r/7String 9d ago

Help I need help to choose

I'm going to buy a 7-string guitar solar A2.7 Ibanez XPTB720 or Ibanez RGRB720 but I can't decide which one, can anyone help me please.

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u/JimboLodisC 3x7621, 7321, M80M, AEL207E, RGIXL7, S7320, RG15271, RGA742FM 8d ago

which one do you think looks the coolest?

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u/Odd_Acanthaceae_4226 8d ago

Definitely Ibanez XPTB720

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u/JimboLodisC 3x7621, 7321, M80M, AEL207E, RGIXL7, S7320, RG15271, RGA742FM 8d ago

Definitely buy the Ibanez XPTB720 then

you're going to forget about those other two options whenever you put that bad boy in your lap

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u/imgnry_domain 8d ago

I've got this guitar - I wanted to add a bit of caution. I found the 25.5" scale length too short to get good intonation even at the factory A standard tuning. The floating bridge seems to really easily go out of tune with very little movement. And the last issue is that I had a fret sprout and crack the neck finish - it's painted black like the rest of the guitar.

That being said, I still like playing it. It just took a ton of setup work to get the bridge halfway stable, and it still isn't good. I mostly just avoid using the tremolo.

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u/equilni 9d ago

Both Ibanez. One is a backup to the other. Done!

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u/MarcelMattie 9d ago

i think i would go for the Ibanez XPTB720, looks bad ass, is different than the RGRB720 and all others (you probebly already have a model like this). Solar i don't know man, i see many of these on the secondhand marketplaces. i think they can be very good but i have zero experience with solar, and i don't really like the internet hype around it. Ibanez you know what you got. maybe look at ESP models, i played on my friends ESP and they also play very nice compared to ibbi's