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Hey! I pulled this guitar out because I wanted to play Rocksmith and ended up realizing it might be worth quite a bit more than I thought 😂
It’s a 1998 Ibanez RG7620, made in Japan at FujiGen, serial F9829010.
I bought it used around 2003, already modified with an EMG at the bridge. I still have the original pickup and some of the original electronics.
Years later I got it signed by the full Dream Theater lineup from the Mangini era: Petrucci, LaBrie, Myung, Rudess and Mangini.
The guitar is definitely not mint. I’ve actually used it, it has some wear, and obviously the pickup mod hurts originality a bit.
I always assumed it was maybe a €400-500 guitar because I remember paying pretty little for it back then, but looking around now it seems RG7620s have gone up quite a lot.
Any idea what something like this would realistically be worth today?
Also curious whether the Dream Theater signatures actually add much value, or if collectors would rather have a clean unsigned example.
Not really planning to sell it, I’m just amused that I apparently had this sitting around for 20+ years without thinking much about it 🤣

Hi everyone again,
I’m looking for some advice about my chili pepper plants.
Most of the plants actually look healthy and quite vigorous, but they are all dropping flowers before they can set fruit. A few plants, especially the ones growing in rectangular planters, have lost a lot of leaves — in some cases almost all of them.
At the moment, daytime temperatures are around 34–35°C. The plants get full sun from sunrise until about 2 PM, then they are in the shade for the rest of the day.
I’m watering them every day, usually around one small glass/cup of water per plant. Every 4–5 waterings, I give them a deeper watering until some water drains out into the saucer.
Could the flower drop be caused by heat stress, even though they are shaded during the hottest part of the afternoon? And for the plants that lost leaves, could this be related to heat, watering, root stress, the rectangular planters, or something else?
The plants that still have their leaves generally look nice and green, so I’m trying to understand if this is normal during a hot period or if I should change something in my care routine.
Any advice would be really appreciated!

Ciao!
Ho cominciato quest’anno, seriamente, a coltivare peperoncini in vaso. Anno giusto visto che ci saranno 38 gradi prossimamente 😅
Avete qualche consiglio su cosa fare per farli vivere e possibilmente fruttificare?
Grazie 😁

Hi! This is my first serious attempt at growing chili peppers. I have about a dozen different varieties. What do you think?
I’ve placed a 1 cm piece of wood under each pot so they don’t overheat too much, and I’ve added a light mulch layer of pumice. Here in Italy, temperatures are above 36°C these days, and they’re expected to stay that way for at least the next 10 days.
Will they be okay? Is there anything else I should do?
Thanks for any advice 😁