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59
If you ever see one of these in a store, don't hesitate to try it
Gooooooood bleeeessss. I first found this at a Music Royale for about 500 dollars. I played it for about 2 seconds and realized I didn't even wanna put it down. The neck is comfortable, a little on the thin side, but considering I play Ibanez and mostly metal style guitars, it's fine for me XP. First restring was a breeze, obviously the bridge makes it easy, but there's also the factor that this is a really straight forward, and easy to fix guitar. Mind you, the fact it coil taps on both pickups can be a make or break for some. Once again, it shouldn't surprise you that it made me pretty happy! Overall, LTD gets a little underrated in terms of what sounds they bring to the table. They're versatile...Beyond belief. Sure, this thing isn't gonna sound anywhere really close to the Les Paul (Especially in terms of clean sounds), or the actual SG it's built after. But if you're looking for a good all around guitar for cheap, this thing does anything for me but disappoint. I've played some LTD's in the past that could barely stay in tune (As you can guess, I don't own any of those), but this thing is a beast. I'm not saying they ALL stay in tune, but for sure, this one's never really taken more than a day to get it's new strings all stretched and ready to go. Overall, this is a whole new world in terms of it's quality. It doesn't have all the flashy things a high dollar guitar would have, but it makes up for it, with great sound, alongside play-ability.
59
Best one I've used
When making my first couple demos, I went through many DAW's, eventually I stumbled on this. I was immediately blown away, and haven't touched another one since.
59
Lovely
I've used this bass on every one of my recordings, always been a treat to record. Only gripe is even with new strings, it can get kind of dull.
59
Best one pickup wonder I've had.
Mine differs quite a lot from the picture. For example, mine has a grey to black burst finish on it. Along with only one pickup, a hand wound Dimarzio in it for the fact! Before I got my Ibanez, I used this on almost everything, mostly metal, but you can get real nice clean tones out of it!
59
All the Ibanez I could ask for, great for stage performance
When it comes to guitars, Ibanez is usually one of the first brands I look towards. Rather I'm playing with Cardiastro, or doing my own stuff. I've always found uses for this guitar. It's thin neck often drives people away, but honestly, I couldn't tell. The Edge 3 tremolo is quite nice, I would change it for an original floyd, however, I'm way too lazy to do so, and it does it's job just fine for me. The pickups have quite a bit of variety. The neck pickup alone is nice and warm, but at the same time not muddy. The single coil sounds okay on it's own, but I prefer to have it alongside one of the humbuckers, for a slightly less clank in the sound. I believe this was supposed to come with a black whammy bar, but mine came with a silver one, because the shop couldn't find the original XD.