Here's your timestamps: 00:00 Hello! 00:20 Introduction to the Ibanez RG421S-SEM 01:31 Specs and info 04:39 Today’s rig and plan Clean Sounds 05:44 Clean tone reference chords on all pickup settings 06:08 Indie pop riff 06:20 Ringing open indie pop chords 06:33 60s rock rhythms 06:44 Country ballad arpeggios 06:56 Country lead sound 07:03 Funk rhythms 07:16 Blues progression 07:27 Neo soul pop riff 07:42 Ascending droning indie chords 07:55 Cowboy chords/tone control test Overdriven Sounds 08:55 Fat indie rock rhythm chords 09:25 Garage rock riff 09:42 Choppy barre chords 09:51 Kings Of Leon inspired riff 10:06 Upbeat indie barre chords 10:30 Volume control roll off test 10:51 Southern rock picked arpeggios 11:20 Indie octave chords 11:46 Van Halen inspired rock riff 12:04 Driving rock riff 12:18 Hendrix inspired riff 12:41 Airbourne inspired rock riff 12:53 AC/DC inspired riff 13:11 Quacky rock riff 13:20 Groovy classic rock riff Higher gain drive sounds 13:36 80s rock riff 13:56 Classic hard rock riff 14:12 Hard rock riff 14:29 ZZ Top inspired riff 14:39 Melodic hard rock lead 15:00 NWOBHM riff 15:21 Glam rock riff 15:36 Lead w/added delay + reverb 15:50 Alternative rock riff 16:14 Pop punk riff 16:27 Pop punk melodic lead riff 16:43 Green Day inspired punk rock riff 16:56 Punk rock power chords 17:23 Less Than Jake inspired punk riff 17:34 Slayer inspired thrash riff 17:44 Progressive rock riff (Drop D tuning) 17:59 Modern rock palm-muted chords (Drop D) 18:23 Rage Against The Machine inspired groovy riff (Drop D) Heavy Distortion sounds (all in Drop D) 18:39 Metal chugging riff 18:56 Mastodon inspired metal riff with country twang 19:07 Hardcore punk riff 19:20 Heavy metal lead sound 19:36 Rammstein inspired industrial metal riff 19:49 Pop metal riff 19:59 Hardcore punk breakdown 20:15 Metalcore riff 20:26 Classic heavy metal/sludge riff 21:07 My thoughts 22:11 First impressions and looks 22:34 Weight and balance 23:08 Build quality and hardware 24:03 Playability and neck 24:59 Sounds and pickups discussion 27:10 What other similar guitars are out there? 29:26 My conclusions on the Ibanez RG421S and why you should buy it

Just ordered this, can't wait for it arrive. For £350 the reviews and videos I've seen of it look great.

Decided to buy Ibanez RG421EX as my first guitar after your review. Great instrument. I love it.

Great review again, Rich, nice axe! You inspired me to dust off my GIO and give it a go again. So much fun!

Great job on this review! Love the switching edits, really lets us hear the differences on the fly.

Wow talk about a thorough review.. amazing work

Excellent review and selection of riff samples 10/10

Wonderful review! I love the extreme depth of styles used 😁

Like for the consistency between reviews ! 👍

Thanks. New standard in terms of how guitar reviews should be!

I don't know a single Ibanez under 500€ that sounds really good.

For not much more you can move up to the just released RG470 with traditional woods and a quality Ibanez Floyd style whammy. All with attention to detail ready to play right out of the box. I feel this is all thanx to the Harley Benton and many smaller companies using their format. They literally changed the rules. More money buys nothing significantly more than ornamentation and prestige. Dumbing down entry level guitars as a marketing strategy is GONE!

This guitar is a rock machine! Really nice sounds and not expensive. It's not my color. I love Ibanez guitars because of their wonderful necks and a very good playability. If I'm in a guitar store I'm always trying out different models. I still have my first better electric guitar, it's a Roadstar II from 1985 (HSS version and tremolo system) and I still love it.

Just purchsed this exact model and it is Awesome. To me nothing feels as good as an Ibanez neck. It feels like it was made for my hands. Being a teenager in the 80's I am a musician and shredder heavily influenced by that time. But loves playing all styles. so yes I fall into that category that this is the type of guitar for me. But to me Ibanez is the best hands down. No matter what level point you get an awesome quality guitar. Of course as you stated that is to the preference of the player. I like to work on guitars so I always get the Ibanez RG and S Series standard models and mod them. Upgrading the bridge and tuners to locking tuners. I use Hipshot. Although Ibanez stock tuners and the F106 bridge is awesome. I also upgrade the pickups to Dimarzio or Seymour Duncan's. And change the nut to a graphtech tusq XL. But interesting thing with the last RG Ipurchasedd before this one. A Ibanez RG421 TCM. Which is awesome. When changing the nut and inspecting the old one and doing the famous drop test. It already was the graphtech nut. Now I know some will say I am crazy, no way. But it looked, felt and had that same exact nice bounce and glass sound when doing the drop test. I did the drop of the new one and old one side by side and exactly the same. So I changed it for nothing. But awesome video. Great demonstration and explanation of specs. Good job man. Keep jamming.

i just order this guitar i love the direct mount and overall look. never tried ibanez and i think this guitar gonna be alright

Great review as ever

One of my friend give to me a Ibanez RG421 MOL natural wood finish. It's a Awesome guitar, sound great, no isue with the stability and easy playability ! Great guitar for any genre of music!

Great demo, thanks!

I have the rg421qm basically the same and it’s rips nicely great guitar for the money…

Great video! I had an RG that I sold a few years ago before a move and I regret it. Your video made me feel confident that the new RGs are as good as my old one (I was concerned the Quantum pickups wouldn't sound as good). I will definitely be getting a new one (I like the new Prussian blue color).

Wow I love this model so much. Just wish it came in a maple fretboard version, because I don't like the sparkly pain job on the other one.

I have only one guitar from Ibanez and that is the Ibanez GRX70QA-TBB Transparent Blue Burst model, cheap and very good for my home playing. It holds the tuning of the strings, is light and sonically in perfect order. I will definitely buy another guitar from this brand in the future (very good manufacturer), but the choice is always tedious. And I already have over 30 guitars, even my tolerant wife is starting to shake her head😀. And that's not a good sign. Now I'm currently hesitating on a swamp ash SX Stratocaster, I already have one....basically the same (blue color), but this one is natural. Nice video and excellent Ibanez test. Sorry for my detour to another brand of guitars. My best regards, Pavel CZ.👍👍👍🎸

You put together a nice video

Great guitar, reasonable prize. @2:50 it looks as if the neck wasn‘t perfectly aligned to the body or the bridge might be off center. Seems to be bearable on your model but I have noticed that same issue on other Ibanez models including my Ibanez Q where the high strings are really close to the edge (yes:) of the fretboard. On your RG it is rather on the bass side hence less annoying. Maybe something Ibanez should really address in their QC. Otherwise this RG is a cool guitar. The Quantum pickups sound great as looks the binding. Thanks for the review!

Excellent vídeo! Awesome guitar. I love it and I love the Ibáñez S521 too. What do you think about S521? I think that are similar guitars

Ibanez should definately be considered as imho should be Sire and Squier CV series. In the end it is a personal choice as a bit of luck with on how the guitar leaves the factory and arrives at your store... So it seems to me that stores are often times the ones whom do the QC (read: rejects), QC is not setting up (a thing some manufacturers "overlook" 😉). That Iba looks the business for rock and metal 😎 throw in a 850 overdrive (a fuzz) and you're good (at least I'd be 😅).

Put some EMG pickups in it and you got a shredding machine.

What do you think about this compared to the GRG121SP?

Damn, if only it had that nice wood color on the front too and not just the back ...

which you prefer gio grg121sp or this one sir?

It needs a matching head stock

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So few left handed available

Just bought mine