All user reviews of 3/5 for the Ibanez Gio GRG170DX

This guitar is made in China.
24 frets, 1 single and 2 double micro with 5-way switch
Bolt ...

UTILIZATION

The handle is agable for rhythm but for the solo ..., access to treble is definitely a little heavy but ...

SOUNDS

Good for beginners to scratch made of metal, the saturation is good despite some grsillement and clean sound is not used because it has no personality it sounds hollow, I played on a Marshall DFX 15, and the alliance of the guitar with this amp provides both a fat (1st selection) That a sound "AGESSA" in 5th!
I desteste positions 2, 3 and 4 that do a lot of grsillements.

OVERALL OPINION

Good for beginners, you will quickly change to a more scratches!
I use it since August 2004 and I change, c to say! for the price, its still a good guitar that is starting to connatre for it new in 2004!
c'tait if a remake, I choose this guitar pa!

This guitar is made Indonsie, it has three pickups: 2 humbuckers and one single coil, a slecteur five positions, one volume and one tone. E Channel 24 boxes, rosewood fingerboard, back style "shark teeth" (finishing "DX"). The bridge is a fat10.

UTILIZATION

The neck is fast and very enjoyable trs, and Access in acute is ais. I find it a bit heavy going but again, there are much worse. Ct form nothing to say, if not the top point that could GNER larger in Access in treble.

SOUNDS

I play mostly metal (black metal has even my hours) on a Marshall MG100DFX, so I use the bridge pickup in gnral, which (I think) is the only road to take: just grsille and the neck position is enjoyable in pa distortion. on the other hand in clean, the tendency is reversed: the bridge pickup a lot its a lousy trs unlike the neck pickup, but that price can not be demanding.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it since June 2004 and I souaite change, but for that price, I think it is difficult to have a better new one. Clearly this is a good guitar trs for beginners, but more experiments to adconseiller. Its major weakness is its microphones, is his strong point is its price and its handle. I do not refer this choice, although trs correct for beginners.

This guitar is a mid level version of the some of the famed Ibanez RG shredders that were very popular in the late eighties and early nineties. It takes that general vibe and provides it in a very simple and affordable package that is well within the reach of any player. True to the specs of the RGs, it features a basswood body, a thin maple neck with a rosewood fretboard, 24 frets, sharktooth inlays, sealed chrome tuners, a non locking Ibanez designed two point tremolo system and an H-S-H pickup configuration (Ibanez Powersound pickups) mated with a set of volume and tone controls plus a 5 way switch for some Stratty single coil tones. They're made overseas in places like India, Indonesia or China depending on the year and factory.

UTILIZATION

This guitar is fairly light and ergonomic. The Ibanez RGs were always known for light weight and this guitar is no exception. It weighs only about 6 or 7 pounds and sits on the body well. Though it doesn't feel nearly as refined as many of the high end Ibanez guitars that I've owned or played, for being a $300 guitar it's not really something I concern myself with. It features great upper fret access as all Ibanez 24 fret guitars do... really excellent. The tremolo unit isn't great at holding tune, but it's also a cheaply manufactured non-locking unit... it can't be expected to hold up that much.

Getting a good tone out of this guitar is not difficult... it is set up just like a modern superstrat (HSH) and it really goes from clean sounds to distorted sounds without much of a hitch. Definitely a solid guitar for many different sounds.

SOUNDS

I've tried this guitar through a few different rigs and I can conclude that it's a decent sounding guitar but still not at the level of many nicer ones. The Ibanez Powersound pickups do a decent job at providing a variety of sounds overall. The humbuckers have a good bass response, with a quiet midrange and a reasonable treble response (though it can be a bit jarring at times). For clean sounds I prefer using positions 2 and 4 on the selector switch because they're closer facsimiles of a nice Fender sound. The tone of the humbuckers works well enough for clean but it is a bit generic/flat sounding without a whole lot of sparkle. The overdrive sounds work when gain is applied but they don't have the greatest articulation for faster rhythms or lead work. However most players using this would be beginners who are just learning their style anyway so that's not really a huge issue.

OVERALL OPINION

All in all I think this Ibanez GRG170DX isn't a bad little guitar for a beginner to get to know the Ibanez feel. It's well crafted and looks good. The Jewel Blue finish is a real stunner and harkens back to the days of the eighties when guys like Paul Gilbert had similar guitars. The hardware really isn't great on this guitar but for the price I wasn't expecting a whole lot of quality. They're not the most consistent guitar so I recommend that if you can, try a bunch of these to find one, because some are good, some are not.