SeriesIbanez Xiphos

THE FIRST GUITAR I BOUGHT BACK IN 1980 IT WAS A REPLICA OF THE GUITAR THAT PHIL COLLIN PLAYED IN DEF LEOPARD. I GOT IT AT SINE`S MUSIC STORE IN QUAKERTOWN, PA. NO LONGER THERE...PAID ABOUT 400.00 DOLLARS THIS GUITAR NOT ONLY LOOKS GOOD BUT SCREAMS ROCK AND ROLL! BLACK WITH WHITE HARDWARE, LOOKS SIMULAR TO THE GIBSON DESTROYER BUT HAS MUCH SHARPER LINES AND EDGES. WITH TRIPLE PICKUPS, IT REALLY HAS A LOT OF POWER AND DIFFERENT SETTINGS FOR POWER BALLADS AND THOSE ROCKIN MEDLEYS NOTHING, EXCEPT I DONT HAVE TWO !! THIS GUITAR STAYS IN TUNE ALL THE TIME, IT FEELS GREAT AROUND YOUR NECK, AND FEELS GOOD ON THE HANDS TOO, AFTER 25 YEARS OF PLAYING IT IT STILL GIVES ME THE SOUND QUALITY IT HAD WHEN NEW. THE NECK HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP ONCE IN ALL THE TIME I`VE HAD IT AND IT IS AWESOME I`M GLAD I BOUGHT THE GUITAR WHEN I DID BECAUSE THERE WEREN`T MANY MADE, 500 OR SO, EVERYWHERE I GO, YOUNG KIDS ASK ME WHAT KIND OF GUITAR IS THAT? AND THEY ARE ASTONISHED THAT IT IS AS OLD AS THEY ARE, OR OLDER. ITS A GREAT IMPORTED GUITAR, AND I`D PUT IT AROUND MY NECK AT ANY GIG AND EXPECT NOTHING BUT GREAT FEEL AND SOUND FROM IT. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com