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whosjej
Published on 04/09/08 at 14:48
Value For Money :
Excellent
Made in Japan: basswood body, maple neck / walnut, rosewood fingerboard
24 frets, two humbucker (V7 and V8 in IBANEZ) + piezo (two outputs)
locking vibrato (Ibanez)
For magnetic pickups (two doubles): volume, tone
For the piezo: one volume, a two-band EQ (bass / treble)
Mini switch lets you choose between the magnetic pickups, the piezo, or both
Bolt
UTILIZATION
The major advantage, I think of it this guitar is its comfort.
Reputation (good or bad) of the handle is well established: large, flat, personally, I love.
The ergonomics of the body suits me well. The only detail some perfectible seems to be the volume knob placed a bit high.
Also note that on my copy, sometimes the stem of the vibrato come rub on top of double the piezo knob EQ (a small craft must be able to fix that)
The set is ridiculously small next to my other shovels
SOUNDS
I put part: with this guitar, I play rock hairy, mean by that a bit of everything to Dream Theater Symphony X through metaloche and maiden. I plug the guitar or in my pod (XT), or in a SansAmp GT2 and a marshall (VS100R, yes I know what everyone thinks)
The big problem is, and it will surprise no one, at the ibanez pickups that sound hollow. Clearly, I think it sounds quite "vintage", ascending ugly, that is rather garish. Saturation, that drool all over, it lacks terribly fishing.
So, I have changed to put DiMarzio: an air norton in the neck and a tone zone in bridge. So then of course, things change ... the tone zone saturated sending badly (so much so that I can be a bit lower volume) and air norton, mixed with the piezo-air produces sound warm and, well, almost "crunchy".
(The note focuses on the configuration of origne)
OVERALL OPINION
I use it almost daily for 6 months, next to my old companions who follow me now for a bunch of years.
The most comfort, finish, versatility (in the precise register in which I use)
Cons: microphone
Value for money: good and only good, because the replacement of the microphones seems to me essential if we really want to have fun.
This choice I would do without hesitation that it is all a gift: turning 30 is great!
24 frets, two humbucker (V7 and V8 in IBANEZ) + piezo (two outputs)
locking vibrato (Ibanez)
For magnetic pickups (two doubles): volume, tone
For the piezo: one volume, a two-band EQ (bass / treble)
Mini switch lets you choose between the magnetic pickups, the piezo, or both
Bolt
UTILIZATION
The major advantage, I think of it this guitar is its comfort.
Reputation (good or bad) of the handle is well established: large, flat, personally, I love.
The ergonomics of the body suits me well. The only detail some perfectible seems to be the volume knob placed a bit high.
Also note that on my copy, sometimes the stem of the vibrato come rub on top of double the piezo knob EQ (a small craft must be able to fix that)
The set is ridiculously small next to my other shovels
SOUNDS
I put part: with this guitar, I play rock hairy, mean by that a bit of everything to Dream Theater Symphony X through metaloche and maiden. I plug the guitar or in my pod (XT), or in a SansAmp GT2 and a marshall (VS100R, yes I know what everyone thinks)
The big problem is, and it will surprise no one, at the ibanez pickups that sound hollow. Clearly, I think it sounds quite "vintage", ascending ugly, that is rather garish. Saturation, that drool all over, it lacks terribly fishing.
So, I have changed to put DiMarzio: an air norton in the neck and a tone zone in bridge. So then of course, things change ... the tone zone saturated sending badly (so much so that I can be a bit lower volume) and air norton, mixed with the piezo-air produces sound warm and, well, almost "crunchy".
(The note focuses on the configuration of origne)
OVERALL OPINION
I use it almost daily for 6 months, next to my old companions who follow me now for a bunch of years.
The most comfort, finish, versatility (in the precise register in which I use)
Cons: microphone
Value for money: good and only good, because the replacement of the microphones seems to me essential if we really want to have fun.
This choice I would do without hesitation that it is all a gift: turning 30 is great!