Ibanez RG5440C Prestige Unsponsored Review | Full Mix Demo | The state of Ibanez Prestige Guitars
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- Опубликовано: 3 авг 2024
- Ibanez RG5440C unsponsored review by High Z Productions. This review covers the pluses and minuses of this instrument, the defect why I'm not keeping it, and the current state of Ibanez Prestige-level guitars.
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00:00 Introducing the RG5440C
00:08 Timestamps in description
00:16 Quick verdict
Full Mix Demo
00:31 Bridge thrash intro
00:42 Bridge tremolo riff
00:47 Bridge downpicking palm mutes
00:58 Neck cleans
01:03 Bridge chords on top of neck cleans, neck + mid background cleans
01:08 Bridge palm muting breakdown
01:19 Bridge palm mute lead over breakdown
01:30 Bridge arpeggio transition
01:40 Bridge guitar solo
02:02 Bridge harmonized leads
02:07 Neck + middle clean chords
02:18 Bridge distorted reprise
02:29 Bridge outro + lead harmonies
Pros
02:42 Prestige delivers expected playability
02:55 Mahogany body and EMGs
03:07 Comfortable neck and forearm cut on body
03:18 Smooth neck materials, stainless steel frets, high fret access
03:29 Lo Pro tuning stability - blocked and unblocked
03:43 Good body balance
03:54 Quality materials
03:59 Controls layout
04:08 Tuners and fine tuners
04:22 Overall feel is solid, required at pricepoint
Cons
04:50 Providing helpful information in reviews
05:10 Recently Ibanez QA has been hit or miss
05:18 Bridge routed too far to the treble side
05:51 This should not happen at this price point
06:08 Comparing to other RG Prestiges
07:16 EMGs sound dated compared to modern ones (subjective)
07:53 EMG SAs aren’t doing it for me (subjective)
Overall Recommendation
08:46 Can’t recommend based on the bridge routing error at this price point, other Prestiges have flaws
09:17 Cheaper brands are a more cost-effective choice
09:57 Perfect if you find a good one
10:20 Like comment subscribe outro
10:35 Cat
This is a frustrating guitar because it's so close to being good but it has a huge flaw. While not fatal, it is shocking to find on a guitar of this level and price point. The RG line of guitars are made for fast and technical playing, so something that is as much of a hindrance as misaligned strings is unacceptable to find on the highest tier of the Prestige level guitars.
The materials themselves are high quality. The wood is resonant, the neck is nicely finished and highly playable, the frets are level, and the fingerboard is smooth. The bridge holds its tuning. Everything works as expected.
Tonally my ears have moved on from the EMG sound and have become more acclimated to more modern sounds. I’ve been using more modern sounding pickups to great effect in my mixes. For more traditional passive pickups, I have alternate presets I’ve made to make those sound good too. So now EMG pickups to me are in this weird middle where they’re not modern and clear sounding like Fishmans are, and they are not as reactive to playing and dynamic as passives. They’re certainly usable and there are many examples of good tones with them given how long they’ve been around, but for my uses they’re now out of place.
Overall if you’re looking for an EMG loaded shred machine with good tone, and you can ensure that you’ll find a good one, this guitar is perfect. All the prestiges in this price point are going to be excellent and will beat out other guitars that cost twice to three times as much. However given the track record of Prestige guitars I’ve bought, you will need to make sure you won’t be getting one with any defects. 
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Love your taste in guitars, great videos!!
Thanks dude!
Great vid thanks for your opinions. Slight recommendation - do a couple more close up shots about things you are describing.
Good call. I agree! I've started adding more B roll with closeups in my more recent videos 👍
I was lucky I guess... found an amazing and flawless one of these.. sounds plays and feels incredible, had to have it. Super resonant, bar flutters just right, everything is aligned (no high -e issues whatsoever) All frets perfect... yep... should be the norm not the exception... but yes quality can vary, )looking at you Gibson!) but, even with Ibanez apparently.... Luckily I got a great one.
Glad you got a good one! It really is the ideal versatile guitar. I hear you about Gibson too, I briefly had a les paul modern and while it looked and sounded great, the pots failed one by one within days
For the issue with high E too close to the fretboard edge, have you tried reseating the neck? I’ve had a couple RGs with this issue and have found unscrewing and re-screwing the neck with it angled fixed my problem
Yep, since making this video I've tried that. It worked in that is more bearable to play but the issue is still there. Especially when playing with adrenaline or nerves it's still easier to accide tally pull the string off the side compared to my other guitars
Peak Ibanez Prestige was back in 2014....I think the RG655 was among the last Prestige guitars that were solid quality and no frills and problems. The Prestige line from 2006-2011 was amazing in my view.
I'm inclined to agree in that my first prestige was a 2013 RG655 in galaxy black. Even though the fret material wasn't the highest quality, it's held up perfectly and the only guitar I have that comes close to it in terms of how easy it is to setup is my J Custom. Modern prestiges now have better features but you have to get lucky to find a good one
I have RG5320C-DFM, almost the same. My main concern for it is weight, around 4 kg, usually RGs are slightly more than 3. I have AirNorton/ToneZone+coilTap. It's better than active in a way, that you can rise/lower action to find a good (optimal) sound, so i did (approx. "decked" and ±1.5 screwdriver turns to top). At some moment i hated it, but after setting really good PU action, i'm quite happy with SQ. As for high E, i thing it's on all modern Ibanezes, i had a few + played in local shops, the same. Because of weight, i'm planning to change strap-buttons to locking with a long screws, i just don't feel confident with stock on exactly mine guitar. From positive i would say design/shape, build quality, materials, components. Do we need more? Ok hard case, multitool and we've got them:) As for locking tuners, yes, better to have them. How to transform cons in to pros? We can lower our tuning with non-locked tuners:)
Just use a wider strap.
@@iloveitall screws are loosening. Just will change them on a bigger size.
@@andreyvanakoff9412 you're right, pickup height can make a big difference. I had the strap buttons come out of an S470 I used to play shows with a lot. I was able to keep the same screw by using wood glue to put toothpicks into the hole and then putting the screw back. But strap locks are a good idea too. I hope it works!
@@HighZ if guitar was not 2.5k$ i would fix it quickly with a glue:) I've bought Schallers m-sized, they will work:) Original screws are 3.5mm on 18mm, S-Locks M are 4mm on 22mm.
Haha! That's a fair point @@andreyvanakoff9412
I am actually about to buy this..... In Deep Green Forest colour. I checked the High E, and it was alright. Weights exactly 3900 with tremolo bar. A bit heavy but, Can't do anything about it :D. I liked it a lot... I have PIA as well, but I have one more guitar chance I could buy, I thought this would be again good choice... Loved overall quality. They did a small discount it's like 1800 Euro now. How do you get so many guitars to review?
It's a great guitar! This would have been my main guitar if it wasn't for the high e issue as the guitar was very playable, sounded good, and it has a useful pickup combination. I've bought these guitars over time because I don't have children or go on vacation
@@HighZ Hahaha also for me, it was an exchange to a holiday. :D, and I will let you know if I buy this soon. I meant 3.9 KG's*** Cheers, and Subbed!! Loving the cat as animal lover!
How did you block the trem??
I have a cut little block of wood and a tremol-no on this guitar. But on others I taped together a bunch of guitar picks and stuck them onto either side of the trem block inside and it works perfectly with the right widths of picks
I will never understand why the prestige models don’t have locking tuners but the premium models do. ( I also have that 5320 RG)
Right? It's the same effort to install either tuner so it makes no sense at all. Especially since a floating trem requires you to work the tuners way more before you lock the nut. Meanwhile the premium models rock. I have a S1070PBZ and its 400mm radius plus 18-20mm thickness make it more comfortable to play! Unfortunately the lower horn does get in the way of top fret access and its truss rod is questionable
And what exactly is the benefit of locking tuners on a nutlocking guitar?
@iloveitall great question. Locking tuners prevent the string from slipping in the post, which cuts down the amount of re-tuning you have to do when the nut is unlocked. Especially when string changing. While it's possible to wrap the string around the post in a way to reduce string slipping, the locking mechanism is still the best insurance
Now I see. Ok, that is a point.
Besides that I can't find any fault with your presentation. I enjoyed it a lot.
Only thing is this: Is it really the bridge routing? I don't think so.
I had a lot of RGs with the same issue and all of them got solved by aligning the neck. Workers might have been placing the neck not 100% straight. Just loosen the screws a lil bit and push the neck slightly to the side.@@HighZ
@@iloveitall I see, did you add a shim in the neck pocket after doing this? Might try this soon
I wish they weighed only 150 grams less, then It'd be bearable weight for me...
Some guitars are just too heavy or too light. Feels like luck sometimes gett8ng one that's a perfect weight