Ibanez RG7321 7-string Electric Guitar

Hi again.

A new review for you! This is about my 7-string guitar, which is the Ibanez RG7321. It is an electric guitar, obviously with 7 strings, with a fixed tremolo. It's a great guitar that can be used for many genres, especially rock and metal.

Sound

I play a lot of different styles of music, metal, rock, blues etc, and the guitar fits all of those genres. The only thing is the fixed bridge which makes it more suitable for the heavier riffs. The guitar can't make dive-bombs and Satch squeals because it doesn't have a floating tremolo. But if you play mostly heavy riffs, then this guitar is right up your alley. The fact that this guitar is so versatile makes me love it so much more. If there is anything to complain about, it's that the low B string can be a little muddy. 

When I play this guitar, I use the same setup as I use for my 6-string Ibanez which I also wrote a review of here. The guitar has a 5-way level, and with that you can chose from a variety of sounds. Mixed with my amp and ZOOM-pedal, the result is so awesome!

Action, Fit & Finish

It has a nice black finish. No factory flaws. I have it tuned in the factory tuning, which is BEADGBE. But without the locking mechanism, tuning it to different tuning is very easy. When it comes to the action, it's set fairly low, which fits the players that has a delicate touch when they play. If you are a guitar player that hammers heavily on the strings, I recommend raising the action a little bit.

Reliability

The guitar is very stable with the fixed tremolo. It has a in-your-face sound that the RG-models are famous for, without the hassle of the locking nuts. The guitar is awesome! Have used it for years, and it still plays great, the neck is still straight, the pickups sound awesome and the finish is still free from any damage and scratches.

Specifications

- Neck Material: 5pc Maple/Walnut
- Neck Type: Wizard II-7
- Body: Basswood body
- Frets: Jumbo Frets
- Fingerboard: Bound Rosewood
- Inlay: Pearl dot inlay
- Bridge: Gibraltar Standard 7 bridge
- Neck Pickup: AH17
- Bridge Pickup: AH27
- Hardware Color: BK
- Finishes: BK

At the current time, I don't have any videos on youtube that I use this guitar. However, when I make one, I will share it with you so you can listen to the awesome sound!

Cheers!

-Kianul

Ibanez RG350EX Electric Guitar

Yo!

This entry will be about my Ibanez RG350EX. This is one of my two Ibanez guitars.

Finish and material

It's a guitar model that came out in 2005 and features a basswood body with the Edge III tremolo and Infinity pickups. It has an aluminium style pickguard that completes the finish of the guitar. It has a 24 frets long bound rosewood fingerboard with shark-tooth inlays.

As for the controls, it has one volume and tone control, as well as a 5-way lever that lets you choose the pickups you want active.

Sound

The pickups perform very well. I use a ZOOM G9.2tt pedal to a Randall RH50T head amplifier and a Marshall 1960A cabinet. This combo makes a loud sound and it brings out the nice sound of the guitar. This guitar fits for the multi-style guitarist, with the 5-way lever switch you get a big range of tone. The tone has plenty of crunch, but are still able to play the delicate sounds. Especially when having a great pedal as the Zoom G9.2tt and a great amplifier, the sound of this guitar shows its true nature. The result is great.

Reliability and Durability

My experience is that the guitar can take a lot of heat. You can play it for hours and hours and use the tremolo actively without the guitar getting out of tune. This is due to the locking mechanisms on the strings. I bought locking straps to this guitar which prevents the strap from falling off. I had some problems getting it tune in the beginning. This because this was the first guitar I had with a floating bridge.

A floating bridge mean that the bridge is not fixed to the body of the guitar, but it floats because of the tension of the strings of the guitar and some springs that is located inside the body of the guitar. These are accessible through a plastic cover on the backside of the guitar. By adjusting the tension on the springs on the backside of the guitar, you tighten the strings and visa versa.

Impression

To my use this guitar is perfect. It has a broad sound spectrum, it stays in tune when I use the tremolo a lot and the finish is great. I have had this guitar since the summer of 2007 and I'm very happy i bought it. it has been used for practicing as well as recording music. You can hear me play this guitar on my video on youtube which you can watch underneath. In this video I used direct input to record and the sound and tone bears notice of that. 

If you have any questions or comment, leave them in the comment section below or send me a message in the "Contact Page" here.

Hope you enjoy it!

-Kianul

Ibanez Electric Guitars

Hi people!

I have been busy the last couple of days and I haven't been able to post anything. As I am writing this, it's almost midnight here so I'm not going to post a long entry.

Tomorrow I will make a review of one of my guitars, the Ibanez RG350EX. This was the second electric guitar I bought, and the first Ibanez.

I have had this guitar for approximately 6 years and I have played it regularly since. It's a great guitar.

Stay tuned tomorrow for the full review!

-Kianul

Update

Hi people!

I have been very busy the last two days and haven't had the chance to write any. But not to worry. Tomorrow I will write a review of my favorite instrument! My Taylor GS Mini acoustic guitar!

Stay tuned and I will speak with you tomorrow!

-Kianul

My Recording Gear

Hello people!

I thought I might guide you through the gear that I'm currently using to record music and sound.

I use several guitars, both acoustic and electric. Two acoustic guitars (Woodrock and Taylor GS Mini)
and three electric guitars (Squier Stratocaster, Ibanez RG350EXZ and a Ibanez RG7321 7string). I also got a bassguitar (Cort), a keyboard (Yamaha YPG-235), an electric drumset (Roland TD KX2 V-drums) and an electric piano (Roland F-120 SBA).

I got and Marshall 1960A cabinet with a Randall RH50T Tube amplifier head and a Orange Crush 30W Bass amplifier. Usually only used when practicing.

I got a MXL 990 and a MXL 991 condenser microphones. To record vocals and acoustic guitars I used to connect the condenser-microphones to a mixer, which is the Behringer XENYX 1202FX, which was connected to the computer. But that was when I used Audacity as my DAW. The Behringer mixer has phantom power which is what you need if you're going to use a condenser microphone. The phantom power gives the microphone power. Without that it simply won't work.

After a while I bought an Mbox with ProTools 9, which is the DAW I currently use. The Mbox has two inputs for jacks and two mic/line inputs. The Mbox is only connected to the computer by a USB cable.

I also got a effect pedal that I connect to my Randall/Marshall stack. The pedal is a ZOOM G9.2tt. I usually don't use this when I record, but I use it when I'm practicing. This is because I don't mic up the amplifier when I record, I use direct input into the Mbox.

When I record in ProTools, I use a USB-keyboard called KeyRig 49 from M-Audio. It's a small bus powered 49-key MIDI keyboard that is easy to use. Bus powered meaning that it gets power from the USB-connection, just like a typing keyboard or a mouse on your computer. This keyboard is great to create music with virtual instruments. You can choose a variety of instruments in ProTools and use this keyboard to create the notes. If you're familiar with MIDI, you will know that a MIDI-keyboard doesn't create notes. It only tells the program what notes it should generate.

Under you can see a slideshow of some of the gear. If you have questions about the gear or how it's connected, comment in the comment section below.

If you want to see the rest of the gear, check out my videos on youtube here.

Enjoy!

-Kianul

                          

New blog - First video!

Hi!

This is a blog where I'm going to post my old and upcoming videos that I have on www.youtube.com.
Currently I have 11 videos on my channel. You can access them by pressing the link above. 

My videos mainly consists of coversongs played and edited by myself. But there are other videos aswell.

If you like my videos, subscribe and you will be updated if I upload a new video. You can also follow this blog or twitter.

Underneath you can view my first video I made and the first I put on youtube. It's a cover of "Narcotic" by Liquido.

I will post regularly the other videos once a week or often.

Talk to you later!

-Kianul