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Bought this on a payment plan . It's really a nice Guitar. Thought it might be hard to keep in tune but once the strings stretched it stayed in tune pretty well . It's not just a Medal Machine I've been playing Jazz Fusion and Flamenco on it. There were only a few small things I had to do with it, raise the Trem bar on Treble side just a hair , clean off excess Wax from buffing , re String 1st string , tighten all screws nuts and bolts . And that's normal I do that to all of them. And She plays Awesome.The Finish is Beautiful I'm a retired Painter for Military Planes and this Paint Job is Beautiful it's a fine Mettalic Mist in the gradient Autumn Ambrosia . Thumbs Way Up

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I received this guitar, inspected it for flaws, found none. Tuned it, connected it to my amp, played it for a minute and disassembled it. I replaced all of the pickups with Seymour Duncans. A JB in the bridge. An SSL5 in the middle and a Jazz in the neck. I also installed an EVH D Tuna. The d tuna required some work on the set up until I can get a Tremlo no installed. This guitar now can hold its own easily with any guitar. I could get the action ridiculously low had I not installed the d tuna but still it has good action. The JB has been my favorite pickup for some time now and it can do any genre. The SSL5 in the middle has grit like a neck pickup with gain and the volume from 50-100% and spank around 20% with little gain on the amp. The jazz sings and sustains for days. Back the volume down a bit and you have Sweet Child O Mine. Great linear control of the volume for swells. I'll be hitting the stage with it soon with confidence. I purchased all of this from Zzounds and now have an $1100 guitar (with a Gator case) that I'm completely satisfied with. If I could have my own signature model this would be it.

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Took me 2-1/2 years but I finally ordered this through zZounds on a blemished deal. Don't know if it matters or not but I waited 24 hours before opening. Well packaged. All accessories, tools, owners manual. Maple fretboard perfect. Small Crack in clear coat on body at neck joint. No worries. Paint missing where neck bolts to body. As I said blemished I understand. Time to tune. Ouch!!! Play 10 minutes retune, play 10 yeah you get the idea. Pick ups and bridge are not any where close to specs. Finally get days off from work. Now I'm no guitar smith but when I have time I can figure it out. New strings 9-42 NY/XL. Bridge alignment, tonation, adjust pickup height, slight neck adjustment, adjust tremolo springs. Totally amazing!!! Night to day. My old RG450 has the INF pickups and these quantums sound so much fuller. Sounds amazing through a Orange crush 20 and a Boss Mk100. Country, rock, metal, hair metal this thing is amazing!!!

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Just got my RG470MB today. Love the way it plays, but all the hype on the "Quantum" pickups is really misleading. Bridge ohmed out at 7.5, middle single coil 5.7 and the neck was 6.9. These are not figures for a strong pickup. These pickups sound like there is a towel over them. No dynamics and really not a lot of difference between the 5 way switch positions. Finish is perfect, Floyd Rose needed a tweak here and there, but this is an electric guitar. As such, not so good.

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I used to have an RG370DXZ with the INF pickups, rosewood fingerboard with the sharktooth inlays, and the "Roadster Orange Metallic" paintjob. It also had the Edge Zero II trem unit, I believe. It was all stock. I ended up letting it go and after kicking myself for a year or so, I decided to find something similar, since that model is discontinued. I decided to give this RG470 a chance. Upon unboxing and initial playing, this guitar did not feel near as good as the older 370. The paintjob was stunning though and this Autumn Fade Metallic is close to the same vibe as the RG370. I knew it wasn't going to be the same guitar but I had hopes. This is a great guitar but stay with me here - The neck on this one felt really "economy" to me. I have a Jackson JS22 that was $200 less than this RG and the neck on that Jackson is fantastic. So I was a little disappointed in the neck. The tuners on this guitar are pretty good though and I don't think I'll need to change them. I prefer the Edge Zero trem unit. It felt a little higher quality than the standard DL on this guitar. That being said, the DL does the job and I actually prefer the longer string set screw at the back end, compared to the smaller hex nut on the EZ. These come stock with 9's which never feel good to me. (I have always used 10's on my guitars for as long as I can remember.) The neck felt more snappy than I expected, and most of my guitars have maple fingerboards so I have a few things to compare to. The sound of the pickups were not very impressive at first either and I was surprised that I found myself getting "Tele" tones out of this RG. Too much snap and high-end coming out of this guitar for my liking. The DL trem was pretty well setup upon arrival though and worked well with the 9 gauge string set. After the initial tuning it stayed in tune really well. But I had to pull those 9's off and put my preferred gauge on. After I put the other strings on everything changed, and for the better! The neck didn't feel so cheap with the 10s on it. It feels a lot better now. The pickups lost much of the "twang" and I got the expected low-end-girth and high-end-sizzle that I was looking for. Of course I had to reset the DL trem but it settled really well and felt a lot better than before. This guitar might have been setup for 9's, and maybe designed for it, but in my opinion - This guitar needs heavier gauge strings in order to become a better instrument. The elements just seem to work better with a little more tension on everything. Now I believe this is a great guitar and I'm glad to have an RG back in the fold. For now, the pickups sound good and everything feels good. The only thing I might change out is the pots. The sweep is not as dynamic as I would like. More linear and less audio taper. That's just a personal gripe though, as they do the job well enough and feel good. All the wiring is solid too. This is a good buy but it may need some tweaks before if feels right, for some players. But hey, if I ever want an RG that can do the Tele tones then I know what to do. Just throw some 9s back on it and you're in business!

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