This $300 Brand Name Guitar Could Change Things
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Ibanez GIO GRG121SP Electric Guitar - Blue Metal Chameleon
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I do like Ibanez. They put out a good looking guitar with some very cool custom looking finishes, something I do not see other name brands doing too much. The fact that Ibanez is now putting more higher quality features on this lower priced guitar is also very cool. I hope the industry does take notice and make changes. Some guitars are just far too expensive.
No matter the price point, buying Ibanez is consistently one of the best values for money.
I also think you would stand a chance at getting a good price if you sold it because of Ibanez's reputation but you will generally take a bit of a hit selling something like a higher end Harley Benton etc which never achieve a great deal on the second hand market
Indeed
Ibanez needs to take the concepts of their cheaper guitars and implement them on their higher end guitars. Like the grg series how it has the red shark inlays they should do that on their higher-end models as well.
Not to mention that Ibanez has the best neck there is (for people who likes thin neck)
The guitar cost less than what Kiesel charges for that flip/flop paint job.
I call it the flim/flam paint job.
I bought a $300 Chinese ax from Amazon with the same paint, SS Frets, compound radius roasted maple neck, bone nut, Mahogany body and locking tuners. This is the new price point for a quality overseas guitar.
@@MrPhotonjockey what was the guitar?
@@NoJobRob Musi Virgo Fusion. They have Increased the price to $359 now. I think they are a little nuts to ask that much, because you can get an EART T-Style for $400. I believe the EART has better pickups.
I’m pretty sure they even charge more purely for a roasted maple neck as well
For anyone that is curious and doesn’t want to do the research… Jatoba is also known as Brazilian Cherry. It is a very dense wood. You will find it being used for stair treads and cabinetry in some homes. I’m shocked it’s on such an affordable instrument.
I have a Jatoba fretboard on an Ibanez Talman bass. They've been using it for a fair time, at least on lower to mid-priced guitars and basses. it's a decent wood and can look good.
I have a mid-range Ibanez with a jatoba fretboard. It's a lot lighter in colour than the fretboard on Phil's guitar here though. Not really a fan of the look of it myself. The guitar I have has a beautiful maple neck and I'd have just preferred maple for the fingerboard as well.
Pau Ferro and Jatoba are very good woods. Everyone wants a rosewood fretboard because Fender and Gibson used this wood back in the day.
@@xenogear88 Local Brazilian luthiers have been using these woods for more than 50 years, it doesn't get much better than south american hardwoods. I find it funny that everyone is trying to get Pau Ferro fretboards now that Fender and some other brands are using it.
@@rexrathtar3893 why didn't you buy a guitar with a maple fretboard then?
I've been guitar shopping lately online and the one thing I've noticed is Ibanez has become the champion of just gorgeous guitars for the low-budget guitarist.
They really do make some great guitar's at affordable prices , even these GIO models are well built and sound great. Great modding platforms also , if you're into that!
I've owned (and still own a SZ320), a number of Ibanez guitars, they are easily on par with much more expensive guitars.
@@louism8217 Absolutely and I'll even throw Schecter in there. They make great affordable guitars also , both these are my favorite!
@@louism8217 The S521 is the next one on my list , I've got an RG421 and the AZES31 right now...
@@mikeg6666 unfortunately the Gio models don't have the full RG size body. They're simply just not worth upgrading because they're like toy guitars.
8:04 That will become a classic quote from Phil! "Ibanez please stop!" I found it hysterical!
Thank you for saying to use my ears to adjust pup height. I was never happy with factory settings on a few of my guitars. One step closer to knowing my gear.🎸🔥
After setting up the intonation and string height, I'll strum a G chord through an overdrive pedal, and lower the pups until you can hear the individual notes in the chord.
I work at Guitar Center and I almost impulsively bought this guitar (with my discount it would have been an actual steal) and while I don't regret it I am SO impressed with it. The only thing I'd like for it is to not say GIO on the headstock xD We guitar players are a shallow bunch aren't we? Ibanez has lowkey forced their way into my favorite guitar brands along with Schecter. They just can't be denied.
Dude I feel you so hard on it saying “Gio” on the headstock. I don’t like it either and I know I have no GOOD reason for not liking it haha
I was just talking to my girlfriend last night about how Schecter built guitars have become my go to. I have an LTD EC 1000, Wylde Audio Barbarian and a Schecter Diamond Series Solo ii. Out of 17 other instruments they are the ones that receive regular attention and all 3 get played whenever I sit to play. After about two decades of playing I found my brand. The Solo ii is basically a Gibson LP Custom except it came with things that make sense like locking tuners and SS frets. Oh and it's less than a quarter of the price. Got it for an absolute steal on top of everything because a wife was selling her husband's midlife crisis that he decided to not follow through on, literally how she worded it in the ad lmao.
scratch it with a pick in "GIO", so I took it out of mine without damaging the paint
Lmao I cant dwny I hate the go logo to buy that being said I dont mind the squire logo lol ha ha such eye popping candy pirates aren't we.
Ever played a Jackson though? doesnt get more metal than a Jackson Randy Rhoads
I have to say sounds like Ibanez is going back to what they were doing back when I got my first one. My $299 RG320DX was a magnificent starter guitar, but after that the starter guitars seemed to go downhill for many years after that, so glad to see them come full circle for another generation to have the opportunity for good quality affordable starter guitars 👍
Replace the input jacks and give the frets a polish you have something stage ready. I played one locally the other day, it's much more than a starter guitar.
Also worth noting that several years ago, Pacifica was what forced Squier to step up their game. It's good to see Yamaha pushing here, and I hope this trend spreads to other guitar companies.
Yamaha?
I have an RGX 621 from 1996 (got it for for my birthday) and it is still one of the best guitars I've ever owned.
Where was Yamaha mentioned? Do they own Ibanez?
@@voornaam3191 who hurt you
@@voornaam3191 What's the point if you need to replace 3/4 of the guitar? 🤣
I have played a couple of these at a guitar store. For some reason the action was set super high so I wasn’t blown away.
No matter what brand of guitar I’m currently playing, I’ll always come back to being ‘an Ibanez guy’. I just love the brand. It was the first manufacturer I ever truly loved when I started playing. Growing up, my band mate bought a Prestige RG570 and it looked very similar to this, aside from the addition of an Edge Pro trem. For me, I can just trust that I’m going to pick up any Ibanez and it’ll be great for me.
Love the addition of the fret measurement Phil. Another amazing video, thank you.
same! recently started paying attention to that and I feel like it's one of the most important things nobody talks about. way more important than measuring pickup resistance IMO.
I own this as well, this thing is absolutely incredible, I’ve never had such a good playing guitar for the money by an name brand
@@MikJames sounds like someone who hasn't gotten past the '59 mentality lol
Been really impressed with Ibanez lately. Not a brand I've used much in the past, but added the AMH90, AG85 and Gio Mikro Bass to the collection in the past few months and completely impressed with all of them.
That’s rad, I’m really glad a big name is starting to take notice and compete with the “new kids” in town like this. This sort of competition is always a benefit for us the consumers. Thanks for bringing attention to it Phil.
Also, that paint job looks great. Last year I bought an LTD EC-1000 in their version of that paint called Violet Andromeda. It’s a little more reactive to light shifts and has some copper and green in the mix with the blue and purple, but it was 4x the list price. Don’t get me wrong, it was worth every penny of what I paid (thanks to your advice I got a deal from my sweetwater guy), but its really cool to have that color change option at this super low price point now too.
0:50 this whole section about woods got me unreasonably excited, felt so good hearing someone as experienced as you talk about how little wood matters outside of pricing/sourcing matters
Gave you a woody?😂
Bought this model for my daughter as a starter and was very impressed with its quality at the price point. Plays fantastic too!
So this is ok for a totally new beginner as in my grand daughter who is 10?
@@Ron_Masterjohn yes it would be a perfect starter guitar
@@Ron_Masterjohn I'd suggest you can easily do 2 things (a) Find a cheaper guitar that plays just as well or (b) Find a guitar that's better value for money albeit possibly a little more expensive. The point here is, phil was talking nonsense when he said the finish is like a $3000 guitar. Shiny paint is meaningless - it's precisely done because many beginners and their parents or grandparents have little idea what to look for so they go on appearance.
We all did this at some point - I went to the guitar shop in the 80s and bought a guitar that was shiny and red and looked great. It wasn't great. You'll be luckier today because the vast majority of guitars play reasonably well. You do have to avoid some junk on places like Amazon and whatever, but if you go to a local music shop or find a good retailer online and look what they have in the beginner stuff you'll find playable guitars that are cheap. Save what you don't spend on this towards her next guitar - which is likely to cost more.
If you don't play, her guitar teacher may well be willing to help you select an instrument or give advice. The only thing I'd put in this instruments favour is Ibanez guitars with 'wizard' necks, the neck is thinner than typical guitars - the idea is to let people play lots of fast notes, but it's actually a feature for people with smaller hands and the set of people with smaller hands includes kids and women (although there are exceptions) so she may well find the neck suits her.
For similar reasons the guitar size and weight - because these are things that can make a guitar feel cumbersome for younger people.
Note too, if she has lessons at school quite often the guitars get stored somewhere during the day. My son had to leave his guitar in a stock cupboard and the kids wouldn't be careful grabbing their own guitars so, even with a gigbag the guitar started to get a lot of dings and so on. Another reason really not to worry about a shiny finish.
I wouldn't say don't get this guitar but I don't think this review was good - he seemed too phased by the shiny paint to be objective. If you get the guitar and the frets are unlevel then you'll need someone to level the frets. Really you want a retailer who will do this for you. Otherwise you're going to pay twice. Phil doesn't think about this. Or perhaps he thinks it's a way of him making money, the manufacturer's QC is poor, the retailer just ships the box - so now the purchaser has to find someone like him to pay to get the guitar into a playable state. I mean, for a more expensive guitar it might be worth paying for plek or a setup, but imo a cheap guitar either plays well or it's junk because at the cost of paying someone to try and fix a cheap guitar you could have gotten a better one.
this is the one ive been waiting for somone to mod! some locking tuners and new pick ups this thing is sweeet!!
Wow I didn't even know you could measure most of this stuff on a guitar! Thank you for showing all this!
Love seeing Tim play your jingle 👍. I am a big fan of the both of you. Happy holidays to you and yours ✌️
I saw this in store a few months ago and the color is amazing. It's hard NOT to notice it on the wall. The neck felt great too for the price.
Phil, another great review! I really liked the visual pickup selection you used as an insert, great addition. I also enjoy your licks when doing a demo “ let’s hear how it sounds.” 😊
Thats a really nice guitar, love the paint job, cheers Phil 👍🤘
Ibanez is just 1 example of the dedication and passion that the people of Japan have for anything that they do. We have some wonderful Allies and Friends in the Japanese.
Another thing about Ibanez, that's all The Satch Man(Joe), and also Steve Vai. Ibanez has painting beautiful canvases all over the worlds of METAL and Rock Music, for 4 Decades and maybe some change. I just bought my 1st Ibanez. I got an RG-7 that was built in 2013. She sounds Increditastic.
Japanese allies, really🤷♂️
@@chrischristofis8501 hold my atomic bomb!
That finish is superb regardless of the price. Might have a look to see if we have that in the UK.
They really pop in person. 🤘🏻🖖🏻
guitarguitar sell it for £280!!
@@robbiexbaker that is spooky I was looking at it on their site when your comment flagged up.... Omen? Purchase?
Guitarguitar say that it's a 'Spot' series (whatever that is) limited edition which is only available from them! But I found it on quite a few other sites including Thomann who price it at £247 but currently out of stock! They do however have a B stock at £231 and their B stock from all reports is indiscernible from new. It is however also listed on Ibanez's UK website with no mention of being a special edition.
Dude, you played any Gordon Smith guitars?
Ive had a GAX-30 from the Ibanez Gio series for 2 weeks and i'm in love! First electric guitar after playing acoustic and classical for 10 months and honestly I don't regret it one bit.
Great review Phil, you're the most on point as always! I think you're spot on in that it's Ibanez fighting back against the all-budget brands who are stepping their game (and with it their market share) up.
On the jack socket: Ibanez say it's been improved for durability. It shouldn't be long before there are aftermarket copies!
I had the exact same thoughts when I first saw this model introduced in their instagram story unveiling. It's crazy to think about how years back in the mid 2000's finding any features like these on a 300$ guitar was wildin.
Another great video Phil. I not only love the review but your thoughts about the market as well. I’m not a huge Ibanez fan but this video surprised me. Keep up the great work 👍
I think that's the nicest clean tones I've ever heard from an Ibanez... very impressive!
I usually find a lot of fluff on these guitar channels but dude you are so awesome and informative at what you do.
Excellent review as always - Thanks.
I’ve honestly never played a high end Ibanez. But I’ve owned and played several low end/entry level ibanez’s including both acoustic and electric and they’ve all been great!
Reminds me of the Ibanez ex I got as one of my first electrics back in like 1990. It was same price about same color with eastern maple neck. Loved that baby for all it was worth. Eventually blocked the bridge as it was a floating setup and I liked tuning to everything. Also put at the neck the emg 89 and the bridge the emg 85. I loved it. Thanks for your great review.
I might have found my next guitar!!
Thank you for the video Philip 🙏.
Owned this guitar for a few months now, I first saw it at a guitar shop and sadly let it slip away. With that heart breaking news, I went straight to Sweetwater and ordered one. For a composer, even beyond entry level, this thing feels like butter. Especially if you’re into bands like polyphia, or even classical compositions, the neck on this things does the job wonderfully. It really feels geared towards those Neural DSP/ plugin amps with an audio interface. It’s less of a beginner guitarists guitar, more of a beginner producer’s guitar. Sick find.
Thanks Phil! I bought this guitar after viewing your channel! You where 100% correct! I love it very light and sounds great I put some locking tuners on it! Thanks Again! Love your channel!
What kind of tuners did you put on it? I've been looking at that and I thought I'd go for some of the cheaper Grovers. I don't know though. I don't really wanna spend over a 100 bucks for tuners on a 300 dollar guitar.
A beautiful sounding guitar!! Warm yet jangly, love it!
great review Phil! that guitar has been out for a while and I had been so curious about it. The fretboard looks great on yours! The biggest deterrent for me on these less expensive guitars are the chalky fretboards they usually have.
First electric was a '08 Gio Ibanez RG. My favorite guitar. Upgraded pickups and tuners and leveled the frets, now it's a metal machine.
That was my first time actually seeing Tim Pierce play the outro music! Very very cool👌👌👌
Man that’s nice!! And some damn fine playing too sir!! Great video Phil as always. Cheers from Aus!
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I bought an RGA Gio (GRGA) with an Edge iii on a whim. It punches WAY above its weight class. I swapped all the Edge iii bolts with SS, swapped the pickups with an old set of V8/V7 I had handy. It stays in tune really well and sounds great (I added coil splits as well). I love having a mahogany guitar with a Floyd (Think Kirk Hammett Kill ‘em All solo sound.) The neck, like the one here, is a generous C shape which is refreshing for Ibanez.
Why not just buy a real guitar to begin with ?
@@thomasd9237 Maybe because he's having fun modifying a cheaper guitar? 🤷♂
Last week I got an SA GIO for my brother, 90€ used, really impressed with the quality.
Very nice. I had a gio back in the day , and even without what this guitar has it was a very well built guitar. Always loved Ibanez guitars. Good video sir
In 1999, my wife got me a Gio- kind of my reintroduction to guitar, after not playing for a few years. I played the hell out of that guitar, until i got my first Schecter, in 2009. To this day, that guitar still played great! I did change out the pickups to a Alnico 2/ Jazz, and decked the trem for more tuning stability.
Love the Tim Pierce cameo at the end! Truly epic!
Great review. My son just bought an Ibanez SR400egm bass, being old school and owning a Fender 1971 P bass and a older musicman RAY34 I would never of thought looking at an Ibanez. I got to tell you his bass is a Very Very nice Guitar in that $400.00 to $500.00 dollar price range. Cheers.
Well done Ibanez! I bought a 2020 Indonesian RG450DX and it honestly has the same "vibe" as an 88' JEM 777VBK I used to own. Fantastic instrument.
I saw that s guitar at my local guitar shop and immediately fell in love with it. I am thinking of getting into electric guitar, if I do I definitely will be buying this one
I bought one of the Gio series guitars years ago and they are great guitars for the price and I feel that they are better then even some more expensive guitars. I just past mine on to a good friend of mines son who is starting to play guitar and he loves it! Again in my opinion they are great guitars!.
Just picked up one of these a couple of months ago, and it have quickly become the guitar I grab the most. It has a nice satin finish on the roasted neck, and is very lightweight (3kg.)
Well done Ibanez 👍
Now... I don't have any expensive guitars... But I grab this one more than my PRS SE Pauls guitar.
Saw one at GC the other day and that finish is pretty nice. Great review
I have that same model and I love it ! Even though it is awesome right out of the box, I swapped the pickups to a set of Lace D3 sabertooth, put on abalone like inlay stickers in a tree of life pattern and knobs with abalone tops. It’s a killer now🤘
Hey Phil, thank you for pushing back on the guitar snobs.
Definitely there’s competition in the market and people are open to options, that is great
I have an older GIO, I love em. It's one of my earlier ones I owned when I was younger.
I bought this thing from he day it went into stores. Cheapest guitar I own but plays better than the expensive ones. Great video!
I have played a few of them....since I work in a store and sell them. Amazing playing feeling and looking guitar at a ridiculously good price.
WOW !!! THANKS FOR SHARING THIS PHIL !!!
Love the Gio Ibanez line of guitars. I got a 7 string fixed bridge and a floating trem 6 string for less than $450. consistent set up and fit and finish
Excellent video, very 'worth it' guitar, Thank you🎸
I just did a similar paint job on kit guitar (Ibanez JEM) style. Not an easy paint to do.
Nice features for $300.
Killer playing Phil 🤘
Have to agree... that's a great guitar for the price... though I think the Sterling Cutlass by Music Man I recently bought in the spring of this year at $299 on sale, brand new, is definitely a good competitor to that Ibanez. But... that finish on that GIO... WOW!!!! What an amazing guitar for the money! What we would have done for a "Starter Guitar" of that quality for that money back when we were beginners! Thanks again for another MOST EXCELLENT, in depth review! You ROCK!!! 😎🤘🎸
Been curious about the Gio a long time. Was always afraid to try it. This video makes it a lot less scary. Pretty Nice! I don’t like the idea of a plastic output Jack, but it’s nice to see them try something new. I’ve never been impressed with the classic design. It will suck if it goes bad though!
Totally agree. Hope Squire does the same. Their Bass fit and finish at the moment from Indonesia is a lottery at the moment.
I can see what Ibanez is doing here. They are doing what some other companies (especially car mfgs.) do and that is their own "Ibanez for Life" marketing. Start them on a GIO and continue to upsell and upgrade on Ibanez guitars as the buyer progresses in life and guitar skills.
I bought one of these as. a result of this video. My first Ibanez. I am extremely impressed especially for the price point. The guitar was set up great out of the box. The only thing I have done is added Hipshot locking tuners and thats just because I hate doing string changes without lockers. The original tuners were ok but not great. Sounds good, plays very good.
Ibanez make great guitars. I had a 91 RG770 I had to sell a few years ago. I have a set of pickups out of another RG770 that would be great in this one.
Great as always Phil !!
Thank you!
Fine-looking guitar! I'd love to see an HSS like this one in that price range!
Yes! I've been advocating Ibanez since the 90's!!!
So after seeing this I noticed my local shop had one. I had to have it. I own..11 guitars at the moment and this is up there with much more expensive ones in terms of craftsmanship. Plays DAMN good. I played an RGA (HP line so around $800) and other than the medium frets, I preferred how this Gio felt in the hands to that RGA.
Now to have fun upgrading it.
You peaked my interest. I own a few Ibanez guitars including my favorite S series, a 30 year old RT, and a few Artcore models and a bass and one older GIO. I think I might just get one of these to fool with. My wife keeps telling me I don't need another guitar because I own 320 as of this writing. Guess it's a serious case of GAS ! LOL. Thank you Phil for your review. You have helped me make many decisions over the years about gear. Keep up the great work and because of you I know my gear even more!
Saw this in person at a Guitar Center, the paint is absolutely magnificent in person.
I saw this at guitar center liked it but it was a Gio now that I saw your review I would get it thanks .
glad to see this vid, i have 7 ibanez guitars, from a Gio all the way to the Joe Sat. js2410 , and while the gio could never touch the js it has a quality all of its own. Ibanez has really been doing the "low end" a lot of justice with the Gio line.
You’re the reason I just ordered this guitar!
I had a 6003FM in the light blue for a few months, I didn’t care for the super light weight but I got it used for $200 and the color was very nice. It was the light blue, with the jatoba fretboard, it was a very, very nice guitar. The neck had a very nice shape to it, even though it was super light weight it was a very well put together guitar
Hey Philip, I've got a 1977 Ibanez Challenger, love it. Big lawsuit era. I've also got a acoustic/electric Ibanez, love it 🤠🎶
I have been playing 50 years & 2 of my favorite guitars are a 1972 Ibanez Artist, and a 2015 Ibanez RG450 that I souped up. I also have a 1978 Gibson LP Custom & a 1976 Fender Strat, and several other older guitars. The Ibanez guitars get played as much or more than the others. Great guitars for the money.
I’m shooting this guitar on Monday! Many of my initial observations match yours
I just got one of these, used. I normally like the S style, but this one is beautiful. I ordered some StewMac Golden Age pickups for it..Overwound in the Bridge, and a Regular wound Neck. I'm going to put a 3 way switch in it. The neck feels and plays great, so it's totally worth it.
Whoaaaaaa that's sweet looking guitar! I ordered headless one which has been delayed... can't wait.
It's an amazing guitar at this price point. I've admired Ibanez for a long time and here's more proof of how good they are. Thank you for this excellent review, Phillip. 👍👍👍
Ibanez never disappoints, even with their budget lines.
great review man
I watch you a lot, but don't comment a lot, but had to this time..
We live in a time when gear is as good as it gets for the price. While there is some junk out there, I'm 61 and when I started playing even moderately expensive guitars could be junk, and inexpensive guitars were almost not playable unless you took them to a lutheir and spent 3 times the money to get them up to standard. Just to gig I mean.. It was terrible.
I'd spend less than 400 on a guitar today with the guitar and maybe a new nut and tuners and play a gig and not be worried at all..
You have a great channel sir. Thanks for telling the truth about the business. Most people don't hear that part of the industry, but hear a lot of the marketing only.
Thanks for that.. Great channel and great topics. Really appreciate the value you bring.
Tim
Gonna have to give it a try. Never been a fan of Ibanez except for when you get higher end, but this seems like it has potential
wow dude, great video, you have a new subscriber.... love all your tools, thanks for the links too!
This might sound like a dumb suggestion, but when you do the fret ends test, you can just flip the same sock around instead of using two socks, one for the bass and one for the treble side. That will produce less waste and it will also save you a couple of bucks in the long run.
Right on. I tell everybody the new gio standards far exceed the past models
*I've got that Ibanez with a solid walnut body and it's a magnificent guitar that play's beautifully..*
I bought a GRG121 black as a base for a project guitar a while back (a variax transplant). I thought I would have to rework a lot but except a quick polish of the frets, I had nothing to complain about.. This one looks way way better though. Like it a lot.
Recently bought an Orangewood Berkley acoustic guitar. I've owned a Taylor that was at the same price point in the early 2000's. The Oragewood is superior in so many ways, from the L.R Baggs pickup/internal mic to the setup, to the all solid construction. Things are changing!
sweet. I have the Mason Live and it's quite nice. but I can't run ultra light strings on it, some of the frets choke out. with lights there's zero issue. i tried adjusting the truss rod some and it didn't really help, but i haven't tried to do a thorough setup or really test/push the truss rod adjustment much. really I should be using lights anyways, it's just that I don't play much and I primarily play electric so my hand muscles for playing acoustic are just weak so I wanted to try and make it easier lol. also, i really like the cutaway look and got it for that, but I do wish it had some more low end/volume, not that it doesn't sound amazing, it does, but just as a preference thing I think I'd go a bigger body without a cutaway like a dreadnaught style or something next time. i tell myself it's for fret access too but when am i ever shredding the top of the fretboard on my acoustic in reality? yeah... basically never. lol.
What a fine instrument .😮
Just bought my nephew a Gretsch he pointed out and it is slightly more than 300 but is punching way above its weight. Plus the neck felt so good.
I have a 300 dollar Ibanez archtop that has been fantastic. Fit and finish is good. Really nice neck. It can do everything from jazz to blues to indie rock to country and classic rock. It's great.
I also have an Ibanez gio bass that I picked up used for 120 bucks. It's got a built in active boost preamp. Sounds and plays great. Awesome values.
I've been waiting for this, because I would love to hear your opinion with this awesome budget friendly guitar
This is the kind of review i want to look at when I’m trying to decide.
Phil, your taste in guitars is just impeccable
Great video Phil. I feel Ibanez are pretty underrated. I have semi hollow 335 style, a hollow box and Ibanez acoustic bass all which I find to be really fun to play.