Ibanez SB-70 user reviews ( 7/10) - 3 user reviews

• 08/10/11

  Hatsubai's review "Kinda hard to find"

  Characteristics

  These are some of the very old Ibanez guitars that they made before the Roadstar series came into play. They're a bit low budget, so they need to be inspected more than some of the other Ibanez guitars. The guitar has a mahogany body with a maple neck, 21 frets, dot inlays, a hard tail bridge, two humbuckers, two volume knobs, one tone knob, a three way switch, and this one had a coil split switch on it.

  Utilization

  This guitar was pretty worn, and considering that it's like 30 years old, it's no real surprise that there would be some of these flaws. First of all, the nut needed to be redone. It was worn pretty heavily, and you could notice that it was pinching the strings. The frets on this were also worn pretty hardcore, and that was after they were leveled by another luthier. It needed a complete refret since they were so low already. The neck joint had a bit of a gap in it, too. The bridge itself was a bit rusty, but I didn't notice any obvious burrs in the saddles.

  Sounds

  The pickups in this were actually aftermarket. They were two DiMarzio PAF Pros. The PAF Pro is a pretty cool pickup, and I find they work best with neutral to darker woods. The PAF Pro in the bridge is very open sounding, and it's pretty versatile in what it can do. However, I find them to lack the compression that I like. I also find that it didn't mate well with this guitar. The PAF Pro in the neck was pretty cool. When you turn down the tone knob a bit, it's almost like a Breed or Air Norton but without the huge mids. The guitar had a coil split switch which added that single coil kinda tone, but that was a mod done by the previous owner.

  Overall Opinion

  These are hard to recommend. If you're just looking for a decent beater guitar at a cheap price, they can be something worth looking into. However, they were part of the budget line, and they're not the best guitars out there. I find that you can get more for your money if you look elsewhere.
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• 12/30/08

  Kawataz's review ( translated ) Improve this translation

  Characteristics

  All adjacent t said.

  Utilization

  The handle is a rgal, thin and fast, like Ibanez has them.
  
  No problem for the high notes.
  
  As prcdement signal, the handle tends to fall when playing seated.
  
  For my part, I find it easy to get a good sound, whatever the microphone, and the phase inverter offers further possibilities.

  Sounds

  It is ideally suited to the style of music that I play (Rock Celtic morning of country, hard rock, blues, funk and others).
  
  My amp as a Vox AD60VT, I have more choices than the sound).
  
  It happened to get very clear sound as fat. (See style of music deficits above)

  Overall Opinion

  I use it since 1983 and just stand refrettage.
  
  The look is a bit weird and timber marking easily.
  
  It is a gift so the report is very good ... qualitprix
  
  There is no question that I claim, so ....
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• 04/18/07

  silverbullet's review ( translated ) Improve this translation

  Characteristics

  Made in Asia, Japan probably seen the date
  
  21 frets
  
  6 adjustable fixed bridge jumpers
  
  Very comfortable maple neck Stratocaster style
  
  2 humbuckers
  
  mic selector 3 positions (les paul style)
  
  an inverter to switch to single coil

  Utilization

  Channel pleasant, good access to acute
  
  guitar rather light, unbalanced when playing sitting
  
  the wood of the body is very fragile it marks every time and varnish from easily
  
  Good sound jazzy on the neck pickup
  
  acute with a nice micro overdrive

  Sounds

  Versatile guitar
  
  70 used rock and blues and pop
  
  difficult to judge, old and worn guitar

  Overall Opinion

  Most: his humbuker not too heavy, good handle
  
  The least: look a little odd
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