RGA: Prestige vs Standard

Just stopped playing. Had the two guitars (above) out for a head-to-head comparisons in terms of tone.

Ibanez RGA121: This is a Prestige model, it manifests its Prestige quality in terms of feel, through the neck. It's gives me a feel-good-play-more experience all the time. The pickups in there also also key attractions, it's a Duncan JB/ Jazz pair, not to everyone's liking but it works very well for me here. My RGA121 will be 5 years old come December & it's going strong.

Ibanez RGA32: The budget derivative is always endowed with quality issues, yes? But not the RGA32. Despite it being made in Indonesia, it very much shows quality production should be free from country associations. However, handling it simultaneously with the RGA121, there's much difference in feel when it comes to the neck. The RGA32 has a strong mahogany acoustics but it's unfortunately masked by the sombre pair of active pickups here (Ibanez's own LZ-3 model). I have plans to replace them but still thinking of I should go passive instead, I'm not too keen with active electronics. The Gibraltar Standard bridge, as opposed to the RGA121's Gibraltar Plus model, prevents it from achieving a very low action but it's not an adverse consideration of course.