Eazy-ESP
Well-known member
I know this is going to be a very hard question to answer with the crappy info I can supply, but some of you guys are literal experts at EVERYTHING gear related and might give me a clue.
Guitar: Ibanez RG prestige. It is basically your standard J-custom spec. Mahogany body, maple capped (thin), maple neck, rosewood fretboard. I replaced the tone zone in the bridge for an air-classic.
Issue: I love the guitar and have owned for longer than any other. Feels good. The mahogany is what I love. I get (somewhat) Gibson type tones and play it a lot in that way. Crunchy mid gain amp settings. Chords sound amazing. All things sound amazing. High E string will punish me often! Like just brutal ice pick a lot of the time. I’ve tried pickup height.
Is it because these guitars just really need to be played in the Steve Vai tonnes of gain and saturation tone with treble rolled off? Is there anything in the Ibanez wiring or anything that could be causing this? I thought it was me hitting e too hard and went up to 10s. No help. It’s the guitar not amp, as I have same issue on all 3 of my amps.
Guitar: Ibanez RG prestige. It is basically your standard J-custom spec. Mahogany body, maple capped (thin), maple neck, rosewood fretboard. I replaced the tone zone in the bridge for an air-classic.
Issue: I love the guitar and have owned for longer than any other. Feels good. The mahogany is what I love. I get (somewhat) Gibson type tones and play it a lot in that way. Crunchy mid gain amp settings. Chords sound amazing. All things sound amazing. High E string will punish me often! Like just brutal ice pick a lot of the time. I’ve tried pickup height.
Is it because these guitars just really need to be played in the Steve Vai tonnes of gain and saturation tone with treble rolled off? Is there anything in the Ibanez wiring or anything that could be causing this? I thought it was me hitting e too hard and went up to 10s. No help. It’s the guitar not amp, as I have same issue on all 3 of my amps.
