his_royal_sexiness's Fender Music Gear Setup

I got this guitar for cheap while I was in college because I only brought an acoustic with me, and I was missing playing electric. I didn't have much money, but I found this one at a local guitar store, and bought it right away. Compared to my other cheap guitars, this one was the best playing. The neck is nice and thin, which is what you expect out of Ibanez, and I loved that it had the two tones, two volumes and three-way switch. I liked all of the pickup combos.

Sure there are some flaws, which is why I'm not giving it 5 stars. Some of the parts were obviously done cheaply. The output jack wasn't great, one of the strap buttons got loose pretty much right away and always felt like it might pull out at any time. It also wasn't the best sounding clean guitar. But to rock out, this guitar did the job.

If you're able to snag one of these as your first guitar, you can't do much better than this one.

There are so many reasons this guitar has been around so long and still so popular and copied. This classic guitar is just amazing and magic. There isn't anything really that I can add that you probably haven't already read. Just get a nice leather strap to hold up the weight, and you're good to rock forever. Mine is in the natural finish, which is very classy looking.

This was my first non-beginner guitar, and it doesn't disappoint. The candy apple red looks really great, especially with the white, sparkly pickguard. The Seymour Duncan pickups are very nice sounding. The neck is super smooth. Everything just feels great on the guitar. I like that the humbuckers sound fatter than the usual single coils of a strat. It can handle heavier music, but still clean up really nicely. If you're looking for that strat quack, you'd probably want to get a standard SSS or HSS.