My new Ibanez S470 DX showed up last night. Played it for a couple of hours.
Good points
1) Love that Wiz II neck. Wow. I was flyin all over the place
2) Fit and Finish is very good considering the cost.
3) Darn thing is pretty heavy. heavier than I thought it would be. Should produce some great tones with better pickups.
4) ZR trem is great..you can really do alot without it coming out of tune and it's very smooth compared to the Floyds/copies I used to have.
Bad points:
1) Pickups. While not as horrid as I thought they would be, they certainly are not Duncans. I do believe the guitar would sound better if not for#s 2 & 3 below. Clean sounds were pretty darn good.
2) While the action is SUPA low, it also has ALOT of fret buzz on every string all over the neck. I'm no guitar tech but the neck relief looks pretty decent, as do the frets.
3) I've got a "dead" spot. When I I bend the high E string at the 12th fret, it totally farts out. But bends on the 11th or 13th fret are OK (still some buzz, but not dead) This happens unplugged and plugged in. I lowered the middle single coil (which was a bit higher than the bridge pickup) and it still occured.
I have a 45 day return policy on this guitar.
Do y'all think I should try to raise the action a bit to help the buzz and the dead spot first?
Take it to a tech and see what he/she thinks (I can't have it worked on and then be able to send it back to the vendor)
Or just send it back for a replacement?
Thank you in advance !
Good points
1) Love that Wiz II neck. Wow. I was flyin all over the place
2) Fit and Finish is very good considering the cost.
3) Darn thing is pretty heavy. heavier than I thought it would be. Should produce some great tones with better pickups.
4) ZR trem is great..you can really do alot without it coming out of tune and it's very smooth compared to the Floyds/copies I used to have.
Bad points:
1) Pickups. While not as horrid as I thought they would be, they certainly are not Duncans. I do believe the guitar would sound better if not for#s 2 & 3 below. Clean sounds were pretty darn good.
2) While the action is SUPA low, it also has ALOT of fret buzz on every string all over the neck. I'm no guitar tech but the neck relief looks pretty decent, as do the frets.
3) I've got a "dead" spot. When I I bend the high E string at the 12th fret, it totally farts out. But bends on the 11th or 13th fret are OK (still some buzz, but not dead) This happens unplugged and plugged in. I lowered the middle single coil (which was a bit higher than the bridge pickup) and it still occured.
I have a 45 day return policy on this guitar.
Do y'all think I should try to raise the action a bit to help the buzz and the dead spot first?
Take it to a tech and see what he/she thinks (I can't have it worked on and then be able to send it back to the vendor)
Or just send it back for a replacement?
Thank you in advance !
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