It takes a lot of hours practicing to develop the needed skill set in playing the guitar, and one skill in particular players do want to master is the ability to play fast with precision commonly termed as shredding. With that in mind, a player would also require a guitar right for the task and probably the first guitar to consider if having a list, is an electric guitar made none other than by Ibanez.
Starting from the entry level Ibanez GIO GRX70QA, which is a decent sounding playable guitar for beginners on a small budget. Then going up a notch with the Ibanez RG450DX for those who are willing to spend a little extra money on a 80’s inspired shred guitar.
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- Ergonomic Superstrat body crafted out of meranti
- Slim maple Wizard III neck is bolt-on using screws
- 24 Jumbo frets jatoba fingerboard garnished in sharktooth inlays
- Ibanez designed tuning machine heads in cosmo black
- Edge-Zero II Tremolo System with Locking Nut
- Passive ceramic Quantum humbucker for the neck and bridge pick-ups while for the middle is a passive alnico single-coil controlled by a 5-way blade for pick-up selector, master volume and master tone
Body and Neck: Ibanez RG450DX has an ergonomic Superstrat body crafted out of meranti in a variety of finishes protected by a pickguard that players could choose from. Meranti body is medium to heavy in weight with a tonal aspect of being warm and balance sounding.
The slim maple Wizard III neck is bolt-on using only screws, overlaid by a 24 Jumbo frets jatoba fingerboard garnished in sharktooth inlays. Its wizard III neck with jumbo fret is specifically designed to facilitate fast play by conditioning players to use a lighter touch on the frets and at the same time improve the dexterity of the fingers.
Pick-ups: Main sound of the Ibanez RG450DX are provided using passive ceramic Quantum humbucker for the neck and bridge pick-ups while for the middle is a passive alnico single-coil controlled by a 5-way blade for pick-up selector, master volume and master tone.
Hardware: To incorporate dive-bombs and squealing high pitch cry is by using the Edge-Zero II Tremolo System with Locking Nut and Ibanez Tuning machine heads in cosmo black.
Final Thoughts: Ibanez RG450DX is an ideal Superstrat guitar for players on a minimum budget. The essential features to look for on a shred guitar are all present like HSH pick-ups configuration to go along side with its bridge nut system that adds another range of sounds.
The guitar is well built overall to say that it has live up to its hype as one of the best shred guitar ever made with a relatively good price anyone can afford and produced by Ibanez.
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