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Published on 11/22/11 at 12:43There are two things that people should know about Ibanez guitars, one of them being that they're very budget friendly and inexpensive instruments. The second is that they are very comfortable guitars to play as well because the necks are very comfortable and with the unfinished oil. It's very easy to slide your hand up and down the fretboard because of the oiled neck. This is a great guitar and overall it looks very cool as well. It doesn't have your regular paint job but shows off its natural wood grain. One thing I don't like about this guitar is the gold hardware that is throughout the instrument. I've never been a fan of gold hardware because it looks very tacky and foolish.
UTILIZATION
The features on this guitar are pretty extensive. First off you have three pick ups installed on the guitar. You have a humbucker pick up in the bridge as well as in the neck position and then you also have a single coil in the middle position. This gives you a vast array of possible tones to choose from. You have a volume control knob and a tone control knob as well as a five way to pick up selector. In addition to this you have a Floyd Rose tremolo system that allows you to get those cool vibratoo tones.
SOUNDS
If you like a nice shredding guitar that fits well with a high gain amplifier than this is a good guitar to own. It has a great feel on the neck because of the unfinished backside of the neck. Also the action on the frets is pretty low so allows people to shred and solo thats very comfortably and easy. The unfinished body as far as the non-paint job that really shows off the grain allows the guitar to breath and resonate much better than having a polyurethane or nitro paint job. So this guitar really resonates very well compared to those other guitars that would have a paint job. This is a fun guitar looks very sharp as well, other than the gold hardware.
OVERALL OPINION
These guitars are very hard to find because they are discontinued. I have no idea what the going used prices are for these guitars but I would suggest just going with a newer production model from Ibanez because they make pretty comparable guitars to this one. These are fun guitars to play and very comfortable to record with as well.
UTILIZATION
The features on this guitar are pretty extensive. First off you have three pick ups installed on the guitar. You have a humbucker pick up in the bridge as well as in the neck position and then you also have a single coil in the middle position. This gives you a vast array of possible tones to choose from. You have a volume control knob and a tone control knob as well as a five way to pick up selector. In addition to this you have a Floyd Rose tremolo system that allows you to get those cool vibratoo tones.
SOUNDS
If you like a nice shredding guitar that fits well with a high gain amplifier than this is a good guitar to own. It has a great feel on the neck because of the unfinished backside of the neck. Also the action on the frets is pretty low so allows people to shred and solo thats very comfortably and easy. The unfinished body as far as the non-paint job that really shows off the grain allows the guitar to breath and resonate much better than having a polyurethane or nitro paint job. So this guitar really resonates very well compared to those other guitars that would have a paint job. This is a fun guitar looks very sharp as well, other than the gold hardware.
OVERALL OPINION
These guitars are very hard to find because they are discontinued. I have no idea what the going used prices are for these guitars but I would suggest just going with a newer production model from Ibanez because they make pretty comparable guitars to this one. These are fun guitars to play and very comfortable to record with as well.