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«  Nice design, very good guitar! »

Published on 04/12/11 at 02:06
Made in China
Body and handle Sapele
Tight-Tune easel.
2 Ibanez humbuckers with push-pull system (CAP-N-PP1 PP1-CAP-B)
More info on the official page: https://www.ibanez.co.jp/products/eg_page11.php?area_id=3&data_id=231&color=CL01&year=2011&cat_id=1&series_id=482



UTILIZATION

Playing mostly on a RG, I was afraid of finding myself with a large handle and tiring to play but this is not the case at all. Obviously, we are far from slim profile but the gameplay is exemplary for a particular model at rather low prices.
Level tones, this guitar looks pretty focused Metal but I find it pretty versatile, it leaves a very nice crunch and a clean sound rather crystaline (and varied thanks to the push-pull).
It rather heavy but nothing dramatic.

SOUNDS

I play extreme metal, with various types of tunings, I wanted a guitar without a floyd easy to tune between songs. Well I found my happiness! I use mainly for Laboga Mr Hector lives and to repeat, it is divided between a Blackstar HT100 and a JCM900. Whatever I use, it sounds. The palm mutes out well, the leads are accurate either on the bridge pickup or the neck pickup.
Note also excellent sustain!

OVERALL OPINION

I use this guitar for 2 years and it soon became my main guitar in front of my beloved RG. First attracted by its looks atypical of Ibanez, though a bit wary about the marketing campaign around this guitar, I was amazed by its ergonomics and sound quality. Biensur everything is relative, it is a guitar mid-range pulling all the same to the entry level (but not low-end). So this is certainly not the century of guitar but it gives me a real achievement on the part of Ibanez that in many associated design and quality.
I would do this choice without hesitation.