Ibanez - RG7421EX-BKF

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RG7421EX-BKF (Black Flat) Ibanez electric guitar 7-string.

Ibanez has been the market leader in 7-string guitars for many years now:
the RG7421EX is a 7-string model in the Ibanez Standard series, with an F107 fixed bridge. A guitar that works for far more than just low riffs that make your pants flutter.
The guitar has a 3-piece Wizard II-7 maple neck. The neck is a standard 648mm/25.5" scale.
The body is made of Meranti, which gives an even frequency response across the entire register. The even frequency response also makes it very suitable for distended sounds, it glues the sound together nicely without being scattered or unclear.

Specs:
• Wizard II-7 3-pc Maple neck.
• Meranti body.
• Jatoba fretboard w/Whidte dot inlay.
• Jumbo frets.
• Quantum 7 (H) neck pickup.
• Quantum 7 (H) bridge pickup.
• F107 fixed bridge.
• 009/.011/.016/.024/.032/.042/.054 D'Addario EXL strings.
• Black hardware.
Matching case: M300C.
Matching bag: IGB540-BK.

Neck :
• Scale: 648mm/25.5".
• Width at Nut: 48mm.
• Width at Last Fret: 68mm.
• Thickness at 1st: 19mm.
• Thickness at 12th: 21mm.
• Radius: 400mmR.

The pickups are Ibanez QM-7, connected to a 5-position switch with common tone and volume control.
The modes you can access on the switch are.
1. Stall mic in series*
2. Stall mic split** together with split middle mic.
3. Center pickup
4. Neck pickup with the coils connected in parallel***.
5. Neck pickup in series

* Series, both coils of the pickup are connected in series one after the other and the pickup gives as much output and power as it is designed for. If you read about the microphone on the manufacturer's website, this is the mode that is described. The mic is then hum-extinguishing and completely silent.
** Split, that the mic is split means that one of the two coils of the mic is switched off and becomes a singlecoil (only one active coil). This means that you get half the output and power the mic has when the coils are connected in series. The mic loses its hum canceling ability when a coil is turned off. But modes 2 and 4 are hum suppressing and quiet as the active coil on the stand (mode 2) or neck mic (mode 4) is connected in parallel with the center mic.
It produces a softer, brighter and more open sound with a cleaner, clearer and firmer bass. A sound that suits very well clean and semi-distorted sounds (or for all intents and purposes, to open up even a hard-distorted sound). Since only one coil is active, you can choose whether you want the active coil towards the bridge or towards the neck, which affects how it sounds, warmer closer to the neck and brighter closer to the bridge (requires you to physically turn the pickup in the guitar).
*** Parallel, both coils of the mic are connected in parallel with each other.
It gives a weaker, cleaner, clearer and slightly lower bass sound than when the coils are connected in series.
There is no clear or exact answer to how much weaker the microphone becomes when connected in parallel, it depends entirely on the construction of the microphone. Mics that are constructed of two identical coils will be about 25-33% of the output the mic has in series when you connect it in parallel, some mics will be even weaker than that and some will have as much as 50% of the output they have left in series. If you talk about resistance (ohms), it has about ¼ of the ohms it measures in series left if you connect it in parallel (on a mic with two identical coils).
The drop in output also makes the mic more dynamic, the sound becomes less compressed and more responsive to nuances in one's touch and playing. There will be, for example, a more prominent difference between loose and hard plectrum touches.
It is an extremely useful position for getting a weaker, cleaner, clearer and more dynamic sound, most often used in the neck position. Great for getting a good clean sound out of a slightly hotter humbucker that otherwise easily becomes tinny, flat, sterile and lifeless. Or to clean up an indistinct throat mic when playing with distorted sounds, or why not to get a more open and lively crunch sound.
The difference in output is not felt to be as big as it might seem on paper, especially not with distorted sounds. In hotter humbuckers, paralleling is usually a better option than splitting to access a weaker and more lively sound.
The mic is still hum canceling and quiet.