanez over the weekend in a trade. 2007 Xiphos XPT700 with the Chameleon finish. Can't wait to take it to a Jazz fest :D

[@drawwithbeektor6329]

Congrats dude!

[@BoazWainscott]

wow that's really cool, man! nice vid!

[@Mr.Goldbar]

I own a 93' RG450, which is a slightly lower priced version of the 550 but they way overspec'd it for what it is. It's literally a launch model 87' 550 before they made any of the 90's updates to it but with only one difference, the neck joint being a traditional Fender block rather than the Tilt and the jack being a Gibson style rather than the barrel. Otherwise same guitar. Same factory, same wood, same hardware, same pickups, same insanely good craftsmanship, same everything, It's a decade older than me and I have it since I was 14, but one thing for sure is that I'll never sell it, ever. It's one of the best guitars I've ever touched let alone owned

[@jakemf1]

That tone is killer! Please post that backing track with the chords

[@ericpitt3876]

Love that 80’s TONE!

[@InsolentMusicalPeasant]

Very cool guitar. Amazing hands make it even better. Rock on.

[@Ogrelord5150]

Wow, how did I miss this. RB after my own heart. Original 80's/early 90's Ibanez RG's rule. I know people criticize the thin, wide Wizard necks, but I think they're the best. RB using one is actually surprising because I didn't think RB was a big fan of thin necks. I've been busy, but I'll keep my eye out for videos of RB rocking out on the wizardy of this guitar, for sure. It really is special.

[@robn.7426]

In the early 2000's these could be had for $250-$400 on ebay. I swapped several of them. All great playing guitars. I just felt they didn't have a lot of character sonically even swapping out pickups, but that's probably more related to the player... The neon flip flop purple was awesome. You could also get USA made 700 series RG's with DiMarzio pickups back then in the $300-$500 range. I miss those days.

[@metalheadblues]

That's true what you say about the guitar lacking character. I think that's just Ibanez in general. They are good blank canvases for the player.

[@Schwabguitar]

In my almost 20 years of guitar playing, there is nothing like a Japanese made Ibanez rg. My first serious guitar perchase was a 2002 rg 570 and I haven't turned back since, despite trying other things.

[@jeffledbetter]

I purchased a similar Desert Sun Yellow RG550 in 1990.

[@ernieb3626]

Brother you rock! That is awesome congratulations

[@gr8tnowwhat]

I still have my RG550 from 1990. Got it in 1991 from the G.C. on Sunset Blvd. It was the last one (in a lefty). I couldnt stand the Coral Mist color and refiished it to satin black. The rest is still stock and plays great.

[@DjKaiser84]

Got a 1990 560 at a pawn shop about 20 years ago. Came with EMG 81s(HH upgrade) and an Ibanez hard case for $125. The thing rocks.

[@katyland1015]

That's some beautiful tone, right there!

[@RokDAWG1]

My friend had one of those. I think Harry Cody (Shotgun Messiah) used that model along with his Gibsons in the 90’s as well.

[@tjchad1]

I had a Jem 77FP back in 1989... VERY STUPIDLY sold it for car insurance money and I miss it every time I pick up a guitar. It played fantastically. Years later I had a cheap RG- one of the ones GC was selling for a couple hundred in 2001 so RG125-ish or something like that and did not like it at all so I traded it away for an Epiphone LP Standard. A couple years ago I got an 87 RG550 but someone had replaced the Edge trem with a BC Rich licensed Floyd and it did not cut it. Ended up trading it away for an older Road Worn 50s Strat which I love. I still miss my Jem- those old Jems and RG550/560/570s are just great guitars. People seem to think highly of the Genesis ones also. The Red Bishop ACCU-LOCATOR (RBIA1) makes setting the intonation simple (even for me!)

[@SpedSpedding]

Great find mate. I love it: killer playing on the song too. I think I’m missing something ferocious like this… will keep my eyes peeled. I know I know… Hagstrom first. 😅

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

Thanks buddy. You def need a shredder

[@SpedSpedding]

@@RobertBakerGuitar I’m on it. 💪🏻😏

[@tortexjazz]

Hey, I have an original RG550 from '87 in Red, also changed the pickups to the SH4/SH2 combo. But as far as I know, both the JEM and the RG were released in '87, the RG was the 'affordable' JEM without cheaper (but still awesome) pickups, without the monkey grip, no lion claw routing under the vibrato system...

[@greatscottvoicemedia8651]

Hey man, you’re in C-bus?! I would know the Morse Rd. GC anywhere. That’s cool! One of my favorite guitar KZbinrs in my home town. Awesome!

[@MK-1010]

I don't know which came first, but I'd always assumed the Jem was based on the RG. Congrats on the find. Nice work with the harmonizer, one of Vai's trademark faves!

[@retroquest3579]

I still have my '94 RG550, made in Japan but before they came up with the prestige tag. Original owner too, paid like $1,200 for it new.

[@diego2246]

Very cool guitar!!!! Congrats!!

[@Steven_SK]

Congrats!

[@sluggo819]

Love the "dream theateresque" song you wrote 👏

[@thestereoclub6735]

That guitar was loved. I have a faded to weird pink '87 that was loved to near obliteration. I got it half way to recovery and ran out of gas on the project. Maybe this is the nudge I need...

[@seanc04]

Ooh love this solo gotta learn it, thank you youtube playback speeds

[@doguecreek]

How does this differ from the 570 of the same era, besides maple fretboard, pickguard, and knobs? I have a 1990 570 but don't know much about the Ibanez product line.

[@TheAtariCreep]

Bro, had a blue one. Gave it to a fellow guitar player for a mint Charvel model 6. Do not regret the trade but that 550 was something special. Have wanted one back since.

[@bciecko1]

Congratulations. 🤘🏻

[@brettshawver2983]

Dude! Those are the deal man. I wish I would've kept mine instead of beating it like a rented pack mule! I used my guitars like tools. When I was playing out from 85ish to 91 - I seldom cleaned them, just changed the strings and tweaked the set-up. I really beat some Charvel, Jackson, and Ibanez guitars that were very nice, but traveling and "volunteer commando roadies" (beggars can't be choosers) sealed their fate. This was a nice "flashback" for me! I always love your playing. You got that greasy rock swagger that just grooves man! Keep doing the good stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!🤘😁🤘

[@psmith7781]

I had one back in 93 and thought the neck was a little to thin for me at the time. Wish I would have hung onto it now, as I am a bit of a masochist and do not have a guitar with a trem system that tortures me when a string breaks, causing all other strings to go out of tune. Maybe I will try to pick up another one and this time have an agreed upon "safe" word....

[@jessereyna7408]

That’s an oldie but a goodie..hope you enjoy that one?! But I wanted to hear more of that original song?!! Love your videos and your guitar playing. Great job.