Ibanez RG270 Reviews7 Found On 2004-09-27, Arthur Carvajal gave this Ibanez Electric Guitar a 5...(10181)
Purchase: I bought this guitar at a San Antonio Sam Ash retailer. The tag read $339.99; taxes included, the final price was somehwere in the range of $380 (I can't remember the exact price - it was awhile back!).
Pros: This is just a great guitar. From the top down: The Floyd Rose locking mechanisms allow bends to unimaginable lengths. Combine that with the tremolo and you can get sounds reminiscent of Joe Satriani, especially combined with the pickups. The H/S/H configuration gives you the edge and sensitivity of single coil with the warm smoothness of Psnd-1 humbuckers. I combined those with some nice, crunchy distortion and got a little chill in my spine. The intonation is great. I've played Fender for a long time, but somehow I never hit quite as many harmonics as with this guitar. That implies that the pickups are a tad too sensitive, but you'll quickly fall into the groove with the surprisingly hot single coil. The neck has great action. I'm an advocate of a lot of action, but solidity is a good thing occasionally, and this guitar is a very satisfying medium. I haven't had to retune the guitar for two years -- although the strings play a big part there (D'Addario extra lights) -- even as much as I crush the whammy bar.
One more note on the pickups: This guitar delivers awesome overdrive/distortion tone. Clean tone is a little twangy, even with the treble knob all the way down. Amp equalization can fix this, but it can become inconvenient if you're switching between tones throughout a song.
Cons: For my tastes, the tone knob doesn't do NEARLY enough to change that twangy, edgy lead sound into smooth rhythm, although you can use the 5-way switch to tone shift. On rare occasions, the high action on the bridge can be distracting. Also, although this hasn't happened to me yet, I've heard of problems with the input jack. Be very careful to use shielded cords, too, 'cause using that single coil, a lot of distortion, and a good bit of volume will give you some nasty buzz.
Quality: (on scales of 1-10)
Body: 10
Neck: 8
Headstock, locking mech., etc.: 9
Bridge: 10
Electronics: 8
Price: 8 (at $340, what a bargain!)
Overall: 9 Summary: In conclusion, it's a really great guitar, for anything from classroom teaching to large scale gigs. Choose your amplifier carefully, depending on the tone you want. I use a Peavey brain hooked up to two 26-inch enclosure speakers, and the sound is great. In addition, Peavey offers a damping switch that lowers the channel output by 25 decibels, so I've got a luxury afforded me there. I give this guitar a 5, outright: it's served me faithfully for two years, and it won't be long before I get another.
Search for more Ibanez Electric Guitar reviews and comparisons On 2002-05-21, Martijn "JP2" van Spaendonck gave this Ibanez Electric Guitar a 5...(2155)
Purchase: I bought this guiter in a dutch music store called "dirk de witte". I Bought it because i needed a new guitar and because John Petrucci played on Ibanez guitars. I paid 365 Euro for it (350$).
Pros: I like the thin wizzard 2 neck wich plays very fast. I like the 24 frets and the floyd rose single-locking tremolo. The pickups are great too, especially the neck and the bridge pickups wich sound great and are very quiet. Since i've bought this guitar i play 3 hours guitar a day. And now i can play Dream Theater songs like "pull me under", "the spirit carries on", "finally free" and "another day".
Cons: The only thing i don't like about this guitar is that the high e string detunes very fast when you're using the tremolo arm.
Quality: The guitar's quality is excellent. The powersound pickups are great, the materials, like the metal tone and volume knobs are very good, ibanez did not go cheap on these parts. Only the choise of the wood could be better, 'cause you can feal and hear that the wood is a little cheap. Summary: This is simply a great guitar. You can play every style on it from bleus to metal, from jazz to progressive rock. This guitar can handle every style. So i will always use Ibanez guitars!
Search for more Ibanez Electric Guitar reviews and comparisons On 2002-05-06, Richie Lo gave this Ibanez Electric Guitar a 4...(2100)
Purchase: I promise to make this *readable*... I told my dad to get a guitar at Guitar Center, but he mistook Milanos for Guitar Center... eh. It all worked cause we found it and I wanted it 'cause I saw it in an ad. I just thought to myself, "Why not try this for a first guitar?" 550$!! All my summer's work for that.. It was really worth it. I wanted to try a *New* Ibanez guitar because I have the Def Leppard explorer my dad owns and it sounds good... though it's like 20 years old it still sounds good.
Pros: I threw my guitar twice in frustration and for fun :)... It STILL plays perfectly like it did before... And the neck is really thin (And has 24 frits.) Plus it has a lot of pickups that make me look rich (though they sound good and has that vintage sound to it.) It also doesn't have those complicated knobs that'll screw up your equilizer settings when you touch them. Plus it gives you more sticker space, eh?? Ibanez guitars seem to give a nice feel when you play the notes as well... But back to the pickups. The pickups align well (straight) and you get a lot of selections of clarity with the toggle switch... 5 switches. It's because of the two Double-Coils and single. The back has panels so you can fix anything you need instead of the annoying pickguard that you have to take out in the front. Which this doesn't have :D
Cons: I tried to "pull a Kirk Hammet" back in the day... Which I pulled my bridge out as far as I could... #1, My whole guitar really went out of tune, and I KNOW that other bridges that won't do that as bad as mine. #2, the screw that held the wammy bar ALWAYS came out loose when I'd use it. And #3, the bridge doesn't move as smooth as a Floyd Rose bridge.... Wait, I don't know if it's the same thing!?.... Let me look.... Oh it is haha... Well, the EXPENSIVE ones anyway. haha... Everything to me is A-OK. It seems the only the bridge tends to make problems. I mean, I got the nut where it connects to the bridge loose while my wammy bar was still in there... And i couldn't take it out unless i used a wrench.
Quality: Like I said, I threw the thing and my guitar may have a lot of dents and all but the thing plays fine! A few stickers covered it up and all. Though the shape seems simple, (Like all them Fender guitars... Damn, they all look the same) it has that SOME kind of rebellion against the simple shape by the sharp cutaways. It's also thin and light so it doesn't kill your shoulder when jamming for 20 minutes... Like a *NORMAL* Dream Theater song! But anyway, it lasts for a long time, the input jack hasn't died out on me like a lot of guitars I know, It has easy access into fixing the wiring, and most of all, most people sit down when they play, it has a perfect groove for that. Though most guitars do, not Explorers though! Summary: It's good for amateurs or professionals (though professionals got them expensive guitars I'd probably never touch)... It's not the best at clarity if you look for the CLEANEST sound, but on the bright side, it's also not the worst - Not even close. It's good for beginners because It's comfortable, compactable, and with special care, it will last for a long time. I mean, I put this guitar through hell and it sounds awesome. Just to imagine someone who uses it with no abuse, even better? So basically, you can play slow, or go all out, and get the same results. It also has 24 frits so you can get all the sounds you want. The guitar is still small when it has 24 frits, which makes it easier and faster to reach the notes. Ibanez always seems to have a good feel by the way their neck is constructed...It's Good to feel the music, Right? If an instrument frustrates you cause of the lack of good construction, of course someone is not going to like playing it. Like a piano with scratched, jagged ivory that feels like sandpaper. This guitar won't do that to you, the feel is just perfect! I thought that it would break in two years or i needed to do some operation on it. It turns out that the guitar will last for 20 more years, like the Explorer I talked about in the beginning. Don't misjudge it until you've played it, okay?
Search for more Ibanez Electric Guitar reviews and comparisons On 2002-04-02, Kieran Hegarty gave this Ibanez Electric Guitar a 5...(1952)
Purchase: I paid $300aus for this guitar. It was second hand but was in perfect condition. This was a great deal because RG270s cost $849aus new.
Pros: Everything!! It looks great and sounds fantastic. It's really comfortable to play and the neck is great for lead or rhythm. The parts are high quality and the locking tremolo system is fantastic. It's sounds cool and keeps the guitar is perfect tune. String changes are easy. The 24 fret rosewood fingerboard is smooth and easy to play. The body contours on the RGs make them really comfortable to play, sitting or standing.
Cons: this guitar is great, no faults as yet.
Quality: The construction is great. The fret work is good also. The neck is neatly bolted to the body. The body is perfectly carved. The parts are of good quality, especially the bridge. The knobs & switchs, etc are quite good quality also. Summary: This a fantastic guitar. Mine is red and looks beautiful.
Search for more Ibanez Electric Guitar reviews and comparisons On 2001-12-17, That one guy gave this Ibanez Electric Guitar a 5...(1224)
Purchase: The regular price on this is 370 dollars but I got it for 297 since I have my connections.
Pros: Now this review isn't coming from a loser with no friends. This is coming from a very skilled player in the art of guitar. I've been playing for quite along time and was interested in buying a Ibanez RG guitar. I chose the RG 270 because I was looking for something that wasn't too expensive but wasn't a piece of miserable crap. And this is exactly that and more. THis guitar is very comfterble to play, the contoured body is nice and the thin wizard II neck is very comfterble. IT is relatively light weight compared to some other guitars. The pickups are also pretty good. there not fantastic and there not crap but good enough for playing any type of music from punk to metal to hard rock to blues and clean stuff. It also stays in tune very well, Ive only had to tune it once besides changing strings and Ive had it for almost a year.
Cons: Right now there is nothing I don't like about the guitar. One thing is that the pickups tend to buzz a little but it is no problem(unless you are a picky little brat) and it can be easily solved.
Quality: this guitar is very durable. The construction is great I haven't had a problem with it in the time that I have had it. the guitar is very sturdy and can take a beating. this guitar would last you a long time. Summary: Overall this guitar is great for the price I paid. If anything is wrong it can be easiily fixed. It feels great to play and sounds good this is a quality instrument. but you can't choose what guitar you want from reading reviews from retards like me you gotta go out and try the guitar yourself.
Search for more Ibanez Electric Guitar reviews and comparisons On 2001-07-01, Shani gave this Ibanez Electric Guitar a 4...(437)
Purchase: I bought my guitar in the store that needs no introduction, "kley zemer" in
Jerusalem. It cost 500$ but because I had a special discount it cost 456$
It's my first electric guitar and I chose the Ibanez because I wanted a guitar with a Floyd rose locking trem and a H/S/H pickup configuration
The RG270 had both and was pretty good quality for it's price.
Pros: I think that the jumbo frets are a big advantage this guitar has over others. Although sometimes it is a stretch to play them but I would rather to stretch my fingers a bit than squeezing them when I get to the 20th fret.
The guitar sounds excellent distorted, a really fat sound, truly remarkable.It has a very heavy bass sound. It's great for me because I love that sound but if you don't like it you can easily adjust it. I also love the fact that I will never have to tune this guitar ever again in my life because of its Floyd rose single lock (even if changing the strings is a real pain).
Cons: The one thing that really bothers me are the pickups for two main reasons: One, they buzz.Two, even though they give that great, fat distortion, the clean sound is pretty rough and if I think about it, it doesn't sound very clean either.
There is also a really small thing that annoys me. the input jack keeps coming loose but that might be just a one guitar kind of problem.
Quality: As I described before, it has a Floyd rose single locking trem, 24 jumbo frets that are very comfortable to play and an H/S/H pickup configuration. I am not a big expert but I would definitely say that this is a good quality guitar. Although, I think I would trade my great sounding distortion for cleaner pickups.
Summary: The bottom line is that this is a very good guitar.I think that a beginner as well as an intermediate player would enjoy this guitar a great deal.If you need a clearer, cleaner sound then I would say you shouldn't commit yourself with the Ibanez RG270.
Search for more Ibanez Electric Guitar reviews and comparisons On 2001-06-27, Rowean gave this Ibanez Electric Guitar a 4...(227)
Purchase: i got it from an online dealer. i picked it up for 299+shipping. one hella bargain. i bought it beacouse of my guitar teacher. he has an american custom ibanez and i wanted to closest thing to his that i could afford. and i got a great deal.
Pros: everything. i love the guitar. it sounds sweet. i have a 50 wat amp with over drive and clean channels with reverb.it sound great clean or distorted. it has alot of bass in it though, but it can be adjusted to sound amazing. it never becomes detuned, it had a floyd rose single locking trem and a locking nut.it has psnd-1 pickups in a humbucker/single/humbucker configuration. they all rip. the neck is a wizard style neck with jumbo frets. it has one tone and one volume nobs.
Cons: there really isnt that much that i dont like about the guitar. every problem there is can be adjusted. the pickups are over sensitive and if you crank the guitar theyll buzz alill. so i turn my amps distortion on and volume up.then i turn the guitar volume down untill the buzz stops but the distortion is still there. if im playing clean i turn the distortion/overdrive switch on the amp off and adjust the volume till theres a clean undistorted tone. all the problems ive heard other people say are easily fixed. the only thing i really dont like about it is the input jack. ive had to fix it 2 times allready and ive owned the guitar for about 10 months now.
Quality: the guitar is well made except the input jack. ive never had to tune it but once, and i havent changed the strings yet. i think its allmost about time to change the strings. my model is jewel blue. its an amazing looking guitar. the single locking floyd rose trem is stable and the neck plays beautifuly. its a rock solid guitar.
Summary: ive played better guitars but ive played many worse. for the money id recomend it to anyone. if i was asked if this guitar was a begginer / intermediate / expert guitar id say intermediate. ive played her on stage and it rocks.
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