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Eye of the beholder
Published on 06/15/07 at 15:09
The S-520 Ibanez EX BBK that I have made was taken in Japan.
It has a Wizard II neck very fast with 22 frets and markers wave-shaped pearl on the rosewood fingerboard, body, thin and light specific to the series Sabre Mahogany which is a good sustain, the combination of pickups IBZ V1 & V2 with a 5 way switch controlled by a volume & one tone and finally finishing BBK (Biker's black) and a very beautiful fittings in a "gun barrel".
Vibrato is an Edge (lo-pro edge) Licensed Floyd Rose nut with a block-chords.
UTILIZATION
The handle is a real treat to smooth and speed to modern techniques (tapping, demanchées, slides, etc ...) while remaining comfortable in the hand. To my taste, the best round I played on all makes and models combined.
The cutaway and the neck joint / body facilitate maximum access to the latest boxes and generally play the guitar so thin, so light is pure pleasure.
Microphones V1 & V2 (found on the RG 550 20th Anniversary ressiue) Humbuckers are very good (according to my dealer, they will builds summers in collaboration with Seymour Duncan). No background noise even at high volume, timbre strong medium and good general definition of sound, warm & mellow on the neck pickup, powerful lens on the bridge pickup. Note the 5 way switch (for 3 against IBZ Infinity pickups) that expanded the sonic palette with intermediate positions in the manner of a Start '.
SOUNDS
I chose this model after having played for 40 minutes in the store on a Combo H & K has a lamp and I deeply enjoyed relative to Jackson & ESP tested just before.
The sound distortion (Marshall Guv'nor or Zoom Extreme Distortion) is very accurate, making it a good guitar for metal.
I play a Selmer amp reverb 60W 2-channel I dope with a Zoom G2, a Crybaby Wha and from time to time one or Guv'nor Ibanez CM5 Classic Metal.
I set my things strictly and I change the grain according to the time from the guitar itself (volume / tone / selector) which allows me to cover a wide spectrum of sound.
Definitely love the V2 of this with the Ibanez distortion and although the V1 drooling slightly on this type of effect, it remains clean and powerful at a time.
OVERALL OPINION
I bought this guitar three months ago and I can not let go! lol
I had really fallen in love with this beautiful 520 S EX finish with this very special and more, the price is reasonable for an instrument of this quality.
I love its smoothness, its playability and sound of this guitar. Compared to her, my Fender Stratocaster seems to me less obvious and too heavy to play (long live the Wizard!)
A heartbeat, if it again, and again I will choose the S-520 EX BBK.
Thank you.
It has a Wizard II neck very fast with 22 frets and markers wave-shaped pearl on the rosewood fingerboard, body, thin and light specific to the series Sabre Mahogany which is a good sustain, the combination of pickups IBZ V1 & V2 with a 5 way switch controlled by a volume & one tone and finally finishing BBK (Biker's black) and a very beautiful fittings in a "gun barrel".
Vibrato is an Edge (lo-pro edge) Licensed Floyd Rose nut with a block-chords.
UTILIZATION
The handle is a real treat to smooth and speed to modern techniques (tapping, demanchées, slides, etc ...) while remaining comfortable in the hand. To my taste, the best round I played on all makes and models combined.
The cutaway and the neck joint / body facilitate maximum access to the latest boxes and generally play the guitar so thin, so light is pure pleasure.
Microphones V1 & V2 (found on the RG 550 20th Anniversary ressiue) Humbuckers are very good (according to my dealer, they will builds summers in collaboration with Seymour Duncan). No background noise even at high volume, timbre strong medium and good general definition of sound, warm & mellow on the neck pickup, powerful lens on the bridge pickup. Note the 5 way switch (for 3 against IBZ Infinity pickups) that expanded the sonic palette with intermediate positions in the manner of a Start '.
SOUNDS
I chose this model after having played for 40 minutes in the store on a Combo H & K has a lamp and I deeply enjoyed relative to Jackson & ESP tested just before.
The sound distortion (Marshall Guv'nor or Zoom Extreme Distortion) is very accurate, making it a good guitar for metal.
I play a Selmer amp reverb 60W 2-channel I dope with a Zoom G2, a Crybaby Wha and from time to time one or Guv'nor Ibanez CM5 Classic Metal.
I set my things strictly and I change the grain according to the time from the guitar itself (volume / tone / selector) which allows me to cover a wide spectrum of sound.
Definitely love the V2 of this with the Ibanez distortion and although the V1 drooling slightly on this type of effect, it remains clean and powerful at a time.
OVERALL OPINION
I bought this guitar three months ago and I can not let go! lol
I had really fallen in love with this beautiful 520 S EX finish with this very special and more, the price is reasonable for an instrument of this quality.
I love its smoothness, its playability and sound of this guitar. Compared to her, my Fender Stratocaster seems to me less obvious and too heavy to play (long live the Wizard!)
A heartbeat, if it again, and again I will choose the S-520 EX BBK.
Thank you.