gillyribeiro's Music Gear Setup

A basswood body/maple neck/rosewood board Ibanez RG is a natural benchmark for the super-strat style. And you get just that with the RG470 (I'm basing my review on my own 1997 RG470).

But the rest is rather "cutting corners", or better, a "low cost version" of the RG570.

First off, the licensed Lo-TRS bridge is nothing special. Not even comparable to the high-end Edge family. So, the whole assembly (plus nut) was replaced. Then, the pickups. The HSH configuration is an RG standard, but the stock INF-1/INFS-1/INF-2 aren't that great. At least, if you want to level-up your playing (they get lost in the mix, specially with higher gain levels, which this guitar is meant to be used with). Off with them, enter a set of DiMarzio PAF Pro/HS-2/Evo 2.

And, with that, essencially, only the body remains. So, I consider this as a building block guitar if you happen to have some spare hardware/electronics laying around.

At the end of the day, the construction is top-notch. And, after these mods, it remains my most-used guitar to date. I guess that says it all!