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Review of the Ibanez RG421AHM-BMT Electric guitar. Where to buy it?

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  • Body: ash
  • Wizard III neck: Maple
  • Fretboard: Maple
  • Black fretboard inlays
  • Scale: 648 mm
  • Nut width: 43 mm
  • 24 Jumbo frets
  • Pickups: Quantum humbucker (neck) and Quantum humbucker (bridge)
  • 1 volume & 1 tone control
  • 5-Way switch
  • Cosmo black hardware
  • Colour: Blue Moon Burst

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This guitar usually has a price around 327.00 €

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Some comments from people who come to the forum about this model:

Comment:

My first impression when I took this guitar out of the box was ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL! Ash body with see-through marine tone lacquer, thin maple neck, ergonomic body shape with a good balance and fantastic upper frets access. It looks and feels just beautiful and can make you absolutely happy with a ‘new toy’ for a couple of hours 🙂
The fretboard is really wide, which is still, after a week spent with this guitar, not absolutely comfortable for me. Frets are well treated with no sharp ends and no buzz. Initial setup was not perfect, but it took 15 minutes to make the guitar comfortably playable. Fixed bridge looks and feels solid and has no tremolo tuning stability problems fo floyd setup headache. Tuners are basic and do their job – they are not as stable as locking machines could be, but for home practice they are fine.
In general, buid quiality is decent for a basic-level guitar. I’ve noticed only a couple on scratches on the neck not far from a neck joint + frets needed polishing. Pickup selector and pots work fine.
As for the sound, it is really unique. The guitar is very resonant unplugged and has a lot of highs and bass. In my view the pickups do not fit the wood (body and neck) for this guitar: ceramic magnets give a lot of sharpness but have scooped midds while ash body and maple fretboard itself give quite sharp and dense sound lacking full ‘mahoganish’ mids. So as a result riffs sound very articulate and sharp, but overall the sound is not full, middy and fat as you expect, especially for leads. I suggest this guitar lacks a couple of good Dimarzio or SD pickups with alnico magnets, designed especially for bright ash-maple guitars.
My verdict: decent quality beautiful guitar that requires some sound improvement investment.

Comment:

The features of the guitar are great for the price, really happy with that, however there’s a lot of fret buzz around the first fret, and the general quality of the instrument is not as high as I was expecting. But it looks really really nice

Ibanez RG421AHM-BMT vs Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FNT

The guitar Ibanez RG421AHM-BMTis usually 12 € cheaper than Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FNT, but the difference is so small that this can vary..

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Ibanez RG421AHM-BMT

Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FNT

  • Body: ash
  • Wizard III neck: Maple
  • Fretboard: Maple
  • Black fretboard inlays
  • Scale: 648 mm
  • Nut width: 43 mm
  • 24 Jumbo frets
  • Pickups: Quantum humbucker (neck) and Quantum humbucker (bridge)
  • 1 volume & 1 tone control
  • 5-Way switch
  • Cosmo black hardware
  • Colour: Blue Moon Burst

  • Ergonomically shaped sapele body
  • Top: “Ultra Flame” flamed maple veneer
  • Matching headstock
  • Bolt-on neck: Roasted Canadian maple
  • Fretboard: Roasted maple
  • Neck profile: Modern C
  • Fretboard inlays: Clay dots
  • 24 Medium jumbo stainless steel frets
  • Graptech TUSQ XL nut
  • Nut width: 42 mm
  • Scale: 648 mm
  • Fretboard radius: 305 mm
  • Binding made of natural wood
  • Pickups: Roswell HAF-B Alnico-5 (bridge) and Roswell HAF-N Alnico-5 (neck) humbuckers and 1 S74-C BK Alnico-5 single coil (middle)
  • Volume and tone controls
  • Pickup Switch: Single coil / Humbucker
  • 5-Way switch
  • Wilkinson 50IIK 2-point tremolo
  • Chrome hardware
  • WSC staggered locking die-cast machine heads
  • Ex-factory stringing: .010 – .046
  • Colour: Gloss Flamed Natural

Below have a look to the video of this guitar Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FNT

Harley Benton Fusion II HSH - Detailed Review Part 1

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Ibanez RG421AHM-BMT vs Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FBLB

The guitar Ibanez RG421AHM-BMTis usually 12 € cheaper than Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FBLB, but the difference is so small that this can vary..

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Ibanez RG421AHM-BMT

Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FBLB

  • Body: ash
  • Wizard III neck: Maple
  • Fretboard: Maple
  • Black fretboard inlays
  • Scale: 648 mm
  • Nut width: 43 mm
  • 24 Jumbo frets
  • Pickups: Quantum humbucker (neck) and Quantum humbucker (bridge)
  • 1 volume & 1 tone control
  • 5-Way switch
  • Cosmo black hardware
  • Colour: Blue Moon Burst

  • Ergonomically shaped body made from sapele
  • Flamed maple top featuring an ‘Ultra Flame’ veneer
  • Bolt-on neck made from roasted Canadian maple
  • Roasted Canadian maple fretboard
  • “Dots” fretboard inlays
  • Modern C neck profile
  • Fretboard radius: 305 mm (12.008″)
  • Scale: 648 mm (25.512″)
  • Nut width: 42 mm (1.654″)
  • Graph Tech TUSQ XL nut
  • 24 Medium jumbo stainless steel frets
  • Wooden binding
  • Roswell HAF-B Alnico-5 (bridge)-, Roswell HAF-N Alnico-5 (neck) humbucker pickups, and 1x S74-C BK Alnico-5 single coil (middle) pickup
  • 5-Way switch
  • Single coil/Humbucker pickup switch
  • 1 Master volume control and 1 master tone control
  • Wilkinson 50IIK 2-point tremolo
  • Chrome hardware
  • WSC staggered locking diecast machine heads
  • Original strings: .010 – .046
  • Colour: Gloss Trans Flamed Blue Burst

Below have a look to the video of this guitar Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FBLB

Harley Benton Fusion II HSH - Detailed Review Part 1

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Ibanez RG421AHM-BMT vs Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FBB

The guitar Ibanez RG421AHM-BMTis usually 12 € cheaper than Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FBB, but the difference is so small that this can vary..

Below have a look to the video of this guitar

Ibanez RG421AHM-BMT

Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FBB

  • Body: ash
  • Wizard III neck: Maple
  • Fretboard: Maple
  • Black fretboard inlays
  • Scale: 648 mm
  • Nut width: 43 mm
  • 24 Jumbo frets
  • Pickups: Quantum humbucker (neck) and Quantum humbucker (bridge)
  • 1 volume & 1 tone control
  • 5-Way switch
  • Cosmo black hardware
  • Colour: Blue Moon Burst

  • Ergonomically shaped sapele body
  • Matching headstock
  • Top: “Ultra Flame” flamed maple veneer
  • Bolt-on neck: Roasted Canadian maple
  • Fretboard: Roasted Canadian maple
  • Fretboard inlays: Dots
  • Neck profile: Modern C
  • Fretboard radius: 305 mm
  • Scale: 648 mm
  • Nut width: 42 mm
  • Graph Tech TUSQ XL nut
  • 24 Medium jumbo stainless steel frets
  • Binding made of natural wood
  • Pickups: Roswell HAF-B Alnico-5 (bridge) and Roswell HAF-N Alnico-5 (neck) humbuckers and 1 S74-C BK Alnico-5 single coil (middle)
  • 5-Way switch
  • Pickup Switch: Single coil / Humbucker
  • 1 Master volume control and 1 master tone control
  • Wilkinson 50IIK 2-Point tremolo
  • Chrome hardware
  • WSC staggered locking die-cast machine heads
  • Ex-factory stringing: .010 – .046
  • Colour: Gloss Trans Flamed Bengal Burst

Below have a look to the video of this guitar Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FBB

Harley Benton Fusion II HSH Roasted FBB Unboxing and Review

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Ibanez RG421AHM-BMT vs Harley Benton HP-42 Signature TT Roasted

The guitar Ibanez RG421AHM-BMTis usually 12 € cheaper than Harley Benton HP-42 Signature TT Roasted, but the difference is so small that this can vary..

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Ibanez RG421AHM-BMT

Harley Benton HP-42 Signature TT Roasted

  • Body: ash
  • Wizard III neck: Maple
  • Fretboard: Maple
  • Black fretboard inlays
  • Scale: 648 mm
  • Nut width: 43 mm
  • 24 Jumbo frets
  • Pickups: Quantum humbucker (neck) and Quantum humbucker (bridge)
  • 1 volume & 1 tone control
  • 5-Way switch
  • Cosmo black hardware
  • Colour: Blue Moon Burst

  • Henning Pauly EytschPi42 Signature Model
  • Body: Nyatoh
  • Top: AAA Flamed maple
  • Neck: Roasted Canadian maple
  • Neck attachment: Bolt-on
  • Fretboard: Roasted Canadian maple
  • Fretboard inlays: Offset dots
  • Matched headstock
  • Fretboard: Maple
  • Fretboard radius: 350 mm
  • Scale: 648 mm
  • Nut width: 42 mm
  • Nut: Graph Tech
  • Frets: 22 Medium jumbo stainless steel
  • Pickups: Roswell P90s Alnico-5 single coils (neck) & Roswell HAF-B Alnico-5 humbucker (bridge)
  • 1 Volume control with push/push function for switching between humbucker and single coil
  • 1 Tone control with push/push function for phase reversal
  • 3-Way switch
  • Hardware: Chrome
  • Machine heads: Locking
  • Hardtail bridge with string-through-body
  • Strings: .010 – .046
  • Colour: Transparent Turquoise

Below have a look to the video of this guitar Harley Benton HP-42 Signature TT Roasted

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Where to buy the guitar Ibanez RG421AHM-BMT

Thomann

  • Free Shipping.
  • Full warranty. If you have any problems, they take care of everything.
  • 100% reliable payment.
  • Leader in trouble-free shipping.
  • Usually Best price.
  • Best Reputation: They are the leading online store in Europe and have the best catalogue and information.

Amazon

  • Free Shipping and possibility of shipping in one day with Amazon Premium.
  • Full Guarantee but they are no experts in music equipment.
  • Sometimes better price.
  • He’s got worse stock than Thomann.

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