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Topic: Finally sold my Dano...here's the two new ones I'm looking at

I love my Dano 12-string dearly, but it just can't handle the kind distortion and stuff I'm looking for.  I need a guitar that is versatile.  So after many months of looking around online and researching, as well as checking out a few guitar stores, I've picked out two Ibanez RG's that I'm looking at.  The only real difference is that one has a flamed top.  Here's pics of them.

The one without a flame top:
http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/prod … sku=519783

The flame top:
http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/prod … sku=481914

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Re: Finally sold my Dano...here's the two new ones I'm looking at

Tough choice they both look cool did you check out the standard so1? I got one last year and its a great guitar very well built copy of a stratocaster and lightweight I paid $165.00 new last year it might be a little higher now but as long as your happy with the ibanez thats all that counts good luck with it smile

06sc500 wrote:

I love my Dano 12-string dearly, but it just can't handle the kind distortion and stuff I'm looking for.  I need a guitar that is versatile.  So after many months of looking around online and researching, as well as checking out a few guitar stores, I've picked out two Ibanez RG's that I'm looking at.  The only real difference is that one has a flamed top.  Here's pics of them.

The one without a flame top:
http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/prod … sku=519783

The flame top:
http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/prod … sku=481914

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Re: Finally sold my Dano...here's the two new ones I'm looking at

Russell_Harding wrote:

Tough choice they both look cool did you check out the standard so1? I got one last year and its a great guitar very well built copy of a stratocaster and lightweight I paid $165.00 new last year it might be a little higher now but as long as your happy with the ibanez thats all that counts good luck with it smile

06sc500 wrote:

I love my Dano 12-string dearly, but it just can't handle the kind distortion and stuff I'm looking for.  I need a guitar that is versatile.  So after many months of looking around online and researching, as well as checking out a few guitar stores, I've picked out two Ibanez RG's that I'm looking at.  The only real difference is that one has a flamed top.  Here's pics of them.

The one without a flame top:
http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/prod … sku=519783

The flame top:
http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/prod … sku=481914

That's a Squier, right? Yeah, I've looked at those.  I played my friend's American Strat, though, and didn't like it much.  I also played a guy's Ibanez RG (a $400 guitar) and absolutely loved it, so that's why I'm going with the RG.

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4 Reply by LesPaulGuy (edited by LesPaulGuy 2008-11-20 18:38:31)

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Re: Finally sold my Dano...here's the two new ones I'm looking at

06sc500

Have you had the chance to hear what they sound like?  I went to SamAsh a few weeks ago to try the RG series out and wasnt happy with the pickups on certain models ... I tried out the RG370DX with the INF pickups and loved it ... that's going to be my next buy

http://www.ibanez.com/eg/guitar.aspx?m=RG370DX

Either way, good luck on it and hope you like it!

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Re: Finally sold my Dano...here's the two new ones I'm looking at

LesPaulGuy wrote:

06sc500

Have you had the chance to hear what they sound like?  I went to SamAsh a few weeks ago to try the RG series out and wasnt happy with the pickups on certain models ... I tried out the RG370DX with the INF pickups and loved it ... that's going to be my next buy

http://www.ibanez.com/eg/guitar.aspx?m=RG370DX

Either way, good luck on it and hope you like it!

Thanks.

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  • From: A black hole in deep space
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Re: Finally sold my Dano...here's the two new ones I'm looking at

I dont think its a squire its the same size as a stratocaster but lighter and has the same bridge and pickups and tone controls i use it on all my electric guitar work on myspace its even got a wammy woowoo lol

06sc500 wrote:
Russell_Harding wrote:

Tough choice they both look cool did you check out the standard so1? I got one last year and its a great guitar very well built copy of a stratocaster and lightweight I paid $165.00 new last year it might be a little higher now but as long as your happy with the ibanez thats all that counts good luck with it smile

06sc500 wrote:

I love my Dano 12-string dearly, but it just can't handle the kind distortion and stuff I'm looking for.  I need a guitar that is versatile.  So after many months of looking around online and researching, as well as checking out a few guitar stores, I've picked out two Ibanez RG's that I'm looking at.  The only real difference is that one has a flamed top.  Here's pics of them.

The one without a flame top:
http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/prod … sku=519783

The flame top:
http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/prod … sku=481914

That's a Squier, right? Yeah, I've looked at those.  I played my friend's American Strat, though, and didn't like it much.  I also played a guy's Ibanez RG (a $400 guitar) and absolutely loved it, so that's why I'm going with the RG.

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Re: Finally sold my Dano...here's the two new ones I'm looking at

I was looking at an RG with a whammy...but I've been told that a fixed bridge is a lot easier to deal with, and that whammy's on cheaper models aren't quite as good as their more expensive cousins.

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