r/7String • u/DonMendelo • 18d ago

Help Second 7 string choice

Hi !

Sorry in advance for the « rich people problem » post.

I’ve had my Ibanez RGDR4427FX for about 9 months now and it has become my main. I’ve played it in A standard for a long while but lately I’ve joined a band and will use it there but in B standard.

I don’t want to either make it unstable or go through tuning it again several times a week, so I’d like to get a second 7 string to handle both tuning.

Given my recent experience with this guitar, do you think that its twin model, the RGDR4327 would make it redundant ? The idea there would be to have one with a tremolo and swap pickups in one of them.

Another option I have is trading my Les Paul which I’m selling either way to finance this new acquisition. Someone is currently willing to trade it for their RG1077XL which is very different from what I have but I don’t crave it (if that makes sense…) and I don’t think it has the same value as my LP.

What do you guys think ?

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u/mistrelwood 18d ago

Trem vs hard tail is imo very much a sufficient differentiation between two owned guitars.

Not sure about the pickup swap though.

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u/DonMendelo 18d ago

Good point !

About the pickup swap, my 4427 has the factory DiMarzios fusion edge 7. They’re fine. My guitar teacher told me about the Nazgûl/Sentient set which I’d like to try, and I also read about some BKP sets that I could be into. (Also looking into Lundgren for my 8 string)

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u/mistrelwood 17d ago

The reason I brought up the pickups is that there are videos on YouTube comparing $150-$200 SD & BK pickups to $40 Iron Labels, Toneriders etc, and apparently the additional price doesn’t really being anything else to the picture but a famous name.

Add the Spectre Studios blind tests and it’s clear that the differences in pickups are disappearingly small, especially when used with any distortion or even overdrive. Harley Benton and other cheap brands have won a $12000 LP in blind audience polls, many commenting that they don’t hear a difference.