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Soooo, long time no post on this board, I'll just walk in like I'm a regular.........
I play a SL2H, well, today my Ibanez rg550 20th anniversary arrived and it's given me a new perspective on the Jackson.
The tone of the Ibanez is more refined and articulate, there are more harmonic overtones.
The Jackson is sludgier, heavier sounding, more of a hollow sound (probably due to the neck through) and darker.
It has made me realize that the buzzing on my Jackson is innordinate and I need to get the frets dressed. That always bugged me from the moment I got it but I reasoned since I can't hear it through the amp it doesn't matter. But the RG550 doesn't have it and the action's about the same, and now I'm just annoyed because I can feel the buzz and hear it if I'm playing low enough. The Jackson's got the Ibanez beat for heavier metal, and the fret access is far far better in the upper registers.
As well as a set up I'm going to have to see what happens if I change the Duncans out for DiMarzios - I hope that's it, and it's not the wood/maple neck/bolt-on that's causing me to prefer the Ibanezes' tone. I didn't expect this, I thought it was just going to be a cool neon guitar. This thing was half the price of my USA.
I play a SL2H, well, today my Ibanez rg550 20th anniversary arrived and it's given me a new perspective on the Jackson.
The tone of the Ibanez is more refined and articulate, there are more harmonic overtones.
The Jackson is sludgier, heavier sounding, more of a hollow sound (probably due to the neck through) and darker.
It has made me realize that the buzzing on my Jackson is innordinate and I need to get the frets dressed. That always bugged me from the moment I got it but I reasoned since I can't hear it through the amp it doesn't matter. But the RG550 doesn't have it and the action's about the same, and now I'm just annoyed because I can feel the buzz and hear it if I'm playing low enough. The Jackson's got the Ibanez beat for heavier metal, and the fret access is far far better in the upper registers.
As well as a set up I'm going to have to see what happens if I change the Duncans out for DiMarzios - I hope that's it, and it's not the wood/maple neck/bolt-on that's causing me to prefer the Ibanezes' tone. I didn't expect this, I thought it was just going to be a cool neon guitar. This thing was half the price of my USA.
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