My Ibanez RG470 is my old faithful, it’s the first guitar I ever bought myself, and my first decent guitar. I’ve had it since 1995, when I bought it brand new for around $800AUD. I’ve since upgraded it with an original Edge tremolo bridge and EMG pickups. It’s been through …
Ibanez have made some fantastic locking tremolo bridges over the years. The Edge and Lo Pro Edge are highly regarded amongst Ibanez enthusiasts, and the recently discontinued Edge Pro is starting to receive a lot of praise too. There is a problem inherent to floating tremolo bridges though. They quite …
Since my wife and new-born son were still in hospital, and having a nap I thought I would go into my local music store and try the Ibanez RG465 and a Blackstar HT-1 combo. I thought I might give them both a mini review. The RG465 is an Indonesian made, …
Guitar hardware can get quite ratty and corroded over time. Climate, humidity, and sweat can eat away at your nice bridge locking nut and tuners, etc. Some hardware finishes are more robust than others, but they don’t always hold up. I’ve noticed that the cosmo chrome and cosmo black finishes …
Well NAMM 2011 is on right now, and of course everyone will be drooling over all the new gear being released. There are plenty of sites covering everything coming out so I’m not going to worry about trying to cover everything too. I’ll just mention some of the new items …