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Not too long ago, the idea of great sounding and playing guitars coming from Japan was something of a joke. Now, the joke is on the detractors because companies like Takamine and Ibanez make high quality instruments, the latter being especially famous for the electric guitars. If you’ve got people like Steve Vai and John Scofield playing your instruments, obviously you’re doing something right. Ibanez has rightly earned a solid reputation for quality instruments at prices most of us can afford.

Ibanez’s high-end guitars are still made in Japan and, like many companies, they’ve also started outsourcing their lower-cost guitars to South Korea. Overall, these guitars have been received very well. One of the most popular of the Korean-made Ibanez guitars is the RG350DX. Why is that the case? Read and see!

When you first start to play an RG350DX, you’ll immediately be comfortable with the neck, assuming you’ve played an Ibanez before. Ibanez simply has some of the fasted “shredder-friendly” necks around, and the RG350DX is no exception. The 3-piece Wizard II neck is thin and ready to shred.

We had no problems ripping some fast runs and sweep arpeggios. The neck has 24 jumbo frets that facilitate such effortless motion.

We were impressed with the variety of sounds available for such a guitar. The pickups are by Ibanez and are an Infinity 4 humbucker in the bridge, Infinity 3 humbucker in the neck, and Infinity Single3 in the middle. To be sure, this guitar is geared for high gain shred, but you can definitely get some convincing rock, blues, and fusion sounds as well due to the versatile pickup combination.

The guitar also sports an Ibanez Edge III vibrato system that allows you to turn the strings to butter and still return to pitch-perfect tune. Like any Floyd Rose licensed tremolo, the adjustments can be a pain, but as long as you keep it in standard tuning, you should be fine.

The guitar has an attractive white finish on a basswood body. We didn’t find any significant deficiencies in the finish, though we certainly tried hard to find them. In typical Ibanez fashion, the fretboard is outfitted with sharktooth inlays and black hardware.

With its low price, it’s very tempting to call this a budget guitar, but to do so might make people skeptical of its quality. Honestly, we’ve played guitars that cost twice this much that don’t play as well. It’s really a top-flight guitar and one worthy of the name “Ibanez” on the headstock.

If you are searching for the lowest price on a used or new Ibanez RG350DX, then you need to visit Ray’s Guitar Shop, which offers the cheapest prices on all used and new guitars. It doesn’t matter if you’re searching for a Fender Stratocaster, an Epiphone Les Paul, or a PRS Custom 24, Ray’s Guitar Shop has what you’re looking for!

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