Sunday, January 11, 2009

Ibanez 2009: Touchdown! (Part 1)



The above 2009 Ibanez (Indonesian) guitars are now available @ Swee Lee (thanks Adam @ BB showroom for the heads-up!):
  • RGA32: List- $856
  • DTT700: List- $1,920
  • XP300: List- $735 (bag included- wise move, Ibanez...)
The weekend crowd prevented me from trying them all, I just managed to try the RGA32 & it sounds very commanding in the midrange partly attributable to its light nature, unlike its Destroyer sibling which makes the average Les Paul easy handling. One of the above guitars would be following me home tomorrow (Monday 12th Jan)...

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

hey sub! appreciate your reviews very much. Thank you for taking this effort. Btw were you the one playing the RGA32 at sweelee on saturday?

Anonymous said...

Sub, not to forget the new Rg1527 with the maple f/b.

See ya around at Zen.

-darknessiscomfort-

subversion.sg said...

yup- i was the one noodling on the RGA32 that saturday AND sunday...

Anonymous said...

haha I thought so! I told my girlfriend i was wondering if that was "the guy whose blog I am always prowling" cause I always refer to you as the revered guru

subversion.sg said...

oooo... that's excessive, i'm not a guru, just an over-enthusiastic info provider :-)

Anonymous said...

all the same, hoards of respect. Hope to see you more in swee lee, sir!

Anonymous said...

Hi there. Just curious, what pickups are installed in the RGA32?

subversion.sg said...

it's a pair of covered LZ-3 humbuckers, nothing too overpowering, a good mix of vintage voicing (neck) & contemporary drive-inclined output (bridge).

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the info. LZ? I suppose its new variant of the LoZ pickups found in the ART series? So they're active pickups?

Anonymous said...

shit which one are you bringing home im still waiting and its been 3 days . im so envious to know how the sound and quality of the rga since it looks super sexy .

subversion.sg said...

the RG1527 with maple fretboard might be regional exclusive, ie. it would NOT make it here...