Ibanez RG652AHM Prestige w/ DiMarzio D Activators Review
38Ibanez RG652AHM Prestige w/ DiMarzio D Activators Review. This video is an unsponsored review of my Ibanez RG652 Prestige. I go over the hits and misses of this guitar, what’s great and what is lackluster.
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00:00 Introducing the guitar and not sponsored
00:14 Lead tone example
Quality
00:20 Yawn cat
00:25 Decently good quality
00:37 Bridge finish wearing off
01:05 Bridge and fine tuners work well
01:12 Decent stability
01:34 Setting action
01:58 Clean tone example
02:07 Neck was missing prestige coating
02:32 Nothing wrong with electronics and components
Playability and Feel
02:45 Walking cat
02:48 Great neck profile
03:11 Neck compared to higher cost Prestiges
03:25 AANJ is fantastic
03:33 Feels lightweight, easy to pick up and play
04:17 Compared to an S series
04:34 Rhythm tone example
04:41 Thoughts on basswood and mahogany RGs vs ash
04:51 No stainless steel frets
05:17 No contour on lower horn
05:32 Lead tone example
Sound
05:40 Chin rub cat
05:46 Replacing DiMarzio Tone Zone/Air Norton with D Activators
06:20 Thoughts on the pickups it came with
06:43 Not planning any future pickup changes
07:16 Clean tone chords example
Overall
07:24 More cat yawn
07:29 Is this guitar worth it?
07:47 RG Genesis as an alternative choice
08:13 Do I like this guitar?
08:47 Lead guitar arpeggio example tone
08:58 What would I change?
09:28 Would I buy this guitar again?
10:13 What do you think?
10:22 The YouTube stuff
10:30 Consider streaming my music :)
10:44 Lead tone example
10:47 Outro and cat