OK I am looking at getting a lower case Ibanez for jamming, learning and practiciing stuff on. I am going to keep it in standard. I have a Jackson KV2 in standard and it's kind of a hassle to lug the thing to my drummers (the case is huge). It's also a bit of a pain to learn songs on sitting down. I use it for a lot of thrash but I run in to trouble learning Atheist, Maiden, Priest, Racer X, Vai, and other more technical bands. So I am looking to get a lower case Ibanez guitar for said reason and keep the V for live situations. However I will still use the Ibanez for live sometimes. So...

I have these two in mind. Out of these two what one do you think would get the job done better?

http://www.ibanez.co.jp/eg_page.php...ODEL_NO=RG350DX

or

http://www.ibanez.co.jp/eg_page.php...ODEL_NO=RG320FM

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Hard choice for me but i'd say the RG350

The RG350, definetly. Looks a lot nicer than the 320 (though I do like its shade of blue), and the extra single coil will give your guitar a little extra versatility.

I'm only gonna say the 320 because of a pet peeve. The two guitars are pretty much the same except for the single coil and cosmetic aspects... but I'd go with the 320, only because I hate single coils in the mid position like my RG570 had when I got it years ago. You can just flick the pickup switch in the middle position for the 320, boom, it activates the two inner coils of the neck and humbucker and it's sweet for cleans, less noise than the stock Ibanez single coil pickup. The blue flamed maple top is also looking good to me.

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I'd suggest getting a used Jap Ibanez RG over a new RG3XX. I had an RG370DX, and it was pretty good, but my used (yet mint condition) RG570 cost about $125 less, including the case and shipping. It's significantly better, too. You can get a used RG5xx/15xx (same thing essentially) for the same price or less than a new RG3xx.

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There's a sticky for this sort of question, so use it.

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