All user reviews for the Ibanez GAX30 [2004-2017]

The Ibanez GAX30 is an SG-style guitar with the lower body of a Les Paul. It punches well above its price range and can rival the standard Epiphone or Squier Classic Vibe models in terms of quality. Construction and finishing are great all round with a great neck, good pickups and nice ergonomics. It’s the perfect beginner to intermediate guitar, as you can easily upgrade the pickups later on and get a nice-sounding, mid-priced instrument. It’s easy to recommend for most styles of music like blues, rock or jazz. A cool modification can be changing the pickguard and pickups so it resembles Joan Jett’s double-cut Gibson Melody Maker.

My second ever electric guitar. I bought it due to the cool colours, solid build quality, comfortable neck, and classic rock vibes. It's reminiscent of a Gibson SG or Melody Maker DC. It was purchased brand new with a basic gigbag and accessories. The neck is very easy to play with a satin finish. Otherwise you get basic volume and tone controls, no coil splitting at this price level. It's a relatively light guitar when compared to a Les Paul, and plays easily. There is some level of neck dive, not horrible though.

Suited my blues and classic rock style fine, the sound was fat and full, but could be played clean without issue. Played it through a Fender FM15. I didn't use any effects with it and just cranked up the gain a little when playing AC/DC, Hendrix, etc. It's not a noisy guitar. You can get a wide variety of sounds, although I wouldn't play Metal or anything too heavy, go for a Jackson or ESP in that case. You could get away with really heavy stuff but I've found that EMG-equipped guitars handle that best.

The guitar was well set up by the shop. I did need to adjust the truss rod several times over the years, but nothing dramatic. Wiring and finish were all fine, good quality there and no complaints. Same with the frets, nothing to flag. All in all a solid instrument that looks and feels more expensive that it is. There were no flaws upon purchase. The pickups needed a little raising that's all. I was very impressed by the out of the box nature of its playability. Well done Ibanez! This is how it should be.

I would use this as a second live guitar, or rehearsals and home practice. Reason being the sound quality could be better but it's unbeatable at this price point. Durability is fine. It's dependable and looks quite cool. I had fun using it and it never let me down. It lasted me around 5-6 years before I eventually sold it for a Les Paul which suited my playing style better. It's a great feeling and sounding guitar, I would easily recommend it to anyone looking for an alternative to Epiphone or Squier.

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22 frets, 2 humbucking, 3 positions, one volume and tone potentiometer

UTILIZATION

The handle is it enjoyable?
Yes, the handle end is easily playable. The strings are just a little too spaced for my taste, but it's still very comfortable.

Access to acute (recent freight) is it easy?
Yes, very easy

Ergonomics is it good (in terms of shape, weight ...)?
Nice light guitar

Gets it easy to sound good?
For that price should not expect her to Gibson, but it rest very well to begin with, and you can still get good sound. Personally I would end up replacing the pickups certainly, especially micro serious lack prevents the acute micro still has already made a good and sound good is the harmonic (artificial and natural)

SOUNDS

Personally I would end up replacing the pickups certainly, especially micro serious lack of fishing for big riff. The microphone has acute still have a good record and is well sound harmonics (artificial and natural)

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 1 year.

I have a Cort X2 also, and I could test higher-end guitars.

The +: the look
The -: The sound is still not great, although for the price, there are much worse. an Ibanez at this price, it is the quality compared to branded we can find for sometimes expensive.

Very good value for money, and I do not regret my purchase.

I've been playing for a few years now. I've mostly focused on my acoustic, but just started playing more on my Ibanez. I listen to just about everything. As far as my electric, I have been playing more metal, like Sepultura and System of a Down.

I bought my guitar from a local music store in Utah called Best in Music (at least I think it's local...)

I wanted a starter guitar just to start practicing. I was trying to decide between a Silvertone and this Ibanez. Both were around the same price, but I chose this because the Silvertone was an off shoot and this is actually made by Ibanez, so you know you're getting the same quality.

I can't remember how much I paid for it. I believe it was around $150. I bought a starter pack with it the store provides which included a basic amp (which I've replaced with a Roland Cube 15 since), strings, gig bag, etc...

I haven't played many electrics so I don't have much to compare it to.

I love the finish. I own the transparent red and it looks great. Ibanez definitely had quality in mind here. The neck is smooth and it's really eazy to play. The sound is better than I would have expected. The clean sound through my Roland Cube 15 is great, and it gets pretty crunchy when you flip the distortion up, especially on the "Metal Stack" setting on the Roland.

I wish you could control the mid levels because some of the overdrives and lighter distortions get pretty unbalanced. I don't know if it's me, but the neck seems a bit heavy too heavy for the body. Sometimes it feels like you're holding it up more than actually playing it.

Sometimes the tuners can be a bit tricky. They aren't as tight as my acoustic by any means.

As I said before, I bought the Ibanez because I knew it was manufactured by Ibanez instead of being some knock of brand. The quality is definitely there in both the sound, look and feel of the guitar.

The tone and volume knobs sometimes give off a little static when you move them, but nothing too bad.

I think I've pretty much covered it. If you're interested in buying a good starter guitar at a great price without sacrificing quality, this would be it.

If something were to happen to it, I would probably replace it with a GAX70, or something a little higher, but that's only because I've played it enough to know what I'd like to have in a new guitar.

As far as new and beginning players, I would recommend it over any other comparably priced brand or model out there.

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I've ben playing since last christmas, mainly into Rock and Blues music, but I drift into Jazz Fusion, Metal and Funk. I play anything I think sounds good.

I bought the guitar in Musician Inc. in Dublin for the small sum of €209. It was my first guitar so i didn't wand to splash out too much, butwhen I played this I just fell in love with it.

This really is incredibly good value for a guitar. It is madefrom basswood, which gives areasonably good sound. The neckof the guitar is what attracted me to it the must, it s quite simply a thing of beauty. It isunpainted and unpolished and has a lovely sanded wood feel. Your hand just slidesup and down it so easily and it feels so good.

It only has single tone and volume controls and the black dinish isn't really specatular, if i could buy again, I would get it in transparent red

Overall, it is a very solid guitar, I haven't had any problems with things coming loose at all and that with quite a bit of play. It comes with 2 humbucker pickups, which unlike some other guitars at this price range, they each have their only distinctive sound, one being quite chunky and the other i suppose more "stratty"

In all, this is a great practise guitar and perfect for any beginner. It is very cheap, but like all Ibanez guitars, it is quality.

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Bought online from Musical Instrument Warehouse in the UK. Paid £89.99, which may have been a sale price.

Good sound, nice to play. The finish is fantastic. Before I received the guitar I was worried about the appearance because I'd only ever seen it on the Internet and those pictures (including on the Ibanez site)looked Photoshopped or something. Well, the colour of mine is transparent red, so you can see the wood grain. It is a gorgeous deep shiny red not the boring bright matt red you see in the pictures. I would imagine that the black and jewel blue versions are also impressive.

If I have to find something to fault I would say that the tuning pegs look a bit cheap.

Seems nicely made and good quality, certainly for the money.

I'd have no hesitation in recommending this guitar to people. If you want a guitar for performing live I think you should play one of these and decide whether it's good enough for you or not.

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I got this Ibanez for Christmas at Lentines Music Store at Ohio in Montrose.I got it because its what alot of people reccomend.
The original price is 219.00 but it was on discount for 179.99.If you find a place that has a better price then show them the place and they will lower it to the same price.So I got mine for 149.99.It saved my parents alot of money

I like the bodywork and the color.Its Transparent Red.I like the design and how it has a nice clean sound.The chrome tuners are very good so no worries there.The humbuckers are very good and it has a 3-way switch.They stay in place very well.They don't fall off that easily.

They could have made a better bridge but otherwise its a guitar that you'll love.

Well mines its Transparent Red and The tuners are chrome.The neck is made of maple wood.The headstock looks like a Gibson so you should like that!!!

I'm a girl guitarist so you might think different from me.Its fantastic guitar for a beginner.Its good with any kind of music you wanna play with.From Classic To heavy metal it will work!!!!!!

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I recieved this guitar as a christmas present. It was purchased at Music Unlimited, a guitar shop in Shawnee, Oklahoma. The price was 178.00.

I like the fast neck and the humbuckers. Mine also has a transparent red finish that looks very nice. It has good sustain and it just sounds really good. It is also my first guitar to own. I've played others and mine plays almost as good as a Fender Custom Tele.

I really can't complain about anything except You have to buy a Les Paul case for it.

It has a bolt on neck with a String through bridge. Two powersound Humbuckers at the neck and bridge. One tone and one volume control. And it sounds very good.

My guitar has very good performance for the price.

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I recieved this for my b-day when it was on sale at samash for 149$, list price 219$.

This is my first guitar, but my expectations were still high. I had already played on the 48th street custom Fender guitar (a 'beaut by the way) I was not expecting a LOT from this, but it delivered amazing performance. The neck is smooth and easy for shreding. The pickups are easy to use and effective. The input jack, although it comes loose, is easy to fix and the tuning machines have not failed me yet. I FREEKING LOVE THIS GUITAR

I wish the pickups did a bit more or at gave a bit more change in the sound. A space for a tremelo bar would be nice too.

Hasnt broken on me yet (almost a year) comes with a warentee.

Love it, great beginer/intermediate guitar and nice construction.

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i was in france at the time and i saw it at the back it was looked great and it looked great it was £150 cheep!!

i like the look of the guitar red with a white scrach board and the tremalo bends really well i normaly switch it to the humbucker pick up beacause the sound is more treabley and the sounds i thinks t its best the other pick ups are good quality

the only thing that was off putting was the strings are a bit to far away from the fret board and if i put it closer it starts to twang

i think the construction and quality of the guitar is very good its hard wearing and is great for begginers

i love ibanez they make the best guitars ever and FENDERS ARE SHIT!!!


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I started out on an acoustic guitar and wanted an electric. My cousin sold me his Ibanez Gio because he bought a Gibson Les Paul. I bought it from him for 125 dollars. That included the practice amp, guitar, and gig bag.

It is a solid little beginner guitar. For the price it sounds way good. You don't have to tune it and it pretty much stays in tune when you use the whammi bar.

That it wasn't a Fender!!

It seems to be pretty well built. The only thing I see is the jack where you plug into the amp has come loose and i took it apart and fixed it. Overall it seems to be in good condition. Just depends on how you treat it.

Would definitley recommend to anyone for a beginner or intermediate guitar.

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I got my Ibanez Gio from a music shop in Orange Park, Florida. I paid about $300 for it.

I like it mostly because my experience with my friend's Gio guitar. I liked the feel and it gave me a desire to play the electric guitar.

I don't like the fact that the bridge floats in place. Because of it, I have to tune it more than once to when replacing strings. I have a friend with an older model of the same guitar, but he recieved a different bridge that dosn't allow this sort of thing.

The body has an ergonomic design that allows for ease of play. The guitar is also durable; able to survive accidental droppings.

The Ibanez Gio is a great guitar that has the look and performs like high-end guitars. On a lower budjet, this is the #1 guitar to buy before moving to the next level.

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i got this guitar from guitar center and i payed about $225 for it. a pretty good deal for a beginner electric.

well i like the overall feel to it just the way it contours to your body kinda like a strat does but it isnt very light, the tuning is great very long hold, low action and the tone. just a nice good sound.

the only real problem i had with this guitar was that i had big time electrical problems when i plugged the guitar in. it had to do with the output socket, i had to take it apart and bend the metal part inside so it would actually touch the input jack. sometimes when im playing it would just go out. so i had to do some customizing with this guitar.

the quality is fine except for the inner electric stuff but that can easily be taken care of if you do it yourself and screw the socket tight. the construction is top of the line so i think, nice straight neck, very sturdy.

overall this is a nice beginner guitar. i learned everything i know from this guitar. and i dont think theres a better electric beginner out there. my friend actually has one of these and he says he hasnt had any problems. so if your a beginner and im sure the price has dropped the last 1 year ive had this then go for it!

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I Acquired this guitar after school one day when i had saved up ebough money to get it. The guitar sounded great and played great. Great Action, Nice sound, and reall apealing to the sight. I paid atleast 300$ for this guitar.

I like that the guitar sounds great, looks good, and feels good to play.

i dont like that it doesn't have the tune locks, and since it has a floating bridge the guitar tends to drop key as i tune my guitar.

The constructuion is very rounded. it looks appealing, and is very tough.

The Guitar is Very Durable and dependable. If you were to choose a guitar for a concert this is the winner.

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I got tiis guitar from my local Sam Ash store for $190. That is an unbelievable price for a giutar of this price. My friend has a $200 Squier and this blows the crap out of it. The best under $200 guitar I'v ever seen.

I got the chromed out color and it looks beautiful. There is actually a resemblance to the SG. The humbuckers perform amazingly and the neck is slick.

Not anything. At all.

Amazing. If you add one amazing humbucker and a black pick gaurd, it looks like a million bucks.

THE ABSOLUTE BEST UNDER $200 GUITAR EVER. HIGHLY RECOMENDED FOR BEGINERS, EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE A $1000 ONE.

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