Anybody out there have one of these and, if so, let me know what you think of the pickups and guitar overall?? UPDATE: I bought one and love it! The trisound switches are incredible - lots of tone options. You can get a Les Paul tone out of the straight humbucker’s or a 335 type sound using the coil splits or the parallel options in combination or standalone. Fit and finish were outstanding as was the quality control overall. The guitar looks beautiful, and the neck is fast and easy to navigate. Hardly ever goes out of tune either.
I have one of these. It’s been a long time that I have been doing other things. I went to guitar center to pass some time. I never buy anything like this off the rack. Kids come in and beat the crap out of them. Well, THIS ONE called to me to take it home. I did and I love it. I put some new flat wound light gauge strings on, and my goodness it came to life. There were some pick scratches on the finish. I bought a fresh bottle of STARBRIGHT boat polish from bass pro. I took off what I could, and went to work. With STARBRIGHT you do a small area with an old t-shirt or good cotton and you build up that area, then move on. Now, my Ibanez ARH520 looks like a million bucks. The Finnish looks a thousand feet deep. In another month I will do another polish job. I did my HOFNER BASS and my Takemine acoustic electric. You can fill in any pick marks and the go away. I first used this stuff on my ski boat where the metal flake was coming through the gel coat. It took all weekend. That was in 1980. This stuff is superb stuff and it ain’t cheap. One bottle is forty bucks.
Nice review showing the full range of sounds. I bought one of these a short while ago but it gets overlooked in favour of my solid body guitars. Perhaps I need to give it more of a chance!!😀
I hope to find a local shop that carries one of these. I have a 10 yr old AM93 in the same color. I own a couple of Teles and a Strat but lately, I have been playing the AM93 a lot more. Those Super 58s definitely have a nice creamy jazz sound on the neck and can get fat and crunchy when needed. Definitely a favorite. Will be looking around for this one.
Saw this in my local music shop today and fell in love with it. Just finally got a job today (moved here 2 weeks ago) and I’m definitely gonna be saving up for this!
Im a sucker for the Ibanez semi hollows, man. Almost all of them, AS73 and above are incredible. The price to sound/quality ratio is almost unbeatable. I have one of these bad boys, 520s. I have 2 AS73s, one i put P90s in and rhe other I found some old ass japanese Super57/8s and popped those in. Olive Metallic has p90s, Rose Gold has the vintage Supers. I rewired them both totally as they are not at the price point where the wiring and electronics are done to perfection. The 520s are wired and equipped with absolutely amazing care and top shelf components. Then, my favorite guitar in my stable, my JS20. This thing is so perfectly spec'd that it feels like it was made for me lol. The neck is amazing, obviously the voicing of the Supers is unique to this model, even tho thats nkt denoted anywhere....i can tell you from large amounts of experience with Ibanez Supers, that they hotrod the ones in JS10 and 20. John has been my lighthouse, my inspiration...my hero, since i first bought his record Hand Jive, because i was starting to get into jazz and would, weekly, purchase a random Jazz LP at my local shop. Well Hand Jive junped out to me because well there was a doofy guy on it with a guitar that caught my eye. On first spin....my whole life in music changed. It showed me what a real creative, innovative and intelligent musician can do with guitar. The outside sounds qnd lines, his angular responses to his boppy cslls. Jesus christ he short circuited me haha. I spent about 6 months working for days-worth of hours (i have estimated based on dates and times logged in my practice book - 6 days total..in hours...thats how long it took me to transcribe tne entirety of it). Since that fateful week and a half, i have become an overly creative and tirelessly intrepid musician because of Sco. He just lit my fuckin fuse. Anywho, once i got the JS10, i felt the thing. The thing that he must have felt, when he was slingin licks on his old Ibanez Semi. I have had a few of the exact models he used in the past, from the same vintage years....and whew they are wonderful. People who choose to collect Vintage 335s are just not very smart. The vintage Ibanez Semis are just better sounding and feeling guitars, that are more understated in styling and more advanced in tech and spec. Ibanez makes rhe best Semi Hollows on the market, hands down. In all honesty, tho, the current release if Epiphones Sheraton II is kinda like.....hugely improved and very impressive. It just looks amazing, well appointed and flawless. They also sound dank, utilizing great coil splits. But idk the 750$ price point is so competitive these days. Sires, too, are offering wonderful guitars....amazing guitars. Everything they put out, not counting their Strat style, is top of the food chain st their prices
For this video we actually used a Strymon Iridium! We find many of our customers do a lot of direct recording at home or use amp modeling, so we decided to record our videos using a couple of the most popular amp simulators we carry.
Just bought one in violin burst and its such a beautiful guitar. Looks waaaay more expensive than it is and plays it too. So easy to play, just such a joy to pick up. Only thing that irks me is the position of thr top strap button...it neck dives a fair bit, but easily sorted by installing one near the neck joint.
Do you think it can handle high gain without too much feedback? GREAT playing btw. I’m totally thinking of getting this guitar. Did you try the other switch for the weird phasing thing? What were the best/not so great things about this guitar? It’s between this and an SG for me
I can’t account for this guitar, But I love manipulating feedback from semi hollows. Having a volume pedal on your board helps too for when it’s “too much”
@@michaelpiercey7316 hey! Thanks for the message! I agree about the tones that’s for sure!! I was lucky enough to try one at a Guitar Center during Black Friday weekend and it felt like a toy. I wasn’t as impressed as I thought I’d be
@@kamarienedwards1757 Hey man! Of course! This could just be me, but the guitar was waaaay light and the body of it felt like it could be bent(?), and like plastic. Perhaps it’s the okoume wood that Ibanez used for this guitar. I’m used to mahogany/alder for guitar bodies and this one felt very different. Tone wise, it was cool. Humbuckers were cool, the single coil was cool. But the third setting was kinda meh, I couldn’t hear the difference between that and single coil
Are there any electric guitars that are known for sounding particularly good when strumming open chords? You know how they usually sound kind of muddy when you just strum open chords like you would on an acoustic? Any that are good for that?
I wish guitar reviews were done like this. Straight to the point playing while some captions give you the specs & setting. But no. It's usually some indoor hat dude bragging about his channel, patreon and sponsor for 20 minutes then 2 minute of awful playing. Effing clowns
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got damn this guitar is fucking beautiful.
It's a fantastic guitar! We sold so many of them haha...good stuff
Anybody out there have one of these and, if so, let me know what you think of the pickups and guitar overall?? UPDATE: I bought one and love it! The trisound switches are incredible - lots of tone options. You can get a Les Paul tone out of the straight humbucker’s or a 335 type sound using the coil splits or the parallel options in combination or standalone. Fit and finish were outstanding as was the quality control overall. The guitar looks beautiful, and the neck is fast and easy to navigate. Hardly ever goes out of tune either.
I have a great appreciation for people who come back to update like this. You're the man!
Me too....bought one and it's OUTSTANDING!
Is this great for metal chugging?
Someone made a review that its a jazz guitar but you could get away with Metal. It works all around the spectrum@@digbick3002
how's the neck/headstock dive?
I have one of these. It’s been a long time that I have been doing other things. I went to guitar center to pass some time. I never buy anything like this off the rack. Kids come in and beat the crap out of them. Well, THIS ONE called to me to take it home. I did and I love it. I put some new flat wound light gauge strings on, and my goodness it came to life. There were some pick scratches on the finish. I bought a fresh bottle of STARBRIGHT boat polish from bass pro. I took off what I could, and went to work. With STARBRIGHT you do a small area with an old t-shirt or good cotton and you build up that area, then move on. Now, my Ibanez ARH520 looks like a million bucks. The Finnish looks a thousand feet deep. In another month I will do another polish job.
I did my HOFNER BASS and my Takemine acoustic electric. You can fill in any pick marks and the go away. I first used this stuff on my ski boat where the metal flake was coming through the gel coat. It took all weekend. That was in 1980. This stuff is superb stuff and it ain’t cheap. One bottle is forty bucks.
Right on! We'll keep that in mind 😁
Hi Milwaukee 29 years ago !
Worked at AB ....
So sad experience
Is it semi hollow?😮
Boy this guy can play! I've tried this guitar at my local shop in the Twin Cities. It's a great guitar for the money.
Very nice guitar, very good demo! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
We appreciate that, Niels. Thank you!
Nice review showing the full range of sounds. I bought one of these a short while ago but it gets overlooked in favour of my solid body guitars. Perhaps I need to give it more of a chance!!😀
Agreed - I have a 98 Artist and this new semi has caught my eye!
It's a really phenomenal guitar, Ian. Definitely give it a workout! Our showroom team has really made this a favorite among many of our customers. :)
I hope to find a local shop that carries one of these. I have a 10 yr old AM93 in the same color. I own a couple of Teles and a Strat but lately, I have been playing the AM93 a lot more. Those Super 58s definitely have a nice creamy jazz sound on the neck and can get fat and crunchy when needed. Definitely a favorite. Will be looking around for this one.
Saw this in my local music shop today and fell in love with it. Just finally got a job today (moved here 2 weeks ago) and I’m definitely gonna be saving up for this!
Right on! It's a fantastic guitar
As always very good playing and demo of every sound 👍❤️
Thank you!
Anyone with a tattoo like that better be able to shred and this guy doesn’t disappoint… awesome playing!
This site does the best playing videos . I watch them all from everyone and this is the most complete and informal native for the sound..
Thanks Douglas! We really appreciate your kind words. :)
You're a very good musician. Bravo.
Thanks Francis!
I went so long without wanting an Ibanez and now between this and the AZS I can't take it
Why not both? ;)
Love your demos, many playing styles and sounds with every guitar
Thanks so much for your kind words!
Pretty cool!
:D
Wonderful guitar;and playing!thx;an option for me!I´m a fan of the 335 modells...but.....!
Thanks for watching! This is a pretty fantastic alternative to a 335 😎
@@CreamCityMusic yes,it seems so!
Im a sucker for the Ibanez semi hollows, man. Almost all of them, AS73 and above are incredible. The price to sound/quality ratio is almost unbeatable.
I have one of these bad boys, 520s. I have 2 AS73s, one i put P90s in and rhe other I found some old ass japanese Super57/8s and popped those in. Olive Metallic has p90s, Rose Gold has the vintage Supers. I rewired them both totally as they are not at the price point where the wiring and electronics are done to perfection. The 520s are wired and equipped with absolutely amazing care and top shelf components.
Then, my favorite guitar in my stable, my JS20. This thing is so perfectly spec'd that it feels like it was made for me lol. The neck is amazing, obviously the voicing of the Supers is unique to this model, even tho thats nkt denoted anywhere....i can tell you from large amounts of experience with Ibanez Supers, that they hotrod the ones in JS10 and 20. John has been my lighthouse, my inspiration...my hero, since i first bought his record Hand Jive, because i was starting to get into jazz and would, weekly, purchase a random Jazz LP at my local shop. Well Hand Jive junped out to me because well there was a doofy guy on it with a guitar that caught my eye. On first spin....my whole life in music changed. It showed me what a real creative, innovative and intelligent musician can do with guitar. The outside sounds qnd lines, his angular responses to his boppy cslls. Jesus christ he short circuited me haha. I spent about 6 months working for days-worth of hours (i have estimated based on dates and times logged in my practice book - 6 days total..in hours...thats how long it took me to transcribe tne entirety of it). Since that fateful week and a half, i have become an overly creative and tirelessly intrepid musician because of Sco. He just lit my fuckin fuse.
Anywho, once i got the JS10, i felt the thing. The thing that he must have felt, when he was slingin licks on his old Ibanez Semi. I have had a few of the exact models he used in the past, from the same vintage years....and whew they are wonderful. People who choose to collect Vintage 335s are just not very smart. The vintage Ibanez Semis are just better sounding and feeling guitars, that are more understated in styling and more advanced in tech and spec.
Ibanez makes rhe best Semi Hollows on the market, hands down. In all honesty, tho, the current release if Epiphones Sheraton II is kinda like.....hugely improved and very impressive. It just looks amazing, well appointed and flawless. They also sound dank, utilizing great coil splits. But idk the 750$ price point is so competitive these days. Sires, too, are offering wonderful guitars....amazing guitars. Everything they put out, not counting their Strat style, is top of the food chain st their prices
Does anyone know which amp Cream City uses for these wonderful demos?
For this video we actually used a Strymon Iridium! We find many of our customers do a lot of direct recording at home or use amp modeling, so we decided to record our videos using a couple of the most popular amp simulators we carry.
Just bought one in violin burst and its such a beautiful guitar.
Looks waaaay more expensive than it is and plays it too.
So easy to play, just such a joy to pick up.
Only thing that irks me is the position of thr top strap button...it neck dives a fair bit, but easily sorted by installing one near the neck joint.
Good choice!
Cool demo 😊
Nice 😊
Saturday night spea. B nickel pickups
:D
Yep, what amp used for those tests? Thanks
Is this all happening at the flick of a switch on the guitar or is there an effects pedal involved here 😮
Great playing
Thanks so much!
Beautiful guitar my friend 2000 ar 450
Thanks David!
Amazing sounds, really nice guitar!
Totally agree with you. It's become a favorite among our showroom customers!
Do you think it can handle high gain without too much feedback?
GREAT playing btw. I’m totally thinking of getting this guitar. Did you try the other switch for the weird phasing thing? What were the best/not so great things about this guitar? It’s between this and an SG for me
I can’t account for this guitar, But I love manipulating feedback from semi hollows. Having a volume pedal on your board helps too for when it’s “too much”
You’ll get more tones out of this than an SG
@@michaelpiercey7316 hey! Thanks for the message! I agree about the tones that’s for sure!! I was lucky enough to try one at a Guitar Center during Black Friday weekend and it felt like a toy. I wasn’t as impressed as I thought I’d be
@@josuesorto3453 can you elaborate on the “felt like a toy” part please? I’ve been looking at this guitar for a while
@@kamarienedwards1757 Hey man! Of course!
This could just be me, but the guitar was waaaay light and the body of it felt like it could be bent(?), and like plastic. Perhaps it’s the okoume wood that Ibanez used for this guitar. I’m used to mahogany/alder for guitar bodies and this one felt very different. Tone wise, it was cool. Humbuckers were cool, the single coil was cool. But the third setting was kinda meh, I couldn’t hear the difference between that and single coil
Sounds Spanky
what do you think... also good for Santana lead sound????
wowwww...I want you !... i mean that ibanez..awesome sounds !!!
has anone got a pickguard to fit on an artist series? wanting to put one on my AR220
We don't know of one but would be very interested
Thought about it my self Thought of getting some thin plastic making template can't be hard
woww...nice playing and the guitar is great!❤🎉
Uffff It sounds very good and player Is amazing
I like the converge tattoo
I was wondering for a bit what that tattoo was and why it seemed familiar
Are there any electric guitars that are known for sounding particularly good when strumming open chords? You know how they usually sound kind of muddy when you just strum open chords like you would on an acoustic? Any that are good for that?
Telecaster.
I wish guitar reviews were done like this. Straight to the point playing while some captions give you the specs & setting. But no. It's usually some indoor hat dude bragging about his channel, patreon and sponsor for 20 minutes then 2 minute of awful playing. Effing clowns
excellent video
Thank you very much!
Who do I have to kill?
Just bought it
Right on, Timothy! Hope you love it!
@Cream City Music honestly i prefer medium strings. Once I get that, I'll love it even more. but so far i cant put it down
@@timothyfulkerson6785 Nice!
does it come with a case of any kind?
@@dirtdart420 no case
wowww..superb!. thnxxx❤
beste demo!.. thnxxx❤
Neck dive?
I have one and yes, neck dive is an issue. Love the guitar overall tho.
Hello. What strings are in this video ?
D’addario EXL110 😁
So sad, that the guitar testors aren´t able to buy a new Jeans....shame on you....and therefore he is playing so good and is making such a good job
Y que...respeta su estiló..es su vida.y toca genial
Does it play without an amp too? I am looking to get this as my first guitar to learn!
It's not lout enough to play without the amp. Not an acoustic type.
You would definitely benefit from an amp but we found this one surprisingly loud and punchy unplugged
@@CreamCityMusic Yeah I went ahead and bought it anyway since most of the time I'm using an amp anyway but yeah it sounds decent without one tbf