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Ibanez Gio GRG170DX

STC-Shaped Guitar from Ibanez belonging to the RG Gio series

Mouflapil Mouflapil
Published on 05/11/06 at 14:48
Value For Money : Excellent
That says it all, no need to ramble ...

UTILIZATION

The neck is thin, not too wide, which finally typical Ibanez. This can also be a lightweight adaptation problem, especially when changing the Ibanez for a type D handle most classical.

Access in acute is impeccable ', nothing wrong, a skyscraper of shredders carefree as enjoyable rhythm in (no need to place the hands of loggers bars).

The weight is reasonable, the shape is oriented metal, no doubt. The chamfer the rear adds comfort. Concerns: the bridge. I mean for a nag, the friction of the strings on the bridge, just the location where they leave the body (and thus suffer a high voltage accentuates their curves) is strong enough, may breaks relatively frquent (not the high E string). M'enfin the price of the set of strings, it's frankly not rbarbatif, and then gently play poses no problem.

Other dtail: the strings are high from the factory, but a tower cl RULES the problem and not a frieze of the masses.

The knobs are not gniaux, it's all or nothing, is not one of his pet, or all of a sudden donf '...

Finally, the madmen of vibrato, prvoyez your tuner (or you could buy a MODEL with Floyd Rose). For those who like me did not square, the place of agreement is satisfactory trs.

SOUNDS

I play on a Digitech GNX-1, which overlooks a Peavey Studio Pro 112. Byzantium m'enfin I am not poor me.

The sound is metal, it is an obviousness, the less metal oriented, yet with good rglages trs can have good surprises.

From the outset, in distortion, doubles are convincing: the bridge pickup is aggressive, the notes dtachent well, the neck is fat, but I confess, I use little. In his clear, the bridge pickup is bright trs, even too, and can, when you play a height not marshall, s'avrer loud in the treble. The neck pickup is round, not m'enfin terrible on balance there is not much.

But the surprise comes from the micro simple, in the middle. Its distortion, it is prcis, and susceptible to attack, not bad for a simple, not too much to hum and other noise. Clearly, this is the big slap, a simple sound, neither too bright nor too round, which is close (relatively guards) of a sound. It is sometimes a little skinny, but in any case to play rhythmic Arian, unhurriedly, a sacrment sounds good, I was personally sci.

The positions intermdiaires ... Bridge / simple = useless. Channel / single = not bad for a lightweight crunch, trs susceptible to attack (which made its trump card crunch). It allows you to regain some of roundness, the relative attnuer "scheresse" the simple while maintaining its precision.

I use to play rock / metal, mainly humbucker bridge distortion in simple and clear, with a little chorus is really stunning.

OVERALL OPINION

I use this guitar for ending for one year.

I like the flat handle, which not tire the hand of rhythm guitarist mostly I am.

I do not like vibrato. As' I make AIM the same type with an easel MODEL Tune-o-Matic, m'enfin good ... Otherwise, the neck pickup I got no useful trs, without much personality too fat for the metal-to-large-mchant too to play the blues.

The report is good quality for money, especially since this guitar is easily used, it is a case that beginners and you can not pay or RG Prestige ESP 1000 euros or more , go for it.

With exprience, I would do without this choice hsiter, as I am satisfied. But now j'conomise for LTD EC-400 ...