I got this used for like 70. I have to say, it played better and felt better than my old 2013 Gibson Studio (before I changed it's nut and tuners). The fret board is amazing for the price and I found it better than a lot of Squiers and budget Ibanez's that I've played. If you buy it though, get locking tuners, top-wrap the strings and change the pickups. It'll be a great work horse guitar. Also, it's a good idea to replace the bridge. It's pretty crap but a new bridge can be replaced and bought for cheap.
That's definitely an awesome deal! If you watch part 2. We completely modified the entire guitar and turned it into a serious competitor for a Gibson. We used p90 pickups. Thank you so much for commenting! Please check out some of my other videos. And like and subscribe if ya haven't yet! ❤️💯💪
@@ROCKNROLLMODS I'm pretty sure I already subscribed, if not I will. I watched a lot of part two because it seems you're doing exactly the same stuff I want to do with the guitar. Thanks for the response and keep up the good work man.
Just saying I see these videos everywhere and everybody always looks at the finish first thing and for any flaws then start working on them and do nothing to protect the finish Lol good video thanks for sharing.
I got one I modded it but I still need to put new pots and a new jack. Guyker nut ninja tuners epi bridge rail pickups and a switch. Its been sittin for months but I picked it up last night, perfect tune. I laugh at gibson
On most of these, intonation can not be set properly. The bridge needs moved 1/8" to 1/4" to the rear. Requiring removing the insert, plugging the hole plus matching and patching as best you can. Then reinstalling the bridge. THEN the bridge is too close to the tail piece. You can move the tail piece which is just like moving the bridge, OR in my case, I just top wrapped the strings on the tail piece.
Thanks for watching and commenting! The roller bridge that I replaced it with was about 1/4 inch thicker (nut to tail direction.) this gave me the extra required adjustment necessary for intonating. Not saying that it's perfect everywhere up and down the neck, but I was able to get the 12th fret close to spot on. I believe the high E was just out of "perfect" if I remember correctly. But the end result was a playable guitar. To be honest I don't think I actually checked, or even tried to correct the intonation with the stock bridge. But I know it was no where near properly intonated out of the box. Also, if you are top wrapping for the purpose of less string tension, you should try a roller bridge. It makes 10ga strings feel like 8's. Thanks again, and keep on rockin!
27:36 that's quite not true, I have a Ibanez AS73 and the Pick guard screw was vibrating I had to make a bigger hole for it, I had to replace the tailpiece, I had to polish it, I had to adjust the bridge
Sure, you can certainly get a dud, but normally you get a fairly playable instrument from ibanez. Partly because you can usually go to your local music store and play it before you buy it. Thanks for watching! Filming part ii right now! She'll be rippin' soon!
Thank you for watching and commenting! I wish I had done a video playing it straight out of the box. Unfortunately, it was not very playable. The intonation was miles out. But in the future, I will make sure to document it.
I'm sure you got it set up good, but man you are rough on the handling of that thing and your ring was slapping it all over the place. If you are going to nit pick the finish and then do the bull in a china shop, best not to say anything about the finish. I'm sure the finish was better when you first took it out of the box than it was by the time you got done. Thanks for the video and the links. I hope you made a part 2, I will see if I can find it. Rock on my friend.
Part 2 is out now!
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I got this used for like 70. I have to say, it played better and felt better than my old 2013 Gibson Studio (before I changed it's nut and tuners). The fret board is amazing for the price and I found it better than a lot of Squiers and budget Ibanez's that I've played. If you buy it though, get locking tuners, top-wrap the strings and change the pickups. It'll be a great work horse guitar. Also, it's a good idea to replace the bridge. It's pretty crap but a new bridge can be replaced and bought for cheap.
That's definitely an awesome deal! If you watch part 2. We completely modified the entire guitar and turned it into a serious competitor for a Gibson. We used p90 pickups. Thank you so much for commenting! Please check out some of my other videos. And like and subscribe if ya haven't yet! ❤️💯💪
@@ROCKNROLLMODS I'm pretty sure I already subscribed, if not I will. I watched a lot of part two because it seems you're doing exactly the same stuff I want to do with the guitar. Thanks for the response and keep up the good work man.
Just saying I see these videos everywhere and everybody always looks at the finish first thing and for any flaws then start working on them and do nothing to protect the finish Lol good video thanks for sharing.
No, thank you 🙏
I got one I modded it but I still need to put new pots and a new jack. Guyker nut ninja tuners epi bridge rail pickups and a switch. Its been sittin for months but I picked it up last night, perfect tune. I laugh at gibson
I know! Everyone complaining about gibson tuning, and my inexpensive guitars stay in tune great!
Happy to see a video like such. I just grabbed one of these from a friend for a reasonable price. Frets are mighty sharp!
Yes! I hadn't mentioned that, but the frets are gonna be addressed in part 2! Coming soon!
On most of these, intonation can not be set properly. The bridge needs moved 1/8" to 1/4" to the rear. Requiring removing the insert, plugging the hole plus matching and patching as best you can. Then reinstalling the bridge. THEN the bridge is too close to the tail piece. You can move the tail piece which is just like moving the bridge, OR in my case, I just top wrapped the strings on the tail piece.
Thanks for watching and commenting! The roller bridge that I replaced it with was about 1/4 inch thicker (nut to tail direction.) this gave me the extra required adjustment necessary for intonating. Not saying that it's perfect everywhere up and down the neck, but I was able to get the 12th fret close to spot on. I believe the high E was just out of "perfect" if I remember correctly. But the end result was a playable guitar. To be honest I don't think I actually checked, or even tried to correct the intonation with the stock bridge. But I know it was no where near properly intonated out of the box. Also, if you are top wrapping for the purpose of less string tension, you should try a roller bridge. It makes 10ga strings feel like 8's. Thanks again, and keep on rockin!
Nice t-shirt dude!
Thanks lol boredom is one heck of a drug.
What is the nut width of the guitar?
Thank you for reminding me! I will definitely put that in part 2. But it is 1.67" or 42.6 mm
@@ROCKNROLLMODS Ah ha, perfect for me, thanks for the info buddy
You’re not in tune . The intonation is superb on mine . Great git for the price . Limited run. Cannot find them anymore
Stays in tune just fine. Great intonation . Really good neck . Def replace the pickups . Saw one on Rwverb for 499.00 recently
I don't know why you complain about everything
27:36 that's quite not true, I have a Ibanez AS73 and the Pick guard screw was vibrating I had to make a bigger hole for it, I had to replace the tailpiece, I had to polish it, I had to adjust the bridge
Sure, you can certainly get a dud, but normally you get a fairly playable instrument from ibanez. Partly because you can usually go to your local music store and play it before you buy it. Thanks for watching! Filming part ii right now! She'll be rippin' soon!
@@ROCKNROLLMODS im planning to buy a Gibson in couple years, I hope that the price doesn't go up
@@Headbutter-Lettuce90 for sure! Seems like they just went up not too long ago hopefully they stay put for a while!
@@ROCKNROLLMODS the problem is that I'm Mexican so it's more expensive
Lmao they charge based on ethnicity wtf
I would have liked to have seen the baseline.
Thank you for watching and commenting! I wish I had done a video playing it straight out of the box. Unfortunately, it was not very playable. The intonation was miles out. But in the future, I will make sure to document it.
Send it to me. Now.!
I'm sure you got it set up good, but man you are rough on the handling of that thing and your ring was slapping it all over the place. If you are going to nit pick the finish and then do the bull in a china shop, best not to say anything about the finish. I'm sure the finish was better when you first took it out of the box than it was by the time you got done. Thanks for the video and the links. I hope you made a part 2, I will see if I can find it. Rock on my friend.
Thanks for watching. If you thought that was cringe, I'm sure you'll really love part 2 lol.