Ibanez RGA32 Guitar - Mahogany Oil

Ibanez RGA32

Ibanez RGA32 - Mahogany Oil

The specs
Mahogany body, 3-piece mapleWizard II neck, rosewood fretboard, 24 jumbo frets, Gibraltar standard bridge, Ibanez LZ3-N (neck) & LZ3-B (bridge) humbucker pickups.

I wanted a guitar that had 24 frets, fixed bridge, could be easily hot rodded in the future with higher end pickups, etc. and basically didn\'t break the bank!
The RGA32 fitted the bill exactly.
The mahogany body adds sustain and more low end than other body woods. Very comfortable, especially with the contoured top.
The fixed bridge means better tuning stability, especially at this price range. I liked the Gibraltar bridge. More mass than a regular fixed bridge, thus more sustain.
The neck is the best thing about this guitar. Ibanez always make great necks - very comfortable, flat and easy to play chords and single note lines. ..even has a bound fingerboard! At this price, you would expect a cheap feeling neck, but the rga32 neck has a feel of quality. Also, the neck is slightly thicker than the prestige line, which i prefer.

The feel of the neck to body is rock solid and this maybe subliminal but it adds to the overall feel of the instrument.

The pickups are active, which give more umph than regular passive pickups - good crunch tones and quite good clean sounds, but don\'t expect strat-like clean sounds. This is aimed at a rock type player. If you need a different sound, then you just need to replace the pickups.

At this price range, i think you have to do your research on squeezing the most guitar for the money. Ibanez, i think are the best at providing value for money, thus the rga32 is a solid foundation to hotrod, making the instrument useful for years to come.