All user reviews for the Ibanez Gio GRG170DX

Made in Indonesia
sleeve: 24 frets, inlays "shark teeth" in maple, rosewood fingerboard the most beautiful effect.
Basswood body, Color Blue Jewel beautiful, varnished a bit cheap.
HSH config
* Neck: 1 Powersound
* Middle: S Powersound
* Bridge: 2 Powersound
Fat 10 bridge standard ibanez
2 Potentiomtres 500 kOhms: one for volume, one for the Tone. 5 position switch.

Lutherie and finishings trs good quality for this price range. However, cheap electronic and electronic shielding of cavitsngligeable that "salt" much sound: buzz interference and proximity of certain sources gche a little pleasure but it is still possible to do self-same.

The report qualitprix remains interesting and trs We love her devastating look!

UTILIZATION

Channel fast and comfortable and flat as end Ibanez makes us love them.
Ease of play guaranteed! We place all levels without worry.

Access in acute very easy thanks to the shape of the body.
Reasonable weight, not too wide, too much grazing, not too heavy. THE Thurs standing poses no problem and then not worry about jumper scne haha!

The knobs are not bad but not great ... ractifs Anyway it cost to not dear replace if you are fussy in your rglages but did well with trs I think. It is located on a sound without problem.

Otherwise it is the agreement without problem if you do not play like a house with vibrato.

Guitar super easy rgler and maintain, the ct-l is not taking head.

SOUNDS

Tappe is good then the cheapskate in the Bursar and designers ...

I play mostly metal, grunge, punk, rock ... everything.

Versatile, it even faster when ESR limit because of the pickups too "cheap" that limit the ability to play a lot of genres.

- The neck pickup is not bad to clean: warm, well rounded, with a little reverb and lower the microphone volume to avoid too much saturated and it's terrible. In disto forget about it sounds too bad ... not enough output level and a few passing bizarrode not great. However, lack of color and characters ...

- The simple micro middle ... the beginners I found it cool sounds a bit "country" lol. Its quite vintage, not crystal-clear, however, for two under. It is rather dry for me soule the most is that you play ultra clean (but then really Mr. Clean!) To make it sound. In disto ... bah ... it's not his job but he's out for a little old school grunge. It sacrment buzz but hey it's a single coil, not an EMG!

- Humbucker bridge (from memory since I changed it against a Seymour Duncan SH8) saturates too clean, its not top top ... he prfrera the middle or neck pickup is their job all APRS. In disto it sends a lot but not enough to gain my taste ... too effete to a microphone distortion. Hmm ...

Intermdiaires positions are not bad, especially middle-round or we find the quality of the two microphones for sound trs enjoyable and nickel. Bridge-middle I almost never with jou because the sound is bizarre because of the diffrence between output level microphones. It's quite a buzz because of the simple, however ... damage.

Whether it's clear look at the config or is a shovel rocker, metal or punker! Bluesmen and jazzeurs, return your strats or 1 / 2 boxes lol.

EDIT: The sonic potential of the guitar when I was pos t dcupl new pickups: Seymour Duncan SH2 and HS8 ... since, it sounds to enfeeeeeeer tudjuuu!

6 / 10 for the original mics, 8 / 10 APRS upgrade.

OVERALL OPINION

EDIT!

It's been two years since I played it, as I tinker around and not move. Sre worth following me in all my repeated sets. It serves as a 2nd guitar or guitar backup derrire my other guitars.

Although sr basic components are all entry level and suffer from their default but for the price, Ibanez TRS provides an instrument really nice!

Easy to play, maintain and ... change! Oh then the ct of the things I changed moultes including pickups (I like rpter). Now I have an excellent grattoune with this and I'm still happy.

The entries range from a quality Ibanez are crazy and it is especially the wood of the body and great round that make them crazy instruments with the latest changes.

180 buy in and OCCAZ y'en to 120 edited with Seymour Duncan humbuckers 2 above (SH-HS8).

I play on a 5150 dsormais and sends the potato. Good big sound and very dirty thrash with RG: slayer, deftones ... such mtal his rather fat and heavy.
Gniale guitar is my little Premire and she always follows

In terms of its equipment, said it all t, for a guitar of this price, it's not bad. Parcontre tuning is not the slightest gust of vibrato, so Avoid ^ ^ '

Well, I bought a year ago, it has not Reue big blows, but it falls into ruin compltement .. both potentiomtres to bar a little and they are becoming harder to turn. The five positions slecteur also becomes increasingly hard to use.

But hey, it's an entry level. 7 / 10 so

UTILIZATION

Perfect for beginners! The neck is fast enough, and more.
CHAC is easy to acute
Ergonomics is plutt good, more is not too heavy.

9 / 10

SOUNDS

I pluttmtal, with a little clean at times:
I play on a Behringer V-Ampire.

- The Clean:
Absolutely no personality gives her a dsagrable not, but totally neutral. ^ ^ 6 / 10 for the clean

-His distorted:
For large distortions, even when a password, even if the lack of precision, power and personality. I have since bought an ESP M-II (SH-4 bridge to the distortion), and I must admit that the Difference is of course great, but the GRG, for its price, is very dfend s good.
So I would put 8 / 10 in distortion

So the average of the two: 7 / 10

OVERALL OPINION

Bon bah here I've used about 10 months, I do not use more but I intend to keep it as j'garde good memories with it ^ ^. She aid in my good beginners guitar. This is a guitar that I highly recommend all beginners who wish to evolve a style "mtal". The report qualitprix is ​​indeed excellent.

With experience, I do not referrer recess this choice because it is a guitar for beginners.

8 / 10

- In what country does she makes? (United States, Japan, Mexico, France ...)
If it is not Ibanez's Core?

- How many frets, what kind of micro as well as their configuration?
24 frets (cool), the bridge humbucker and a single handle and the middle

- What type of bridge (Floyd, Wilkinson ...)?
Pink Floyd

- What are the rglages (Volume, Tone slecteur micro ...)?
1 volume, one Tone slecteur micro positions 5

- What type of race?
trs end (what Ibanez)

UTILIZATION

- The handle is it enjoyable?
Sure, it's my Premire guitar, so I can not compare too but compared to others I just tried it's true that one feels a diffrence in the size of sleeve (TRS I not long fingers either, it's not always cool but it is because it changes little)

- Access in acute (dernires freight) is it easy?
Since there are 24 cases it is questionable but the fact that it happens dcoupe very easy on the treble strings, a little less on the low but not use it often.

- Ergonomics is it good (in terms of shape, weight ...)?
She is not heavy trs, you can play it without sitting ESG

- Gets it easy to sound good? ...
So it's hard. I do not know if it's mine or what. Most of the time I have to put the tonal trs ds serious because I spend a little more acute, I hear a noise, but not powerful trs. Acute loss can possibly be catching up with the amp.

SOUNDS

- Appropriate are your style of music?
I plutt mtal style, but I also like to play punk or rock. Say that the shape of the guitar is adapted to mtal trs, but the sounds it's hard to say because it has no personality distortion that still gonna but little prs difficult to make a good clean no effect.
- With what (s) amplifier (s) or effect (s) do you play?
I have a Marshall MG30DFX amp, and a metal zone. Sometimes I use the software three RTGs.

- What kind of sound you get and with what rglages ("crystalline", "bold ",....)?
the neck pickup is sometimes good in distortion but with a relatively low gain distortion, not vraimant for metal. for distortion, I took mostly the bridge pickup gives a good sound trs. in clean, I take either the bridge pickup to sound rather heavy, otherwise the middle with the bridge to rock.

- What are the sounds you prfrez, you dtest?
simple microphone alone does not sound good and saturates trs fast, clean of course.

OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you use it?
A year and a half I think

- What is the particular feature you like best and least?
most: not CHRE (for it is a first) mtal style, and then even when the class to say that Ibanez (REFERENCE is an even if all their guitars are not the best)
minimum: one's too impersonal, with no particular feature (it can also be an advantage but good)

- Have you tried many other models before acqurir?
The guitar a few friends but nothing more

- How do you report qualitprix?
good since it is a quality guitar budget.

- With the exprience, you do again this choice? ...
for the first guitar I would recommend, or for someone who does not use it much, but APRS is better to invest.

- In which country was it made? (United States, Japan, Mexico, France ...)
-Indonesia

- How many frets, what kind of micro as well as their configuration?
-24 Medium frets
-2 Humbuckers and a single, Ibanez

- What type of bridge (Floyd, Wilkinson ...)?
-Vibrato Ibanez

- What are the settings (volume, tone, micro switch ...)?
-1 Volume, 1 tone, 5 position selector

- What type of race?
Channel late in maple, rosewood fingerboard with markings "shark teeth"
8 / 10 because the vibrato is too soft (I have added a spring!) But the finishes are good for one entry.

UTILIZATION

- The handle is it fun?
Channel pleasant because of its finesse and opaque back coating that promotes speed

- Access to acute (recent freight) is it easy?
Yes, we reach the 21th fret without toil.

- Ergonomics is it good (in terms of shape, weight ...)?
Yes, the guitar is light, well balanced and the body is very ergonomic.

- Gets it easy to sound good?
-The pickups are low quality, you get good sound but no more.

9 / 10 because the sound is pretty banal, microphones to change to progress, but excellent for a beginner.

SOUNDS

- They are suitable to your style of music?
-Enough to rock and hard but too small for the metal.

- With what (s) amplifier (s) or effect (s) do you play?
Amp-Marshall (AVT50 repeating and MG15dfx to work)
Disto Disto-MXR +

- What kind of sound you get and with what settings ("crystalline", "bold ",....)?
In-position handle was a beautiful clear sound, rich with distortion
In-position handle / Central sound a little strata clear sound
-In a central position in a funky clear sound
In central-position / horse very funky sound dry spice with the chorus to make it pretty!
In the bridge position, a good distortion sound very rock
7 / 10 because it remains very limited due to the microphones ...

OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you use it?
-A little over a year.

- What is so special that you like most and least?
-Most: the handle extremely pleasant
-The least: the microphones

- Have you tried many other models before buying it?
Yes, some other (Yamaha, Squier ...)

- How would you rate the quality / price?
-Good is an excellent model for beginners can move on with it quickly.

- With experience, you do again this choice?
-Without any hesitation! besides, I think the next will be as an Ibanez with a Floyd and EMG and then I'll maybe even just change the pickups in it!
8 / 10 is great for beginners and making some changes we can keep loongtemps ....

T say everything I put a 9 because of the vibrato that does not agree (but good for the price you can not have everything)
The finish is good especially for an entry-level Indonesian

UTILIZATION

The handle is enjoyable trs (similar to a Jackson, but when even a bit more rounded)
CHAC and easy to acute but not as boards for boxes 22/24
weight is rsonable (3.5 kg)
I put 9

SOUNDS

I play mostly thrash metal / hard rock and this guitar is good in this trs register (I RPET in this price range do not expect a sound ESP) I play on a small Behringer and dj sound is ok you only have to buy an amp to a correct or pedals and go. Its bold, heavy, high output (amazing elsewhere for pickups Ibanez series). But the notes sometimes, frissent (because of the violin) and treble easily screaming when the saturation is a bottom c That is why I will put 8

OVERALL OPINION

I use 2 depuismaintenant ans.Elle Has my first guitar and I do not regret it.
I tried Cort, and even after buying a squier, ELYPSE, and ltd company and the Ibanez is definitely the best
The report price is exellent quality, it is hard to beat trs (except may be the entry level or Jackson Ltd Used)
With the experience I remake this choice (if I buy a t Premire my guitar)
So I will put 9

T grasp this skyscraper was made in Korea I believe. It has 24 Frets relatively not bad =). Micro are HSH config, then 2 double (neck + bridge) and between the two a little simple. The bridge is a 10 Fat ... 1 volume knob, one tune knob and a 5 position selector micro.
The neck is thin but wide trs between each string ...

UTILIZATION

The neck is mahogany is enjoyable trs nikel, but the concern is that I think people with small fingers may have a wrong has ateindre bases. The access to acute is very practical, and easy. The shape of the guitar is not bad but the weight ... I'm not even talking about a pass while SG has slight scratches that is super heavy, unfortunately.
One can easily get a good if what is deriere (amp) follows the road well.

SOUNDS

They agree well in my old style riff rock with quite heavy and partly clean.
I use a Zoom G2 and a vox amp DA 20.
Are clear we should not play with the microphone I personally prefer the bridge with the little that comes out pretty simple even when

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for about 9 months.
I like the distraction of sound. But the weight is not great ...
Yeah I have a lot of essaiy MODL but hey that's my price was good for what
Trs good value for money.

Guitar Indonesian manufacturing, with an easel-like tremolo, a handle "highway" where the notes are all alone, 24 cases, HSH pickups configuration with two knobs: one volume and one tone

UTILIZATION

The neck is so nice that when I stop playing I feel like I have nothing in your hands!
Ergonomics is, in my case, very well adapted, except perhaps the central micro that I will soon be removed, and weighing a little result.
Access to acute is it easy? The question does not even arise!

SOUNDS

It is more versatile she hinted!
I played with it on a Roland Cube 20X with a Korg AX3000G and I had all the sounds in the world with that! But we notice that it has a slight penchant for metal!

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for the past 4 years! This is my first guitar, and now I switched to a slightly more serious! I consider the balanced value for money, we pay for anyway!

A handle 24 cases quite nice

Vibrato on knives not behave badly but the bridges are not resolved at height (note that there was a small screw accessible when you relax the rope that is used to tighten the stem of vibrato

2 double and 1 single microphone in the middle. One more on this below

1 Tone 1 general volume and a 5-way switch (automatic split on the intermediate

UTILIZATION

issue form, ergonomics is not bad. It is not unbalanced when playing standing up, the last boxes to access auu defends

SOUNDS

Then the sound is a bit poor relation on this guitar (but not dramatic so far ...)
Of being pushed a little too much distortion we realize that we lose in definition (ptetre way to fix this with a EQ right after the guitar) but be reasonable if we know we can have honest results of listening in the most cases ..

I've never had prbleme blast or above required to agree

OVERALL OPINION

For the price, frankly it does well.
C can make a very good first skyscraper (one bolt is no bad habits and the sound is correct) and later, a good second (or even very good in changing the mic)

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.

-Manufactures in Asia
-24 Boxes, ibanez pickups
Single-vibrato
-Bolt

UTILIZATION

Trs-end handle with shark teeth (I love) and fast trs
Access in super-sharp
-Correct weight and good ergonomics, well balanced (the handle holds the position)
-Guitar, an amp and pedals you get a good sound

SOUNDS

-Suitable for metal (thrash, death ,...)
-With a 15w amp in my room and also ENGL fireball
Rather, its fat distortion without being too cool for the draft and sweeping (neck pickup)
"I love everything that comes out of this guitar

OVERALL OPINION

About a year-
-Shape, violin, ... handle al could have done but this price l. ..
"I had tried the same price range in Squier, BC Rich, ... is 100 times better
Report-quality, excellent price
Yes-no doubt

I bought it to start electric guitar. The setup of this guitar is typically to play rock / hardcore / metal / pop see if we can make adjustments. Not really blues and jazz.

Look elsewhere are reminder that style.

The pickups respond well (there is an entry level anyway) the sound is pretty clear view of satisfying the dual microphones.

The finish is good, super polish, I never had a problem. The look is neat. stick rather pleasant to start, and it is not so heavy that its.

UTILIZATION

comfort handle for beginners.
weight, she does her weight but no worse than some scratches.

SOUNDS

his clear view of the satisfactory price
she is really made for big sound metal or hard rock.

OVERALL OPINION

I got first guitar, ideal for beginners, with friends in a group will be present.

I tried other models but I'll re-selection to begin in comfort. The look is cool.

it's a great value for money.

Everything has already been said ... except maybe the welds are really disgusting! However special mention to the graphite paint properly applied in the cavities, which provides a shield worthy of a high-end shovel.

UTILIZATION

3 years I played regularly on my own, then I have emerged recently. Meanwhile, I mainly played on Fender Jaguar and Jap'94 old Squier Tele Mex'94 or 80 (some of which are well worth the Fender by the way), so vintage.
The neck is thin, wide, flat glides well, frets are properly raised. But he has a VERY VERY BIG flaw: it is super soft! as soon as we supported just above, it makes you the effect of a tremolo and the guitar is completely out of tune! Scary at the beginning ...
Access to the treble is a breeze thanks to the heel section and cuts.
The ergonomics are very good (start type), the guitar, although a bit heavy (less than a Jaguar, Les Paul, Tele, more than a Start) is balanced.
There are few adjustments, just enough to shape his sound without taking the head.

SOUNDS

This guitar is not as versatile as this. It is squarely based metal, but may be excellent in blues when properly adjusted (bridges, vibrato, pitch microphones).
Personally I blocked the tremolo against the table for better sustain, and changed the bridge pickup for a Seymour Duncan SH-4 Hood chrome. I have gained in precision and harmony, but it sounded good in distortion. I then returned the original microphone (there is not even a month) (to put the SH-4 on another guitar) and I took the opportunity to rewire: a vamp! well almost ...
I never liked the neck pickup, but it may be useful in jazz if you have nothing else handy. In disto like the bridge pickup, but creamy enough precise enough to be exploitable. In his clear, I love the central position easel, snapping, good for bluesy sounds. on the other hand, you can not play funk, reggae and garage, the guitar is too neutral.

OVERALL OPINION

It has been 5 years since I have it and it always makes me feel good and loyal service. I like its look and feel, less like his neck pickup.
I had tried many other models in its price range and, at the time and for a fan of hairy sounds had not found better.
For 200 €, value for money was very good.
Today, I would not do more this election: the quality of Chinese guitars has really improved, new small marks are a name, you can find better for a similar price. I'd rather go zieuter side Lag (French for 200 € and more we offer a Floyd Rose, an anorexic stick stuck into 3 parts, better microphones and a featherweight) or at Samick / Greg Bennett (who benefits from the expertise of one of the pillars of Gibson, JT Riboloff).

Originally written by ragnarx on Audiofanzine FR.

Good features considering the price. The guitar doesn't stay in tune when you use the tremolo bar, so avoid it ^^

I bought it one year ago and it is already in a pretty bad shape... Both pots fall down and they don't turn very smoothly. The toggle switch is becoming more difficult to use every time.

But, it's a cheap product. 7/10


UTILIZATION

Perfect for beginners! The neck is pretty fast.
Easy access to the upper frets.
The guitar is not too heavy and it's quite ergonomic.

9/10


SOUNDS

I'm a metal freak but I play clean sounds sometimes.
My amp is a Behringer V-Ampire.

- Clean sound:
Absolutely no sound character. The sound is not unpleasant, but it's totally neutral. ^^ 6/10 for clean sound

-Distortion sound:
OK for fat distortions, in spite of a lack of precision, power and personality. I later bought an ESP M-II (with SH-4 bridge) and it makes a huge difference, even though the GRG is OK for the price.
8/10 for distortion sound

Average grade: 7/10



OVERALL OPINION

I used it for about 10 months. I don't play it anymore but I won't sell it because it brings me good memories ^^ It helped me a lot during my first steps as a guitar player. I recommend it to beginners who want to play heavy metal. Excellent value for money.

Based on my experience, I wouldn't buy it again because it's a guitar for beginners.

8/10