Gear Curiosities: Ibanez RG350DX - My Newest Pawn Shop Rescue!
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- Today in Plague Scythe Studios, I show off the latest battle-scarred addition to my collection of beater budget guitars, the Ibanez RG350DX!
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I found an RG450DX at a pawn shop mispriced for $39.99 not too long ago. In basically mint condition as well. Swapped the pickguard for a single humbucker black one, threw a bare Knuckle Juggernaut in there, and sanded down the poly on the neck.
Plays and sounds great now.
Thats awesome!
Sanding the neck makes such a huge difference!
that's like the steal of the century lol 40 bucks for a decent guitar
Man I love the Ibanez sound. No reason what so ever to change their pickups. That's one of my favorite things about Ibanez. They just make a great guitar at any budget. Just awesome.
Dropped a Seymour Duncan black winter in the bridge of mine. Sounds killer in it.
Had one of these in black years ago, I always found the infinity series pickups in it to be pretty solid. Along with the v7 and v8 pickups, those things cut through and had great response.
Love the Dream Theater at the beginning!!
Dude 'Stimulant' rocks, kicks ass and every other positive adjective there is. That beginning is just awesome and the change over at 3:58 ugh holy shit......refer back to 1st sentence! I'm waiting for the full release.
this is my guitar and have been using it since 2015, I made a couple of guitar covers but didnt really have much time lately. I’ve been playing again so far during my downtime and appreaciting it
I have this exact guitar, no mods, no issues. I picked it up used for $200 bucks! Its absolutely mint and gets played more than my 05 Gibson LP Standard. The Ibanez is lighter, easier to play, will take a beating and never fail you!
does it stay in tune solid?
I have a couple of Indonesian-made, Edge III-equipped Ibanezes, and there are really only three issues with the bridge itself: no locking studs, a zinc pot metal resonator block, and and the knife edges aren't quite as strong as you'd find on an OFR. You can alleviate the lack of locking studs with a little bit of plumber's tape around the studs when you first screw them in; it won't completely get rid of the post wobble, but it lessens it enough that you should at least be back in tune after coming back up from a bar dive. As for the block, FU Tone makes brass replacement blocks for the Edge III.
Rescued one of these for $80.00 a couple months ago. I can't understand why people take the back plate off and misplace them??? Took it completely apart, cleaned everything then buffed the body. Still yellowed but at the price point I'm happy! It's a 2004 Made In Korea.
GARDEN OF GRAY. Awesome! Nice guitar
I wish I could get that heavy ass metal crunch out of my Axe Fx. Holy shit the tones you were getting were insane.
Thank you man, this video helped me a lot... I have a modded RGA8 and wanted a 80''s like shred guitar and set my eyes on the RG350DX - didn't know should I pull the trigger but this video made me order it today (used). Can't get the pic out of my head -> replacing the pickguard with a single hum black one, a new pickup and BOOM - everything I ever wanted.
Thank you a lot!
I had one 20 years ago. the neck was chunkier than other Ibanezes I've had, but it sounded great. Cool DT riff btw
I have the same guitar, but a 2017 model. It has the quantum pickups and an edge zero 2 bridge instead of the infinity pickups and an edge 3. I love it. I want to change the pickups when I get the money, but overall it’s a great guitar for the price.
Some models have an edge iii, some have the edge ii which is a better trem BUT can't really be upgraded. You can swap the edge iii for the untouchable Gotoh GE1996 and still be well below even premium prices. Sounds good man!
I'm guessing that's an Edge II. Mine looks a bit different in that the string clamps and clamp screws are a self contained unit
My first guitar was a RG350M, i got it used and it looked neon green in photos but when it arrived it was an ugly banana yellow. It played terrible and i couldn't afford to get it in shape and didnt have tools like i do now to do my own fret work so i sold it and now i regret it. Somehow i forgot it was my first guitar and i thought my explorer kit guitar was first until i found a picture today of them next to each other before i even finished the explorer. I should've just kept it and repainted it or something. I just suddenly got nostalgic for it today when i saw one of the former guitarists of Cancerslug playing one similar or even identical to the one you have. Thats when i went back through pictures and remembered it was actually first. Kinda bummed me out and now i really wanna find another one. Mine had a single invader humbucker which i took out and put back to stock when i sold it. Im like you i could never see myself with a super strat especially a cheap RG I've always been drawn to explorer/iceman type guitars. Had an EMG hetset i sold too around the same time, should've just put them in it and fixed and repainted it. Apologies for the long rambling comment, appreciate the video man love the channel
I have rg350dxz 2018 version with quantum pickups it's nice guitar
Currently have a strat now, think im going to buy this guitar soon! Would you recomend it? And is it good with the Boss ds1 distortion pedal?
I had one one these last year, also from a pawn shop, but black, I paid $175.
Only reason I sold it was because the tremolo wasn't fully floated, kinda wish I kept it though.
Is it a bad guitar?
I bought the exact same guitar in 2006. It is still in the case in perfect condition! Not a fan of the Infinity pickups tho.
Bridge is okay.. but the pickups are horrendous to my taste very muddy as mentioned in the video. I have the Same guitar that I have upgraded the pickups to dimarzio crunch lab and liquifire, cancelled the tone knob and made it just the volume, changed the whole electronics, Jack, made it 3 way switch and changed the pick guard from HSH to HH.. I am considering changing the bridge to gotoh or schaller.. I have read in one of the forums that the pro edge is okay but nowhere close to being compared to gotoh or schaller.
That’s definitely a very unique sounding guitar. I definitely think an eq would do that thing some justice. I would find myself reaching for the mids on my amp.
This was the first guitar I ever owned.... in 1999. I beat the living shit out of it and stopped playing it 10 years ago and I'm about to rebuild it. Going to be interesting
Growing up i always looked at strat shaped guitars the way you did. When i was a kid i called vanilla ice cream "regular" ice cream . The same way vanilla is regular, strats (or strat style guitars) were regular. I cant count how many valuable strats and the like i gave away, turned down or sold for next to nothing years ago. Ive learned a few things since i was young...but, hey...no regrets.
Same. Including my very first guitar that was a Japanese Hondo Grand Prix. Why Rickey??? WHY? I love Strats now. LOVE.
@@rickfeith6372 im sayin !!!
@@rickfeith6372 i too love srats now.
Cool video thanks for the videos love yours 350dx it’s the same as mine,good pickups are sheep these days, overall I love mine I agree with you it don’t take much to upgrade it preloaded pickgard are sheep and easy to install I had great luck getting mine from china,just had to get my resource on you tube 😊
Totally awesome video...this guitar is my second after a entry level Hamer and I will say its a shredding machine....the white really sets it off from the typical black or dark body guitars...
I think these pickups sound a lot better than the quantum pickups in my rg470dx, I really like the 350dx through my marshal vs100 and Marshall 4x12 cab ! The 350dx has a way beefier tone, while the 470dx sounds like it’s missing some punch
I had a black one a while back...
Idk... s'alright axe. Easy to play, easy on the back, stayed in tune alright too.
I'd get another... good mod platform.
Beauty, a keeper! I wouldnt change the pickups either but im sort of a pickup purist, i figure the guitar was designed for those so let it be, plus these really do sound great but if you say they're not doing your amp justice then yeah it would be cool to actually hear the difference. But im trying to get away from all that stuff myself so i dont want to encourage others honestly. But im still tone chasing, thats fun to shape a nice tone, but the guitar chasing has to stop, im convinced. At leaste for me anyway I can only really pull somethings off if i know the guitar really well and you dont know how much you do until you try another guitar and are like feeling way off and need a few weeks to get used to it, then go back to your other guitar and ahve to re-get used o that one, so im trying to stick to one guitar and would also encourage the serial guitars changers to try and stick to one. Next step, tone, picking one tone... damn thats going to be a hard one. Thats like commitment, getting a guitar is dating but picking a tone is like... marriage. Dont want to go that far yet!
I'm looking at rescuing the same model from a local shop. Strings are rusting off of it, it needs a vibrato bar, and will need a full clean and setup. They want about $200 for it, I am going to try to get it for $170.
Wire the tone knob as a bass cut if it gets muddy and keep it down, it really cleans up any mud you may have, wire a.oo33 uf capacitor between the outer lugs and link the center lug to your input and the remaining lug is your output and wire the casing to ground
love this granulated sound .... like versatile flat
I've totally bypassed Ibanez guitars until recently. I wanted to get into low tuning without going to a seven string. Boom! Ibanez RGIB6 baritone guitar. Great value and it has quickly become the most fun guitar I own.
having owned rg350 I can immediately tell that the angle of your edge III is a little off. perfectly serviceable instrument, but yes, like you said, edge III wears out very quickly, but it's stable at least
Hi man, does RG350 stay in tune? I am afraid of tremolo system..
@@richardx4456 I had RG350 of pre-2012, with Edge III trem. It wears out very quickly (cheap material) and renders tuning unstable. Good news is that you can always bring the guitar to luthier, redo the trem posts and make it retrofit edge pro or ofr. What I said is Ibanez RG350 is VERY customizable instrument, no comments about ZPS3Fe...
Just found one for a few hundred. 350 S1. Upgraded Gotoh tuners, V7, V8, S1 pickups great condition other than 2 small dings. Hope it worth it!
I treated mine so bad and it was so good.
I had one of these and my warning is to never put heavier gauges than 42-46 in it as the wood in front of the bridge post bass side broke off towards the neck!
I got an Ibanez RGA last year (2021), and I have to agree, the fretboard is beautiful. Maple, but the figuring is incredible. It also has a Flamed Maple top, and it looks great too. I love it. My first Super Strat too!
The Edge III bar never had plastic collars on it or at least mine didn't. And the Edge III string clamps on mine are a lot different
My friend has this guitar it's never going to be used but I like it,. Just needs new humbuckers. I am the opposite of you having loved Ibanez forever and only recently getting Gibson style guitars. I think that thing about not needing a boost is an ibanez thing. Check out the Rgt42dxfm.
The Dragon fire pickups are great for the money. Did a pair of H90s (P90s that are sized like a humbucker) with .022 Vitamin Q caps on a Epiphone les paul to make decent sounding beginner rig.
1st time watching. looking forward to more
Ahhhhh.... Pawn shop guitars = hidden area for naturally relic' d guitars, PRS, Ibanez, G&L, Fender, etc.
Props for the old school Nevermore riff
Tortex Sharp 👌🏼
Thank you so much. I found a guy who has one of these.. its 300$ with a hard case. It will need cleaned up and new strings. Been trying today to reach the guy who has it in Facebook sales.. haven't heard anything.. I sold my charvel desolation fl. I hated the baseball bat neck... I think the one im looking at is a wizard 3....
I picked up a rgt42fx for $170 with a hard case off of craigslist. Not bad for a neckthrough guitar, it only had a bridge pickup in it but it was still a deal.
I have a first year Korean one. The power sound pickups were muddy so I swapped them with a Nazgul/sentient set with a quarter pounder single also replaced the switch with a super switch with coil tapping just like stock. It’s getting a fret level right now. People hate on the lo-trs 2 but I’ve had no problem. Great metal guitar.
That Pull Me Under riff is still great almost 30 years later...through the Mark IV?
When I play the verse riff with the double Add9 chords and the double open E chugs, I have to actually concentrate to keep my little Jazz III from migrating backwards in my fingers...and I use the carbon grippy ones!! Its the only thing I know of that causes this phenomenon. Weird shit.
do you still have this guitar? im thinking of buying one used. what do i need to look out for with the bridge?
Subbed, good video mate
I think 💬🤔 the word for those are called saddle blocks; they lock the string against the saddle so it can be strung without running it through the tremelo block...😊
RG7620 is certainly nice!
Decent guitar. I'd give the PU selector switch a dose of contact cleaner though
Estoy pendiente de una de Ocasion . Me parece una buena Guitarra
I have the same guitar but mine is made in Korea and it's made in 1998 🤘
If I don't use the trem bar, I won't get out of tune easily?
If the trem is set up correctly and locking nut is tight it'll stay in the for quite a while even with gnarly five bombs. Mine rarely needs retuned
Need to stop watching your videos while lunching at work, 30 minute break always turns into 50-55.
if no one notices, did it really even happen?
dude i wanted one of those real bad when they were new but shit happens. lol. also was your tone drier than normal in the beginning playing?
Very, I was using a Tri Axis model without a boost or anything in front to mimic Petrucci's old setup, so its comparatively unsaturated.
About why they might not aim for the 7 string market. What I think, or at least feel. Is that the Ibanez look is not heavy. I allways picture in my head Steve Vai when I see one, even tho I know alot of heavy guys use it. Or that guy 12 years or so who played Canon rock! Yeah, its a solo or lead guitar:P
i ve same guitar but 2008 model my friend got a jcm amp(jcm200 i think) this guitar roar on that amp with inf pickups but its not good other than roaring (clean tones)
does tremelo stays in tune
How much did you pay please? Also the main reason the Knob was moved because when playing most people end up bumping the knob while playing and turning the guitar down. Main reason with that model also you can get a new bar from Ibanez for that for 10.00 bucks. Just call them if you want...
I have the same guitar and I’ve never had that problem, but when I’m soloing on the high strings on the neck pickup, I sometimes hit the switch with my hand
Great guitar, crappy Lo-TRS-II tremolo on my 2001 version
i cant rember which band the riff is from for a mintue i thought maybe it was Sanctuary future tense, put if the chinese got a wiff of someone playing a song referncing tianemen square the youtube gods would yank your video lol.wow i really cant spell this morning. hows that blue grass doing over there
What’s the difference between rg350 and rg370?
Que la 370 no tiene pickguard pero son las misma !! Ambas de tilo y brazo de 3 piezas, en el 2015 cambiaron a caoba y el brazo es de arce una pieza!!
Hi Man, does this guitar stay in tune well?
If it's set up properly, its rock solid. However, if the spring and string tensions dont match, then you can run into some tuning trouble, especially when using the trem.
@@PlagueScytheStudios thanks, what if you dont use the tremo bar?
The answer for the 7 string question is
I have a 2000 (cortek) Squier Stratocaster VII I'll sell you.
nah, the weakest part about that guitar is the bridge, the pickups are decent
is the edge zero II that bad?
many premium ibanez have that bridge...
@@juanocybe yeah I am, about to replace mine. You can't get the damn thing to flutter for shit. They aren't as smooth as a legit Floyd or Gotoh. I will also say, I have a few Ibanez, and the pickups in my 450dx, while not the worst, pale in comparison to the old Vs in my 90s model Japanese Ibanez. Either way though, you could do much worse with a lot of these Chinese guitars out there. The HSH design in the Ibanez is insanely versitile and eve and the stock pickups in the DX models will a huge range of tones. Switch positions 2, 3, and 4, will get you the bell like strat tone, or the phased 2 and 4 position on the standard strat. If you do keep the stock pickups I do recommend changing the cap in the tone knob though to something not so muddy, and maybe a treble bleed ($7 best upgrade ever).
@@lorenmorgan1931It's a good guitar, but it's not perfect. You can always upgrade it tho.
Either way i think it's a pretty solid model.
I found one for 200 dollars. Worth buying it?
yes...a rare axe you can find.
Great content dude. Love your videos bu pls work on your vibrato.
Yeah, your bridge is angled too far back.
All ibanez bridges are different and angle differently
Guthrie Govan younger brother
floyd angle is completely wrong.
Have one lol
Just not the same without Sarah Mac...
As far as budget extended range being ugly and generic, it's because most beginners start on 6 strings and Ibanez knows this. So they know they much rather focus on the higher price points (that also have higher margins). It's just business sense that's all
I don't know if you've listened to this. But man it sounds out of tune .just seems a shame to do such a cool review out of tune.
You keep on saying cheap cheap, I have this guitar and I have no Issues with the guitar budget peice of shit which I love playing.
I paided £270.00...........I replaced the Pickguard to a pearloid Black makes a big difference to the look.