Monday, December 31, 2012

2012: Hits and misses (3)

Hit: Ibanez's 25th Anniversary RG1XXV. OK, so it was a little wishful thinking on our part- that Ibanez would kick start 2012 with a bang considering their most iconic guitar model, the RG, celebrates its 25th year of production. It was a bang alright, but coming from a small gun. The RG1XXV was given the Premium treatment & with the set of DiMarzio IBZ pickups in there, it's a value-for-money instrument.

Miss: Ibanez's 25th Anniversary RG2XXV. This is the final model under the Anniversary offering & it sure looks... ordinary. In fact, after giving it a go, I'd say it's indeed ordinary, so ordinary that it retails for as much as the RG350, a non-Anniversary model. If you'd like to amuse yourself with some matching coloured fretboard markers, go ahead. But with all due respect, it's not a dud.

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