Ibanez RG550 Genesis Restring Discussion and Review
48This video reviews the Ibanez RG550 Genesis alongside restringing it. How has this guitar been long term?
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00:00 Introducing the guitar
00:17 Restring review vs A/B testing
00:40 Restring (2x speed)
00:58 Lead tone guitar break
Is it Worth it?
01:03 Table cat
01:06 Price has increased but still worth it
01:21 Neck profile and guitar preferences
01:58 Genesis is a little different than the 80s/90s models
02:08 How the RG550 Genesis compares to Prestige models
02:46 Lead tone guitar break
Playability and Features
02:53 Moving the cat
02:58 Describing the neck profile
03:09 Typical super strat but very fun to play
03:40 Frets and fretwork
04:01 How the setup has been
04:14 This guitar vs more expensive guitars
04:35 The pickups and why I’ve kept them
05:52 Lead tone guitar break
05:58 Stock pickups can sound good
06:14 Ibanez Edge bridge
06:24 How is the tilt neck joint vs the AANJ?
07:02 Favorite output jack location
07:24 Pickguard feel
07:35 HSH pickup configuration
08:02 Clean tone guitar break
Overall
08:09 Investigating cat
08:13 Overall ownership
08:54 Got a second one for a different tuning
09:14 What are your thoughts?
09:31 The YouTube things
09:37 Consider checking out my music :)
09:52 Yawning cat