[budda]

i'd get a used hellraiser for $550 - there's one for sale right now on here i believe.

and if you bought the JP7 but were too afraid to get it dinged.. damn son, buy guitars you can play!

[Stitch]

Originally Posted by TimSE

not from my expierence! iv got a 7420 and my mate has a 7620 and neither are as good (floyd wise) as the 1527s newer edge pro floyd
the only newer ibanez floyd i own is a 6 so cant really say its awesome (for 7s) but its unreal how awesomely good it is for my 6
and i try not to use my 7420s trem as it will send the tuning abit funky eventualy. sometimes it holds out very well tho it must be said

I have severe doubts that your friends guitar is an RG7620 then, because the LoPro is one hell of a trem, and it stomps all over the EP.

Bringing the RG7420 into the equation is hardly fair when everything else has precision manufactured trems like the OFR or LoPro. The Takeuchi LoTRS7 is a cheap, yet still outstanding trem.

[JJ Rodriguez]

I think the general consensus is that the Edge Pro and Lo Pro and about equal, it's mostly down to personal preference. The build quality is good on both, but I hate the locking "blocks" on the saddle for the Edge Pro. One advantage an Edge Pro has over a Lo Pro though is that you can get a new 1527 with a mint trem, where as a 7620 might have some corrosion, or wear on it. Either way, a 7620 would run you less, and if you want it as a beater guitar it fits the description, and has a hell of a trem on it. If it's down to a 7420 and a 1527 though, 1527 all the way.

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Stitch

I have severe doubts that your friends guitar is an RG7620 then, because the LoPro is one hell of a trem, and it stomps all over the EP.

Bringing the RG7420 into the equation is hardly fair when everything else has precision manufactured trems like the OFR or LoPro. The Takeuchi LoTRS7 is a cheap, yet still outstanding trem.

Aren't those on the mythical beast that is the RC7?

[Stitch]

Newer flavour of same.

Takeuchi is the brand name that manufactures Ibanez's trems. The Lo-TRS7 has "Ibanez" stamped on it, but 'Takeuchi" stamped in the spring block.

[JJ Rodriguez]

Someone has said before that the newer TRS trems aren't such piles of shit that they once were, or maybe it's the TRS-II. Or something... Either way, it's widely known that the Edge Pro and Lo Pro are kick ass trems, so if you want a sure thing, go with them. Or an OFR if you find something that you like with that on it, like a Loomis if you're into Schecters.