NGD: Ibanez RG550

[rjohnstone]

Yep... she's a first year RG560. I will never sell this guitar.
My wife won't let me as it was originally for her.
I'm the one who ended up putting all the mileage on it.

[shobet]

I guess to look on the positive side I don't have to worry about hitting my amp, rack or mic stand and getting a chip or ding

That's the attitude! I've given up trying to keep mine ding free I'm far too clumsy.

[heartfielder]

Finstah,

Sorry to hear about the condition of the 550. It looked great in the auction pics. In fact, I was eye-balling it myself. Does it play nice ?? I love the 550's. I have a Heather Mist one coming my way as we speak ... type ... read ... you know what I mean !!

You could always unload it, there's a great market for that guitar. So don't fret ... PUN INTENDED !!!!! YESSSSSSSS !!!

[finstah]

Finstah,

Sorry to hear about the condition of the 550. It looked great in the auction pics. In fact, I was eye-balling it myself. Does it play nice ?? I love the 550's. I have a Heather Mist one coming my way as we speak ... type ... read ... you know what I mean !!

You could always unload it, there's a great market for that guitar. So don't fret ... PUN INTENDED !!!!! YESSSSSSSS !!!

It did look great in the pics. Not so great in person. Needs a lot of TLC and haven't played it yet. Not playable at this point. I'm still mulling it over after cooling down a bit. Waiting to hear back from the seller to see what his take is. If he gives me a partial refund I'll keep it but not sure that I could sell it for what I paid for it. I'd have a guilty conscience because I'd be honest about its condition.

Thanks for the thoughts and feedback guys. I'll keep you posted.

[finstah]

seller refunded in full as well as return shipping for the most part. Cost $10 out of pocket.

Heads up if anyone is interested in this RG550 he's gonna re-list it

[shobet]

Cool that you got the resolution that you wanted. What are you going to spend the money on now?

[finstah]

Ha ha. I shouldn't and the wife will kill me but maaaaaaaan am I tempted. I've been in touch with someone here about a Dinky I've been searching for for 20 years.

If I can find an Ibby RG565 Prototype or a 550DX I may sell my Prestige S2540 to fund those.

Jeezus, I am such a gear whore. I need some serious help

[shobet]

ooh RG565 nice, good luck finding one though, they're like rocking horse shit.

[nhspike]

Cool fins....
Glad you got your cake back.
Pictures are funny things.
Can make a pretty nice guitar look like shit, and a shitty guitar look sweet.

[MountainDog]

If I can find an Ibby RG565 Prototype....

You've mentioned RG565 Prototype a couple times....what do you mean by Prototype? Are you looking for something other than a normal RG565?

[finstah]

You've mentioned RG565 Prototype a couple times....what do you mean by Prototype? Are you looking for something other than a normal RG565?

The regular 565, maple neck and dot inlays:


565 prototype, rosewood and sharkfins


I'd like to find the yellow one if possible but they are very hard to find

[finstah]

Cool fins....
Glad you got your cake back.
Pictures are funny things.
Can make a pretty nice guitar look like shit, and a shitty guitar look sweet.

yeah, he wins marks for photography skills but at least he was cool about returning it

[Bengal]

And you win marks for letting your emotions control you.

Kidding. Somewhat.

[finstah]

Hey I'm Italian and Irish, it's not my fault

[Bengal]

Hey I'm Italian and Irish, it's not my fault

It's all good bro. I've been guilty of doing that myself once or twice.