I played on a friend's Ibanez with a Wizard neck and it was super-light and easy; definately set up for speed "Metal" guitar, but probably a great guitar for beginners in terms of practicing technique for Barre Chords - they are called "Barre" chords, right? why? I assumed it was because you used your fingers as a Bar across all of the strings, but why wouldn't they be called "Bar Chords" ?

I thought about picking up a very inexpensive Ibanez with a Wizard neck for probably around $150 - $200 (used?), just to have something for learning and practicing speed scales, but then I start looking at the RG550's or even just an RGA420 . . . (restraint!!).