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Ibanez RG 370 DX check

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madman3123  
15 Jan 2009 12:08 | Quote
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ok so someone i dont really know except on msn after he answered a band advert has offered to sell me a Ibanez RG 370 DX i get to play it but only once and i need to know it works perfect so what can i do to make sure it ent completly crap?
Empirism  
15 Jan 2009 13:28 | Quote
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Finland
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How much he asking? It have humbuckers and single coil, which give you variety for soundchoices. IPZ pickups are bit matter of taste, I personally dont like their sound, but many do. Its fretboard look cool in my opinion.

Hard to say how good shape it is without seeing it, but when you play, play long and see if it lose the tune or not. Its thou is bit matter of strings too, but also damaged neck, could cause it lose the tune. Used guitars are always used guitars :), never know.
guitarmastergod  
15 Jan 2009 20:17 | Quote
Joined: 09 Sep 2008
Canada
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play riffs and stuff and see how it sounds, look at the condition
madman3123  
16 Jan 2009 09:58 | Quote
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United Kingdom
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hes asking £150 and he got it for just under £250 I'm already gonna play on it to see if the floyd rose works and im gonna check the neck isnt warped and the volume and pickup switch works im also gonna check the floating bridge isnt too low as that means it doesnt have enough springs on.

He was asking £200 but its missing one nut on the floyd rose or somthing and he never knew hes been playing it for ages missing this one nut but it shouldnt matter and i can always get one from PMT plus he bought it without a whammey (i dont know were he got it from) and since the whammey is usually standard I guess he taken off the price that much to allow for that

Plus he needs £100 more to get the les paul hes been saving up for ages for.

My guitar teacher recomended it as a guitar when I asked about it and this dudes ebay has 100% feedback and hes sold some guitars and amps etc on there.
Plus hes selling a drum kit and some other bits and pieces last time I checked so if anyone wants i can post the link to his page
madman3123  
16 Jan 2009 11:09 | Quote
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United Kingdom
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ok apparently the truss rod is a bit out and this dude isnt gonna sort it himself cause last itme he tried to fix one he snapped a neck. How much it gnna cost to sort that out?

the truss rods a bit too far out btw
RA  
16 Jan 2009 11:34 | Quote
Joined: 24 Sep 2008
United States
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it might cost more the the guitar depends but generally a very expensive fix. unless you mean the action is messed up and it is a problem the truss rod can fix (neck bow). action is mostly a problem with the bridge and nut. unless the neck is warped again another expensive fix. on a bolt on it would be around 100+/- 50 dollars (sorry don't know pounds). set in would be more then the guitar. as you can see it could be a lot of things with out seeing the guitar or getting a better explanation. it could be a lot to fix or a simple twist of a bolt.
madman3123  
16 Jan 2009 12:12 | Quote
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United Kingdom
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apparently the truss rod isnt far in enough so it may just be a simple sloting in
RA  
16 Jan 2009 15:03 | Quote
Joined: 24 Sep 2008
United States
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it came out?? so it is wiggling around?? they don't make guitars with the truss rods coming out sounds defective to me or it's a broken truss rod.

@edit- sounds kind of funny if you asks me. (like when i was looking to by my first car and it said "very Clean") get pictures
madman3123  
17 Jan 2009 04:30 | Quote
Joined: 08 May 2008
United Kingdom
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well the actions a bit to high but that dont matter the guys mum isnt comfortable going round to a starngers house to sell em a guitar so she put it on ebay and im not buying a guitar from ebay so meh another day


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