I was hoping somebody could help me here. The reason here, every music store where I live is very shitty and they only sell Fender Starts or Gibson Les Pauls. If you want something else, you gotta order it without trying it first.
Now, as I grow older, the list of things I want and don't want on a guitar starts to grow.
I'm currently shopping for my next guitar and until today, I was pretty sure I found the only guitar that matched all my requirements. That guitar would be the Ibanez Premium 7-String Natural Finish RG927WFXZC-NTF.
http://www.ibanez.com/products/eg_d...3&cat_id=1&series_id=1&data_id=322&color=CL01
It is a 7 string, with passive high output pick ups, with a fast/thin neck, no TOM bridge, and it is in the price range that I am looking for (actually, it's in the top bracket of what I am shopping for).
However, today, because it is Black Friday, I got a deal email and they have a very nice Keith Merrow Signature 7-string on sale. I think the pick-ups on this guitar are freakin awesome. And it's a nice hipshot bridge. What I am wondering about this guitar is the neck. I am a "lead" kinda guy, a big fan of the Ibanez necks and Jackson necks. I have a LTD 7-string at the moment and the neck is "OK", but definitely not as good as Ibanez necks or Jackson.
Shecter call the KM sig neck as "Ultra Thin C", but I suspect it could still be thicker than the Ibanez', eventhough it is "Ultra Thing". Anybody here has had the chance to try a KM sig guitar? How would you qualify the neck? Versus Ibanez type shape or the like?
If a store would have them I'd just go try them. But as I said, I need to order first... :S So I'm looking for feedback. At the end it's still going to be my decision, so even if everybody here says "The Schecter is awesome, buy it". I might very well go for the Ibanez. But, I always like getting feedback and people's experience.
Thanks
Now, as I grow older, the list of things I want and don't want on a guitar starts to grow.
I'm currently shopping for my next guitar and until today, I was pretty sure I found the only guitar that matched all my requirements. That guitar would be the Ibanez Premium 7-String Natural Finish RG927WFXZC-NTF.
http://www.ibanez.com/products/eg_d...3&cat_id=1&series_id=1&data_id=322&color=CL01
It is a 7 string, with passive high output pick ups, with a fast/thin neck, no TOM bridge, and it is in the price range that I am looking for (actually, it's in the top bracket of what I am shopping for).
However, today, because it is Black Friday, I got a deal email and they have a very nice Keith Merrow Signature 7-string on sale. I think the pick-ups on this guitar are freakin awesome. And it's a nice hipshot bridge. What I am wondering about this guitar is the neck. I am a "lead" kinda guy, a big fan of the Ibanez necks and Jackson necks. I have a LTD 7-string at the moment and the neck is "OK", but definitely not as good as Ibanez necks or Jackson.
Shecter call the KM sig neck as "Ultra Thin C", but I suspect it could still be thicker than the Ibanez', eventhough it is "Ultra Thing". Anybody here has had the chance to try a KM sig guitar? How would you qualify the neck? Versus Ibanez type shape or the like?
If a store would have them I'd just go try them. But as I said, I need to order first... :S So I'm looking for feedback. At the end it's still going to be my decision, so even if everybody here says "The Schecter is awesome, buy it". I might very well go for the Ibanez. But, I always like getting feedback and people's experience.
Thanks