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fredian
Published on 04/26/08 at 21:18
Made in korea
Mahogany body, maple neck 22 frets glued (it really makes one with the guitar, you can not see the junction with the body!)
A splittable humbucker in single Ibanez SAT Pro bridge
2 single coil pickups AHS1 Ibanez (neck) and AHS2 (middle)
Ibanez bridge
1 volume (to double the microphone splitter and the intermediate position micro middle / bridge singles), 1 tone, 1 pickup selector
on the look and finish is more than decent for the price, the table is surrounded by a drizzle of the most beautiful effect abalone (benchmarks of the handle are also abalone, which immediately evokes the PRS EC-standard). That said, one negative, the son of contact microphones and welds are visible and central sleeve (no pickguard and contours for microphones), which on the one hand, makes it rather ugly, and secondly, affects the sound, but I will.
UTILIZATION
For me, the model I had in my hands had no problem setting, those having been made by the store where it was purchased.
From the first grip, the handle reminds me of something ... I am, it is the same thickness as that of a Gibson SG (as well as having the same red and white border). So those who know understand that this handle is very comfortable. on the other hand, it is quite large, almost as a classical guitar neck, a feature that is not displease me. on the other hand, I do not know what kind of wood is the key, but this one does not necessarily play super smooth at first, the wood being very dry, almost rough ...
On access to acute, no problem (it is a ibanez, let us not forget).
Another good surprise, the body of the guitar is super thin (another similarity to the SG), and although the body is mahogany, the guitar is super light while maintaining excellent sustain.
Finally, the bridge and vibrato are excellent, giving the impression of both flexibility (vibrato very sensitive and pleasant to use, very flexible, it responds to the slightest tension) and strength, and other common with the PRS, the stem is introduced directly into the receptacle without thread. practice! The lifts are very little agreement and react to the action of vibrato. So good stuff.
As for the sound, very easy to find despite the presence of a single knob tone (a feature I do not like in general as too imprecise for my taste, I prefer when he has 2 tone knobs), but I 'There have
a negative point frankly all the same, the mechanics of shit that do not agree, this is even more obvious when a change set of strings, because you will somehow retune your scraper every 15 second, ditto if you're hard on the vibrato. downright rude to use ...
SOUNDS
First of all, this guitar is a gem in terms of versatility, largely due to the exceptional sound palette that allow different combinations of microphones. the sound is rich, well balanced in all keys, the humbucker is a killer, both in distortion (of a sound fat enough, it evokes a microphone SG) in the clear; microphones simple, clear as saturated in the sound more reminiscent Start, although, of course, they are less typical and more are fishing in its saturated. Any combination of microphones have their interest, and, hence, the scratch will find versatile certainly their account, this skyscraper is to his advantage in many styles (rock, pop, hard or metal, and, for spent over 2 hours to imroviser, blues !..). On a more neutral than Gibson or Fender, but in a good way, it will really show all the nuances of your playing and tint according to your expression ..
Only defect, when attacking or playing solos note for note on a string, bad breath (microphone), the result of friction of the plectrum on the strings, can be heard (similar to wind in a microphone outdoors ), due, in my opinion, to poor insulation and solder contact microphones, which, I repeat, are apparent. So, the pick attacks are amplified, which is still unpleasant to use ... shame because the microphones are also quality quite good, ibanez would still have been tweaking this aspect!
OVERALL OPINION
Note that I do not have this skyscraper is one of my cousin that I had the opportunity to try a whole afternoon. In any case, the quality / price of this guitar is very interesting, as its characteristics and range of sounds are rich (some company whose name ComenC us by G. .... would do well to emulate this model on finishing his studio LP, roughly finished and varnished, while the contours ibanez with abalone is beautiful), allowing access to a wide range of music. This is the first Ibanez I have ever try, and, skeptical about this brand (I had carved the image of guitars for metal) I confess to having been convinced by this model (I said I own a Start and a LP standard us, so I am rather demanding with respect to the sound and qualities of a guitar) that is almost the comparison with known models, such as Start and SG . In any case, for the price, if you hesitate between a Mexican Start, an Epiphone and the shovel, go ahead, the ibanez largment arrives in mind and in every respect! In conclusion, I would say that it combines the look and the ingenuity of the PRS in terms of use, and its sonic palette allows a combination that seemed to me unrealistic and unlikely so far, namely that of an SG and a strat. For the undecided between these two models, Ibanez makes a great alternative is the only major flaws, as I recall, this unpleasant breath amplifying the attack of the pick when playing solo and poor mechanical properties. Obviously, this notice applies to the scratch set correctly, which was clearly not the case on the model of the previous opinion.
Mahogany body, maple neck 22 frets glued (it really makes one with the guitar, you can not see the junction with the body!)
A splittable humbucker in single Ibanez SAT Pro bridge
2 single coil pickups AHS1 Ibanez (neck) and AHS2 (middle)
Ibanez bridge
1 volume (to double the microphone splitter and the intermediate position micro middle / bridge singles), 1 tone, 1 pickup selector
on the look and finish is more than decent for the price, the table is surrounded by a drizzle of the most beautiful effect abalone (benchmarks of the handle are also abalone, which immediately evokes the PRS EC-standard). That said, one negative, the son of contact microphones and welds are visible and central sleeve (no pickguard and contours for microphones), which on the one hand, makes it rather ugly, and secondly, affects the sound, but I will.
UTILIZATION
For me, the model I had in my hands had no problem setting, those having been made by the store where it was purchased.
From the first grip, the handle reminds me of something ... I am, it is the same thickness as that of a Gibson SG (as well as having the same red and white border). So those who know understand that this handle is very comfortable. on the other hand, it is quite large, almost as a classical guitar neck, a feature that is not displease me. on the other hand, I do not know what kind of wood is the key, but this one does not necessarily play super smooth at first, the wood being very dry, almost rough ...
On access to acute, no problem (it is a ibanez, let us not forget).
Another good surprise, the body of the guitar is super thin (another similarity to the SG), and although the body is mahogany, the guitar is super light while maintaining excellent sustain.
Finally, the bridge and vibrato are excellent, giving the impression of both flexibility (vibrato very sensitive and pleasant to use, very flexible, it responds to the slightest tension) and strength, and other common with the PRS, the stem is introduced directly into the receptacle without thread. practice! The lifts are very little agreement and react to the action of vibrato. So good stuff.
As for the sound, very easy to find despite the presence of a single knob tone (a feature I do not like in general as too imprecise for my taste, I prefer when he has 2 tone knobs), but I 'There have
a negative point frankly all the same, the mechanics of shit that do not agree, this is even more obvious when a change set of strings, because you will somehow retune your scraper every 15 second, ditto if you're hard on the vibrato. downright rude to use ...
SOUNDS
First of all, this guitar is a gem in terms of versatility, largely due to the exceptional sound palette that allow different combinations of microphones. the sound is rich, well balanced in all keys, the humbucker is a killer, both in distortion (of a sound fat enough, it evokes a microphone SG) in the clear; microphones simple, clear as saturated in the sound more reminiscent Start, although, of course, they are less typical and more are fishing in its saturated. Any combination of microphones have their interest, and, hence, the scratch will find versatile certainly their account, this skyscraper is to his advantage in many styles (rock, pop, hard or metal, and, for spent over 2 hours to imroviser, blues !..). On a more neutral than Gibson or Fender, but in a good way, it will really show all the nuances of your playing and tint according to your expression ..
Only defect, when attacking or playing solos note for note on a string, bad breath (microphone), the result of friction of the plectrum on the strings, can be heard (similar to wind in a microphone outdoors ), due, in my opinion, to poor insulation and solder contact microphones, which, I repeat, are apparent. So, the pick attacks are amplified, which is still unpleasant to use ... shame because the microphones are also quality quite good, ibanez would still have been tweaking this aspect!
OVERALL OPINION
Note that I do not have this skyscraper is one of my cousin that I had the opportunity to try a whole afternoon. In any case, the quality / price of this guitar is very interesting, as its characteristics and range of sounds are rich (some company whose name ComenC us by G. .... would do well to emulate this model on finishing his studio LP, roughly finished and varnished, while the contours ibanez with abalone is beautiful), allowing access to a wide range of music. This is the first Ibanez I have ever try, and, skeptical about this brand (I had carved the image of guitars for metal) I confess to having been convinced by this model (I said I own a Start and a LP standard us, so I am rather demanding with respect to the sound and qualities of a guitar) that is almost the comparison with known models, such as Start and SG . In any case, for the price, if you hesitate between a Mexican Start, an Epiphone and the shovel, go ahead, the ibanez largment arrives in mind and in every respect! In conclusion, I would say that it combines the look and the ingenuity of the PRS in terms of use, and its sonic palette allows a combination that seemed to me unrealistic and unlikely so far, namely that of an SG and a strat. For the undecided between these two models, Ibanez makes a great alternative is the only major flaws, as I recall, this unpleasant breath amplifying the attack of the pick when playing solo and poor mechanical properties. Obviously, this notice applies to the scratch set correctly, which was clearly not the case on the model of the previous opinion.