[Metal Ken]

Originally Posted by ibzrg1570

+1. Besides, not everyone likes the same pickups. Anyone who cares that the stock pickups aren't Dimarzios would probably bitch if it wasn't a certain type and would eventually switch them out anyways. So they might as well just go cheap and let the consumer decide what he wants for himself.

Well, when i had my Schecter my first goal was to get DiMarzios in there, but at least the stock pickups were pretty damn good stock pickups (Duncan 59 & JB). I just like DiMarzio more. Whereas, the only Ibanez stock pickup worth keeping is the New7 neck. I dont even think they put those in anything anymore.

[Eric]

Originally Posted by Unknown Doodl3.2

There aren't ANY RGs that are prestige and korean built YET... period.

I think you're right!

The two six strings in the pictures here IBANEZ SHRG1Z HR GIGER (the metal one and the black one on the right) are the ones I played and all of these are made in Korea. The SHRG1Z is a prestige so I guess I assumed that the RG with the same scheme next to it was as well considering they both had huge price tags (the metal one was on the wall for 4 grand and the black one was well over $1000). Looking at it in this picture, however, I see that the one on the right does in fact say "RG" instead of prestige. I apologize for my mistake! Still, tho... $4000 for a Korean Prestige (no matter how metal) is