Thinking of giving Ibanez another shot (RGA42)

[Josh]

Originally Posted by ironfistx

Cool. The 2002 Wizard II necks are 43mm wide at the first fret, 56mm wide at the last fret, 19mm thick at the first fret and 21mm thick at the 12th fret, and have a 400mm radius.

The current Wizard III necks are the same except they are 58mm wide at the last fret.

What matters is the profile. The Wizard IIs have this awful, thin-but-with-huge-shoulders neck profile.

[Toshiro]

They only made the MIJ RG421 for that one year though. The old Japanese made Wizard II neck(late 90/early 00s RG4xx guitars, with the chrome Ibanez logo on the headstock) was a bit different from the Korean/Indo one, much better profile, IMO.

[Jeff]

Originally Posted by Toshiro

They only made the MIJ RG421 for that one year though. The old Japanese made Wizard II neck(late 90/early 00s RG4xx guitars, with the chrome Ibanez logo on the headstock) was a bit different from the Korean/Indo one, much better profile, IMO.

the neck on the 421 is fantastic.

[ironfistx]

Originally Posted by Josh

What matters is the profile. The Wizard IIs have this awful, thin-but-with-huge-shoulders neck profile.

You are talking about a cross section, right?

[ironfistx]

I'm just going to mention it one more time and then be done

I really liked the Wizard III neck I played on an RG471. The fret edges needed filing, but I liked the shape of it very much.

I also like my Wizard I neck very much, and the Viper neck on my RT650.

I am not much a fan of round necks, nor of Strat necks, and I played a few guitars, although I forgot what brand they were, that had very distinctive V shaped necks, and it was really uncomfortable.

Ok I'm done talking about how awesome the Wizard III neck is (aside from the fret edges on some of them).

I am thinking about buying a guitar with a Wizard III neck in the future and scalloping it from frets 12-24.

[Jeff]

Originally Posted by ironfistx

I'm just going to mention it one more time and then be done

I really liked the Wizard III neck I played on an RG471. The fret edges needed filing, but I liked the shape of it very much.

I also like my Wizard I neck very much, and the Viper neck on my RT650.

I am not much a fan of round necks, nor of Strat necks, and I played a few guitars, although I forgot what brand they were, that had very distinctive V shaped necks, and it was really uncomfortable.

Ok I'm done talking about how awesome the Wizard III neck is (aside from the fret edges on some of them).

I am thinking about buying a guitar with a Wizard III neck in the future and scalloping it from frets 12-24.

All I can tell you is that the Wizard II off 2002 is not the same as the Wizard III of now, and that the Wizard II of that era is most definitely nicer.

[zslane]

I'm mostly a fan of the D shape, though I can deal with a C or U shape well enough. The others, I'd prefer to avoid.

[ironfistx]

Originally Posted by zslane

I'm mostly a fan of the D shape, though I can deal with a C or U shape well enough. The others, I'd prefer to avoid.

I'm honestly not sure I could tell the difference if you gave me one of each.

I mean, I could feel the difference, but I don't think I could say "this one is a C, this one is a U," etc.

[ironfistx]

Originally Posted by Jeff

All I can tell you is that the Wizard II off 2002 is not the same as the Wizard III of now, and that the Wizard II of that era is most definitely nicer.

Plus yours was made in Japan so it might be a little better because of that, too.

[ironfistx]

Here's a black, HH configuration mahogany body RG321 with a Wizard II neck.

Must be old stock because of the neck.

Ibanez RG321MHBK RG Series Electric Guitar