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i got this guitar at ace music in dayton,ohio,i took in a fender strat to trade in,they loved my strat but i wanted something differant,after looking over my strat they told me that i could have any guitar they had in stock,they had around 350 in stock,ranging from 100.00 to 3500.00,now i was leaning toward values,but i decided to not look at prices and just play some on the guitars that jumped out to me,after 3 or 4 hours i got hooked on this axe,they had it priced for 599.00,but i didnt care it was better playing than my old strat,and new gibsons,and blew away the g and l's

first off its great looking and all the hardware is great,the sounds you can get from this is unlimited,you can go from old blues,to speed metal,to country and jazz with no effort,i have been playing rythm for 20 yrs and this guitar has taking me into lead,its so easy to play,the sustain is top notch and the feel is perfect..

if i had to think of a bad thing about this guitar it would be hard,the only thing that i would like to see differant is maybe a les pal style pick guard...

the way this is built is the best thing about this,ibanez has out done theirselves,they went from basic speed guitars to a real sleeper axe,it looks so fancy and gental,but it rocks so hard that bright red multin lava spues from my amp when jammin...

if they hung this guitar up in a high end music store and put a 1500.00 tag on it they would sell just as many,or more,im very impressed,in my years ive had alot of guitars,from les pauls to sg's to strats and everything inbetween,and this beats them hands down...

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