NGD: Just ordered one of these: Ibanez RG350M YE

[BenoA]

Well I got word that the guitar arrived so I went to the place and they actually had two of them so I could make my pick. I chose neither because I didn't like the way they felt, the necks felt really blocky and cumbersome.

So no yellow Ibanez for me.

Mine arrived at the store today. I'm picking it after work and will post a report later. I have a really busy weekend but I'll see what I can do. Pics will be included!

Blazer, what do you mean "feeling blocky and cumbersome"? Like most cheap guitars, these necks gets better the more you play them as the frets start to wear and the neck gets filled by finger grease/oil.

I hope I won't be disapointed... :think:

[FlyingSkull]

I have a RG321 and those INF 3 and 4 pickups are not bad! Nice guitar like the yellow!

[jcm800x]

Mine is not cumbersome but it is not as thin as a wizard, I may thin it down a bit.

[BenoA]

Got the guitar!!!



Bunch of pics here...

http://picasaweb.google.ca/jbaubry/20090626IbanezRG350MYE?authkey=Gv1sRgCMuLidiYkajsoAE&feat=directlink

Don't question me about the "blacklight" pics, I got a special request about it... :think:

Got 30 minutes with the new RG350M to noodle around.

Really not bad out of the box... I will keep it that way and play it for a few weeks before working on the set-up... It's like adding a few thousands miles (kilometers) on a car before pushing the engine! With time, it will get some playing wear on the frets and some grease/oil from the fingers on the neck! :-P And then it will even play better!

Funny as the guitar was perfectly tuned when I removed it from the box and it had never been opened!

The neck got some knots on the fretboard (see the pics), not a super grade birdseye finish but I like it! Not plain as some other maple board I have seen.

Position 4 of the PU selector gives it a strat kinda tone! Poppy/snappy! I love it!

I beat it during that noodling. Stays in tune quite well... Whammy bar is very smooth and neck not too thin but not too beefy. I will have to get use to the middle pick up and to having the strings so close to the body.

PUs are not high output so this is way cool, I got used to this with the two Godin I own and prefer this to high outputs as to me, you can put more dynamics into your playing with lower output PUs.

A few bad things... The bar that goes into the whammy feels a cheap and hits the knobs when spinning it around. Paint looks good but if you look very closely, you can see some very thin horizontal line. I had seen this on many low end Ibanez previously.

For you info, the yellow, is like a neon/fluo yellow! It's in your face! The pictures do not give justice to it.

I think it's good deal for the price I got it. Only time will tell regarding the hardware/durability.

I'm off line tomorrow but if you got some questions, ask them!

[jcm800x]

Cool man, glad you dig it. The bar has some adjustments you can make, mine dosn't hit the knob. There is an instruction page on the Edge III in the manual.

[BenoA]

Cool man, glad you dig it. The bar has some adjustments you can make, mine dosn't hit the knob. There is an instruction page on the Edge III in the manual.

Manual!!! That paper thing you never read! :ROTF:

Thanks, I'll check it out. Anyway, I plan changing the knobs to give it a RG550 look!

BTW, is it me or the diameter of that bar is smaller than a regular Edge? The one on my RG7620 feels beefier.

[BenoA]

The bar has some adjustments you can make, mine dosn't hit the knob. There is an instruction page on the Edge III in the manual.

Fixed! With a simple allen key twist! Thanks JCM800x!