Ibanez RG550-DY - Guitar Review - Not just a SHRED machine
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- There is no missing THIS guitar! The Ibanez RG550 Genesis is really a JEM of a guitar (Yes, I went there) and I wanted to show you that it is not just for shredding on. I have not had so much fun in a guitar demo for a while
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Finally a review showing something different with the RG. I'm not a "shredder" by any means but really like this guitar so it was nice to hear some clean tones. I've been on the fence for weeks looking at these but I just bought one...same obnoxious color. Thanks.
You’re welcome
this is not my profile, I am at work, lol. I wanted a thinner neck, have a gretsch and my hand gets tired these days. I have always loved an ibanez and always wanted one. almost got a yellow saber (now called S series) when I was a kid nearly 30 years ago. got a kramer instead and the tone on that thing was incredible. but I have always wanted one. dave navarro from janes addiction used one of these back in the day, a blue one, so it can be non metal, lol.
I got one online yesterday for the same reason as this other comment. I can't say it is as good as I expected from a MIJ Ibanez. It feels a bit like a toy guitar compared to my Gibson. But the Gibson gives me a lot of aches and pains. The Ibanez is definitely easy to play. The sound is very thin and weak though, although it is most obvious when playing it not plugged in. I think it needs a little bit more of a chunkier neck to give it a bit more meat to the tone, so it can cover Strat tones better. P.S. I had forgotten how annoying it is to have a volume knob in that spot. It gets in the way of muting the higher strings. Same with a Strat.
@@aquilarossa5191 The unplugged sound is like that because the strings are only touching metal on both ends.
Check out storm guitars pickguards. I’ll bet you could find one that would set this guitar off.
In the late 70s and early 80s Ibanez allowed us poor people to have great guitars.
still do. you can get a good RG450 for 400 brand new. And even these Genesis are 700 under priced. What I mean is, back in 1990 mine was 800.00. Fast forward to today w/ inflation. 800.00 would be approx. 1700.00. So. no complaints from me at all.
I'm not up on the Chinese thing. But I guess it's a good thing.
@@guitarocd9984 chinese thing?
I don't know now. LOL you deleted your comment. I thought you were talking about Chinese guitars. I must have read it wrong.
@@guitarocd9984 I didn't delete any thing. ha.. no i was talking about real Ibanez guitars. :)
I ordered the Ibanez Purple RG 550 today “NEW” off Reverb. I have played my old 87’ purple RG 570 since being a teen and it has got me thru ALL my different hard rock genres. It has and always will be my favorite guitar!#IbanezRG❤️#RG550#🎸#🤘🏻#😎
Who else is getting these annoying Simply Guitar ads in every guitar related video? These ads needs to go away.
I agree they are annoying. I wish I could turn the ads off
@@TheGuitarGeek At least watching these videos on PC is way better when you have Adblock.
Man, that RG looks like the Ibanez Mikro guitars in your hands!
But I totally agree with you about the warm tones the RG550s have. "Versatile" is how I have been describing it for many years years. I have a black '87 from' 90. I traded my 570 (I think that's it) which is the same layout, but body mounted pickups and no pickguard. I greatly preferred the 550.
I really wanted a yellow one, but settled for the extraordinary black used one I took home with me. I'm very happy to own to 550s! An old and a good friend and the one is even better (the volute, five piece neck, and the improved neck to body construction). However my '87 is, I guess just more stable because it is much more broken-in.
Absolutely fantastic, highly versatile, and well-built guitars. No flaws whatsoever in mine.
About the versatility: remember that the RG is basically a ''poor man's JEM'', as in a more basic, work horse version of Steve Vai's guitar without all the bells & whistles. And Steve Vai designed the JEM with Ibanez to be exactly a ''Swiss Army knife''-guitar that could do pretty much anything, from funky cleans to high-gain metal.
I gotta say as well the opening sequence was funny. You were doing your 80's metal moves lol. You pieced it together in a cool way too. On top of the amp and humping the air. Very funny stuff. Well done man.
I have wanted one of these since they came out in the 80's, finally getting mine this week
gonna buy one in purple neon color in next few days, so exciteeeeeeed , i wanted to buy an other e-guitar since 10 years ago
have you ? is it china made ?
@@sethblack9698 just ordered today :-) it will come end of this week or Monday, no its japan made
peyman zarei great :)
I’ve owned a desert yellow RG550 for 30 years. All original. For half that time, it was the only guitar I owned. The 3-pickup setup is so versatile that I never needed another one. I’ve let it sit for literally a year and picked it up and it was still in perfect tune. The Screaming Yellow Ibanez, as it was named by a high-school friend, is a part of me.
I had the same experience with mine. I took it out of it's gig bag after nearly 2 years. Perfectly in tune.
Same here I just fell for the Neon Purple 570 in the 80’s(still own) and last Nov. got the new (NP) RG550 and can’t put it down!#RG❤️🔥🎸
Same here!
What do you if you break the string?
I'm affraid that If I playing live on the floydrose and the string breaks then all the string will go out of tune, Any solution to that?
@@Ben-ll3iy Not much you can do, but because of the “give” in the FR, strings break WAY less often.
Good video,I like trying out different styles so Ibanez fits the bill.I just ordered the RG 570 Genesis in black.Exactly the same as the 550 but it has no pick guard ,and a rosewood fretboard instead of the maple one.Can’t wait.
Carol Kay is one of the most recorded musicians in Rock n roll history. Her favorite guitar these days is a lowly RG570. She mainly plays jazz on it.
I love guitars that can do everything well, despite looking like it's only for metal players. I love good metal guitars as well, but always prefer one that is as versatile as possible. I just wouldn't have it because of that color. Sounds beautiful tho. Floyd Rose puts me off as well, since it's not for beginners/initiates like me.
Mary had a little lamb.
Im glad i got this instead of the cheapest jem (bluefloral) its got a edge ii zero or w/e for 1600, rg550 legendary edge at 999 = best deal on the planet
Ah if only this thing didn't have a FR style bridge I'd buy the hell outta it. Only Genesis option there currently is for us lefty's anyway
I absolutely loved that intro...... You frikin rock star!!!
I won't lie... I had a bloody great laugh doing that.
@@TheGuitarGeek Livin' the dream!!!!!
Ha I just sold my Les Paul for an rg 652 and play pride and joy and the thrill is gone on the neck pick up through a Mesa boogie California tweed!!!!
Thanks for making this video and talking about how the RG is for MORE than just metal. I had my doubts, now I'm sold!
I used to like shreddy stuff and have own a few Ibanezes, but now mainly into blues. Nice to see someone do a review of non-shreddy stuff on the RG550 - thanks for that. Seem it has a lot of potential for blues. I am looking for a guitar with "straty" tones and Ibanez neck - perhaps this might fit the bill.
I'm not an ibanez guy but you're making me want to play one quite badly. So thanks for that Andy. Thanks for making me more open minded you bastard! Haha 😂
And I don't know what is the least likely type of music to play on that beast since it's so versatile.
Since I have the tinest hands in the world (not to be fact checked) the wizard neck sounds tempting. You Are My Sunshine. (Some acid trip sunshine)
I would love to hear that with a bit of floyd rose Dive-bombing!
Do iiiit!
Johny Cash one piece at a time! Or play back and forth between party like its 1999 and one peice
Cool review.
they should make more white RG550s
why only that one limited while they keep making yellow red purple
I think this is , hand's down the best guitar I have ever owned! I just love it to bit's. Joe Doce "Shaddap You Face"
I like that you are not shreding and you are playing clean. Thank you.
Rg550 if you could only own one guitar thats it no matter what you play.
Those shred guitars were actually made to be very versatile which is why many of them had 2 kinds of pickups in the 80s before they became defacto metal guitars. My favorite 2 guitars to play jazz with are a Fender Telecaster and an Ibanez Universe UV70P, which is pretty much just a 7 string verson of a Ibanez RG550-DY and has a similar pickup configuration. Now Ive got my eye on that yellow RG, it looks incredible! Thank you for the review!
Just wondering who those jazz players are, just curious! Love jazz and metal, and yes indeed these guitars are indeed versatile
Whilst my guitar gently weeps.
Ibanez make serious guitars. Whether or not they are your thing, there is no denying that they are built well and built to last. I am a huge Ibanez fan for exactly that reason.
I guess if you make guit review , you should have understanding how to play guitar, but not make this crappy sounds =))
I'm a simple man....i see Laboga and Ibanez i press like.
FYI, the multilaminate neck has superior strength to a 1P neck, the grainalignment can be much better and countering slices can be glued together so they can counter each others movements.
A scarfjoint is tje reason why we see headles Gibsons but none of headles Ibanez'
The only thing where Ibanez buged a bit is when they decided to drill two huge holes to fix the locking nut on the older models making a huge weakpoint where there is a lot of stress.
Hey man! I am a simple man, I see a comment from you and I have to say hi!
I wasn't going to go into detail but thanks for making it clearer for everyone! See you soon....
I play blues and jazz on a Jackson 7 string multiscale (fan fret) guitar....so there...:)
It's actually really inspiring playing guitars that are not meant for the music you are playing.
A bet Mr. Sandman would sound perfect on this guitar.
The intro music sounds like a french TV show theme song: "Motus".
You could use it for your channel theme song too! 😉👍
I need to google that! Thanks mate
@@TheGuitarGeek and a little bit of "Des Chiffres et des Lettres"! 😉
song...You're the only woman, Ambrosia
Least Appropriate Song to play: Making Whoopee by Sinatra. Best Regards!
Hey mate! Quick question how's the neck on it? Does it give you hand fatigue being too thin or is it super thin but still comfortable?
I’ve played a NP Ibanez RG 570 since the 80’s and loved it because of the thin neck; I bought the NP RG 550 in Nov. just to let my older one rest a bit. I have an American tele, strat, & Les Paul Special but never play them; I myself LOVE the RG because of the wizard neck and it’s just what I always imagined how a rock guitar should look so it’s the one I grab EVERY time.#Ibanez#RG#550@Mark Crisostomo
I love Ibanez guitars, I had a really nice jazz guitar, the AG95. So wonderful. And I agree, Rgs are versatile and you can certainly play blues on them. Ask Gary Clark Jr. XD
He stopped loving her today (George Jones)
Love the brits reviewers, they inspire you to play for hours as a monster and at the same time you feel like stopping and have a nice cup of tea. PS: can the action go low on this guitar or you need additional fretwork?
I admit I’m surprised by the soft tones. It’s a fun guitar but way out of my budget at the moment but I could see one in my collection some day. I dare you to play Jolene on it 😂😂
Scarborough Fair.
.......or My Old Man's a Dustman.
I own a road flare red 20th anniversary RG550, and it is a blast to play. Super slick and super versatile. I swapped out the bridge and neck pickups with a set of Joe Satriani Dimarzios.
All rg3xxx series have “TEAM J CRAFT” on the back of the neck but this model doenst have. Anyone know why ???
Because it's a more stripped down version of the normal Prestige Series.
It doesn't have the All Access- neck joint, no case and no Prestige Edge Fret Treatment.
It's still made by Fujigen though and the fretwork is great, just the frets aren't rounded off, like on regular Prestige models.
They had to cut some corners in order to keep the price under 1000€.
That being said: they still put the improved multipiece necks with a volute on these. The original 550 had a scarf joint and were one piece necks.
Also, the trem is a proper Edge bridge made by GOTOH.
I think the guitar part of dueling banjos would be suitably ludicrous on this guitar :)
good shout!
Case of You by the great Joni Mitchell.
Very cool, intelligent informative demo! Brill!
My Funny Valentine!
It will be mine. Oh yes. It will be mine. … Rawhide theme
Go for it man!
Got the white one and what an absolute delight to play! It almost shreds by itself
Streets of London
Love Ibanez so much it's my favourite guitar make. Grest video I saw you on instagram
Hey JD! I encourage everyone to head over to IG.. The video is um... different!
@@TheGuitarGeek it's creepy!
I saw her standing in there, Beatles .hahaha.
The Wheels on the Bus.
Happy to have found a guitar that the strap equally doesn't match to - I laughed hard many times during this video, keep up the fun!
I own one of the original Eighties specimen. These are beautiful guitars and while I'm not on the shreddy side of things I play it for versatility. And of course a neon yellow guitar makes you recognisable.
I play prog rock and art rock. You can produce some nice cleans on these things as well. The RG 550 is for the eighties what the Les Paul is for the 70s. A timeless classic. Well revered outside the metal community as well (of course it's also a serious metal machine).
I thought the most inappropriate song ever would be "There's no business like show business" from Annie Get Your Gun. If Ethel Murman covered it then I'm guessing an RG550 Genesis is a bit overkill.
But then I found out that
from 1976 to 2007 the rock band Genesis played the Ethel Merman recording at the end of gigs-it can be heard at the end of their 1977 live album Seconds Out. Who knew?
Pub with no beer - Slim Dusty
I have a '97 RG570 (no pick guard version) and a '15 RG655 (Prestige version with DiMarzio pickups). When these come back in stock I'll probably buy one as well. They are very versatile. A little bit of dirt in your amp and you can do classic rock and blues, position 2 and 4 give you a dark Strat or Tele tone, and the middle pickup is fantastic. It will do heavy of course. The Edge trem is one of the best made. Don't fear the neck. It feels very foreign at first, but after a half hour of playing you just may prefer it.
8:42 I have what I was told at the time of purchase in 2000, an RG 505, but it’s specs don’t line up, and I’ve recently found info it could be an RG 550, but again I still haven’t seen a 550 like this one. But still it’s an amazing axe, that can do it all
Hi guys , how does the thin neck feel to play, is it comfy I’ve had three of the newer jackson soloists which I really liked is it too far removed from that . I get on with most guitars thick (slash sig Gibson, Kramer tiger pacer ,84 etc ) also s series Ibanez,Charvel San dimas so cal etc . Love the spec on these & the awesome look
Least appropriate song to play on a desert yellow RG550 would be Tears in Heaven by clapton. I knew the story behind the song, but I was learning it as I quite liked the song and I started to play it for my wife's uncle, a huge clapton fan, and he grabbed the guitar neck to mute the strings. He told me nobody is allowed to play that song as it's clapton's alone and so personal to his life nobody is allowed to play it. He was dead serious.
I was like, nah man, i've seen lesson videos on how to play it as well as several covers of it. People are playing it all the time. 🤣
Could only imagine his face if my guitar was as obnoxious as the thought that you're not allowed to learn and play a song on your own guitar, lol
Hope I can buy this guitar for my birthday... It's my dream guitar
Good luck!
@@TheGuitarGeek Thank you!! :^)
Hope you were able to get it! It’s a purchase you will never regret. I have played an RG since the 80’s and own a few guitars that cost alot more but my (NP) RG 550 is my absolute favorite!#🎸🔥🤘🏻@izsy
I couldn't agree more, we are very much on the same wavelength here. Brilliant guitars, and a lot of fun to play! I have a purple neon version.
Least appropriate tune? Carol Carpenter.
I have a "will it Jazz" video on my 570 Genesis (similar guitar, rosewood fretboard, no pickguard). I'm currently playing in a praise band but unlike many other leads in that genera I play a lot of lead rather than alternative chord voiceings with tons of effects. I have received more complements on the tone of the 570 than my Les Pauls, Strats and AS153 combined. Great video! Love to see you enjoying all the myriad of guitars, the stuff with Thomann was great as well (not sure I commented on those vids) - Least appropriate song (but it will play it well) - Autumn Leaves, Metheny
It is yellow and that is all that matters.
Even the man himself EVH played an Ibanez at least for a while. As for a song how bout anything from Danny Gatton.
Oh.. I dunno, pretty much anything Andres Segovia might seem a little inappropriate to be played on ANY electric, let alone an RG550. Great demo Andy!
Just brought one of these beasts home!!!
Yay!!!
If you look at the rg550dx you'll find some more normal colors.i got mine yesterday in ruby red.yes I made it to the end of the video but I think this guitar could play anything 🤠
Awesome! Owned more ibanez guitars than any other, ibanez rg will be my next guitar. Either a rg550 or a rg prestige
I have the original from the 90s though it's in poor condition - after saving up for some time to make sure I could cover it I'm sending it off to a luthier tomorrow and I can't wait! It was my first nice guitar, and tbh nothing else feels right if you love that Wizard neck. Don't forget you can also get some great Strat tones out of position 2 & 4 as well, where you get the single coil plus the closest side of the relevant humbucker.I've played everything from Sepultura to Pink Floyd to blues and funk on mine. Also the black is a little less jarring than the yellow! (Though I don't think the reissues come in black, at least the red or purple ones are a little more restrained...)
The least appropriate song you could play with any instrument would be "Amazing Horse".
Do they built back colour too?
How about You are so beautiful by Joe Cocker. A fantastic tune for such an obnoxiously ugly guitar.
Nice review. I got this. Your so right. I can’t believe how versatile this is. From Metallica to the Beatles all sound great .
Yeah it’s a real Swiss Amy knife
I am getting one of these soon. And I aspire to play dead serious songs during serious events (like weddings) on this yellow neon guitar..
Nice playing there. I love that guitar. It is so far out the other side of tasteful that it has gone round in a big Circle and become tasteful again in it's own way.
Most inappropriate song? Hmmmm... I'd say Fade to Grey by Visage. 😀
A great video as always sir.
Thanks mate. This guitar speaks volumes. I was so sad to send it back,
Most inappropriate song for that guitar..... Country Boy Albert Lee
Still have my Ibanez rg 350 mdx ten years old,love it,just replace pickups and edges system and it’s a killer
Hmmmm never seen that HB bass before !! I just got the PJ-HT 4 last week & been happy with it so far !! And nice demo & such of the RG Andy sir !!
Bridge over troubled water
39 by Queen would be quite inappropriate. Will there be a follow up video with the least appropriate song?
Nice review. My choice for most inappropriate sing for that guitar is Aura Lee 🤘
Don’t give it back !!
Very good, honest, and complete review. Thank you for not amusing us to death.
(But when he is funny he kills ... "Baby sick yellow" ... how does he find that?)
I was going to rant about this not being an #OnTheBench, but your looks, talent and quality have saved you once again...
Sunshine lollipops and rainbows.
Great demo! Seemed like your camera was loving that yellow so much it couldn’t focus on anything.
I’d really love play this guitar in comparison to an RG1070PBZ.
One should be play a classic "Carol of the bells" by M.Leontovych
how is this guitar compared to a RG 6PFG MLTD?
I have the Desert Yellow 20th Anniversary RG550 to go along with my 86-87 flip-flop Pink Kramer American Pacer that I bought brand new. She is a sweet and versatile guitar that shares the room with other Japanese Charvel, Jackson and Aria guitars. Instruments that I could ill afford as a youngster I then bought most on the used market.
i owned a rg550 i believe it was a 89 square pocket it was awesome for the metals i just played white snake all day
Texas Flood by Stevie Ray Vaughn
I like the Finnish,Vlad's a cool dude! Greensleeves ....maybe? \m/
I saw it in my local guitar shop and it looked awesome, And it was the same it was super shiny! and bright but I just bought a pedal. I am going to get one for Christmas hopefully. Thanks 🙏
Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows. That out of the way, I own that exact guitar and a jazzmaster, its called musical freedom, try it sometime. What do I play on my RG550, whatever I want to.
But... you CAN'T own a jazzmaster AND an RG... Pick a side!
Kidding of course. Anyone can do what the hell they like. I also own an RG and a Jazzmaster!
I had that RG550 in Dessert Sun Yellow back in 1989.
Bought it brand new.
Sadly got rid of it in a trade around 1993.whats the difference between the original and the reissue? All the 80's hair metal and crazy blinding guitar paint colors weren't in style anymore when Grunge hit the scene.
James Marciniec the original ones had a 1 piece neck, a v1 v2 pick up combo not sure about what single coil was, mine is a 1997 so it has an all acces neck joint, not sure when those started but I think the originals had a tilted neck joint for better upper fret access
Trying to think of an inappropriate song but no the guitar 🎸😅 fits every thing I can think of 😜😂
Good to hear!
It looks like a child's guitar in your giant hands!
Pointy edges and fun things. Count me in...lol