Rg550 25th anniversary…

[JackBootedThug]

Got it the other day in a multi instrument trade and it’s the star of the show. I laughed when Ibanez released them because of the price and being built in Indonesia. I thought Gtfooh. I also have been a diehard Les Paul guy so I never gave a shit about shred type guitars. Well let me tell you something… this is a quality piece of kit. I’m shocked. Great in every aspect. The color is gorgeous in person. It has sd’s previous owner installed as well. I love it. Totally shocked by the quality. I will buy or trade for every single one I can. Ibenhad hit a home run on this fucker. I love it. And this is something that I would never have given a second glance….

Lip pic for vonbonfire….

 

[sandman]

Nice score

 

[JackBootedThug]

Man honestly I’m shocked at how nice it is. I’m not sure what I expected but it wasn’t this….

 

[JackBootedThug]

I wonder what the s series anniversary models are like? Anybody try one out?

 

[NeubyWanKaneuby]

I thought these were Prestige models MIJ.

 

[japetus]

I was like

 

[Solarflares]

Southside Music in Stockholm got a limited edition Steve Vai Jem first run, signed, and an RG550 on the same day.
The Jem was already sold, but we had the opportunity to play both. All of us were impressed with the RG550, and my friend bought it immediately.
The Jem was $1800, the RG550 was $450.

 

[JackBootedThug]

I thought these were Prestige models MIJ.

I don’t think so. Indonesia. I could be wrong.

 

[JackBootedThug]

Southside Music in Stockholm got a limited edition Steve Vai Jem first run, signed, and an RG550 on the same day.
The Jem was already sold, but we had the opportunity to play both. All of us were impressed with the RG550, and my friend bought it immediately.
The Jem was $1800, the RG550 was $450.

Don’t you wish you could go back in time?

 

[VonBonfire]

Don’t you wish you could go back in time?

Yeah, I'd make sure the lips sticker didn't get removed from my red Ibanez.

 

[JackBootedThug]

Hey that pv tracer is okay . Not rg level but pretty good. Comparable to my jap Jackson’s. Needs new pups and it will be a fine little guitar.

 

[Solarflares]

Don’t you wish you could go back in time?

Not really. Although it would be tempting to go to Cream’s Albert Hall show with an Ibanez Universe and an Eventide HD3000, and rip the shit out of it before Hendrix got there!

 

[NeubyWanKaneuby]

I don’t think so. Indonesia. I could be wrong.

It should say Premium on the headstock if it's from Indonesia. Otherwise the Genesis guitars were MIJ.

 

[JackBootedThug]

It should say Premium on the headstock if it's from Indonesia. Otherwise the Genesis guitars were MIJ.

Awesome thank you!

 

[mentoneman]

the first gtr i ever bought brand new was an 87 rg-140 from GC Santa Ana for $600 w/soft case

i liked it cause the colors reminded me of Jake and Vinnie Moore. bought it using money i earned at a summer job during my broke college years. $600 in 1987 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $1,763.83 today so it meant a lot. i replaced the rosewood neck with a killer wide flat carvin ebony, and went OG duncan pearly gates bridge/dimarzio HS-2 middle/duncan classic stack neck and played that thing live for over a decade!

totally by coincidence, i found out my roommate was from Oahu when he was cranking his stereo the first day he moved in and it happened to be a bootleg of an Yngwie concert in Hawaii that i was at!!

he played an Ibby Saber this convinced me to go team ibanez. our apartment was infamously labelled “the metal den” and we would throw down some rather boisterous beer/skate/jams parties every weekend!

 

[demondestroyer]

This is not a 550, all 550s are made in japan. I believe this is a ibanez rg2xxv 25th anniversary model. Nice score, some of the indo guitars are great!