Great sound and tone, although the stock humbucker pickups have some trouble hitting good mid ranges... if you are good with your amp you can work it out. As far as wood and body tone... your buying an Ibanez... if you care about those tones go buy a fender and pretend your sounding better. If you are displeased put more gain and effects on, why the hell not?

Just about everything on this guitar is great. If your looking for a specific sound with your pick-ups you might be dissapointed in the humbuckers, but they are built more for versatility then personal preferance. With the volumne and tone control knobs you can switch between many different combinations of pickup styles allowing you to find the right sound.

Excellent, the low action and very responsive fretboard allow me to play fast hammer-ons and pull-offs, making tapping a breeze and allows connecting licks more easily. It doesnt take long to learn the Humbucker modes either, just an hour or two of switching those modes and you'll become used to it.

So far everything on this guitar keeps itself up alright... The only true issue i have is with the bridge, it seems to have trouble keeping itself adjusted, so if your a vai wannabe whammy wanker like me keep it under control (impossible), or adjust your whammy sensitivity before going nuts... ive probably broken 5 strings and had to readjust my brige twice because of whammy use (nothing too extreme... not even dimebag harmonic squeels) Oh, and keep this thing clean, especially if you get it in white, its a dust magnet and you can see every spec.

I paid $575 for this guitar at a local guitar shop, (you can get it for $500 on sites like these). Most people i meet think its upwards of $700 and honestly ive played guitars worth much more that dont even compare to the look feel and quality of this guitar.

I have had to have my bridge readjusted once, wasnt sure how at the time, everything worked out fine. Just took it to the local Guitar-Smith and he fixed it up.

Id have to say the Inlays and the Abiloni trim give this guitar a unique look. (I have never seen a guitar other than this that has these inlays, or similar trim.) When i took it to the local guitar shop the owner actually was interested in the guitar, he had never stocked this exact model before and the only Ibanez customers were typical RG'ers. This is no lie, he looked at the guitar and it reminded him of GUESS WHAT?! The JEM-7 Steve Vai signiture. Not only did its sexy awsomeness somewhat resemble vai's guitar... he felt obligated to let me play one of vai's signatures (autographed). I played for a total of 50 seconds before realising i wasnt worthy and gave it back, but still Vai actually touched that guitar.... i had Vai's skin cells on my hands!!! All because this guitar is unique and beautiful. +11 Oh and did i meantion i have never seen a live person even looking at this guitar? except the people i meet of course.

Guitar Wanker

Rock, Metal

This guitar is great and extremely versatile. I was seeking a heavier tone so I removed the plastic pickup covers and raised the pickups and it sounded killer. I'm a mod freak so I put in a Seymour Duncan TB-4, a kill pot and sanded the neck.

The standard features are all amazing with push/pull pots to split the coils and good switches and knobs.

It's easily playable and a great sounding guitar.

the construction is solid and the materials are all quality.

If you can pick one of these up you won't be disappointed. It's easily worth double what they sell for.

I looked into wiring diagrams which Ibanez has available on their site.

The abalone binding and fret inlays look so good on this guitar. I have the white model but it really pops on the black ones.

Guitar noodler

Rock, Hard rock, Metal

this guitar has really good lows and hight but no medium so u really have to play wit your amp and guitar to get the right sounds between high and low other than that it is a really great sounding guitar

i love the whammy bar on this guitar. it fits really nicely and looks good too. the tuning knobs are really tight so it easy to down tune.

this is really easy to use the only semi challenging thing to do is change the strings but nothing major.

the quality of this guitar was amazing but it gets dirty easy, with smudges but it is easy to clean and looks amazingly awesome

i paid $500 witch is a good deal guitars like this are typicaly much more expensive

i don't really know i never needed to use support...witch is a good thing

This guitar is looks really good black with chrome gear everyone that sees it is amazed even though it is simple it looks really great!

active musician

metal,rock

the only thing i would improve would be the pickups,it seems you have to play at a louder volume to get your notes picked up properly. other than that this is a very nice guitar. for the price you have very nice guitar. i have the black one, and its beautiful.

the tremolo bar works fine also its less complicated than a floyd rose.

you can get all range of sounds with this guitar. it says it has medium frets but its more like jumbo.

i beleive this guitar will hold up for anybodys style of playing. its a very sturdy guitar. the tuning knobs are cheap and feel cheap,but they will hold up they just feel cheap when you turn them.

value was fair. overall a good deal.

no i just bought it this week.

its one of the nicest guitars out there as far as looks are concerned,also a set neck makes it very appealing.

active guitarist

bach to rock