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MGR/Caz « Ibanez GAX70 »
Published on 06/23/03 at 15:00I got this guitar from Guitar Paradise, Richmond, Melbourne, Australia and i paid AUS$565 for it.
This guitar looks awesome, i got it in transparent red, but it also come in butterscotch, black and silver. The shape of the guitar is a cross between a PRS and a SG, which caught my eye when i first looked at it in the shop.
At the time i was looking at guitars, i was looking at the Epiphone SG and Les Paul, but then i saw the gax70. I tried all 3 and decided that although the SG and the GAX were in the same price range, the GAX had a far superiour sound and was comparitive to the Les Paul which was 3 times expensive. This guitar is excellent value for money, and doesn't look ugly like alot of Ibanez made guitars do.
And i've also heard people talking about it being top heavy, but i haven't had a problem with it.
The playability is alright, but it has adjustible action heights, so i will easily be able to fix the playability with an adjustment to the action. But straight out of the box, it's at an excellent height for a beginner who is just interested in playing chords and what not.
The only thing i don't like about it is that there isn't much of a difference between the 0 and the 10 on the tone dials.
The guitar is very solid, it's got an agathis body, I'm not sure what the neck is, but it can be found on the ibanez website, the neck is made in 2 parts, so is very srong and the fingerboard is rosewood. The lead screw comes loose like all guitars, but that's nothing a good tighten can't fix. But yes all in all very solid, but not too heavy like some of the vintage guitars.
The finish on it is very good also and there's no chance of that coming off.
Although it's not as good as say a gibson SG and the like, this guitar is extremely good value for the price tag, I would say the best in it's price range by far. I highly recomend this guitar.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
This guitar looks awesome, i got it in transparent red, but it also come in butterscotch, black and silver. The shape of the guitar is a cross between a PRS and a SG, which caught my eye when i first looked at it in the shop.
At the time i was looking at guitars, i was looking at the Epiphone SG and Les Paul, but then i saw the gax70. I tried all 3 and decided that although the SG and the GAX were in the same price range, the GAX had a far superiour sound and was comparitive to the Les Paul which was 3 times expensive. This guitar is excellent value for money, and doesn't look ugly like alot of Ibanez made guitars do.
And i've also heard people talking about it being top heavy, but i haven't had a problem with it.
The playability is alright, but it has adjustible action heights, so i will easily be able to fix the playability with an adjustment to the action. But straight out of the box, it's at an excellent height for a beginner who is just interested in playing chords and what not.
The only thing i don't like about it is that there isn't much of a difference between the 0 and the 10 on the tone dials.
The guitar is very solid, it's got an agathis body, I'm not sure what the neck is, but it can be found on the ibanez website, the neck is made in 2 parts, so is very srong and the fingerboard is rosewood. The lead screw comes loose like all guitars, but that's nothing a good tighten can't fix. But yes all in all very solid, but not too heavy like some of the vintage guitars.
The finish on it is very good also and there's no chance of that coming off.
Although it's not as good as say a gibson SG and the like, this guitar is extremely good value for the price tag, I would say the best in it's price range by far. I highly recomend this guitar.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com