NVVYGD (Ibanez content)

randella

New very, very yellow guitar day - Ibanez Genesis RG550DY. I love this thing - it plays beautifully, sounds great, and is flawlessly made. Lord knows what improvement you get with the Prestige models, do they send Paul Gilbert round to do the vacuuming?

I haven't put it down since it arrived (nearly in tune!) from Anderton's yesterday.

Wanted one since the 80s when I first played an early JEM (yellow, disappearing pyramids) in Denmark Street.

Anyway, it'll split opinion no doubt but I'm a very happy badger.

DefaultM

Very nice. I had an 80s one that I had stainless steel frets put on and multicoloured dimarzios. Sold it like an absolute idiot.

SquireJapan

Pink PAF Pros! Pink PAF Pros! 

Love it. Classic guitar. I’m prone to the occasional RG shaped guitar, now and then. 

Seriously though, don’t mess with the pickups unless you really want something specific. I had a Genesis RG and just expected to want to change the pickups - I did not. 

randella

DefaultM said:

Very nice. I had an 80s one that I had stainless steel frets put on and multicoloured dimarzios. Sold it like an absolute idiot.

Oh man! I wish I'd bought that one in Denmark St., I couldn't afford it at the time but it'd probably pay for a deposit on a medium-sized terraced house by now.

randella

SquireJapan said:

Pink PAF Pros! Pink PAF Pros! 

Love it. Classic guitar. I’m prone to the occasional RG shaped guitar, now and then. 

Seriously though, don’t mess with the pickups unless you really want something specific. I had a Genesis RG and just expected to want to change the pickups - I did not. 

That's good to know. I spent quite a bit of reading time and the opinion of the V7/8 pickups wasn't great. They sound fine to me, so they'll be staying for the foreseeable until I get more used to the guitar. Not that it'll take long, it's almost like an old pair of slippers already

CHRISB50

Pointy Strats are the best guitars. Adding a lairy colour makes them even better.

Congrats and enjoy!

gumbothewiddler

Lovely! I had a 550DYMXX a few years ago and that was great.

now get a set of dimarzios in it and live happily ever after!

RedFalcon

Gorgeous! Nothing says speed more than a 550! Those genesis reissues are great. And at a decent price point in comparison to the Prestige models. 

Pink Dimarzios and green knobs are a must. 

racefaceec90

fantastic enjoy :-)

Nerine

As I said in the recent Pia thread. 

Shouldn’t be cool but is effortlessly cool. 

Enjoy! I would defo have one of these. 

randella

Nerine said:

As I said in the recent Pia thread. 

Shouldn’t be cool but is effortlessly cool. 

Enjoy! I would defo have one of these. 

They are cool to me too, as iconic as a lot of other guitars i think. My occasional posts on the socials are usually me playing blunders for laughs, but I put a picture of me with the guitar up. Most popular post in years, so many of my friends thought it was great - all but two of them not guitar players. 

Thought that was interesting. 

Been thinking about whether or not I would have used it in my recently-folded covers band. Reckon I would. It's not only a very versatile guitar, seems people like it

randella

Anyway, thanks all - I'm certainly enjoying it! I wouldn't hesitate to recommend one. The sound, playability, just the way it looks.

I might even get the ADA preamp out, I feel such an occasion is deserved

randella

Actually, last word on this - if you do order a guitar from Anderton's with next day delivery and find yourself pacing around the house Saturday morning liberally using that word your wife dislikes, best to check first that you haven't selected next *business* day postage. 

Svartmetall

A classic shred machine - have fun with it  

DiscoStu

Am I the only one who knew straight away what NVVYGD meant without opening the thread?  

randella

DiscoStu said:

Am I the only one who knew straight away what NVVYGD meant without opening the thread?  

So far, it would seem . Own up, would you have done without the mention of the brand name? 

DiscoStu

randella said:

DiscoStu said:

Am I the only one who knew straight away what NVVYGD meant without opening the thread?  

So far, it would seem . Own up, would you have done without the mention of the brand name? 

Nah it wasn't the brand bit, I just saw VVY and my very very first thought was Very Very Yellow! 

randella

DiscoStu said:

randella said:

DiscoStu said:

Am I the only one who knew straight away what NVVYGD meant without opening the thread?  

So far, it would seem . Own up, would you have done without the mention of the brand name? 

Nah it wasn't the brand bit, I just saw VVY and my very very first thought was Very Very Yellow! 

Haha fair play then - I buy guitars very infrequently but I'll set you a better trap next time!

Man it's yellow. Sat here playing it as we speak and still over the moon with it. 

fretmeister

I had a DY RG550Ltd that I think was a 1990 one, although I got it in 1991.

I traded it about 10 years later. Should not have done that.

Andrew6996

Congrats on the new guitar, sounds awesome! That RG550DY is a real classic, love the vibrant yellow. I got a Prestige model last year and the difference is subtle but noticeable – a bit smoother on the fretboard and maybe slightly better hardware.

Haven't seen Paul Gilbert around though, haha! Enjoy playing it!

Cheers, Andrew https://mazzani.pl/projektant-wnetrz-cennik/

DannyP

That's 'orrible, I love it!!!!