NGD Ibanez EGEN8 (56K=Haters(JK))

bouVIP · 04-16-2012, 03:17 PM

I've always thought to myself that signature guitars were just unnecessarily overpriced and just something slightly different from a mass model and told myself I'd never get 1...but the EGEN8 is just too gorgeous. I quite honestly don't even like Dragon Force or Herman Li (though I do respect them somewhat), but I just loved how the guitar looks!

I chose this over an RG premium, and I plan to change the pickups to something Dimarzio...been looking at the Tone Zone, Air Norton, and Evolution pups.

Enough of my words heres pics

tl;dr I still think its overly priced but damn do I love it.

ibanezcollector · 04-16-2012, 03:17 PM

awesome not a fan of the band, but love that guitar...

Razzy · 04-16-2012, 03:27 PM

+1 ^

I'm not a Herman Li fan, but the dude has solid taste in gear.

BornToLooze · 04-16-2012, 03:30 PM

It looks cool, but I could have sworn they were purple

Hemi-Powered Drone · 04-16-2012, 03:32 PM

Damn that guitar is nice!

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Originally Posted by BornToLooze

It looks cool, but I could have sworn they were purple

The more expensive ones are. The EGEN8 was made to be a bit cheaper.

Razzy · 04-16-2012, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BornToLooze

It looks cool, but I could have sworn they were purple

Edit: ninja'd

Randy · 04-16-2012, 03:36 PM

One of the hottest looking Ibanez models in recent years, IMO.

Congrats, man.

AkiraSpectrum · 04-16-2012, 06:18 PM

wow that is gorgeous!

shogunate · 04-16-2012, 06:35 PM

No purples????? Gorgeous nontheless mate!

How often and how do you use the handgrip?

SpaceDock · 04-16-2012, 06:43 PM

I really wish they scalloped the last few frets like on the other egen, I really love the natural finish and super S concept.

Congrats.

bouVIP · 04-16-2012, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by shogunate

No purples????? Gorgeous nontheless mate!

How often and how do you use the handgrip?

I wish I could afford it, but at the price I'd rather get a John Petrucci sig or PRS.

and I use it all the time to carry around the guitar haha, but when I play not very much but I have yet to really "shred"

Also I got this guitar more on the fact Nita Strauss had 1 than the fact it was a Herman Li sig

Stealthdjentstic · 04-16-2012, 07:09 PM

Looks good man!

VacantPlanet · 04-16-2012, 07:22 PM

Gratz man! Not a huge Dragongforce fan, but like others have said, it's a sweet guitar.

Purelojik · 04-16-2012, 07:25 PM

i dont get the hand grip... someone explain this...

theo · 04-16-2012, 07:52 PM

I personally like the purple one a bit more, but still a sweet guitar

broj15 · 04-16-2012, 07:55 PM

Really nice looking guitar dude. I like the scoop on the back of the lower cut away.

Tristoner7 · 04-16-2012, 09:38 PM

Nice, congrats !

Fiction · 04-16-2012, 09:51 PM

They're beautiful guitars, congratulations mang!

Fiction · 04-16-2012, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Purelojik

i dont get the hand grip... someone explain this...

Because, why not?

Just aesthetic I suppose, or maybe Herman likes carrying around his guitars on the top horn, either way, life's to short to be ordering boring signature guitars

SpaceDock · 04-16-2012, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Purelojik

i dont get the hand grip... someone explain this...

It's for carrying the guitar, just like monkey grip but different.

MatthewK · 04-16-2012, 11:18 PM

Congrats! It is a pretty cool looking guitar. BTW- Have you heard the band Pathfinder? The guitar playing sounds really Dragonforce-y but in my opinion about a million times better.

bouVIP · 04-17-2012, 02:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MatthewK

Congrats! It is a pretty cool looking guitar. BTW- Have you heard the band Pathfinder? The guitar playing sounds really Dragonforce-y but in my opinion about a million times better.

I have not but sounds interesting...I'll look them up!

Just a little review after playing with it all day.

It's built very nicely, quality is superb, and it's just beautiful to look at from every angle.

Play-ability wise it plays about as nice as my LTD MH-1000 and yeah pretty good shredding machine.

Tone is nice for what it is and I can get a lot of different sounds, but still thinking of changing the PUPs. They are definitely better than other Ibanez stocks I've played though!

It stays in tune relatively nice with the Edge III but was so much work and pain to set it up properly and definitely hate dealing with it, but it gets the job done.

The only issue I have with it is that the volume knob is in a terrible spot and very "loose" so I keep turning the volume down on accident, and the fact I'm not used to HSH-config makes the middle pup slightly annoying lol

more pics so thin <3

Necropolis · 04-17-2012, 09:44 PM

I dig it pretty hard, congrats man

GhostsofAcid · 04-17-2012, 09:57 PM

First time i've seen one of these pop up on here as long as i've been here. They really are great looking guitars, no matter what you think of Dragonforce.

phrygian12 · 04-17-2012, 10:04 PM

How much does this model usually go for? like around $700? it's under a $1000 right? I might get one. That or get another blue SV...Maaaan why did I sell that SV?...fawk...

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04-16-2012, 03:17 PM	#1
bouVIP SS.org Regular Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 237 Thanked: 14 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	NGD Ibanez EGEN8 (56K=Haters(JK)) I've always thought to myself that signature guitars were just unnecessarily overpriced and just something slightly different from a mass model and told myself I'd never get 1...but the EGEN8 is just too gorgeous. I quite honestly don't even like Dragon Force or Herman Li (though I do respect them somewhat), but I just loved how the guitar looks! I chose this over an RG premium, and I plan to change the pickups to something Dimarzio...been looking at the Tone Zone, Air Norton, and Evolution pups. Enough of my words heres pics tl;dr I still think its overly priced but damn do I love it. Randy, dime3334, s_k_mullins and 5 others like this.

04-16-2012, 03:17 PM	#2
ibanezcollector Gear Junkie Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Cleveland Posts: 570 Thanked: 34 Feedback Score: 6 reviews	awesome not a fan of the band, but love that guitar... engage757 likes this. littledoc"Oh and if I WERE looking for trades, it most definitely wouldn't be an acoustic. I'm trying to sell my guitar, not my nuts!"

04-16-2012, 03:27 PM	#3
Razzy Why not Zoidberg? Join Date: May 2010 Location: Amarillo, TX Posts: 2,657 Thanked: 80 $Razzy is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Razzy is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Razzy is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Razzy is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Razzy is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Razzy is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Razzy is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ Feedback Score: 10 reviews	+1 ^ I'm not a Herman Li fan, but the dude has solid taste in gear. Zeno likes this. Carvin DC800 -> Pod HD Pro -> Rocktron Velocity 300 -> Mesa Rectifier 4x12

04-16-2012, 03:36 PM	#7
Randy DAN OUDA DAN • Super Moderator • Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: The Electric City, NY Posts: 15,987 Thanked: 165 Feedback Score: 12 reviews	One of the hottest looking Ibanez models in recent years, IMO. Congrats, man. "Can we pull back the veil of static and reach in to the source of all being? Behind this curtain of patterns, this random pattern generator. So clever. Right here in every home, watching us from a one-sided mirror." Argbadh - RHLC©

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04-16-2012, 03:30 PM	#4
BornToLooze Leda Fanboy #2 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Baytown, TX Posts: 855 Thanked: 10 Feedback Score: 11 reviews	It looks cool, but I could have sworn they were purple

04-16-2012, 06:18 PM	#8
AkiraSpectrum SS.org Regular Join Date: May 2010 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 968 Thanked: 3 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	wow that is gorgeous!

04-16-2012, 06:35 PM	#9
shogunate SS.org Regular Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: denver, co Posts: 631 Thanked: 0 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	No purples????? Gorgeous nontheless mate! How often and how do you use the handgrip? Maybe it's a promotional gag, you stay the weekend, get a jar of blood

04-16-2012, 06:43 PM	#10
SpaceDock Shred till your dead Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 1,399 Thanked: 12 Feedback Score: 13 reviews	I really wish they scalloped the last few frets like on the other egen, I really love the natural finish and super S concept. Congrats.

04-16-2012, 07:09 PM	#12
Stealthdjentstic Banned Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canadia Posts: 19,978 Thanked: 338 Feedback Score: 10 reviews	Looks good man!

04-16-2012, 07:22 PM	#13
VacantPlanet ss.org Regular Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: The Glass Prison Posts: 52 Thanked: 4 / 1 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Gratz man! Not a huge Dragongforce fan, but like others have said, it's a sweet guitar. A tool to do good has gone bad An electric Altar for a new religion -Control Denied

04-16-2012, 07:25 PM	#14
Purelojik SS.org Regular Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Newport Beach california Posts: 1,145 Thanked: 20 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i dont get the hand grip... someone explain this...

04-16-2012, 07:52 PM	#15
theo Ibanez whore Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne, Au Posts: 3,119 Thanked: 37 Feedback Score: 3 reviews	I personally like the purple one a bit more, but still a sweet guitar http://soundcloud.com/ecliptica_aus

04-16-2012, 07:55 PM	#16
broj15 SS.org Regular Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: The middle of a corn field, IN Posts: 1,443 Thanked: 9 Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Really nice looking guitar dude. I like the scoop on the back of the lower cut away. "At least Deathcore was heavy as shit when done right, this new stuff sounds like if meshuggah and taking back sunday had a homosexual he/she creature when bred together." -- Some dude on youtube

04-16-2012, 09:38 PM	#17
Tristoner7 SS.org Regular Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Houston, TX. Posts: 949 Thanked: 29 Feedback Score: 18 reviews	Nice, congrats !

04-16-2012, 09:51 PM	#18
Fiction For Mod Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Newcastle, Australia Posts: 2,985 Thanked: 23 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	They're beautiful guitars, congratulations mang! [Fiction] 1:47 pm: she could probably toss a salad with that thing

04-16-2012, 11:18 PM	#21
MatthewK SS.org Regular Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: USA Posts: 792 Thanked: 9 Feedback Score: 4 reviews	Congrats! It is a pretty cool looking guitar. BTW- Have you heard the band Pathfinder? The guitar playing sounds really Dragonforce-y but in my opinion about a million times better.

04-17-2012, 09:44 PM	#23
Necropolis SS.org Regular Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Madison Wv Posts: 566 Thanked: 8 Feedback Score: 7 reviews	I dig it pretty hard, congrats man B.C. Rich Usa Gunslinger (Grover Jackson) Mesa Triple Rectifier Line 6 Podxt Genz Benz G-Flex 2x12

04-17-2012, 09:57 PM	#24
GhostsofAcid Suiçmez fanboy Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Ohio Posts: 382 Thanked: 2 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	First time i've seen one of these pop up on here as long as i've been here. They really are great looking guitars, no matter what you think of Dragonforce. Last edited by GhostsofAcid; 04-17-2012 at 10:52 PM. Reason: Edit: grammer

04-17-2012, 10:04 PM	#25
phrygian12 SS.org Regular Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: TX Posts: 175 Thanked: 6 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	How much does this model usually go for? like around $700? it's under a $1000 right? I might get one. That or get another blue SV...Maaaan why did I sell that SV?...fawk...

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