NGD: A Used Prestige

[Neon_Knight_]

Nice! I have an RG1527 in the same finish.

I got mine used (in true SSO style) and the previous owner had installed Crunch Lab + Sentient (fairly random combo, but pair well enough I guess).
Neither pickup is quite to my taste, but a year on from buying it and I still can't decide what to try. I have D Activators in my other 7-string used Prestige (RGD2127Z), but want something "different".

 

[AkiraSpectrum]

killer!

 

[Dooky]

I never knew there was a 1527 with a Lo-Pro. I thought they all came with the Edge Pro.
Nice purchase dude!

 

[Metaloaf]

Eesh, Idk how to feel about this one. Ive always wanted this guitar but when its available is never the right time or its overpriced and I have to skip it. 10+ years later still looking. You do what you want with it if it makes you happy, but I cant say I like the knob, the switch removal, or the neck pu delete. Good pick up choice though, but the fact you got it for a steal just adds to the pain for me still not getting one. Hope you enjoy it while I keep waiting for mine.

 

[Neon_Knight_]

I cant say I like the knob, the switch removal, or the neck pu delete. .

Agreed. I would sooner just disconnect the pot, blade switch and neck pickup*, rather than removing them, as the holes and routings left behind aren't exactly aesthetically appealing.

*To blend in with the bridge pickup, I would have installed the cheapest 7-string humbucker I could find that has the same bobbin colour and polepieces as the M7, rather than leaving in the EMG.

 

[KentBrockman]

I never knew there was a 1527 with a Lo-Pro. I thought they all came with the Edge Pro.
Nice purchase dude!

I think it originally had an Edge Pro and it was switched out for a Lo Pro. The clearances between the bridge and edge of the cavity look tiny.

 

[KentBrockman]

Thats a rad guitar! I also do the deleted neck pickup with a single volume control thing on my 7 string. I left the tone control in the guitar but its not wired up.

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Nice color choices! May I ask what the reason for the change in electronics is? Is it just aesthetics? I know people like to take middle single coils out of HSH Rags because they keep slapping it with their pick, but I’m curious as to what benefit removing the neck PU and disconnecting the tone knob has.

 

[Kaura]

HNGD! Made me reminisce of the day I got my (against SS.org rules) brand new RG1527.

 

[Destropiate]

Nice color choices! May I ask what the reason for the change in electronics is? Is it just aesthetics? I know people like to take middle single coils out of HSH Rags because they keep slapping it with their pick, but I’m curious as to what benefit removing the neck PU and disconnecting the tone knob has.

Haha yeah. In my head I've dubbed that guitar the "mostly rotten bannana"

The reason I went with the single pickup and volume control was mainly because I wanted to keep it as simple as possible on the guitar itself. Just a bare bones guitar for playing metal riffs on.

I have an Axe FX 2 for recording and a rackmount HD500x POD system that I use with my Marshall. There are so many tone shaping options on either of those that I can just step on one switch and have a fuller more wooly neck pickup style tone on deck when I need one
For example, on the Marshall I can swap out the amp's preamp for any of the preamps in the HD500. For my cleaner neck pickup style tones I have a patch set up that uses a Fender Deluxe Reverb preamp, a big muff with the fuzz almost off and a graphic EQ set to boost my lows and lower mids and roll of some high end.

Part of the reason is aesthetics though. I like superstrat style guitars looking a little beat up and modified. The finish on the RG is really thin and eventually it'll probably look pretty relic'd.