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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 2:50 pm
by Bacchus
Fran wrote:Always prefered how Jackson Charvel look to Ibanez, with Superstrats anyway. The horns look too spikey for me on RG, Jem and Universe models and i'm not keen on the headstock.
I'd probably agree with that. The horns are too horny and thin looking, not natural. They look sort of flimsy. To be honest, my favorite superstrat is probably a straight Stratocaster modded to fuck with a floyd and humbuckers.
I think the Ibanez shape still looks good, it's just not my favorite of them.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 3:38 pm
by Doog
ultratwin wrote:JJLipton wrote:Mattsican wrote:That Universe is fucking savage.
In a good way? I'm pretty sure the
dots...glow in the dark...which was a big 90's rage if anyone remembers.
...And the glow be ragin' loud into the 2000s!!!11
HAAAAAAAAAHA
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 8:51 pm
by rps-10
You're looking at a boring old bog standard Universe when that Tailrock website/store has a 1987 RF RG550 in stock!!
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 2:41 am
by JJLipton
rps-10 wrote:You're looking at a boring old bog standard Universe when that Tailrock website/store has a 1987 RF RG550 in stock!!
oh oh? link?
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 3:26 am
by Mo Law-ka
This is, in my opinion, the coolest superstrat style guitar around.
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:38 pm
by rps-10
JJLipton wrote:rps-10 wrote:You're looking at a boring old bog standard Universe when that Tailrock website/store has a 1987 RF RG550 in stock!!
oh oh? link?
http://tailrock.com/?mid=tailrock&categ ... _srl=14697
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 2:28 pm
by Viljami
Fran wrote:Always prefered how Jackson Charvel look to Ibanez, with Superstrats anyway. The horns look too spikey for me on RG, Jem and Universe models and i'm not keen on the headstock.
+1.
Gunslingers, too!
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 2:42 pm
by JJLipton
Is this a valuable guitar in the western world??? They're not asking too much for it in Japan.
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 2:50 pm
by JJLipton
according to jemsite apparently not...funny how the reissues went for so much new and on ebay but the originals go for cheap
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 9:02 pm
by rps-10
It's more nostalgia value more than anything. RG's go for anything between £250 to £450 in the UK. A plain black one went yesterday on ebay for £465 iirc and that's the highest price I've seen in a long time. Even Laser Blue models don't get that much.
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 9:04 pm
by Concretebadger
That doesn't look too bad actually. I dig the maple fretboard.
The weird thing with seven stringers is, every time I see a pic of one my brain says, "looks photoshopped." I can't get used to the look of 'em.
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 12:38 am
by JJLipton
rps-10 wrote:It's more nostalgia value more than anything. RG's go for anything between £250 to £450 in the UK. A plain black one went yesterday on ebay for £465 iirc and that's the highest price I've seen in a long time. Even Laser Blue models don't get that much.
Ah i see, I'm surprised they're not worth more. I seem to remember a few of the reissues going for 1,000 on ebay.
Re: Ugliness of the 90's? Or retro fun?
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:33 pm
by xrleroyx
JJLipton wrote:
compared to a more modern style offering...
..by the way, long time no see shortscale! I'm back in Japan again, and moving to Osaka soon.
breebree...
