Ibanez RG 170 Black vs Tanglewood Memphis AS-35 Guitar

The Ibanez RG 170 Black and the Tanglewood Memphis AS-35 Guitar are both electric guitars. The Ibanez RG 170 Black leans high gain. The Tanglewood Memphis AS-35 Guitar leans warm and tight.

Similarity
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45% somewhat different

Shared genres
citedGenres both listings are associated with.
  • Rock

Ibanez RG 170 Black

Unknown brand · electric guitar

Tanglewood Memphis AS-35 Guitar

Unknown brand · electric guitar

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Description

The Ibanez RG170 is an entry point into the RG line, keeping the format's defining features — a thin fast Wizard-style neck, 24 frets and a double-locking tremolo — in an affordable build. The HSH pickup layout gives a bridge humbucker for gain, a neck humbucker for lead, and a middle single-coil for the cleaner positions.

Tanglewood Memphis AS-35 is a semi-hollow body electric guitar (ES-335 style copy) with dual humbucking pickups, set neck for enhanced sustain, rosewood fingerboard, and double-cutaway design. Made in Korea, the AS-35 delivers warm, resonant tone suitable for jazz, rock, and versatile playing styles.

Genres
citedGenres this gear is documented as being used in.
  • Alternative Rock
  • Metal
  • Jazz
Tonal lean
  • high gain
  • warm
  • tight
  • sustaining

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