It's a very good instrument, the pickups are exeptional and the knobs and switches fully complement their potential, allowing you to experiment in various tones, not just metal ones. They remain active pickups, but they can be far more versatiles than let's say the EMGs. The paint is very nice, especially with dynamic lights or direct sunlight. The neck is certainly thin, but not super thin like some other ibanez models. Coming from a squier strat, it immediatly felt better to me (i usually keep my thumb behing the neck). Mine came with some imperfections tho, such as:
- unfixed tone knob bolt, had to tighten it by removing the pickguard
- light scratch on the pickguard
- very minor imperfections on the paintjob, barely noticeable if you don't look closely, but still...
- small imperfection on the fretboard wood, required minor fix from my
luthier
- dirty frets and very dry fretboard, but it's to be expexted with long shipping and storage
All in all nothing too bad, but i'd rather not see things like these at an almost 1k guitar. You're going to bring it to a luthier anyway for a proper setup, but still i think the pricepoint could allow for better quality control from the factory.
After 60 euros from the luthier, it now plays incredible, looks amazing (i don't mind really small imperfections, barely visible) and holds tuning very well, so i won't mind sending it back.
I still think it's a good deal for the price/features ratio, considering the inevitable premium for the special paintjob
