Ibanez Review: RGT 42

History:

Purchase: I bought this guitar used at the local Long and Mcquade store for $500.00 Canadian plus tax. The exact same guitar was at the store new for $770.00

What I Like About This Ibanez RGT 42: This guitar is a shredders dream! To start with, the hardware is great quality, tune lock thing is great (for guitarists like me, see below for details) the pickups sound bright and are great for distorted sounds as well. The floating tremelo is by far the best i've ever played, its sensitive and smooth and just perfect. The guitar is playable as well, light and agile, and the bottom cuttaway (unlike my last guitar) goes right down making all 24 frets easily accesible. I also love the nech-thru design, it feels awesome. A great guitar.

What I Do NOT Like About The Ibanez RGT 42: As i said before, i love the tuning lock because A)i love using the wammy bar with deep drops and whatnot, and B) i seldom stray from standard tuning. For a guitar player who likes to go between drop D and standard or whatever other tunings you like, the lock might be a pain because its takes a while to re-tune. Thats all i can think of on the downsides.

Ibanez RGT 42 Quality Rating: As i said before, the hardware has been great. Ibanez has two shops, the higher end guitars are made in a shop in Japan and the lower end guitars are made in Korea. This guitar is from Korea, but is one of the best guitars out of that factory. My teacher has one of less expensive guitars that comes from the higher end factory (about the same price as mine) and they are comparable in quality. The body hasn't chipped or anything, the construction has been fine.

Review Summary: This guitar is great for any type of guitarist, especially the shredders out their. Buy this Guitar!!!

Rating of this Ibanez product: 5

This Ibanez RGT 42 Electric Guitars Review Submitted By: Stephen Kernaghan

Review Date: 2004-09-22