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Published on 05/05/02 at 15:00I promise to make this *readable*... I told my dad to get a guitar at Guitar Center, but he mistook Milanos for Guitar Center... eh. It all worked cause we found it and I wanted it 'cause I saw it in an ad. I just thought to myself, "Why not try this for a first guitar?" 550$!! All my summer's work for that.. It was really worth it. I wanted to try a *New* Ibanez guitar because I have the Def Leppard explorer my dad owns and it sounds good... though it's like 20 years old it still sounds good.
I threw my guitar twice in frustration and for fun
... It STILL plays perfectly like it did before... And the neck is really thin (And has 24 frits.) Plus it has a lot of pickups that make me look rich (though they sound good and has that vintage sound to it.) It also doesn't have those complicated knobs that'll screw up your equilizer settings when you touch them. Plus it gives you more sticker space, eh?? Ibanez guitars seem to give a nice feel when you play the notes as well... But back to the pickups. The pickups align well (straight) and you get a lot of selections of clarity with the toggle switch... 5 switches. It's because of the two Double-Coils and single. The back has panels so you can fix anything you need instead of the annoying pickguard that you have to take out in the front. Which this doesn't have :D
I tried to "pull a Kirk Hammet" back in the day... Which I pulled my bridge out as far as I could... #1, My whole guitar really went out of tune, and I KNOW that other bridges that won't do that as bad as mine. #2, the screw that held the wammy bar ALWAYS came out loose when I'd use it. And #3, the bridge doesn't move as smooth as a Floyd Rose bridge.... Wait, I don't know if it's the same thing!?.... Let me look.... Oh it is haha... Well, the EXPENSIVE ones anyway. haha... Everything to me is A-OK. It seems the only the bridge tends to make problems. I mean, I got the nut where it connects to the bridge loose while my wammy bar was still in there... And i couldn't take it out unless i used a wrench.
Like I said, I threw the thing and my guitar may have a lot of dents and all but the thing plays fine! A few stickers covered it up and all. Though the shape seems simple, (Like all them Fender guitars... Damn, they all look the same) it has that SOME kind of rebellion against the simple shape by the sharp cutaways. It's also thin and light so it doesn't kill your shoulder when jamming for 20 minutes... Like a *NORMAL* Dream Theater song! But anyway, it lasts for a long time, the input jack hasn't died out on me like a lot of guitars I know, It has easy access into fixing the wiring, and most of all, most people sit down when they play, it has a perfect groove for that. Though most guitars do, not Explorers though!
It's good for amateurs or professionals (though professionals got them expensive guitars I'd probably never touch)... It's not the best at clarity if you look for the CLEANEST sound, but on the bright side, it's also not the worst - Not even close. It's good for beginners because It's comfortable, compactable, and with special care, it will last for a long time. I mean, I put this guitar through hell and it sounds awesome. Just to imagine someone who uses it with no abuse, even better? So basically, you can play slow, or go all out, and get the same results. It also has 24 frits so you can get all the sounds you want. The guitar is still small when it has 24 frits, which makes it easier and faster to reach the notes. Ibanez always seems to have a good feel by the way their neck is constructed...It's Good to feel the music, Right? If an instrument frustrates you cause of the lack of good construction, of course someone is not going to like playing it. Like a piano with scratched, jagged ivory that feels like sandpaper. This guitar won't do that to you, the feel is just perfect! I thought that it would break in two years or i needed to do some operation on it. It turns out that the guitar will last for 20 more years, like the Explorer I talked about in the beginning. Don't misjudge it until you've played it, okay?
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I threw my guitar twice in frustration and for fun
... It STILL plays perfectly like it did before... And the neck is really thin (And has 24 frits.) Plus it has a lot of pickups that make me look rich (though they sound good and has that vintage sound to it.) It also doesn't have those complicated knobs that'll screw up your equilizer settings when you touch them. Plus it gives you more sticker space, eh?? Ibanez guitars seem to give a nice feel when you play the notes as well... But back to the pickups. The pickups align well (straight) and you get a lot of selections of clarity with the toggle switch... 5 switches. It's because of the two Double-Coils and single. The back has panels so you can fix anything you need instead of the annoying pickguard that you have to take out in the front. Which this doesn't have :DI tried to "pull a Kirk Hammet" back in the day... Which I pulled my bridge out as far as I could... #1, My whole guitar really went out of tune, and I KNOW that other bridges that won't do that as bad as mine. #2, the screw that held the wammy bar ALWAYS came out loose when I'd use it. And #3, the bridge doesn't move as smooth as a Floyd Rose bridge.... Wait, I don't know if it's the same thing!?.... Let me look.... Oh it is haha... Well, the EXPENSIVE ones anyway. haha... Everything to me is A-OK. It seems the only the bridge tends to make problems. I mean, I got the nut where it connects to the bridge loose while my wammy bar was still in there... And i couldn't take it out unless i used a wrench.
Like I said, I threw the thing and my guitar may have a lot of dents and all but the thing plays fine! A few stickers covered it up and all. Though the shape seems simple, (Like all them Fender guitars... Damn, they all look the same) it has that SOME kind of rebellion against the simple shape by the sharp cutaways. It's also thin and light so it doesn't kill your shoulder when jamming for 20 minutes... Like a *NORMAL* Dream Theater song! But anyway, it lasts for a long time, the input jack hasn't died out on me like a lot of guitars I know, It has easy access into fixing the wiring, and most of all, most people sit down when they play, it has a perfect groove for that. Though most guitars do, not Explorers though!
It's good for amateurs or professionals (though professionals got them expensive guitars I'd probably never touch)... It's not the best at clarity if you look for the CLEANEST sound, but on the bright side, it's also not the worst - Not even close. It's good for beginners because It's comfortable, compactable, and with special care, it will last for a long time. I mean, I put this guitar through hell and it sounds awesome. Just to imagine someone who uses it with no abuse, even better? So basically, you can play slow, or go all out, and get the same results. It also has 24 frits so you can get all the sounds you want. The guitar is still small when it has 24 frits, which makes it easier and faster to reach the notes. Ibanez always seems to have a good feel by the way their neck is constructed...It's Good to feel the music, Right? If an instrument frustrates you cause of the lack of good construction, of course someone is not going to like playing it. Like a piano with scratched, jagged ivory that feels like sandpaper. This guitar won't do that to you, the feel is just perfect! I thought that it would break in two years or i needed to do some operation on it. It turns out that the guitar will last for 20 more years, like the Explorer I talked about in the beginning. Don't misjudge it until you've played it, okay?
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com