All user reviews for the Ibanez RG470

huh? oh . . . i got this baby for christmas
hmmmmmm if your lookin' to by this baby second hand you'll probably be lookin at 200+.
400 to 500 £s new . . .

Oh wow this baby has it all 2 humbuckers for rocking anthems or groovy blues

also has a floyd rose trem
two way tone knob
5 way pick up switching
solid body
mine has jet black hardware and black paintwork but YOU can customize it how ever you like!

Ohh . . . . theres no real thing i can think of thats bad a scratch plate would be good.

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Made in Korea
Bridge lo-TRS
handle the most pleasant to my taste ... end, fast and very accurate.
24 jumbo frets
microphones handle INF-1 (hambucker)
INFS mid-1 (single)
easel INF-2 (hambucker)
1 microphone selector 5 positions
A volume
A tone

UTILIZATION

Handle very nice and fast, like all the RG ...
Easy access to acute
Guitar access rather rock / metal, but still okay to crunch sound and clear ...

SOUNDS

for clean sounds, I use the middle pickup hot enough ...
For the distortion, bridge pickup volume and thoroughly ...

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 2 months, and frankly, not disappointed ...
I tried a total of 25 or 30 guitars ...
What I like most is the "mouth" that "she, sound, and comfort of play ..
price / quality ratio excellent ....
Looking back, I would do this choice with eyes closed ...
This is the cheapest guitar I bought, and yet it is immediately become my favorite ...

This is the Japanese model left base.
2 humbuckers (neck and bridge) and a simple
I changed the micro double by a tone zone in bridge and a paf pro in neck
Floyd bridge.
2 settings: tone and volume.
5 position pickup selector.
Finish: black.

UTILIZATION

So she very nice, the neck is thin and slippery, the shape is comfortable enough to play standing or sitting.
Access to acute no problem.
In terms of obtaining good, I'd say it depends on who plays mostly .

SOUNDS

This guitar really suits my playing style (heavy metal, funk)
I especially on cheeks v amp and a behringer blue devil from home.
The sound is very correct with the original pickups, but if you want more heat and more power: pafpro. If you want more aggression: tone zone.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 2 years now, including a year with my new microphone. I recommended to all who want metalheads left still have bluesy sound or light hot enough.

Plus: round, shape, original pickups.

Cons: this model of vibrato is quite capricious, despite the blocked strings tune it often enough that I serve or not floyd ... But this is not necessarily good vibrato of rolling ball Vigier Excalibur (we will see later, when I could play)

Model Koreen
-24 Frets, Ibanez micro 2Double 1simple, 5 mic positions.
Lo-Pro Edge Floyd Bridge II
Régalge-1 volume, 1 tone, 5-way switch.
Channel very flat and fast played

UTILIZATION

-The handle is very comfortable to jouévu it is very late.
-Access to the acute is reasonable.
-It is not very heavy and is comfortable played
-The sound is very versatile to Be in accoradage standardized to play funk or rock and it sounds great given more serious metal and open tuning

SOUNDS

"I have a group of neo metal and it fits very well, I have a microphone mounted in the bridge position EMG81 and it sounds better now, the sound is smoother can be a little less natural ..
-I head a branch of H & K Triamp with a Boss pedal with overdrive ME8 block has pushed yields a large and well specific ..
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OVERALL OPINION

-I for 5 years, I took care and did not move. The problem and what she Disagree a little too easily ... The price / quality is very correct ... in fact I sold mine to buy me an Ibanez JS100 ... I sell € 550 with the cover the strap, strata block, it is blue / purple is not a pine cone, LPs EMG81 ... contact me: Firsness@fr.st

Fafrique Japan
24 frets and 1 single coil 2Double
pink floyd
1 volume knob, 1 Tone knob

UTILIZATION

Handle very end, which facilitates fast games (legato etc. ..)
CHAC is fairly easy to acute
not too big easy to take over
the original sound and versatile enough, lacks a bit of personality

SOUNDS

I use it mainly for playing melodic metal with an amp (rack) and a marshall preamp Marshall (JMP1) have changed the pickups for the beginners, about 7 years (pro 1paff of the handle and a DiMarzio Evolution bridge cot HS1 and center) bridge pickup gives me a very big sound, but too big to clear the funk or lg.

OVERALL OPINION

Assay after having a yamaha, gibson, my choice is port on it as with the original microphone is very versatile (and more I am left if I had I would not hesitate recommancer or view a micro most versatile easel.

Japanese guitar, trs flat handle 24 cases, 2 doubles and a single ibanez, tremolo licensed under Floyd, mechanical clutch, 1 volume, 1 Tone

UTILIZATION

The handle is trs enjoyable, fairly flat, a bit wide
a real motorway: D
Access in acute, like all Ibanez of this kind, excellent
Ergonomics is also excellent, the instrument is very well quilibrbr /> combinations of pickups make the sound palette trs wide and is very easy to find a good sound
only regret, the floyd, the trs bad bill, I have to change it after 3 years
taient compltement bloody knives, and attacked the scrap

So 4 for the vibrato

SOUNDS

The sounds are a bit cold in the sense that the instrument pout do everything and anything
a small change of microphones should remdier this problem
That said, it is ultra versatile, and sounds ranging from funk to hard rock
even when she is fawn for schredders, given the shape of its handle, and is a bit bland for the blues
That said, with a little finger you get things not too bad
and then plugged into a amp lamps ...

OVERALL OPINION

I for 6 or 7 years possde, it is still well trs
plugs into a classic 30, a sone a lot ..
but the vibrato is a real pain
so as to note 7
I would do this choice but I would change immediately vibrato, and may be even the microphones, with HS6 in acute and severe in sh4
to cap it all, a Tex-Mex in Central!

Made in Japan
24 cases, the microphones of Origin: V7 S1 V8 (recently changed from the DiMarzio / duncan)
licensed floyd
two knobs: one volume and one tone with a 5-way switch
Channel wizard ...

details see other opinions

UTILIZATION

- A really nice run! a real motorway happiness!
- Access to acute is very easy, shame about the breaks are so small
- Not too heavy, well balanced ..
- The sound is tip top, one branch and we play, just need the amp / effects that go with it.

SOUNDS

- I play mainly death / heavy / thrash / shred and it suits me perfectly!
I sometimes unfaithful to metal (70's rock, rock today, pop, punk, gypsy jazz, classical, blues ...) and it makes me good.
- I play on a pod xt for recording. Peavey JSX head if not with a marshall 4x12. I also have a digitech RP300 pedal ...
- I get the type of sound that suits me: the big fat sound for the big fat metal

OVERALL OPINION

- I have 5 years now, my first guitar was purchased by me (two months of summer job!)
- She really out of the mouth and it sounds great for what I need, for against the tuning does not take the masses and do not like the floyd ... The color of the table is fragile and flakes easily ...
- I tested a Jackson Kelly, a dinky orange (yuck), a yamaha pacifica, but it made me flash!
- Good value for 4000 en at the time, it still holds an important place in my heart!
- With experience, I think I would do this choice because it has accompanied me in my evolution as a pseudo guitar player! or I would have taken the above model, which was an RG 5XX white with nice finishes:-P

Model: 1997 made in Korea so
Bridge: Floyd
Neck: Rosewood 24 frets
Micro Original: INF1 (bridge) INF2 (handle) INFS1 (single center)
1 volume, 1 tone, dial a 5-level
I just bought a micro Seymour Duncan SH4 in bridge and a Dimarzio air micro notron dp 193 to the handle (I do not know what it's going to, because I've never seen this setup ...)

UTILIZATION

Flat handle, regular, perfect access to acute (the benefits of a superstrate which ...).

SOUNDS

This gives the sound you want to have Ibanez as no real character ... it is a quality guitar with a violin impeccable, I find it lacks a bit of sustain, we must stir a finger if you want to keep the reason! In contrast, artificial harmonics out fairly easily, but the microphones did not adequately relay ... On the solo beat it it comes out very small, that's why I change the pickups (I like when the harmonics scream to death ...)

I use an amplifier with hybrid H & K ATTAX 100 (lamp preamp) and a Boss GT 6 then it's just a slaughter of International pxxxxx which we never talk to ... and found - 200 € everywhere!

It's also nice to have a little extra out Mexican fender telecaster blues blues sound with more soul, or a more slamming ... The small paul (where Epiphone Gibson) could also fill the gap. I can not get a sound suitable for playing Led Zeppelin, for example

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 15 years (uh here it makes me feel like I'm old)

I played on many other models of all brands: Jackson, Fender, Lag ... The guitar is the most playable and most versatile that I tested, but also one of those who had less soul ... I still advise (even if it is no longer produced! )

The cost was about 4000 francs 15 years ago, when adjusted for inflation, this guitar would cost close to € 1000 today! So when I read an argus to € 275 ... at that price you have to be mentally retarded not to jump at the chance ...

Japanese guitar.
24 frets, Lo TRS bridge pro ... 1 tone (very effective) 1 volume.
wizard sleeve 3 parts. a treat!


UTILIZATION

I admire all the beautiful race that I love.
access to acute ... is the ibanez! excellent access
light guitar robust and comfortable. in real life she looks almost as aggressive as rich!

SOUNDS

Great clarity, definition ... a great big fat sound of his store: D
its perhaps a little cold? but hey, a HS8 one hand, an Ibanez V7 on the other, mwais, unbalanced or has adapted its all my ca ...

I love: the grain ibanez has all the floors, it sounds really clear as scratches, TFW is what mine like that ... clear but not as poor as a brawler and a cheap jackson (eg JS30), but clear as a big ... RG and super versatile (for both the central microphone allows me some delusions hendrixiens ... I love playing hendrix ...)
stop saying that basswood guitars have no personality, so bah, bluntly, it has its signature sound, sound, super bright, clean, rich and deep ...

edit: I'll replace the pickups with a SH5/SH1 for: clearer, more rock and more expressive, and avoid what I have now, one side "oats like a pig, too much else" and the other "micro ibanez entry-level" ... Central to the microphone? I do not use it a lot ... I'll leave it for decoration or fuck a pickguard ... : D <p class="bbcode-offtopic"> Off topic: <span>

brief. in any event the metal is not a successful micro crazy as it is played either in a eq "everything except the fake mediums" in either the gain of the amplard ... ca is played in the attack of the right hand and the Equalization * fine * and the rich media amplard ... too much gain, good midrange, treble avoid putting a fake and a great sound hop vla specific</span>
I play with the gain in not even 1 / 4 of my randall, and it is with surprise that I found a kind of grail sound, it sounds very pretty good, but at the same time violent super clean, ca Meshuggah reminds a bit (I'm in if it helps) ...

OVERALL OPINION

It's been a few months of bliss. I found the scratches.
I love it! (Sanfi paint a little fragile, but making sure it's going)
I have used and trusted myself lucky. She did not disappoint. it is much better than the ibanez my friends that I tested in my local (even ibanez had a € 600 no better ... even if I have a weakness for lespaul a friend)

GIFT value for money I had € 280 with flight and micro seymour duncan invader. for the price of a Squier or I have a cort ibanez guitars that matches many high-end without any problems.

she will never leave me I think. she is very beautiful and more it has a sleek and aggressive (more q'en photo) when he was in his hands. like a rich quality and more (it is far ahead of the BC Rich NJ)

edit, actually a while later ben nan nan, I never sell this stroke, the tears ... but really guys! I will soon replace the pickups by SH1 and SH5 ... I think I'm fine with these microphones m'régaler ... (Ac * still * going to sound clearer, more defined, more precise ... more rock too, I'll finally get out of the thrash / death means and go to my custom sound ...)

nice scratching this RG ... cheap, super nice neck, great sound ... and I thought that the base has a poor jackson entry-level (or kind of) ... for the same price I had a scratch pro, THE scratching ... should see the color of maple which is made the handle, gilded with time ... More and more it's going to feel that it is no small scratches but good toy is a real musical instrument that rings true, which allows for the real sound ... in my opinion can go quite far with this instrument ...

Early Rg470 models were made in Japan and later on production was moved to Korea. The majority of examples around today were made in Korea. The Korean examples feature a basswood body with a 24 fret neck. The neck is maple with a rosewood fretboard. The body has 3 pickups two of them are humbuckers with the middle pickup being a single-coil. This example featured a Lo-TRS tremolo system. The body is a superstrat style with large cutaways.

UTILIZATION

The construction on these guitars is decent. I find a guitar like this will rarely feel as solid as a Les Paul or similar guitar. The fret work can be bad on some examples but on this example the fretwork was good. The Lo-TRS tremolo system is a very low quality unit. Cheap tremolos can ruin a guitar. Without a proper setup this tremolo system will make the guitar go out of tune often. Like most new Ibanez RG's the 470 has the all-access neck joint which makes reaching the highest frets a breeze. This neck joint along with the large cutaways on the body make playing the guitar very easy.

SOUNDS

I am not a big fan of basswood guitars. They do not seem to have the thick sound you would get from mahogany or alder. This combined with the cheap pickups Ibanez puts in its lower end guitars may make the guitar sound bad plugged in. The switches and pots are of a low quality also which doesnt help. A pickup swap is recommended on these lower end ibanez guitars. The pickups ibanez puts in its lower end guitars from the factory are pretty dull and weak sounding.

OVERALL OPINION

With a proper setup Ibanez guitars are some of the best playing guitars out there. On some models a pickup swap is needed to get the tone to your liking. Also, you may want to look for a model with a hardtail bridge or higher quality tremolo unit. For a beginner a bad tremolo unit can lead to major frustration. Low quality units will not stay in tune without a professional setup sometimes.

While some of the RG-470s were made in Japan, most of them were moved over to Korea. The model I'm referring to in this review will be the Korean model. It features a basswood body, 24 fret maple neck with rosewood fretboard, HSH configuration, volume pot, tone pot and 5 way switch. The one notable difference between this and the RG-570 is the Lo TRS trem.

UTILIZATION

The guitar is put together decently, but I find the fretwork to be very hit or miss. The biggest issue I have with these guitars is the horrible bridge. It's made out of really weak metal, and it tends to not sound or act nearly as nice as the Edge trem that was found on the RG-570. Given that it's a budget Korean model, it's somewhat to be expected. The All Access Neck Joint is a very nice feature that I was glad to find on these models, so that's a plus. However, the electronics are pretty horrible, so you might want to replace the switch and pots.

SOUNDS

The body woods on these can be very hit or miss. Most of them are decent, but a lot of them are total dogs. Even with a pickup swap, the guitars might not meet the expectations that some have with a higher end Japanese Ibanez. A lot of the models I played simply made me want to drop it and play the RG-570 instead.

OVERALL OPINION

If you're looking for a budget Ibanez, instead of looking at this model, try to find a used RG-570 or something along those lines. You'll be much better off in the long run as it'll most likely have better fretwork, sound better, and it WILL have a much better tremolo that'll stay in tune no matter what abuse you throw at it.