Ibanez RG550-DY

Electric Guitar

Genesis Collection series
Body: Basswood
Fretboard: Maple
5-Piece Super Wizard neck: Maple/walnut
Nut width: 43 mm
Scale: 648 mm
24 Jumbo frets with prestige fret edge treatment
Edge Tremolo
Pickups: Ibanez V7 humbucker (neck), Ibanez S1 singlecoil (middle) and Ibanez V8 humbucker (bridge)
Black hardware
Colour: Desert Sun Yellow
Made in Japan

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Item number 429086

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Colour Yellow

Body Basswood

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Neck Maple

Fretboard Maple

Frets 24

Scale 648 mm

Pickups HSH

Tremolo Edge

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Anon-e-mus 30.07.2020

This was a now or never kind of purchase. I'm not professional but I had the money and been admiring the RG550 since I was teenager, so I went for it.
Pros: Walnut reinforced super wizard neck is the thinnest neck you'll find and a super flat radius. Built for speed but a nice variety of tones make it very versatile. Excellent build quality. This feels like a solid, well-crafted instrument.
Cons: True to the original it has the square neck joint. Even the newer, cheaper Ibanez models provide a better cut out and improved high fret access. But it is a re-issue so they can be forgiven.
A re-issue of the late 80s/early 90s shred machine, the so-called "poor man's" JEM, this is very faithful to the original. More than that, there is a wide enough variety of tones, especially the cleans, to make it a perfect multi-style work tool. For high gain the pickups are more 80s/90s phrased, you may want to change for modern genres. The quality is nothing less than excellent, what you would expect from a made in Japan instrument. A guitar for a lifetime.

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AlexSaint 30.04.2021

I added this to my rapidly-expanding collection of guitars, and it's one of my favourites.

Pros:
+ If you like really thin, super-flat necks (and I do), this is outstanding. It's ever so slightly thinner than my old Jem.
+ The fret ends are perfectly finished. You really won't see this level of attention to detail out of the factory without spending a lot more money.
+ The full-spec Edge trem is probably the best double-clocking system ever made. It's a real challenge to make it go out of tune.

Cons:
- The pickups are very slightly bland to my ears, but perfectly useable.

I'd like to see some sort of gig bag included, but given the quality of the components and the unbelievably good finish on the frets, I can forgive that.

If you're into hair metal, need a guitar that people can see where you are from the far end of a stadium, or a Steve Vai fan without the budget for a PIA, get one. If you're not... get one anyway.

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Awesome!

CatoBlepa 11.04.2022

Perfect guitar right out of the box.
It looks stunning, fretwork is fantastic and the edge tremolo feels better than an original floyd.
The only improvement it needs is a new set of pick-ups. These are not bad at all, I am waiting a bit not to lose immediately the warranty on the whole instrument , but no doubt this axe deserves something better.
The other thing to consider is the vintage neck joint. Other models can probably offer a better access to higher frets. I love how this reissue looks, so I have no problem at all adapting my playing.
Gorgeous and great craftsmanship! It sedated my GAS for quite a while (I am writing this almost a year after the guitar arrived... maybe it's time to get a new HB now!)
This RG can't be praised enough, thanks Ibanez and Thomann

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Excellent playability

Srajan 05.03.2022

Love the thin neck for fast playing. The neck feels like butter. Changed the pickups to Duncan's as the original ones were low gain. Love the colour as well. Has a certain stage presence.

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