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Published on 09/18/03 at 15:00 I bought this guitar used from Rich Harris (ibanez rules-a high end ibanez guitar dealer). I sent a money order, and it came in the mail, in it's case. I got it because I wanted a really good, playable, versatile, and economical 7-string guitar. I paid $1075us, and $1500ca.
I like how it's the best guitar on earth.
The sound is either bluesy, deafening, tight, sloshy, wet, dry, slippery, solid, (insert adjective of your choice), and everything in between. It's a beautiful guitar, striking, modern, and traditional looking (much like the sound). The finish is royal blue, looks black sometimes, looks blue from far away, and is sparkly. It changes with the light conditions. Really cool finish, and the binding looks really cool too. Makes it look professional. I like how the thing is easy to play. The frets are nice and big and feel great shredding or playing slipknot. The pots are solid and accurate. The pickups, as I said before, can get you just about any sound you would want. I don't usually use the tone control because the pickup selector can do it all. Great lead tone-wicked tight bridge pickup. The single coil bridge and mid pups make an awesome, almost acoustic sound. It can literally sound like a banjo with a lot of sustain. That one was a really pleasant surprise. jangley when you play at the neck, and tight and ringey at the bridge. Hard to explain. The mid coil is traditional-like a strat, only with a lot of bass. I rarely use the mid-neck single pup combo. It just isn't feasible. I'm going to get the wiring changed so that I can use both humbuckers at once. The neck pup is warm warm warm, and tight. Just put a little tube distortion on that puppy through a bass amp and you have the most heavenly guitar sound on earth. The thing is solid, thin neck, but with a bubinga strip. I like, also, how it doesn't go out of tune. This thing gets the full brunt (well, maybe not the FULL brunt) of the Canadian weather, and I tune it maybe once a week. Setup sucks though, it take about two weeks to get it to work well.
Of course, I could go on for a great length of time about the things I like, its light, balanced etc But then I would have to list all of the features a guitar could possibly offer.
I don't like how you can't use both humbuckers at the same time. I don't like the long setup.
Solid. The neck is a bit thin, but it has the bubinga strip in it, wich looks really cool. I like the thin neck though. I can't play a strat for more than ten minuets because my hand gets tired because the neck is too big. The trem is solid and accurate, the neck-body connection is curved, so that there isn't a big block of wood there. The 24th fret is easy to get to. It's basswood, light and well balanced. The design is a bit like the sound-modern with a traditional aspect. The neck is 27", wich makes it nice and tight.
Perfect. Tight, bassey sound that is also bright. Solid construction, lots of features, beautiful guitar. And perhaps most importantly, it has a certain character, thet makes it a classic.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
I like how it's the best guitar on earth.
The sound is either bluesy, deafening, tight, sloshy, wet, dry, slippery, solid, (insert adjective of your choice), and everything in between. It's a beautiful guitar, striking, modern, and traditional looking (much like the sound). The finish is royal blue, looks black sometimes, looks blue from far away, and is sparkly. It changes with the light conditions. Really cool finish, and the binding looks really cool too. Makes it look professional. I like how the thing is easy to play. The frets are nice and big and feel great shredding or playing slipknot. The pots are solid and accurate. The pickups, as I said before, can get you just about any sound you would want. I don't usually use the tone control because the pickup selector can do it all. Great lead tone-wicked tight bridge pickup. The single coil bridge and mid pups make an awesome, almost acoustic sound. It can literally sound like a banjo with a lot of sustain. That one was a really pleasant surprise. jangley when you play at the neck, and tight and ringey at the bridge. Hard to explain. The mid coil is traditional-like a strat, only with a lot of bass. I rarely use the mid-neck single pup combo. It just isn't feasible. I'm going to get the wiring changed so that I can use both humbuckers at once. The neck pup is warm warm warm, and tight. Just put a little tube distortion on that puppy through a bass amp and you have the most heavenly guitar sound on earth. The thing is solid, thin neck, but with a bubinga strip. I like, also, how it doesn't go out of tune. This thing gets the full brunt (well, maybe not the FULL brunt) of the Canadian weather, and I tune it maybe once a week. Setup sucks though, it take about two weeks to get it to work well.
Of course, I could go on for a great length of time about the things I like, its light, balanced etc But then I would have to list all of the features a guitar could possibly offer.
I don't like how you can't use both humbuckers at the same time. I don't like the long setup.
Solid. The neck is a bit thin, but it has the bubinga strip in it, wich looks really cool. I like the thin neck though. I can't play a strat for more than ten minuets because my hand gets tired because the neck is too big. The trem is solid and accurate, the neck-body connection is curved, so that there isn't a big block of wood there. The 24th fret is easy to get to. It's basswood, light and well balanced. The design is a bit like the sound-modern with a traditional aspect. The neck is 27", wich makes it nice and tight.
Perfect. Tight, bassey sound that is also bright. Solid construction, lots of features, beautiful guitar. And perhaps most importantly, it has a certain character, thet makes it a classic.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com