Annoyed

[YosemiteSam]

So, I've made this post to vent about a guitar I puchased on the Internet. Yes, yes I know. Like many things, a guitar may not be something you want to purchase on the net due to what you might end up with. The guitar I was purchasing was brand new from a reputable retailer. (Amercian Musical Supply)

I puchased an 2007 black Ibanez RG370DX. (pictured below) The guitar was beautiful to look at, but it was completely out of wack when it arrived. It had clearly sat in a warehouse or something with severe temperature changes. I'm guessing it was in the warehouse during the Summer months and here in the Winter months before I purchased it.

Anyway, I worked on it the best I could (I'm not a pro guitar tech) but while I could get it playable, it was still not right. The low E string had a nasty buzz on it and even the A string had more buzz that it should have. Not even close to my current guitar. So, I took it to one of the best guitar techs in the NYC area and had him work on it. He made it even more playable, by more adjustments and even leveling a few frets that while weren't really bad, were a still not perfectly level. After all that it still wasn't right.

Needless to say, I shipped it back and got a refund for the full price of the guitar. Of course, I didn't get a refund on the tech work I had done. One thing that seems to be true among all guitar makers though. The newer the model, the more poorly it's crafted. I had a 1987 Fender Strat Squire II that I paid $160 for in 1987. I saw that same guitar on Ebay for almost $600 now. A new Start Squire today on Ebay is like $80. :bang2:

So, after that nasty experience I don't think I'm going to test the waters of buying a guitar online anymore. The only reason I did this one is I got a pretty good discount on it, and you cannot find that specific model at local retailers anymore.

The whole reason for it was I was going to replace (though not get rid of) a 1997 green Ibanez RG270DX that I bought used from a local music store for $170. It had some electrical shorts, but I fixed them in 10 minutes with a soldering gun. The RG270 plays great otherwise except that it had the low end stock pickups in it. Since I do like the RG270 so much I've decided to take part of the money from the RG370 and just upgrade the pickups in it. I'm replacing the stock ones with Dimarzio ToneZone in the bridge, Dimarzio HS-3 single coil in the middle, and a Dimarzio PAF Pro for the neck. I wanted the Dimarzio Area '61 for the single coil, but it only came in white and while I love the sound, I could bare having an really odd white pickup in the middle.

Anyway, here is a picture of both guitars. (sorry about the size difference in pictures)

Green Ibanez RG270DX

Black Ibanez RG370DX

 

[Bob Sacamano]

that guitar is way too sweet for you


too bad I could only insult you and not help, but I'm sure you understand

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

You can get the Area 61 in other colors HERE.

I have ordered from that place for years...back into the late 80s and they have always been good. The only problem I have ever had with them is if something is not in stock and they have a will be in stock date...they always wind up rolling that date back and back. Other than that I have never had a problem with them.

Anyways. You could get that pick up in white, aged white, black, mint green or cream color.

 

[YosemiteSam]

You can get the Area 61 in other colors HERE.

I have ordered from that place for years...back into the late 80s and they have always been good. The only problem I have ever had with them is if something is not in stock and they have a will be in stock date...they always wind up rolling that date back and back. Other than that I have never had a problem with them.

Anyways. You could get that pick up in white, aged white, black, mint green or cream color.

I've order from musiciansfriend.com also. The problem was, I had decided on the HS-3 and purchased it. Then like a day before I was having them changed, I changed my mind! I couldn't find a single Area '61 from a local music supplier. I ended up just having the HS-3 installed and I must say, I'm damn happy with it. It sounds really great, and it doesn't hum at all. I get a slight hum when I have the bridge + single coil or neck + single coil, but considering how they work, it is to be expected. Not even close to half the hum I got from my stock pickups. But, as I said, the single coil by itself is just as quite as my humbucklers.

Overall, I'm very happy with my new pickups.

I see they have blocked the pick of my green guitar. I had trouble finding a pick of it.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Ahh, the green one on the end is the one I have. It has the speed loader original floyd rose. I like it better than the Edge3 tremolo that came with the RG370DX. Of course, those look like stock pickups in the pic.

 

[the kid 05]

looks like the ibanez k7 KoRn is famous for using cept 1 less string