The new pickups definitely have that spanky sparkle when clean(ish) which is really nice, but they also have a clarity even when very dirty, so I'd say it all worls really well. Great video!

Seeing you happy makes me happy lol Really digging the look now, sounds great as well!

Man I am going to order the red one and planned on going Nazgûl/Sentient in it, but this demo has me MAD thinking about the Sirens. Tone is sick! Also, super glad to hear someone with a similar style demoing. Good stuff!

Pretty crazy bro! Nice tones its got a hefty bite to it.

Nice camera, great playing and crunch tones! Looks awesome and great addition to the RG550! Interested to learn how you feel about the pick ups with a little time on them as I know how you loved the Ibanez pick ups. I love my Neon Orange Genesis Collection RG565!

Sicc playing as always, this thing looks GORGEOUS

Nice review and Fantastic playing man. Wow awesome player and the axe ❤❤❤❤🤘🔥👏🎸🙏🎶

New pups have a very nice, distinct tone. And that guitar is really awesome...I may have to have one some day lol.

Oh there stickers. Answered my question before i could type it. Still f'n SWEET! I have the cosmic pickgaurd on mine

Tone sounds amazing dude 🔥🔥🔥🤘🏻

Always a pleasure to wind for you my man! This video was absolutely perfect. The guitar is stunning. My thoughts, especially via the video are as follows. Low end is a little more dynamic, so doesn't sound as in your face compared to the stock set. It's still there but doesn't thump and bloom so loudly in comparison.This is leaving a lot more room for the midrange and feels much less constricted. The stock pickups felt very strangled, like they were always on the edge of breakup and struggling to maintain the transients. Upper mids and highs. Much more open and clear. The clarity from the upper mids is much cleaner because of the lack of mush from the lower mids. High end is nice and breath like with enough spank to give attack but not too much in the way of actual high end. Very smooth but still extremely clear. Overall, harmonics really pop in this guitar and it feels much more life-like.

Got my self the same neon purple rg, ill try the same puckups, they sound great and look great 2. Nice video man, and great seeing someone mod the same guitar as me and give me ideas :)

Damn, those pickups sound killer!!

the guitar looks stunning!

It’s a good day when Soulhenge uploads

If you don't like how the in-between positions sound, you could try wiring the middle single coil in series with each split coil in the position 2 & 4, instead of in parallel. That way both positions will sound like different humbuckers.

Damn, this Ibanez looks and sounds so gorgeous after all mods!!

Okay, so really nice videos (this and the older one) on the RG550. Really thinking about getting this guitar. Sounds too good to be this price hah. Trem system seems super solid and the whole guitar looks great too. Always digged the Wizard style necks, so I guess Super Wizard neck will be no exception. Good quality videos regardless of the subject as well and I see some other interesting videos on your channel, so subbed! 🥳

I just recently got the same guitar and I love it too. I have 4 other Ibanez guitars and you can really see the difference between Japanese and Indonesian made guitars. I installed a dimarzio X2N in the bridge and an air norton in the neck...it sounds much better than the vintage pickups that came with it. I have a purple mirror pickguard on order from the US that should look great on it.

Super cool build, i really think those Vai-inlays sets it off, if you’re not worried by the resale value of it in the future, you should do some actual custom inlays, since you’ve got some woodworking experience. Some purple/blue/marble inlays to match the pickguard build, it would take it to the moon! Anyways it looks killer 👍.

shhhhhieeet this tone is amazing. Still rippin with my pod hd lol. I wish you had some old school presets to share to get even close to this.

Nice moustache!!

Looks great! Still waiting on the video on how to do a guitar setup

I've got the Road Flare Red Genesis and agree that the bridge pickup has some nasty artifacts when pushed. Wonder what these would sound like through a real amp and speakers?

THE MOST GEORGEOUS RG PURPLE NEON IN KZfaq!!!.

It looks a million dollars well done

You should check out the rgr652ahb or the rg652ahmfx. I bought the 1st one, loved it so much I got the rgr, and the neck on the rgr is just unreal! A lot of people don’t like the fusion edge pups, but I think they’d suit your playing perfectly cause they are very percussive. I’m an ibanez guy myself. I’ve had so many different guitars over the years, and the prestige ibys are just spot on.

Great Video and have the same guitar exactly like yours.Would you mind telling me what pickup height you did? I know its a prefer of choice but mine sounds lack of harmonics, maybe mine is too close to the strings. Thanks dude!

Sounds fckng great!

Man I like those disappearing pyramids I think they look great I bought some years ago for a guitar I was going to buy but ended up not buying . I’m now trying to decide between a Jem 7vp or an rg550 genesis which I’d try to get like the desert yellow one. I love maple boards

I love it except for the stickers. I would not want to deal with the discoloration and glue residue that will have to be removed. Awesome skills as always!

Awesome

How did you get the inlays to look this way?! I love it!

sounds real good! dude, I wish Ibanez makes this model for left handed guitar players.. I have a jem jr.. buy the way, have you installed the Schaller bridge in your orange Jem Jr? thanks!

Can you tell me where those purple knobs came from? Having a tough time finding them

Fuck man🎸❤🔥🔥🔥 Sound absolutely ridiculous. Killer spank tone there

Sounds super spanky. I love it!

Sounds great with the new pickups. How heavy is your RG550?

Love it, what a beauty. Are the inlays custom ? I would buy it like that too lol.

Love this look - I think the black perloid pickguard you installed in another video would complete the look

Anyone know where I can pick one up..with a rosewood or Ebony board?

Hi. Do you have a wiring diagram for this mod? Thanks

Did you find that the sustain improved? That is my only problem I find with the stock pickups on my 550.

Dude, quick question. How was ur experience with Clandestine guitars? They seem to have good stuff and good shipping rates and I feel like I wanna check them out. They have kits, necks and bodies too, so seems like something u could make a video one too.

She’s absolutely beautiful! I love her! What were the factory pickups? INF?

I wish more companies did the chameleon finishes.

i wonder how a zeus bridge and a siren neck would be and pair

How are the frets after a year? I'm looking for a new axe, and i was looking at the RG550, and i just know that Ibanez doesn't use stainless steel frets :(

Dude! What a cool video and the guitar is sooo damn sexy!!

Cool video, excellent guitar, horrible fret stickers. Lol.

about the inlay, is that a sticker?

I am wondering whether you have stayed with this new single coil or chosen original one? Did you have a chance to compare both?

Bought a set of Zeus because of you. Like them a lot but lack a tiny bit of bite for my taste at whatever gain amount. How do they compare in real life with the Sirens ?

Hi Milian, I'm an Ibanez guy too but I wanted to get a Charvel pro-mod like your old one, What were the reasons you decided to sell it? Thanks

Didnt u change that pickguard before too?!?!

What did you use for rhythm tones?

how did you get those inlays? Stickers?!

Sounds like they don't have much dynamics

What tuning are you using?

They really need a refactory of the website. Let them contact me, i have a lot of guitars 😀

The neck is rg or jem?

The video is called installation, what you missed is the demonstration of the installation

Model name???

I shouldn't have watched this video. I have an RG 550 reissue, and suddenly it feels inadequate. Those new pickups sound so much better. 😑

NIce playing, but I think you wasted your money. I'm listening through studio monitors and I can barely tell the difference and to me, it seems like it's nothing that couldn't be done with some eq.

Not for me.

meh

Hi dude, where did you get your Vai pyramid style fret markers done at? they look awesome