Made in japan jacksons vs made in korea ibanez RG's

[randyvanmalmsteen]

which is the better bang for the buck of these two?
a MIJ DK-2 or DXMG goes for around $400 while the RG 350dx or 320fm goes for about the same?
I want the better built,sounding of these?
I keep hearing about RG's sounding thin,anemic?

[pagemalicious]

Re: Made in japan jacksons vs made in korea ibanez RG\'s

go for the one of the jackson's..the Jackson's are far far far better than the Ibanez's. I own a Jackson RR3 and i compared it to one of my friends Ibanez's. The Jackson had better sustain and felt more solid than the Ibanez. Plus you get some really cool finishes with the DK2

[randyvanmalmsteen]

Re: Made in japan jacksons vs made in korea ibanez RG\'s

Originally posted by maliciousteve:
go for the one of the jackson's..the Jackson's are far far far better than the Ibanez's. I own a Jackson RR3 and i compared it to one of my friends Ibanez's. The Jackson had better sustain and felt more solid than the Ibanez. Plus you get some really cool finishes with the DK2

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">thats one vote for jackson!
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anyone have any possitive things about a RG?

[taxistationary]

Re: Made in japan jacksons vs made in korea ibanez RG\'s

Your coming here and asking that?? [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[randyvanmalmsteen]

Re: Made in japan jacksons vs made in korea ibanez RG\'s

Originally posted by john:
Your coming here and asking that?? [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">[img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] C'mon are RG's really that bad? [img]images/icons/blush.gif[/img]

[randyvanmalmsteen]

Re: Made in japan jacksons vs made in korea ibanez RG\'s

OK then how about the best of these? DK-2,DXMG,DX 10d? which is the finest build?

[SARJ]

Re: Made in japan jacksons vs made in korea ibanez RG\'s

I'd have to go with the DK2. I just recently traded off an Ibanez RG370DX that wasn't getting too much attention.

Ibanez Korean RG guitars: Pretty solid in my opinion. They sound pretty good stock and alot better with decent pickups. The only bad thing is that if the trem goes South on you it would be hard to replace. You can't realy upgrade the trem to an OFR without some modifications. If it's all you can afford it's a good deal.

Jackson DK2, DXMG Japaneese guitars: I have a DK2 with a SD TB-6 Distortion. I love it. It feels good, sounds good and plays good. There are a few upgrades needed to get it up to par such as better volume and tone pots, humbucker ring and thats about it. Let me put it this way, In the past year and some odd months that I have had my DK2, it has been the only one left in the collection as many others were sold or traded. My DK2 and my Model 2 Charvel will be with me until death or at least until someone offers me a rediculous amount of money for them.

Bottom line..........why buy an Ibanez when you can afford a Jackson. Go with Jackson....Period!

[j2379]

Re: Made in japan jacksons vs made in korea ibanez RG\'s

for $400 you should look around, an early bcrich ST-3 USA made will run ya less that $400, unless its got a graphic. USA Jacksons can be had for a couple of hundred more if u look around long enough. IMO the $500 price range has alot of REALLY NICE GUITARS if you dont mind buyin used & waiting for a good deal. hell you could probably have a model 5 or 6 for under $400 & those are great guitars.

[lerxstcat]

Re: Made in japan jacksons vs made in korea ibanez RG\'s

There's a Model 6 on Ebay right now with a $375 BIN.

[Ace]

Re: Made in japan jacksons vs made in korea ibanez RG\'s

A Model 6 will blow away any import Jackson or ANY Ibanez IMHO.

[taxistationary]

Re: Made in japan jacksons vs made in korea ibanez RG\'s

The DK-2.

[Vik]

Re: Made in japan jacksons vs made in korea ibanez RG\'s

Is the model6 better than a dxmg ?

randyvanmalmsteen : I just saw a 320DX that got away for 160$, not 400$ and they usually sell at around 250$ tops on ebay.

[dinkyjacksonman]

Re: Made in japan jacksons vs made in korea ibanez RG\'s

Jackson ALL THE WAY!
Made in Japan Charvel guitars are cool too.
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[Steve]

Re: Made in japan jacksons vs made in korea ibanez RG\'s

Originally posted by randyvanmalmsteen:
which is the better bang for the buck of these two?
a MIJ DK-2 or DXMG goes for around $400 while the RG 350dx or 320fm goes for about the same?
I want the better built,sounding of these?
I keep hearing about RG's sounding thin,anemic?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">the Japan Jacksons are light years better than any made in korea guitar by anyone else and I know cause I've owned both , and the korea guitars are all made by the same company for almost all brands so all your buying is a name , where Jackson in Japan is only made by Jackson in Japan , far better than the samick plant [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] //Steve

[data187]

Re: Made in japan jacksons vs made in korea ibanez RG\'s

you can probably but 3 charvel model 3's for $400.

or

you can get a charvel san dimas reissue for about that. i see some of the plain jane series 2 going for approx $400 which is a steal for a usa made guitar.