bought it used off a stoner for $200. evidently, it was $450 when he first bought it (wholesale). I like the mahogany body. I believe this is the first mahogany guitar ive owned, and it can certainly take a beating. The action is nice, and is easily ajustable with a flat head screwdriver. It has 4 knobs, (2 tone, 2 volume). The construction certainly feels sturdy enough. The D Tuner is very handy for switching to drop D instantly. To start off, the stock tuners are crap, as with most Ibanez guitars. The G string never stays in tune, thus making it impossible for me to do octaves, or certain arpegios without sounding like garbage. Same thing for the pickups. Ibanez doesnt put the best pickups on their non-prestiege models, and this is a prime example. They just seem to lack a certain something that higher end pickups have, such as crunchiness with palm mutes. The average player will never notice, but i do on occasion when I switch back and forth between this one and my brother's Schecter C-1 Elite (great guitar!) Additionally, the guitar comes with a "wrap around bridge". This is simply a brige that is also a tail peice. I haden't heard of such a thing before playing this guitar, and chances are, you havent either. I'm gonna swap it out with a tune-o-matic wrap around replacement because my brother has a tune-o-matic on his and i love it. The quality was above average of what I expected from Ibanez. I admit, ibanez wasn't my first choice I had in mind when buying a guitar (Schecter 006 woulda been nice....) but none the less it is built to last. If you want a guitar to last, always go with anything but basswood or alder. This guitar will suit the beginning to average player just fine. I know allot of people say that about EVERY guitar, but i actually know what im talking about. The only real complaint i have (which is a big one) is that as with most guitars in this price range ($300 new), you will feel the need to upgrade it eventually. If you are in love with this guitar, by all means buy it! It's a great guitar and i love it to death, but it will need upgrading in the future. I recomend: Semour Duncan '59 and Distortion humbuckers, Grover Tuners, and a Tone-pros Tune-o-matic brige. (kinda hard to find. try ebay) after all this, you will have an amazing guitar Please feel free to email me if you have any more questions. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
I was cristmas shopping for myself and i decided i needed a new guitar. I walked into the nearest rawsons music and started looking around. I wanted something different and fun. I walked across the ibanez ax7221 7-string. oh! a seven string is gonna be so expensive. But i was wrong. I got this guitar for $315. I love this guitar. Being only 14 years old i am the only kid into town with such a guitar or the ability to play it.This guitar has a great sound. It makes doing gigs around town with my band easy because the weight. It is so light. Well the first bad that caught my eye is that the weight distribution is odd. when standing with the strap on, the head stock end of the guitar tends to lean towards the ground and the back end comes up. It gets kinda annoying. Other than that i havent found any significantly bad things about this guitar. I have already stated that i love how light this guitar is. i have also said although it is light the weight ditribution bothers me. i havent owned the guitar for to long but it hasnt broken or shown signs of wearing down yet and i hope it doesnt anytime soon. Overall I really like the ibanez ax7221. i find it far better than my squier i had before i purchased this guitar. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
