My one gripe is that it seems like some sound gets lost in the shuffle, as if the pickups can't keep up. However, as a beginner it was amazing. Now that I've been playing awhile I've found that I'm pushing it well past what it was intended to do. That said, I can still rock out most of what I want. Get a good amp. On the basic Crate 12W I started with I was immensely frustrated. Now, with a Line 6 Spider II 75w, I'm much happier, and an upgrade guitar-wise is in order soon.

Stays in tune, mostly. Whammy bar is USELESS, as the strings are pulled out of tune very quickly. Pickups need work, but this is a beginner guitar, so no hate there.

Take basic care of it and it's fine. No calls to service, no service at all needed except string changes, which seem to be more and more often... mostly because I'm getting more and more addicted.

Great for a beginner and good on up to an intermediate player.

Did not have to deal with them.

PERFECT beginner guitar and keeps anyone busy. Pick up and wail. Simple, practical, yet attractive aesthetically.

active musician

Alternative, heavy Punk, Progressive

this guitar kicks ass. I love the way it sounds, feels, and plays. great price also.

i haven't yet installed the bar, but it should be easy and sound better.

looks beautiful.

GREAT PRODUCT FOR A GREAT PRICE.

i haven't yet had any problems with the guitar or company.

No stickers needed.

Punk, old rock, reggae

This guitar is good for everything from metal to blues. Both of which I play alot.

The neck is awesome. I also like the HSS setup. The 5 way switch is good also, you can really tell the difference between each different position.

Ibanez makes awesome guitars. hands down. Any Ibanez guitar will do you good.

This guitar is ridiculous for the price. This guitar definatly should be at least 250$$.

dont know havent had to use it.

hobbyist

Metal, Classic Rock, Blues

I don't like the sound too much. It's very good for Death Metal or something very heavy, but I like stuff like Steve Vai, and Joe Satriani. The PowerSounds this guitar has on stock are not really good for that kind of playing. You can get a lot of variety of sounds though cuz of the diff positions. I have not tried any effects on this guitar yet cuz got no money to get any. But u can try that, but I recommend getting diff pickups like DiMarzio, ESP etc.

The guitar has all the basic features to play. It even has a built in piezo I beleive on mine and sounds like an acoustic if u put it on the first single coil pickup. The humbucker is OK too, but like I said the sound isn't that great for me. IT has a SAT 10 bridge which sometimes sets out of tune, but not a bad problem. The bar is a bit lose in the hole, and it's not a screw-in, so it can fall out easily. I wish it had a Floyd Rose, but I shouldn't be complaining, this guitar can still play great!!!

I can tell this guitar will last a long time. I've had this guitar for about 6 or 7 months now. I've accidentaly dropped it a few times and surpriseingly it shows no sign of damage, not even a dent! Built very good and sturdy, great paintjob. the only thing I would be afraid of on this guitar would be getting out of tune if I'm playing a song that requires such things that put strain on the guitar.

This guitar is definetly worth the money if not more. It's cheap for a great instrument.

Mine came with a 30 day warranty I think as I remember.

Rock, instrumental- Joe Satriani

The Guitar for proffesionals on a tight budget, is what best describe this product.For a 200 bucks plus guitar, you will have doubts whether Ibanez is making a donation to the financially tight players,whatever it is, thank you Ibanez.Before i bought this guitar, ive made some test runs on some mid brand guitars ,the music i play are Steve Vai/Satriani's and Santana.The other guitars have problems with flat solo sounds particularly on the 8th fret and above.Problems like bridge too wide which causes scaling difficulties and also strings too high for the last frets which makes high pitch solos an obstacle. However when i started to play this gem, it just feels right,the bridge is narrow and accessible, the strings feels comfortable when depressed even in the final high pitch frets. People around me started to ask"What brand is this? The sound is almost perfect!" It sounds good already even without effects.Im halfway through completing an album and i own a recording studio.

Tremolo arm? I never use it anyway, don't need it.I recommend getting a tube amp for such a quality guitar.

The body looks sleek, the design is nice, my only gripe is that ive kind of worried about the visible jumper wires behind.Maybe Ibanez would want to add an additional protective cover or shield on the jumpers.

This product is well worth the price, the biggest strength is the consistent tones in all frets.

Haven't need support yet.

For the record, i have an orange GSA-60, well at least its colorful,hopefully it colors my music as well.

Recording Engineer

Satriani/Steve Vai/Santana

The sound is SUPERB!!!!i has RG2EX1 n still like this model...the Tremolo is good. Same Quality as theexpensive 1...i never know why Ibanez made this model inexpensive...but sure they wrong bout the price...

hmm....the shape very rockin dude! the color are very unics!

nothing 2 say..its WOW!!!

yup3!it has the quality that we 1...

i hope ibanez will raise up the price as much as the quality....it has the same quality like others!

i want more then 1....hahahaa....will create a Ibanez GSA60 club.

Metal, Classic Rock

This Ibanez has a great hard rock sound to it. But i would not suggest it for anything else.

The whammy bar effect is effective enough and if you get a distortion pedal this guitar is perfect.

VERY good quality, this guitar is hardcore, I don't have a strap lock so it falls alot and it still plays perfectly.

This is a great guitar and it very cheap as well. It was my second guitar and I wouldn't trade it for a Gibson.

1 year warranty what else do I need to say.

Hot looks great play what more do you want.

Punk-Hard-Grunge-Alternative

the stock pickups are weak

decent tremolo for this price

plays great. nice thin fast neck

no complaints about quality. for the price it is excellent

i have 8 guitars. Gibson, Schecter, Ibanez and Alvarez. This guitar is easily the best bang for the buck.

did not need support

i got the butterscotch color. really nice finish

26 years

Rock, Blues

I've tried it today. It worked well on many different styles, from Dire Straits to AC/DC to Deep Purple to Van Halen. Nice clean sound, but it sounds much better when it's on heavy distortion, or overdrive. Great harmonics! Cool tapping! It's a great HM guitar, you can really make it moan and scream!

The best thing on this guitar is it's neck, the same as the one on many more expencive Ibanez guitars, only with smaller frets. When you feel it once, you don't want to put it down! The thing I dont like is the agathis body, it would sound much better if it was adler, but then it would cost more. Other features are pretty basic, pickups are average but OK, bridge and tuning machines seem sturdy.

Quality is not top-of-the-line, but for this ammount of cash, you can't get a better guitar. It's better then Yamaha Pacifica and many copies of Strat I've tried. If you treat it right, it will serve you for years.

BEST VALUE FOR THE CASH!

Never needed service, hope I won't...

To be honest, if I had more cash, I would buy Ibanez RG, or JS or JEM. Since I dont, and I'm not a pro who needs a high-end instrumment, I think I'll buy this one at my dealer. The blue finish knocked me off my feet, and it looks like JS, only a little simpler and cheaper.

Hobbyst

Classic Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal

It has a great sound, especially with a good amp to take advantage of it.

My guitar came with the wire, instruction booklet, warranty. The pickups are awesome and of course switching through them are easy.

awesome body, I got the transperant butterscotch, it is flawless. The tremolo is the most responsive I have yet to touch.

Really a great axe for the price

No probs yet

Everyone just looks at it! I keep her buffed of course, very appealing

Student

Rock, Latin,

Its not the best, but for the price its quite good... It all comes down to the amp and whatever effects you use... that and your personal experience

I like the five way switcher, it comes in handy when playing different styles of music

It pretty good, a couple of buzzes here and there, and the jack is sorta weak (I think that be my fault) but it hasn't broke yet so it must be pretty good

Guitarist

Rock

I would characterize the sound of this guitar as a well sounded guitar. When you play it the sound really comes out when you have alot of extras for it. But when u get it for the fist time it sounds ok. Most of the chords i play on it are better/comes out alot clear then some of my other gutars. When I play and it comes to a solo i don't have the wammy bar in I think it sounds better when you use your fingers because you can get the more/better sound out of it then with the wammy bar.

About most of the time when i play it the components are mainy in the right spot but when it comes time to a little bit different songs i think the settings for the places you want to play in it could be JUST a smige up toward the player more.

If your really big into guitars and you have the money and the room for it then i would invest into some of the more better equipment for it. For this instrument I say there is not really a learning cure for it. It is a really playable guitar I can play just about all of "AC & DC" songs nd alot more of other bands songs.

Everything made on it is well made the only thing is when I got mine there was a blemishes on the body and i buffed that out. But if your not really fimalair with guitars or anything then I would take it to the store were you got it at and have them do it.

yes for the qualty of the guitar i would say out of the long run that the price of the guitar is fair.

Yes they were easy to get a hold to. Some of the empolyees I talked to were not so very friendly and they gave me a problem about it when I needa new neck ( it broke on the road ). i got the neck sent to me I stuck it on myslef.

this is about my 20th guitar and i like it alot. the way the sound just flows out of it and all. the sex apperal of it was actually pretty nice.

active musician

rock and roll

I suggest to get a 15 watt amp woth some effects cuz this guitar can scream.

Whammy bar isnt amazing but its gud for beginners

good. i have two lil bros a sis and a dog and it hasnt broken yet

gr8 guitar for the $$$$$

havent had to deal with them

sexiest guitar ever. i got the butterscotch and i give it a kiss gnite.

hobbyist

everything besides punk blues and classical and death

well, I'm not the best guitar player. but i have friends that are really good and they say it's one of the nicest guitars they have ever heard so yeah i think it sounds really good with my amp.

well obviouslly you can tell i love this guitar. i liked all the features and i say leave it as it is!

it seems that it will last a long time. i have notices any defects or anything it still looks brand new.

i have not had to deal with the company

the moment i saw it I fell in love! i took me a very long time to decied which guitar I wanted, I looked for several weeks finally going back to this my first choice!

everything from classic rock to heavy metal

I haven't played all of the top of the line electrics, but it sounds great to me. I compare it to my Les Paul, and the sound quality of the Ibanez is surprising--not AS good, but close. I was worried about plugging in the Ibanez and hearing a lot of buzz or hiss, but there is none of that. The pickups in this guitar are quiet and they reproduce the sound very well. If used with distortion or other heavy effects, it sounds great. It sounds okay clean too, but drier and not as full as my Les Paul.

I was impressed by the simplicity of the controls. One volume, one tone, and one 5-position pickup selector--that's it. Guitars with 50 knobs and switches annoy me. Unless you are extremely particular, you'll be able to get the tone that you're looking for. Also, the Butterscotch Transparent finish is really, really nice! I just bought it because it's $50 cheaper, but it looks much better than it does in the pictures. The nice finish kinda makes the guitar 'feel' like a higher quality guitar. Obviously the hardware is not top of the line. Don't expect it to be. The hardware is very functional but it's not eye catching. For my purposes, I don't need it to look pretty though, so I'm happy.

As far as play-ability goes, it's decent, but you will probably want to do some fine tuning. My guitar came with a buzz in the E string and way too much gap between the strings and the fretboard towards the upper frets. I'm also going to put some lighter strings on it. It plays a little stiff. The neck seems just a little on the thick side (and I have big hands). The fretboard kind of has a chalkboard feel. Hopefully this is all something that can be adjusted or worked out by playing.

As I said before, the Butterscotch Transparent finish is really, really nice! The guitar has a healthy weight to it and feels solid. It doesn't feel flimsy or like it's going to break, in fact, quite to opposite. I was looking for a guitar I could take everywhere with me and not have to worry about it. And this guitar feels like it will take quite a beating.

The value for me is fantastic. I wanted a guitar I could take everywhere I go and not have to tote around multiple >$1,000 guitars. I wanted something I could get a scratch in and not worry about it. But I also wanted a guitar that sounds decent and has decent action. In all of these respects, the Ibanez completely fit the bill. Now I can leave my expensive equipment at home where it's safe and still have fun jamming at friend's houses, etc.

Umm, I wouldn't show up with it at Battle of the Bands or anything. People that don't know anything about guitars will probably say, "nice guitar". People that know a lot about guitars will probably try to kick your butt--haha. Just kidding. If you want this guitar, it's because you're just starting out or, like me, want something that'll take a little abuse.

Active musician

Inde rock

I play mostly Metal, but I have a very diverse taste in what I play. It's not a particularly good guitar as far as sound goes. The point I must stress is that it's a beginner guitar. It doesn't play very well, the tremolo is essentially useless because the guitar will go out of tune, and the pickups are, like most Ibanez stock pickups, worthless.

It comes with pretty much standard accessories. I don't like that the whammy bar slides in rather than screws in; after a few uses it's too loose and randomly slips out. The bridge is substandard. It's a beginner guitar, so it doesn't really need 24 frets, but as a beginner becomes a more advanced player, 24 frets is something they're going to wish they had.

Horrible quality. It's not dependable. The tone knob came unseated. It developed a nasty buzz, somewhere it's not grounded. The tremolo causes it to come out of tune very easily. It's a very light feeling guitar. The bridge has a sharp spot on which my high E always breaks. If I were gigging with this guitar I'd make sure to bring a spare.

It's not a particularly good value; ESP, for example, makes guitars around the same price range that are much better.

I've never dealt with Ibanez.

It looks nice. Beyond that, it has little appeal.

Metal

good for the price

pretty bad pickups, a sh**ty whammy bar, but the rest is all right

good value for the price

my end pin broke after about 5 months. I don't know if they all are made pretty bad or if it was just mine.

i have it!

Heavy Metal

This guitar proves sound is more from the player than the guitar. I get the same sound out of this as I did from my 1987 RG560. Less sustain (can be fixed with better P/U but for the money great bargain.

Tremolo not so great (Needs locking nut) It will go out of tune even with light use. Needs better pickups, but again for the price. It is right.

Plays as easily as other ibanez. Larger frets would be nice.

Beautiful Finish. Butterscotch Transparent

Never need it.

BT finish looks great. Almost like a flame top

nothing special, but still a good sound

the one thing that reely bothered me was the tremelo system, the bar slides in, an just hangs in place an falls out easily. plus it will pull every string on the guitar out of tune in a heartbeat. but thats the only major problem, everything else is good enough.

not the best, but for begginers most of the problems with this guitar are minor and wont be noticed. later on ur gonna want to get somethin else though

if ur looking for somethin cheap to start on, this is a pretty good deal

ibanez guitars are great

it looks great an its comforatable to play.