I love my RGA32. I've been looking through my photobucket account, but haven't found any pics of it there. So I can't post pics of it right now. So that will have to wait.
I just love my RGA32. It is such a good guitar, especially when you consider the price of it. The Gibraltar bridge is such a great bridge, it is just amazing how great it feels with all the round edges on it. The tuning stability is really good with the combination of the bridge and the tuners they put on the RGA32.
The LZ pickups are one of my favorites at the moment. They are active with two 1.5V batteries which I have not yet have to replace (meaning that they last quite a long time). The batts are in a special cavity in the back of the body, which makes it really easy to chence them if needed. As for the sound, it really is diverse. The LZ pups are linked to a 3-way switch and a volume and tone control. My first idea when getting this guitar was the this would really limit the amount of different sound you could get from them, but man was I wrong
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The neck and bridge pup really have a different voicing with different characteristics. Both give really good sounds, no muddy sound or anything from either. The middle setting of the pup selector generates also a nice combo of the two pups that has its own sound, so the three positions give a diverse sound range you can get from them.
And than you can still play around with your volume and tone control. On my RGA32 the tone control is not really extreme in its range, but still cuts the highs quite well (not as extreme as on my RGs with passive pups). On the other hand it really gives you the opportunity to dial in the tone control to find the sound your looking for, at least thats my oppinion and how I use it. The tone control can cut back the volume and in combination with the volume and eq controls on your amp give you an even diverse sound range from the active LZ pups.
So, basically, the LZ pups are really good, the bridge is really good and the guitars stays in tune really well.
Lets go into the neck. The neck is a Wizard II, which is a little bit thicker than the Wizard I or the Prestige Wizard necks. However, compare it to almost any other brand and you will notice that it is still a really thin and fast neck. Personally I prefer the Wizard II over other necks, but bare in mind that this is something personal. The neck is one of the best quality Wizard II necks I have ever come across, and as far as I've heard here around the board I haven't been the only one that noticed this. The quality of the frets, the fretboard and the feel of the neck is so good that it almost approaches the quality of the Prestige necks IMO.
The body has an arched to, so the feel is a little different from the RG bodies. There are some other angels on it, but although that these changes compared with the RG body, the RGA body is really comfy and feals nice and plays great. No hard edges where your arm rests and just a nice fit against your body.
As for the finish, as mentioned before the finish is a little bit sensitive. As long as you take good care of your guitar this will be no problem, but bare in mind that the oil finish shows inperfections due to scratches and the likes way more than other finishes. The body has an oil finish, which will age when you don't aply new oil to the body. What do I mean with this you might think... Well, allong the edges on the back of the body, where the guitar rests against your body, the color has become a little lighter on my guitar. I love the way my RGA32 is aging and will not do anything to prevent this. But if you do want to prevent is, you will need to apply some new oil ones in a while just to replace the oil that wears of over time.
So overall the RGA32 is one of the best, if not the best, guitar in its price range that you can get.
My Ibby's:
1975 2845 western acoustic
1977 2354S SG custom copy Mahogany
2002 RG7321 BK
1993 RG450 PN
2006 RGTHRG2 N.Y. City XI (Exotic)
2009 RGA32 MOL
1999 DTX120 CA
2005 SRX350 NT
Non-Ibby's:
1999 AriaProII MAC50 Tansparent Blue
1997 Manuel Serrang Spanish acoustic
