Christian Productions Thank you so much. Definitely appreciate it. I absolutely love this guitar and its tone. 🤝🎸🎶🔥

ESPSJ Thank You 🙏 It was a very fun video to make and I’m happy you grabbed this guitar yourself it’s a great find! Very impressed overall.

Almost 10 times more now.

Paul Bull Absolutely! You will love it! Great feel, excellent craftsmanship, and killer tone.

Sam Ac Hell yeah!!! Great choice! This is the one ☝️

BurningMask Thank You! Definitely glad to hear you enjoyed my playing. Yes Ibanez RGA42FM is an amazing guitar 100% 🤝🎸🔥

You’ll enjoy it 100%

Dan A Thank you brother! Enjoy it. I absolutely love this guitar the feel, playability, and quality is unreal for the price point.

Eduardo Simoes thank you!

Bring me Peter pan It’s definitely a killer guitar! If you play metal I’d recommend installing Seymour Duncan Alpha and Omega set. EMG makes excellent pickups too, however the mahogany body really shows its fangs in the tone using passive pickups. Active pickups maybe very bright. Thank you brother!!! 🤝🎸🗝🔥

I have a guitar with emgs in it. They sound ferocious but they seem to sound the same in every guitar.

Much appreciated! Thank you for such kind words. 🔥🤝🔥

Alex Mills Thank you. I’m glad you like playing this guitar. Ibanez really hit the nail on the head with this one. Even the Quantum pickups sound excellent through a high gain Tube Amplifier like I’m running in this video. Bare Knuckles are great too. I’ve since installed my personal favorite which are the Seymour Duncan Omega bridge humbucker. If you really want to chug with depth, Bite, and series controlled articulate riffing check those pickups out. 🔥🤝🔥

I replaced the Bridge pickup to SD SH-13, replaced the bar magnet of neck pickup to Alnico 5 and converted the tone knob to neck volume and replaced with a 3 way switch

Streetwise Rhapsody No problem brother! I’m really glad you enjoyed this review/demo. The guitar is incredible and for the price it actually rips! Thank you

is the RG421 better than this one? They look so similar

@@eddiespectral No, the RG421 is okay for rock, jazz and blues but for really high gain stuff, you don't really hear those chugs and note separation. The pick ups are decent but not good for modern metal, however it does have a rounder sound so it's good for leads. I got the RGA42FM a few months and it's definitely a better guitar.

Marcelle Sapsford Thank you 🙏🎸♥️🔥

@@AngryTonesRiffClips You're welcome!

Thank you. Much appreciated brother! 🤘

james merricks Awesome 🤟🤟🤟

🤘😈🤘🤝

Thank you so much! I hope she loves it and shreds some gnarly riffs!

Good choice. I don't know if I won't buy another one. ;)

I have the same guitar on the way..great video also

@tommyswain5865 it’s still one of my favorites to play! Enjoy and thank you for the kind words. 🤘

Colton Owen Duncan Excellent! Yes this guitar is beast and very well built and designed. Quantum pickups were not bad at all! If you change pickups for real high gain Amps I recommend Seymour Duncan Omega pickup for the bridge.

I'm very impressed with the Quantum pickups. The clarity and harmonic overtones are out of this world for stock pickups. I honestly don't think I would change the pickups. I wouldn't do a hipshot because the holes do not align with the bridge that I would replace it. I would install locking tuners and graphtech string saver saddles instead of replacing the bridge. Hell, I'm blown away by this guitar as a whole and I own a Carvin DC 727.

Thanks 🤘🔥🤝

They are really great.

Seth Ride excellent you’ll love it!

supercharger84 Thank you Sir! Cheers from Nashville 🍻

i removed my tone. seperate volume on those pickups to make it more nasty

sfear6 Cool!!! I’ve since replaced the Quantum’s with Custom Shop Seymour Duncan Omega bridge and CTS 500K pots to let this guitars fangs really sink in! Check out the updated vids! Thank you 🙏

Perry Parkey Thank You Sir! And thank you for subscribing as well. Throw on some headphones or crank it up in some large speakers there’s a few videos with tone after mods and new pickup installed 🤟🤟🤟

Hello sr after that time can you tell me how it had been this guitar regarding to playability, sound and electronics? I'm considering buying this one this week.

Jackon J Thank You

Thank you for such kind words brother. I’m glad you like the riffs. I’m always amazed with Ibanez. The RGA line is just killer and they are great platforms for basic mods too. I absolutely love this guitar. 🤘

Lawrence Franklin so awesome!!!! Take the time and enjoy rocking out! 🤘🤘🤘

That’s so awesome Liam! Absolutely grab one. The Ibanez RGA42FM is a great platform to modify too down the road! I hope you enjoy it. And I’m thankful that you liked my review and demo. Much appreciated brother!

@@AngryTonesRiffClips good straight forward content mate. Subscribed to. What effects pedal where you using.

David trueslayor Yes Sir! It’s a extremely well built guitar! Now for a classic rock tone I highly recommend the “whole lotta” Humbucker from Seymour Duncan the JB is an excellent choice too with 59 neck but it’s a very hot pickup for metal too, which is why I recommend more of a PAF Tone JB is what Dave Mustaine used on many early Megadeth albums. I’d even suggest the Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro Humbucker that ones phenomenal too! Hope this helps!

Absolutely agree! I’ve had mine over 3 years. Of course I’ve added CTS pots, Capacitors, and Alpha Omega humbuckers from Seymour Duncan. Thing is pure fire for the value and feels like my higher end guitars all day.

Thank you! Guitar is a ripper for sure!

Thank you so much! Blake I really appreciate your kind words brother. 🤘

corrupted650 Thank you 🙏

Doug H. in VA Nice!

Eric Nessler Thank you! I’ve since replaced the Quantum’s with Seymour Duncan Alpha & Omega bridge. Height to me is a personal preference so to be honest I don’t know the measurements but it took about an hour to adjust to where the tone was perfect to my ear. If it helps the neck pick up is about a quarter flush with the body whereas the bridge is about half way exposed above the body. You don’t want it to high as the gauge of strings differ in some of my music and tuning changes can get a magnetic pull from strings. 🤝

Messy Thank You! That’s awesome! Yes these are amazing guitars from Ibanez for sure. Tuning in that video is dropped C#

Владимир Васин 🤝🎸🔥

Timothy Russell thank you! Yes DiMarzio makes great pickups. I’ve always preferred a very aggressive tone with lots of attack and a tight bass response. So naturally a Custom Shop Seymour Duncan Omega was installed for this guitar.

I watched that video too. I've listen to a lot of pickup demos and I've settled on the illuminator for my bridge and liquifire for the neck

Joey Hardy Thanks man! You should they are extremely well made and the feel, balance, and quality overall is top notch for the value. I love mine! 🤘🤝🤘

Thanks brother! Yes the amp is an Orange Dark Terror with a Mooer 001 preamp running into the effects loop return power amp section. Enjoy it’s a killer guitar for the money 100%!!

That’s what I do in the home studio all day haha! At least when I’m writing and recording. 🤘

Djames Djefferson Absolutely a great deal! And thank you I enjoyed making this Tone Review Demo 100%

@@AngryTonesRiffClips i picked up the flat sunbirst version with the reverse headstock and maple fingerboard for 299$ for my kid as a beginner guitar. I cleaned up the frets on the edge of the neck and set it up to eliminate trem spring noise(echo). I have a peavey void with the emgs and upgraded hardware. I also have a prs custom 24 with Sd in it and the ibanez sounds better 🤣🤣 its bananas how good it sounds

BigTyronie That’s so awesome! It’s amazing how well built these are! Great story. ❤️

@@AngryTonesRiffClips yea! Definitely...i had to adjust my tone as the maple provides what ive always added in via presence and treble. I love that upper mid and treble area. I like bass but for me its more needed jamming alone to feel wider frequency. I used to be a scooped mesa lover(dont judge lol) but i saw nonpoint live in the early 2000s and their original guitar player had one of those original double cut prs se guitars. He used 5150s and a few xxx amps and his tone was the craziest shit ive ever heard. Lots of treble and mids...it just growled and had this dangerous sounding decay if he let a chord ring. That changed my fucking life! I immediately went home and turned all the knobs on the amp away from scooped. His tone is still my favorite to this day. I had a bogner uberschall and it was too advanced for me. My gear budget exceeded my abilities. It sounded great but ive settled into a mesa stiletto deuce as my amp of choice. Its mesaey but marshalley...its my favorite thing i own. Im hunting down an alligator skin one and matching cab.

BigTyronie Nonpoint definitely are super talented guys with a kick ass guitar tone. I actually played Peavey XXX for 8 years modded by James Brown the builder himself. Excellent high gain growl. Hopefully you enjoy the Angry Tones in all of my videos. Thank you for subscribing too if you wanna 🤘

Set Abominae I say go with what feels right for you. The bridge on this guitar works perfectly fine and actually works well with the tones of mahogany. I replaced the bridge humbucker for a Custom shop Seymour Duncan Omega pickup being that I needed a much tighter bass and higher midrange gain response. Iron label or not most RGA series are all fantastic Indonesian builds. Go for what feels good to play!

Greg Campbell Thanks for the feedback. I've played this RGA at the local shop and it had me coming back for more. I'm a JB fan. So if I replaced the bridge it would be with that or a black winter. I'm pretty happy with the stock bridge pickup. It's very well balanced. However I wouldn't swap the neck pup for an air Norton or something with a little more color. In the mean time, I'll just swap the tuners for the gold and black Planet Waves locking set and maybe install a graph Tech ghost piezo system. Ibanez really pulled no punches with this guitar. For the price it is a superior build with great style. This is my favorite Ibanez since the S520ex. Thanks for the demo buddy.

Thanks man! Yeah the THR30 is a great Practice amplifier with excellent tones. The Orange is a tube amplifier so it’s going to be much warmer with different bite. I’m definitely happy to hear my video was so helpful. Thank you 🙏

@@AngryTonesRiffClips Sweet, thanks for the reply man! It also seems like the seymour duncan HB is key for the tones too, might pick them up when i decide to upgrade my guitar :)

Ceelows Absolutely! This video I’m using the stock Quantum pickups from Ibanez and they rip! However in newer videos I’ve since modded it with a original custom shop Seymour Duncan Omega bridge Humbucker

Angry Tones Riff Clips this is stock?? Wow I might just grab this guitar and the Yamaha amp for the time being and jam out haha after comparing this video to your newer vids I definitely notice a difference but damn this sounds good too!

Geek Gaming Thank you. Yeah it’s definitely pretty Rad! 🙏 ❤️🎶🤟

INON CARREON wonderful guitar and those bands you enjoy are absolutely amazing! My advice to you would be a Seymour Duncan SH-14 custom Alnico 5 bridge and a 59 jazz in the neck. This is an extremely versatile combination that covers all spectrums of Metal! 59 neck for all those beautiful solos that just sustain for days and that custom 5 bridge for metal chugs from hell that are tight, articulate, and sound pissed! Thank you for enjoying this video 🙂

Loved your feedback sir, so detailed. Thankyou so much for the suggestion. And yes this guitar is absolutely worth the price. Thankyou so much and looking for your upcoming videos. Cheers from manila 🍻

Mad King What’s up my friend. Yes Schecter makes amazing guitars too, I played them for years and at one point owned 4 of them. My favorite was the Schecter Blackjack series. It’s all about comfort and feel though. Schecter is very similar in my opinion to ESP Ltd and Ibanez is going to be a bit lighter and definitely has a faster, thinner neck, and more flat fret board. That’s great for fast leads and rhythm work. Try them and see what works best for you. Thank you for enjoying this guitar review! I look forward to hearing which one you will choose. 🤝🎶🔥

@@AngryTonesRiffClips Thank you for such a nice and detailed answer :) Still a hard choice but I will let you know which one i bought!

I own this guitar, and 3 Schecters, and though this is an awesome guitar, but the schecters win hands down in the QC department. I also owned a $1600 Ibanez Japanese made, and it had great QC, but no better than a $500 schecter. You can't go wrong with either. Play both if you can.

gabrocki Ibanez rga42fm is a great guitar from an excellent company. I would get what feels right for you.

@@AngryTonesRiffClips I'm just so confused because I'm not exactly rich and I want to buy the perfect guitar with little money lol, but not even I know what's best for me right now. Thanks for the swift response and sorry for the pointless rant in my original comment haha, keep on rockin'! \m/

Saph K Hey there, first off Thank you for enjoying my playing, that’s a huge compliment to say you loved it! Second yes the guitars are both fantastic however for metal playing I chose the RGA42FM over the 421AHM for these reasons: AHM is a Ash body sometimes to twangy, also has pickup rings going around them I prefer direct body mounting, then there’s the 42FM which has Mahogany body with direct mounting pickups and its slightly heavier in weight which gives it a strong chug in the low end. Enjoy your new guitar. I’d love to hear which direction you go.

@@AngryTonesRiffClips Thank you so much for your reply! I will probably go with RGA42 FM then. Thanks for your kind advice!

Saph K No problem my friend. Enjoy and take time to have fun and sculpt your own great tones and shred! 🎶🎵💜

Hades Eye It’s an unbelievably nice build for the money. I love this guitar. I’ve since modded mine but it’s actually a very very well made guitar. “Cheap” price but not cheap craftsmanship by any means. 🤝💙🔥 Glad you like the heavy tones.

​@@AngryTonesRiffClips If I will swap pups then maybe to DiMarzio's Evolution or Seymour Duncan's Black Winter. Where former are cheaper, latter are just metal magic. Cheers from Poland!

Hades Eye I’m using Seymour Duncan Omega bridge Humbucker and Dimarzio Neck

​@@AngryTonesRiffClips Thanks for the info. I will check them out. I know it's impossible to have 100% versatile axe, but I need something that could handle tones from Dokken, up to Abbath's Harvest Pyre. Recently I discovered Beast in Black. If someone would tell me that I will listen to disco metal, where Bee Gees meets power metal I would nock myself in a forehead, teeling him that he must be crazy.

kraze9889 Nice!!! Thank you, much appreciated your kind words! Actually EMG pickups may sound thin as the Quantum pickups really sound phenomenal and tight with great articulate attack! If you switch them out I’d personally recommend the Seymour Duncan Alpha & Omega set. I’ve thrown those in mine and they are unbelievable too! Cheers from Nashville 🔥🤝🔥

kraze9889 Nice!!! Thank you, much appreciated your kind words! Actually EMG pickups may sound thin as the Quantum pickups really sound phenomenal and tight with great articulate attack! If you switch them out I’d personally recommend the Seymour Duncan Alpha & Omega set. I’ve thrown those in mine and they are unbelievable too! Cheers from Nashville 🔥🤝🔥

Sam Daniele that is a Fretwrap by Gruvgear it helps cancel out unwanted string noise at the headstock. I purchased it through sweetwater.

Thanks..I was wondering same thing

3rd World Gamer Absolutely! Just set it up and have the intonation properly done to handle your tuning preferences.

Subhajyoti Goswami RGA42FM All day man! Perfect for Metal 100% Thank you.

@@AngryTonesRiffClips Thanks for your reply man...actually my preference is also RGA42FM as it has 2 quantum humbuckers but only one thing what is bothering to me is about the bridge it has..no tremolo attachment...atleast T102...or else in future I have to go for custom bridge...tough I am not sure will it be a good idea or not..and that why the reason I am asking all of you guys out there...i am in dilemma

Thank you! Yes my Ibanez RGA42FM weighs 7lbs 13oz

@@AngryTonesRiffClips Thank you!

Aman Khan Great question Aman! Go with what feels right first! Nobody wants to play an uncomfortable guitar. I prefer Ibanez because I like Mahogany over Basswood. Both are great companies. Tone with Ibanez rga42fm has a lot to do with Amplifier of course but this video your hearing it’s quantum pickups too. Sterling uses active type pickups. Hope this helps! They are both great guitars, feeling is everything.

Greg Campbell ANGRY TONES Sir thankyou for the suggestion. The ibanez is pretty comfortable and so is the sterling but this ibanez is just the most beautiful thing ive seen in this range whereas the sterling is very versatile in terms of clean tones too. But i would want you to suggest me as this is my only guitar. And i want a guitar that completes everything that i need.

Aman Khan Ibanez rga42fm all the way! You can always modify it too down the road. It’s a great platform for mods and feels great! I don’t get paid to say that either lol! I’m not endorsed by Ibanez yet.

Astro Thank you! That is a fret wrap by Gruv Gear. Excellent for cutting out string noise or annoying overtones at the neck.

@@AngryTonesRiffClips I watched your video 3 times to be honest ! :D btw love how you play, one day I would be half way through ^^ I was buying a guitar today and couldn't make a final decision, but I'm choosing an Ibanez RGA 42FM. I don't know why I didn't ask you straight away ! In video when you play some heavy stuff ( 3:30 ) I hear how loud strings are. Is it really that loud or the video makes it like that? Thanks a lot for your answer it would help me so much.

Astro This guitar has excellent tone and resonance however I’m also playing at slightly lower volume level so the Rode microphone may be picking up open strings.

Depends on what style of music you play. I love using my Randall Diavlo amplifier. 🤘

3rd World Gamer Fret Wrap by Gruv Gear 🤟

Aless Yep! All you gotta do is make sure it’s set up and intonation can handle drop C. No mods necessary.

So it's either this rga42fm or a rg421

Daniel Berglund Fret on mine were absolutely perfect. I liked these stock pickups a lot however Seymour Duncan Omega bridge pickup is my favorite for high Gain Tube Tone, with that extremely articulate low end and upper midrange bite. Get one it’s a great guitar for a great price made very well! Few extra mods will put it up there with any $800-$1000 Ibanez! For way less 🤟🙌🎸🎶🤝

Daniel Berglund RGA42FM All the way 🤟

Bought one yesterday :) Will upgrade bridge pup later

Daniel Berglund 🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟

Wild NickVentures Effects loop “Return Only” this Pedal is a Preamp not Designed at all to push the front. Only to push the power amp.

Greg Campbell ANGRY TONES that's what I thought but wanted to make sure as this sounds killer. great review. cheers.

Wild NickVentures Thank you! Means a lot!

pysc art that’s a part of my collection of Tech Deck special edition boards. This one is from Corey O’Brian. Santa Cruz

Cooper11 Thank you! I’m tuned to C# and using 10-46 NYXL strings. Tone is huge and of course everyone has their own technique but the amps Eq definitely helps the total overall sound which is a Orange Dark Terror with a Mooer diezel hagan Preamp Pedal set to bass=5 midrange=6.5 treble=6 Gain=50% 🙂

Yeah, I'll experiment... Thanks for inspiration :-)

Cooper11 No problem sir!!! Keep jamming and a secret to huge tone and monster rhythm tones Don’t scoop the mids! Lots of Metal has a scooped Sound because it’s usually compressed in studios but I use just enough bass on MY amp around 6 with mids at a pinch past noon and treble is at 7.5 to drive it to get that bite in the chords. Cheers and hopefully this helps YOU achieve a great tone to experiment with.

Ayoung Jamir Absolutely! Professional guitarist and intermediate it’s an excellent build and for the more seasoned pro just a few mods turned mine into a better beast! Thank you for your great question! 🤝

@@AngryTonesRiffClips thank you so much :)

Anton Holm Thank you! Yes fretboard is made ofJatoba wood. It’s an exotic wood otherwise known as Brazilian Cherry.

@@AngryTonesRiffClips Thank you! Are you supposed to treat it the same way as a rosewood fretboard? (Conditioning etc)

Assasin GSY Jatoba fretboard. Feels great similar too a ebony feel with the look and vibe of rosewood.

Im really scared to buy this guitar because in some other videos the jatoba fingerboard looks way different and i want the guitar to look like yours

Assasin GSY I bought mine through Sweetwater.com there were about 7 to choose from that way body and neck are your favorite choice.

I have no idea haha! That’d definitely be awesome though! I absolutely love @ibanezguitars they are definitely some of the best! Thank you for the kind words. 🤘

Ayoung Jamir absolutely! It should be fine it’s a very fast neck, thin C shape with a very smooth maple finish it’s great. 🎸🔥🤝

@@AngryTonesRiffClips thank you

StreetKing4009 that guitar is a 2014 Washburn Solar guitar. Prototype first run from the original Ola Englund signature series guitars.

Kewl thanks I'm a big fan of white guitar's and burst color's I've been looking for a new guitar. KZfaq never let's me down on info lol

Hell yeah! Me too. Especially those big melodic chords! 🤘

Band-Maid Sheep It’s definitely a gorgeous build and it plays perfectly. Enjoy your Jackson Kelly.

It's still being offered for sale new all over the internet

Factory tuning was E standard. I’m playing in Drop C# 🤘

It is an RG It’s an RGA42FM tone is fantastic for a mahogany body with jotoba fretboard and ceramic pickup set from quantum.

@@AngryTonesRiffClips I thought this was rosewood?

Dan A They originally were rosewood fretboards but switched to Jotoba which is extremely similar in most characteristics.

Games I think so, plays fantastic too, however Ibanez website doesn’t clarify if they are stainless or not.

No way in hell. It's a lot of guitar for the money though

In beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth, then there were CHUGS! 😈🤘

Angga Lesperance This Video is in drop C# 🤜🤛🔥🎸

ANGRY TONES RIFF CLIPS you’re in drop C in this video bro

Awesome great guitar 100%

@@AngryTonesRiffClips yes it's amazing

Ah Dave Mustaine One of my all time favorites haha! Thank you so much. Glad you enjoyed this vid.

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@@AngryTonesRiffClips it was for the viewers, to get straight to the guitar playing

@@GuitarP0RN Welp, That’s where the metal happens right... 🤘🤘🤘

Péqueux d'Arleux Wish I could read this. Thank you 🙏 Hope you enjoyed the video.