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Truly Jack of All Trades
Amazing guitar in all aspects. I had several boutique guitars to compare, and they're very close in looks and feel to AZ.
Although singles are not voiced vintage-ish, with the dyna-MIX9 switch, it allows to get almost any clean tone.
Bridge humbucker definitely was voiced in 80th style - it has enough punch and attack to play hard rock, synthwave, hair metal, and comes into the territory of 90th JCM800 kind of metal.
But don't be fooled, the neck singlecoil is surely not for the 80th solo sound.
Quality-wise, it's impeccable, better than other mainstream Japanese manufacturers I tried in the same price range.
The gold accent adds some glitz to the look, but it's not overly ostentatious.
The neck is quite wide, C-shaped, not uncomfortable to me, but it is not a superstrat wizardly neck. And it's significantly fatter than S-type Ultra necks.
The guitar definitely has its own voice. It's bold, crisp, and has those high-end air frequencies.
It looks to me that Ibanez tried to make a universal guitar, so they combined vintage and modern specs, so it is rather a well-designed tool than a guitar with a particular mojo.
The only downside for me is weight.
Although the body is narrower than an American S-type guitar, the weight is about the same.
Although singles are not voiced vintage-ish, with the dyna-MIX9 switch, it allows to get almost any clean tone.
Bridge humbucker definitely was voiced in 80th style - it has enough punch and attack to play hard rock, synthwave, hair metal, and comes into the territory of 90th JCM800 kind of metal.
But don't be fooled, the neck singlecoil is surely not for the 80th solo sound.
Quality-wise, it's impeccable, better than other mainstream Japanese manufacturers I tried in the same price range.
The gold accent adds some glitz to the look, but it's not overly ostentatious.
The neck is quite wide, C-shaped, not uncomfortable to me, but it is not a superstrat wizardly neck. And it's significantly fatter than S-type Ultra necks.
The guitar definitely has its own voice. It's bold, crisp, and has those high-end air frequencies.
It looks to me that Ibanez tried to make a universal guitar, so they combined vintage and modern specs, so it is rather a well-designed tool than a guitar with a particular mojo.
The only downside for me is weight.
Although the body is narrower than an American S-type guitar, the weight is about the same.
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