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well......
When i got this guitar as a present from my compassionate dutch colleague ( "you f**** serb, take it as you will never in your life earn enough money in Serbia to buy a Gibson" ) i was in love with her for months. Then i 've realized why it costs 800$ and what "studio" in the name goes for. Ok, you get 24 frets, but you cannot control pick-ups separately!! As i used to play those days on tube amp with blues rock band i couldn't do a thing with my volume pot!! You cannot have a clean sound on neck pick up and overdriven on the bridge as it is common in rnr playing. So this beauty always remained a B solution and off course good device in studio when it comes to recording solos!
160
Endurance !!
This transistor amp, made in China with original Italian Fender speakers, has working hours double than average. It was supposed to be a cheap replica of Fender Twin Reverb, but design with two channels ( clean and distorted) and footswitch with option to boost both channels gives you 4 different levels of sound. Even, there's a 5th variety of sound as there's a switch for midworks on the distortion channel. It is loud enough to rehearse with Motorhead, you can carry it easily on the gig and you can play jazz on it as well as a death metal. Distortion level goes to brutal hi gain noise, while played on clean channel sounds very close to real deal Twin Reverb. And , yes, reverb is made more than good. This amp did a lot of things!!
160
Monster!!!
Why Englishmen made 2x350 w bass head i don't know, but this monster can work as a slave for monitoring in PA system, slight of hand. 2 outputs 4-16 ohms make it connectable with whatever occurs on your mind. '80's bass sound 5 EQ presets with red button for even more bass!! Used as a slave in PA gives you all subs that are supposed. As a bass amp, it is ideal for metalheads who play in low tunes. Low H on bass guitar sounds just natural on this......monster :)
160
Sharp, hi presence, surprisingly decent bridge pick up
While INF3, pick up designed to be neck pick up, is bad job from Ibanez,, INF4 , bridge pick up is surely Ibanez's representative. Put it on my Les Paul replica just to experiment a bit, but it's sharpness and hi presence range made me leave it on the guitar despite the fact that i put Alnico V as a neck pick up and have a P-90, waiting for my impression of INF4 to calm down a bit :)
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Works better than Gibson Les Pauls made nowadays
Big Sound were really good with the choice of the wood. In your hands, this guitar feels just like majority of Les Paul customs from '70's and '80's. Pick ups and electronics are significantly lower quality, but when i've changed pick ups and put any other of medium quality i came to the point that i can claim that this guitar works better than Gibson Les Paul studio double cut from 1998, which i also have. I'm still frequently changing pick ups, trying to get the best out of her. In general, i'm pleased and surprised with the quality of the piece of wood from the '70's i've bought for ridiculously low price!