Cee Cee

This guitar is actually my first electric, and I think that this guitar is an exceptional guitar for a student-level guitar to be honest. Build quality is very nice for the price of $200 (I got mine for approx. $150 because mine was a B-stock) Stock pickups (which is the LH-100) were very high-gain, as opposed to other stock pickups from student-level Jacksons, Squiers, Deans, and such. Put it on a high gain amp or some OD/Dist pedals and it saturates easily. Not my cup of tea so I had it replaced with LH-150s from my LTD EC-256 (funny because they did not differ much except that the LH-150 had a coil split function which sounded better in a Basswood body than a Mahogany body) Hardware is very nice and durable, I only replaced mine because I don't like the color of Black Nickel. Electronics are reliable as well, after a year, I did turn it into a project guitar and replaced the stock bridge with ones that have a roller saddle for less string breakage and more sustain (supposedly), replaced the pickups as well as the wiring scheme for better versatility.

This is my first Ibanez, and having no prior experience to playing other Ibanezes, I think this one has really great value. For about $500 new (I believe), This plays exceptionally, build quality is very solid. I had to inspect the wiring and overall finish to make sure and there are no major nor minor flaws in the guitar.