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iamqman « Not bad for price »
Published on 05/18/11 at 16:31This is one of those guitars that I got to spend a lot of time with and really didn't care for it to much. There was nothing about it that I fell in love with. The feel of it was sort of generic and cheap. I know these guitars are very low priced and there is a reason for it and it isn't workmanship. I find these guitars to very player friendly but not containing any soul what so ever.
UTILIZATION
The guitar is very simple and doesn't have any bells or whistles which to me is a good thing. I think some manufacturers slap so much crap on and instrument to get more people's interest which ultimately takes away from the character and tone of the item.
The guitar was just two humbucker pickups and a three way sliding pickup selector. It didn't have any boosts on the pickups or and boosts on the volume pots or tone pots. It had one volume and one tone to control both pickups. The instrument cable jack was located on the front in a strange position too compared to fender Stratocasters. It was a a strange angle which didn't make sense to me.
SOUNDS
The tone from this guitar was just average at best. The guitar had very little to know soul what so ever. The guitar basically just barely played the amp that I was using and gave no real character to the sound at all. If I listened back I couldn't really tell what guitar I was playing with like you would if you heard a Strat or a Gibson Les Paul on a recording. You would know immediately what guitar the player was using.
I played this guitar on several high gain amplifiers and no of them really gave me and sense of appreciation. I used a Marshall JCM 800 and another equally high gain amp. Neither which had any reason for me to buy this guitar.
OVERALL OPINION
I will say this though that the neck on the guitar did feel quite good. It was very easy to play and felt extremely comfortable around my hand. I am not sure they even make this model of Ibanez guitars anymore so used market is the only option. I think I saw one recently for around $350 or so. This isn't a bad guitar for the price and will make a learning guitar player very happy. It is a good first guitar compared to a Squire or a First Act. Those guitars are just trash!
UTILIZATION
The guitar is very simple and doesn't have any bells or whistles which to me is a good thing. I think some manufacturers slap so much crap on and instrument to get more people's interest which ultimately takes away from the character and tone of the item.
The guitar was just two humbucker pickups and a three way sliding pickup selector. It didn't have any boosts on the pickups or and boosts on the volume pots or tone pots. It had one volume and one tone to control both pickups. The instrument cable jack was located on the front in a strange position too compared to fender Stratocasters. It was a a strange angle which didn't make sense to me.
SOUNDS
The tone from this guitar was just average at best. The guitar had very little to know soul what so ever. The guitar basically just barely played the amp that I was using and gave no real character to the sound at all. If I listened back I couldn't really tell what guitar I was playing with like you would if you heard a Strat or a Gibson Les Paul on a recording. You would know immediately what guitar the player was using.
I played this guitar on several high gain amplifiers and no of them really gave me and sense of appreciation. I used a Marshall JCM 800 and another equally high gain amp. Neither which had any reason for me to buy this guitar.
OVERALL OPINION
I will say this though that the neck on the guitar did feel quite good. It was very easy to play and felt extremely comfortable around my hand. I am not sure they even make this model of Ibanez guitars anymore so used market is the only option. I think I saw one recently for around $350 or so. This isn't a bad guitar for the price and will make a learning guitar player very happy. It is a good first guitar compared to a Squire or a First Act. Those guitars are just trash!