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MGR/Junior Dog « Ibanez SZ520QM »
Published on 02/12/04 at 15:00Make-n-Music, Frederick, MD $400
I bought this as an alternative to Fender Strats or the Paul Reed Smith guitars.
This is a beautiful guitar. I bought the sunburst finish, but you can get it in blue. I bought it as an alternative to the $1500 PRS strat style guitars. The body and neck set up is similar. String-thru-body makes it really convenient to change strings on the fly.
I play guitar in a rock band (www.crosscutsaw.net), and this guitar handles itself very well on stage, in rehearsal and in the studio. The double humbucker pickups aren't subject to light rig noises like my single coil strats are.
The neck is also intriguing...I like the "dot-less" neck. You can see the fret markers on the side of the neck, but the audience can't. It has good pearl inlays and a sweet tone.
Some of my friends don't like the shorter 25.1" scale. I would have preferred some kind of pickup cover, like the les pauls have.
Set neck, nice sustain.
Solid body, nice finish.
String-thru-body
Decent bridge
Nice tuners, nice shape of headstock (I'm not a fan of the usual Ibanez headstock).
Pearl inlay at 12th fret and also in the headstock
No complaints, really. This is a wonderful alternative to $1000 guitars. Try this if you're in the market for PRS or the high end Schecters.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
I bought this as an alternative to Fender Strats or the Paul Reed Smith guitars.
This is a beautiful guitar. I bought the sunburst finish, but you can get it in blue. I bought it as an alternative to the $1500 PRS strat style guitars. The body and neck set up is similar. String-thru-body makes it really convenient to change strings on the fly.
I play guitar in a rock band (www.crosscutsaw.net), and this guitar handles itself very well on stage, in rehearsal and in the studio. The double humbucker pickups aren't subject to light rig noises like my single coil strats are.
The neck is also intriguing...I like the "dot-less" neck. You can see the fret markers on the side of the neck, but the audience can't. It has good pearl inlays and a sweet tone.
Some of my friends don't like the shorter 25.1" scale. I would have preferred some kind of pickup cover, like the les pauls have.
Set neck, nice sustain.
Solid body, nice finish.
String-thru-body
Decent bridge
Nice tuners, nice shape of headstock (I'm not a fan of the usual Ibanez headstock).
Pearl inlay at 12th fret and also in the headstock
No complaints, really. This is a wonderful alternative to $1000 guitars. Try this if you're in the market for PRS or the high end Schecters.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com