I saw this Ibanez RGA42T (new for 2011- look at the new bridge in there...) at Swee Lee's Sims Drive warehouse during the last sale (5th June '11). Have been wanting to try it because I handled it during the sale day & it was one heavy guitar. I managed to try it yesterday at the Bras Basah showroom instead & I was right about the tone- it features a pair of active pickups so any hope of the instrument's weight contributing to the tone was diminished by the circuitry.
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Hey sub does active electronics really ignore the acoustics of the guitar??
i 'overpowers' the natural nuances...
hmmm same goes for high output passives??
in an active circuitry, the pickup is more subservient to the on-board pre-amp rather than manifesting the guitar's acoustics, output considerations aside.
So technically a cheap but properly built without any defects guitar can sound good with active pickups then?
the popular misconception here has always been ACTIVE = GOOD... there are reasons why some of the revered guitars around (tone-wise), do not feature active pickups.
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