New Gitaar....Ibanez

[Ribenapigeon]

Love my old Ibanez acoustic and always wanted an Ibanez electric and thinking of treating myself to new electric.

https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/14123111362358--ibanez-grg121dx-bkf-gio-black-flat

This looks like a cracking deal. Whats say you rockers?

[duhawkz]

I've got an Ibanez SA260FM, I like it, its a good guitar.
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[Easy-X]

I dunno what it is with Ibanez but there's something about either the finish or the materials they use that I don't like

But these days pretty much anything makes a good sound after feeding through half a dozen pedals The brand is more a statement about the sort of music you're in to.
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[UnknownStuntm...]

Have you ever played one? They have quite a distinctive feel imho. Fretboard feels thin (not just slim, like you could almost deform it by squeezing!) wide string spacing and big radius.

I went shopping a while back and tried a load of random stuff and by far and away the Satch guitar which I thought I was going to love - felt the worst. Ended up with a US Strat, it just felt 'right'.

I would never buy a guitar without trying it. But No Stairway, right.

[ThunderGuts]

[Howling Terror]

It's a good moment in time to buy a new guitar sight unseen.
That being said I prefer to get my mitts on one before buying even if it's a relatively inexpensive guitar..the hassle in sending them back is a PITA.

My 2p is likely to be this; It'll play fine..the neck and finish of the frets will be good i.e no bows or sharp fret ends but the pickups and controls/switches will be lacking.
The paint will be thick on the body.
The tuners most likely will have low ratio machine heads.

Non of the above necessarily mean it's a bad instrument.
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[Easy-X]

[P.]

Personally, nah.

I've used Ibanez for the past...12 years I'd say, the non budget ones are fantastic, the Gio range is REAL budget and whilst can be OK, typically the pickups are trash, the finish on the necks aren't great and the frets leave a lot to be desired. I recorded our first album on one when my Schecter broke, it sucked.

They are thin necks, really thin.

But to quote HT;