Seven Strings INCOMING!!

Karl Hungus

This my friends, is an Ibanez RG1527:



She has been shipped!

Oh yes, finally a new guitar! As much of a shock as it may come to some people, I've not actually gotten a new guitar in over 3 years, so it's long overdue. Aswell, after only getting a chance to enjoy the extra low end my friend's 7 string affords him, and when I can try them out in shops, I am finally getting my very first 7 stringer, all to myself! Oh yes.

Although right now I'm giddy as a kid at christmas who's parents bought him a monster truck, so hopefully I should have this baby within the week!

Oh yeah, I rock.

mayordenis

that is a gorgeuos guitar,
you have my congratulations and my jealousy.

jcoote

you sound like the pope on the day they released the latest prayer book...well done man let us know how u get on...that exact finish too yeah???

Karl Hungus

Yep, that's the exact finish. Only one available, but I'm lucky it wasn't some horrid colour like neon yellow.

jcoote

its nice and subtle but its still metal ... we like it!!!! where u buy it from??

Karl Hungus

Yeah, 'tis quite a metallic finish.

I got it from www.guitarbargains.com and it came to a mere €730 including shipping and it came with its own case. Not a bad price for such a guitar, eh?

jcoote

jesus thats a bargain..thru neck and edge pro trem yeah

Karl Hungus

No, it's not neck through, it's a bolt on.

jcoote

http://shop.guitarbargains.com/store.lasso?c=IE&newlang=en&-session=shop:0FCBA97D0f3c52A96AVUi39203C8

good god thats cheap

jcoote

oh right still dirt cheap man...gonna do anything pickup wise...where do they ship from

Karl Hungus

jcoote wrote:

oh right still dirt cheap man...gonna do anything pickup wise...where do they ship from

They ship from Belgium I beleive. I think Feylya got an Ibanez from them before too.

I'll have to wait untill I get the guitar before I decide if I want to do anything with the pickups or not, but I don't have much faith in the stock Ibanez pups. Still, with that said, I might be pleasantly suprised yet, I've still got the stock BC Rich pickups in my Mockingbird, and they sound excellent.

jcoote

yeah its a lot to do with the guitar itself too innit... the stock pickups in my edr are not too whorific like u could gig with em...still wanna change em tho

feylya

Aye, got my SZ from them. Love the pickups in mine but might change them to real SD's. Or I might get rid of it...

Karl Hungus

feylya wrote:

Or I might get rid of it...

Why?

feylya

The bridge. I just can't get used to the bridge

Doctor J

Put a Kahler on it Fey.

feylya

Routing a flame top? No! Sacrilege!

Karl Hungus

Doctor J wrote:

Put a Kahler on it Fey.

Funny you should mention that, I'm thinking of getting a Kahler for the Assassin body I have.

Ancient1

jcoote wrote:

you sound like the pope on the day they released the latest prayer book...

lol, you lunatic...only an Irishman can say something like that

Congrats Karl!! That's a real babe! So when's the house warming?

jcoote

we'll see kh at boardstock and he'll be white as a ghost having been in his bedroom playing that yoke for a month solid...no skin on his fingers and a beard like a turk... well done bud!!!

Karl Hungus

That's no different to normal, jcoote.

Ancient1 wrote:

So when's the house warming?

This is when.

feylya

Le w00t tbh...

Fix the link K.

Karl Hungus

feylya wrote:

Fix the link K.

K.

Ancient1

Karl Hungus wrote:

This is when.

Nice one, i'll let you know if i'm "in the area"

Ancient1

How come i can't see any pics on that guitar bargains site.... :mad:

Karl Hungus

Ancient1 wrote:

How come i can't see any pics on that guitar bargains site.... :mad:

Because it doesn't like you?

Ancient1

It's a conspiracy against me!

Something to do with my browser........

Karl Hungus

Ancient1 wrote:

It's a conspiracy against me!

Something to do with my browser........

Well I'm using firefox, if that helps.

Ancient1

Told you it's a conspiracy - i can only see pics of crappy GRGs, but none of the nice high-end ones that i like! Wtf?

Anyways, is that the new prestige logo on your Ibanez? Don't think i've seen them that small.....

Karl Hungus

No idea. But it was fairly cool, I was just playing one of those just last Friday! Now, one week later, it's been shipped off to me.

Ancient1

Nice one man! I'm off to blast some amps tomorrow myself, hopefully i won't come home empty handed again...

nadir

tis a beast of a guitar ok
ill be interested to see how you feel it compares against ur bc rich's

Karl Hungus

nadir wrote:

tis a beast of a guitar ok
ill be interested to see how you feel it compares against ur bc rich's

Yeah, I know what you mean. Might be far too early to say, but from what I played of the one in Dublin, the neck felt very nice, like the neck on my Mockingbird. Very smooth altogether.

Ancient1

Was it this guitar you played through the Engl?

Karl Hungus

No, I played a BC Rich Ironbird through the ENGL. It was in Musician INC I played the RG. The Ironbird was fairly nice in it's own right, but I don't think I need any more 6 String BC Rich guitars.

Ancient1

I don't think I need any more 6 String BC Rich guitars

lol, that sounds so.......casual!

True, one of each is better!

I'd say this Ibanez is going to rock through the Fireball, just remember those vast reserves of gain!

Karl Hungus

Ancient1 wrote:

lol, that sounds so.......casual!

True, one of each is better!

Yeah, the thing is I don't like having guitars that would just do the same thing, you know? As it is, I've got the Virgin which is setup to E tuning, the Mockingbird is in D, and if I ever fix up the Assassin, it'll be in C. So that's 3 Six String BC Rich guitars right there.

Ancient1 wrote:

I'd say this Ibanez is going to rock through the Fireball, just remember those vast reserves of gain!

Oh hell yes, I'd say so. But to be frank, it's the Stealth I'd be worried about. If anything is going to unleash those vast reserves of gain, it'll be that monolithic peice of heavy metal right there.

Beekay

Is that like the normal version of the K7 they use in Korn?

Karl Hungus

Beekay wrote:

Is that like the normal version of the K7 they use in Korn?

Erm, I don't think so. There's similarities, but the fact that it's a basswood 7 string guitar means it has as much in common with the Steve Vai Universe as it does with the K7.

david

The K7 has different finishes/inlays and a different bridge... with a U shaped palm whammy bar. It has DiMarzios too AFAIK

Karl Hungus

She has arrived! Now, excuse me while I go be a hermit.

mayordenis

ah you lucky ****
you wouldnt mind terribly if i was to borrow it forever would ya?

Karl Hungus

No, I can't see a problem with that.

Ancient1

Nice knowing you, KH

Karl Hungus

Heh... Had to update the sig to accommidate the new gear (Ibanez & Behringer) there.

The trem really needs breaking in though. It's insanely out of tune, and sitting in some warehouse isn't exactly going to help its playability straight from the box, so atm I'm tuning and tuning and tuning to break in the trem and strings. Seems very nice indeed, and I hope to have some piccytures tonight.

Karl Hungus

Sorry I didn't take this pic when I had better light, but she's actually a beautiful shiny reflective blue. I'll see if I can take more pics tomorrow.

Ancient1

Now that's what i call a snug fit.

Karl Hungus

Danke ancient! It's such a nice case, if I was a midget I'd go to sleep in it.

Ancient1

Just take it easy on the booze while the guitar is still a novelty

Karl Hungus

You think I can afford booze now?

Ancient1

Ha! Good point.

Just get cracking now and sell those 60 million records.