Ibanez SML721 Multi-scale Electric Guitar
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With an innovative multi-scale design for ideal string tension, this super-playable S-series axe boasts a 5-piece Wizard neck and Ibanez's Q58 humbuckers.
What's special about this item?
Feature: | What it does: |
---|---|
Rosewood fretboard | Open, warm tone and smooth playing feel |
Mono-Rail bridge | Strings move independently; excellent intonation |
Jescar EVO Gold Frets | Bright tone and long-lasting durability |
Gotoh MG-T locking tuners | Easy to use; solid tuning stability |
Overview
The cutting edge of Ibanez design, the S series continues to be a marvel of form and function. Its signature body shape -- sculpted, lightweight, and mahogany -- is stronger and more musically responsive than guitars weighing twice as much. The S series is still a rock 'n' roll version of a quick, graceful, and potentially lethal weapon.
Ibanez has been creating innovations which do not only fit the unique demands of players from that period, but also eventually turn into industrial standards, such as 7 string, 8 string and Multi scale guitars. All these started from Ibanez's attitude of "Innovative, Cutting-Edge and Pioneering." Axe Design Lab is the series that fully represents this attitude.
- Wizard 5pc Maple/Walnut neck:
Ibanez's thin, flat and fast Wizard neck is strong and sturdy and offers unlimited playability for demanding players.
- Rosewood fretboard:
Rosewood fretboard provides a well-balanced solid tone with a focused mid range.
- Jescar EVO Gold frets:
Jescar EVO gold frets are known for their bright tone, gorgeous appearance, and excellent features such as long-lasting durability and smooth note bending.
- Nyatoh body:
Nyatoh used as the body wood provides a rich mid-low end.
- Q58 H-H pickups:
Q58 pickups provide a clearly defined sound, facilitating excellent tonal balance through all frequencies. The lows are powerful without being muddy, and the highs are bright and clear, but never harsh. As a result, every single note within the chord structure is… read more well defined, and clearly audible. These pickups, with their tonal balance, and extremely low noise performance, work extremely well with both digital and analog effects.
- Gotoh MG-T locking machine heads:
The Gotoh MG-T locking machine heads achieve incredible tuning stability, cutting down string-changing time.
- Mono-rail bridge:
Designed for both stability and sustain, the innovative Ibanez Mono-Rail bridge minimizes cross-talk between strings.
- dyna-MIX10 switching system with Alter Switch:
The dyna-MIX 10 offers ten sound variations and can easily switch from humbucker and single coil modes with the mini switch. The power Tap mode provides a realistic single coil sound despite its two humbucker pickup layout.
- 25.5 - 25.0 inch multi scale:
The Low-E string has a 25.5' scale which is the same as most of Ibanez guitars, but on the High-E string, the scale length is shorter, 25'.
This combination provides a better playability because it allows gentler string tensions over the plain strings, while not sacrificing the tightness of the wound strings.
Also, the nut is vertical to the strings so there is no weird feelings or extreme finger stretching when playing chords on the lower frets.
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Ibanez has been creating innovations which do not only fit the unique demands of players from that period, but also eventually turn into industrial standards, such as 7 string, 8 string and Multi scale guitars. All these started from Ibanez's attitude of "Innovative, Cutting-Edge and Pioneering." Axe Design Lab is the series that fully represents this attitude.
- Wizard 5pc Maple/Walnut neck:
Ibanez's thin, flat and fast Wizard neck is strong and sturdy and offers unlimited playability for demanding players.
- Rosewood fretboard:
Rosewood fretboard provides a well-balanced solid tone with a focused mid range.
- Jescar EVO Gold frets:
Jescar EVO gold frets are known for their bright tone, gorgeous appearance, and excellent features such as long-lasting durability and smooth note bending.
- Nyatoh body:
Nyatoh used as the body wood provides a rich mid-low end.
- Q58 H-H pickups:
Q58 pickups provide a clearly defined sound, facilitating excellent tonal balance through all frequencies. The lows are powerful without being muddy, and the highs are bright and clear, but never harsh. As a result, every single note within the chord structure is… read more well defined, and clearly audible. These pickups, with their tonal balance, and extremely low noise performance, work extremely well with both digital and analog effects.
- Gotoh MG-T locking machine heads:
The Gotoh MG-T locking machine heads achieve incredible tuning stability, cutting down string-changing time.
- Mono-rail bridge:
Designed for both stability and sustain, the innovative Ibanez Mono-Rail bridge minimizes cross-talk between strings.
- dyna-MIX10 switching system with Alter Switch:
The dyna-MIX 10 offers ten sound variations and can easily switch from humbucker and single coil modes with the mini switch. The power Tap mode provides a realistic single coil sound despite its two humbucker pickup layout.
- 25.5 - 25.0 inch multi scale:
The Low-E string has a 25.5' scale which is the same as most of Ibanez guitars, but on the High-E string, the scale length is shorter, 25'.
This combination provides a better playability because it allows gentler string tensions over the plain strings, while not sacrificing the tightness of the wound strings.
Also, the nut is vertical to the strings so there is no weird feelings or extreme finger stretching when playing chords on the lower frets.
Specs
- Neck: Wizard 5pc Maple/Walnut
- Fretboard: Rosewood
- Frets: Jescar EVO Gold
- Body: Nyatoh
- Pickups: Q58 H-H
- Tuners: Gotoh MG-T locking machine heads
- Bridge: Mono-rail
- Switching: dyna-MIX10 switching system with Alter Switch
- Side Dots: Luminescent
- Scale Length: 25.5-25.0 inch multi scale
- Fretboard: Rosewood
- Frets: Jescar EVO Gold
- Body: Nyatoh
- Pickups: Q58 H-H
- Tuners: Gotoh MG-T locking machine heads
- Bridge: Mono-rail
- Switching: dyna-MIX10 switching system with Alter Switch
- Side Dots: Luminescent
- Scale Length: 25.5-25.0 inch multi scale
- Dimensions and Weight in Packaging
- Rose Gold Chameleon
- Shipping Weight: 11 lbs
- Shipping Dimensions: 45 x 17 x 5 in
- Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): SML721RGC
Documents and Manuals
For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 800-669-8262
Web: https://www.ibanez.com/usa/support/
Phone: 800-669-8262
Web: https://www.ibanez.com/usa/support/
Reviews
Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars.
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Submitted October 2, 2023 by a customer from gmail.com
"Elegant, Comfortable, Stable"
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This guitar's features are seemingly endless. I have several other Ibanez S series guitars that have floating tremolo's but have been wanting a S series with a fixed bridge for a while. The bridge is not only beautiful but offers unsurpassed tuning and intonation stability. It is also surprisingly comfortable for my right hand which is so used to the other bridges like the edge. This is the second guitar I own that has the Gotoh locking tuners, of which I have become a huge fan and believe they should be standard on all Ibanez guitars. The neck is thin and fast for shredders but still very comfortable and natural for other styles. The 5 position pickup switch along with the power tap toggle offers 10 different pickup combinations for ten different sounds. I have another Ibanez that has this feature with 9 combinations from 3 pickups. I wasn't really expecting anything more from this guitar and its 2 pickups... I was wrong. I have never played with these pickups so I had no real expectations but they sound amazing. I get great sounds for rock, metal, blues, funk etc... These pickups are without a doubt the clearest when using distortion in any of my guitars. They have no problem with heavy guitar sounds and really shine when I back off the distortion for a dirty blues sound. I also had to look at the diagram on Ibanez' website to know which pickup or split pickup combinations are activated in different switch positions as they are not the combinations I'm familiar with on my other…
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guitars. They are all usable for different guitar parts or songs and I have used 6 of them in one instrumental. The multi-scale neck is a first for me and as I have read from other players, there was really no having to get familiar with something new. It felt natural the first time I played it and in fact, over several hours, the slant seems to disappear and funny enough when I picked up another guitar after a couple days of playing this, the standard straight frets seemed to be leaning in the opposite direction (an optical illusion from the brain over correcting). Changing the strings on this guitar (after years of playing floating bridge styles) takes a fraction of the time with the locking tuners and the no fuss bridge to adjust every time. This is quickly becoming my first choice regardless of the style of music I'm about to play because it is quick, easy, stable and handles any amp or Fx settings equally as well as any of my other guitars that I would normally choose for a specific style. Guitar aesthetics will always be an attraction to each individual but function over form is to me the deciding factor and this guitar, IMO, is as beautiful as it is functional.
Sound
The sound, both clean and distorted, are clear and not muddy. All the notes of a chord are distinguishable.
Features
The bridge is genius in it's simplicity. Each string saddle is mounted independently to the body so bending one string has no effect on the others. Anyone who is familiar with floating bridges or any bridge with a tremolo knows that, if you bend one string the bridge reacts and lowers the tone of the other strings and even the bent string itself which then needs to be compensated for and bent a little further to hit the targeted note.
Ease of Use
This guitar fell naturally into place with all my amps' settings and effects. I also set some things unique to this guitar and its pickups that compliment its 10 switch capabilities.
Quality
The guitar is lighter than...say... my S1070PBZ due in part to less hardware but in no way feels cheap.
Value
Having played this guitar for many hours now, I absolutely believe it is well within the price range I would expect for the quality.
Manufacturer Support
I did contact Ibanez for the first time in my life concerning this guitar. It was nothing major just a miner cosmetic thing. They replied to me immediately, were very friendly and professional. They sent new parts at their expense and I had them in a couple days. I am glad to know that the company I've so loyally championed for decades is everything one would hope. Thanks Tod.
The Wow Factor
The Rose Gold Chameleon isn't my favorite color but having it in person looks much nicer than the pictures. Having it under different light sources is fun to watch the colors change depending on the angle from which it's viewed. Also the gold hardware and frets give it an elegant look.
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Sound
The sound, both clean and distorted, are clear and not muddy. All the notes of a chord are distinguishable.
Features
The bridge is genius in it's simplicity. Each string saddle is mounted independently to the body so bending one string has no effect on the others. Anyone who is familiar with floating bridges or any bridge with a tremolo knows that, if you bend one string the bridge reacts and lowers the tone of the other strings and even the bent string itself which then needs to be compensated for and bent a little further to hit the targeted note.
Ease of Use
This guitar fell naturally into place with all my amps' settings and effects. I also set some things unique to this guitar and its pickups that compliment its 10 switch capabilities.
Quality
The guitar is lighter than...say... my S1070PBZ due in part to less hardware but in no way feels cheap.
Value
Having played this guitar for many hours now, I absolutely believe it is well within the price range I would expect for the quality.
Manufacturer Support
I did contact Ibanez for the first time in my life concerning this guitar. It was nothing major just a miner cosmetic thing. They replied to me immediately, were very friendly and professional. They sent new parts at their expense and I had them in a couple days. I am glad to know that the company I've so loyally championed for decades is everything one would hope. Thanks Tod.
The Wow Factor
The Rose Gold Chameleon isn't my favorite color but having it in person looks much nicer than the pictures. Having it under different light sources is fun to watch the colors change depending on the angle from which it's viewed. Also the gold hardware and frets give it an elegant look.
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