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im a bit gutted now ... and think i have made a bad newbie mistake .. i did owned an ibanez S470 for around a year ... that is untill yesterday :/ ... i didnt really try to play the guitar much untill i come across the HD500 which as got me into playing around with my guitar which is a good thing, anyway i have been wanting to change my style of guitar for sometime and to cut a long story short i ended up trading my Ibanez S470 in for an Ibanez ARZIR20FB Iron Label ARZ Series Electric Guitar in Dark Brown Sunburst. Its a real nice guitar and when i went to the store to collect it i was to embarrassed to play the guitar instore lol, so i sat down and had a little play with the guitar not plugged in lol (oh dea) any i though to myself hmm this feel quite different but i will get used to it. so i done the trade which was my S470 and a whole lump of cash, i was very happy untill i got home .... i started to play around on the guitar and soon found that the neck on my old guitar has jumbo frets and this has medium frets, no matter how hard i try i just can not get on with this guitar lol i love the look and style of the guitar but i just can get on with it :/ ... now i dont know what to do .. am i in my rights to take the guitar back ? its brand new i dont want my money back i just want a guitar i can get along with ... or have i just wasted £650 :( ... its great being a dumb lollipop newbie :( Ibanez ARZIR20FB Neck Dimensions Neck type: ARZ Mahogany set-in neck (smooth heel) Medium frets Scale 635mm/25" Width at Nut 43mm Width at Last Fret 58mm Thickness at 1st 20mm Thickness at 12th 22mm Radius 305mmR using stock .009-.042 strings ibanez S470 Neck Dimensions Neck Type: 3pc Wizard II Maple neck Frets: Jumbo frets Scale: 648mm/25.5" Width at Nut: 43mm Width at Last Fret: 56mm (at 21 F) Thickness at 1st: 19mm Thickness at 12th: 21mm Radius: 400mmR using DAddario XL Pure Nickel .010-.045 strings im surprised as the neck dimensions are similar, also i find the natural postion of my right arm is right at the bridge on this guitar where as on the S470 it was more or less where the Middle Pickup, everything feels to bunched up :( gutted ... ok after around 100 edit's it's not so much the neck now, more the position of my right arm ... i really like this guitar so im trying my hardest to adjust ... just wish i tried the epiphone zakk wylde that was on display (secondhand and £250 cheaper :/ ) to feel the difference ...