IBANEZ RG550 V.S RG565 | GENESIS COMPARISON 

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I personally love the new Ibanez V8 & V7 pick ups, what most people don't realize is that there designed around the Dimarizo Super Distrotion and PAF Pro.

I know that the orange RG 565 is almost identical to my yellow RG 550 (especially with stock pickups) but I want one anyway. This is because when it comes to guitar I don't make rational decisions. I miss living near a good guitar shop that does setups and lets you try before you buy. I order everything online now and almost every guitar needed some work.

was at the same point but deicided for the prestige RG with the fixed bridge instead of the 565. Now i just hope that Ibanez makes a reissue of some old Paul Gilbert models .

bought my 550 unseen. a game changer. absolutely love it. TONE Zone bridge, not changed other 2 yet.

I have RG 565 in candy apple that I bought back in 91 or 92. When I was 16. 46 now and thing still plays amazing

I am contemplating doing the same. Got a new DY 550 Genesis which I love to death. And there’s an LTD MH1000 Deluxe (the new stainless steel frets version) hanging next to it…that I’m not sure I’ll keep. Might trade that one for a purple 550, or an emerald 565. Daft, as they’re the same more or less. But I love them… 😁👌

Funny how the wife always says she loves a stiff knob - but that's a whole other story. In 1988 or 89 I bought an original lefty RG550 and it cost me something like $1300 CDN (huge money back then). I had to sell it a year later because I needed a car for a new job - but the (used) car only ended up costing me like $400 plus a 2400 baud modem. Never got that guitar back... such a shame.

Great vid. What I liked is the truth of it all regarding guitar addiction 😅🤘🏻 I have a Jem Jr and I'm thinking about putting in Gravity Storms... but changing pickups is ultimately an expensive gamble... So unsure. PS: RG550 in Orange please 👍🏼

I’ve had a Dimarzio HS3, Cruiser and Air Norton S in my 565. Fit just fine.

I love it, and almost picked up the orange 565! Already own the 550, and couldn't justify the very similar 565. Too bad for me, bow they're discontinued...damn!

Nice video - thanks! I only found out about the Genesis series in my milestone age year. I'd bought a Jem Jr for myself and then I found out the RG550 was reissued. I admired the 550s since my early guitar years, so I had to get it (mine's in Desert Yellow). The heel joint is true to the original, but compared with modern designs it was like hitting a brick wall at those higher frets at first! I don't notice it now though. The only design flaw I do find on it is...the volume knob! I find mine is super smooth, which is nice, but like the classic Stratocaster, it suffers from the same problem of accidentally hitting on a downstroke and turning down. I guess every guitar has their own idiosyncrasies, but for me the volume knob is the one on this model. I kind of missed the 565 the first time round. I saw a video on the Genesis re-issue about a year and a half ago, someone else who always had their eye on one. You can always drop a different humbucker in the neck of the 565, like a ProTrack. Have a look at Joe Satriani's set-ups for inspiration!

The RG565 was my dream guitar in th 80/90's. Got a cool Strat back then. Now got me an Orange 565 as treat! My other dream guitar was the Rg 570, which I found one a few years ago in Jewel Blue. Im set as far as shred guitars. My Tele and Strat keep me grounded. Love hearing other's love for their Ibanez'es!

I have a Dave Mustaine ESP LTD DV8-R flying V that I took along to band practice last night just because it looks so kick ass. It lasted one song before I reached for my RG. I even played Five Magics on the Ibanez! What I'm trying to say is that if you love your 550 so much, there's nothing wrong with getting an almost identical guitar as there's a lot more chance that you'll actually play it!

Great review bro, planning to buy one of them ,am a bit confused. If i plan to put coil split on them which guitar would be the best to apply it on?

thinking about buyng one of those.....nice video Im gonna subscribe

both looks great !!!

i'm still use my RG570 1991 wtih ibz/usa F2 pickups on bridge...the tone are awesome...

I'm 100% with you on the oldschool neck joint. I like it more than the All Access Neck Joint (AANJ). The neck feels more stable/stiff with the oldschool joint. I particularely like how deep the neck goes into the body and that there is no lip on the fretboard. The fretboard ends where the actual neck ends. This counters potential issues like a lifting/sinking fretboard. Yes, the AANJ offers better playability but the old neck joint is rather accessible to begin with. I also share your enthusiasm about the 550 Genesis. I have the Purple Neon version and I love it. It's the quintessential Ibanez RG.

i want the rg550 white so badly!

So nice and interesting.

ehh.... if they will be avaiable at the end of the year in some shop waiting for me Im grabing the 565 also :D its another video that teases me to buy one :D

I tried for months to get a 565.. everywhere I looked said out of stock or no longer carrying. I couldn't find a new one anywhere here in the states.

I got the RG565-VK (Vampire Kiss, like a deep maroon colour), and I'm on team #RG565 for the point that I'm 99% a bridge-pickup user. If I could get an bridge-only humbucker RG, I'd buy that in a credit card.

is the neck profile the same for both?

Gracias por tu vídeo… Justo estoy entre comprar una de estas dos guitarras y gracias a tu experiencia me he decidido por 550. Busco más versatilidad ya que tengo una prestiges con doble hambuckers y aunque la 565 me gusta mucho mucho, no sabía que el micrófono del mástil era un hambuckers pensé que era un micrófono de bobina simple. Casi la cago 😅 gracias buen hombre. Que dios te bendiga con muchas guitarras más 🫵👍

RG defintivamente!!🤩

Some people complain that hitting the last frets is difficult due to the neck joint. Do you think is true? I mean P.Gilbert shredded the hell outta them. Nice video btw \m/

Hello Anthony, your comparison is not stupid at all, I went through the same experience and indecision when I had to choose between those two guitars in a store, and it was very difficult for me because as you say, they are very similar, only the configuration changes of the capsules, and after doing many tests in the store and annoying the sellers for hours, like an apparently indecisive stupid man, but deep down I am very detailed and perfectionist and I did not want to take the wrong guitar because it is the one that I will have for a long time. time and I will not want to regret it later, I chose the RG 565 because with the Chorus effect it has a better sound and intensity than the RG 550 in my opinion, I also found that the neck of the RG 565 guitar has a slightly better construction, and in this video What have you uploaded, let me tell you that you look much better doing solos with the RG 565, your hand seems to be doing better solos and in a more advanced and skillful way than with the red one, maybe it's because of the regulation or type of string The different on both guitars but this has been my appreciation, thank you and for me it is an intelligent video detailer.

I have a rare Ibanez Rgr621XEBC that has a longer scale. Beautiful guitar but I find the upside down tuning a bit of a pain. Wanted the 565 but not any more.

I like the RG 656... very awesome sauce

Though I've been a long time subscriber and a previous import Ibanez owner, I've never owned a Japanese Ibanez. I recently picked up a white RG 550 Genesis that was, of all places, at a pawn shop just down the street from me and I got it for half of retail. I couldn't pass it up. Skip to a couple months later and I literally am selling my most expensive guitar to get more Ibanez wizard Japanese guitars in my arsenal, lol. Genesis line is just phenomenal value for the money. It's basically a prestige with a little less polish on the fret ends (something I enjoy doing as needed anyway).

Hi Anthony. I need your help … which of these give a best clean tone? I like a typical tele glassy tone in clean situations! Thanks.

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I have the same RG550 in DY. I wanted to change its pickups too. I love you combination. I don't understand if they need to be F-spaced or not. I've read somewhere that they should be. Which is the right setting?

Love both! You can put a pickup from Dimarzio's "track family": Cruiser and Fast Track 1 are single coil sounding and Chopper is thicker, like between a single coil and a humbucker. Or a Pro Track that is a Paf sounding single coil sized pickup (perhaps you don't want that by what you said). If you want examples, Andy Timmons has Cruisers in neck and middle and Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal has a Chopper in the neck along with a Tone Zone in the bridge and no middle, pretty much what you want. Enjoy your Ibanez guitars!

Would a YJM single coil fit? Is that the sort of thing you'd want for the 565 neck?

The comment about nobody wanting to learn system of a down anymore made me sad lol. I guess as a teacher you get a good feel for that bands interest the next generation of players.

Sometimes you just have to buy what you like 😎

The gotoh tuner are locking?.. Or regular?.. Thanks!

For Me,, in your review the RG565 Sounds Better Than Modified RG550,, the Modified RG550 had Sounds like RG350

Ironic, Most Indonesian Ibanez Premium today comes with stock Tone Zone / Air Norton , including the $800 Ibanez SEW761. I'm not hating the V8's , I had it on some of my guitars in the past, they're ok, but once you put a Tone Zone or a PAF in there, massive difference in nuances and feel, It's like there's a subtle wah going on. I'm GASsing over these re Issued GENESIS, I wished it came with DiMarzios though. But considering you'll have to spend almost $300 for a PuP upgrade made it harder for me to justify the entire cost. Got a Premium with stainless steel frets instead. The 2017 RG6PCMLTD model HSH with sock TZ /Velvet/ Air Norton, almost the same vein as the Genesis couldn't be anymore happier, snatched it for just $800 almost new because there is a high fret that the owner couldn't fix

MR Bean shreadding!!! thanks for the video

Superior - Inferior

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If a guitar needs some job to be done, like pots + pups switching then it's a mod platform. And mod platforms can't be expensive, because otherwise they're not worth the money. Looks good, but I'll pass.

rg565 sounds better i have both, is also lighter in weight and it just better in every aspect imo

Both are fantastic but the RG550 RF mam ❤❤❤❤🥹🥹🌹🔥😍😍. Too am buying one soon. Anyways you’re a great player dude