Ibanez RG550-RF

Im a fairly new to guitarplaying and don't belong to the category that remembers this guitar from the 80's but since it had gotten so many good reviews I went ahead and bought one. The guitar is great but I also have a Ibanez RGRT421-WK and can't help but compare them alittle bit since they are both from ibanez and in the same rg family.

It's a 500€ price diffrence but the fretwork and setup when it was shipped to me was MUCH better on the Rgrt421 then on this RG550. I had to adjust the trussrod and string hight immediately on the 550 and the frets can be alittle bit sharp at times. I live in Finland so don't know if it is the climate that have caused this on the 550 but anyway worth to mention.

Pros on the 550 is the sound it's really good and the maple neck is amazing if it wasen't for does anying frets sometimes... might have to file them down sometime..

Also Ibanez had really nice instructions on how to handel the cardboard box but then thomann takes the ibanez box and puts it in another cardboard box with no instructions whatsoever.

Great guitar but not without it's small problems

I bought this guitar because I wanted a locking trem in particular.
The build quality is very good as you might expect from a Japanese made guitar. The only problems I've had have been a problematic pickup selector switch.
The fretwork and neck are excellent. The neck is incredibly slim and easy to play.
I like the the lead tones but find that the rhythm tone is lacking slightly in my opinion. I like the clean tones, they sound very 80's in my opinion. I am not planning on changing the pickups, as I think that they are fine overall.
The locking trem works well and stays in tune great but I don't like it as much as the Gotoh 1996 trem which I have fitted to one of my other guitars. The push in bar is not my favourite system.
All in all a good well made guitar.