Ibanez AZES40 Electric Guitar - Purist Blue

This is marketed at beginners but don't let that scare you away. Excellent quality on this strat style guitar with a lot of versatile sounds. The slightly shorter scale length makes it a great little practice guitar. I find myself picking it up instead of my much more expensive instruments. I can't say enough nice things about this guitar. I've modded it with locking tuners and a kill switch and now it's one of my favorite guitars. Absolute beginners may want to opt for the hard tail version because the trem takes a bit of knowledge / setup to work well but it's worth it to me.

Delivered on time with great packaging. The guitar is beautifully finished and sounds just as nice.

First off, it's a crapshoot on how good of a piece you get. I've played over a half dozen and happened to come across a really good one. Even then, it was basically a guitar building kit that was mostly pre-assembled.I ultimately ended up: significantly tightened the truss rod, tighted some loose screws the nuts, lubricated the all contact points, adjustedthe tremolo screws, adjusted the pickup heights, adjusted the saddle heights, then fixed the concerningly disastrous intonation situation, sanded the back of the neck, oiled the fretboard and neck (just with fretboard oil), and then polished the frets.NOW it's a very good guitar for the price. Got this as a travel/backup beater for my prestige models, the playability and capability is resembling enough to my plek'd prestige to make a good choice for consistent practice among different guitars. Nice pickup selection and versatility, but naturally the prestige is just a significantly more comfortable and better-sounding version of this, as it should be.For this price point, this is far beyond what most companies will offer. As I say to every new guitarist--either learn how to set up your guitars or pay to have someone do it right. Don't neglect this!This definitely fulfilled its intended role and was a great value, just don't expect it to sound like a higher end guitar and expect to put in a little work.

Like - feel of the beck, size of body, weightDislike- messy craftmanship, glue from dcrew holes and glue stains at bridge, dent at headstock

In this price range, you cannot find another guitar better than this.But you still need a professional to help you to setup, like neck, bridge, or intonation.

Feels like a toy & dynamix causing excessive noise in either position on single coils. Worst neck I’ve ever felt and whole thing feels hollow.

From top to bottom, I have yet to find an imperfection! Pickups sound great and the amazing assortment of tones are all quite usable. Love the 25" scale. The neck profile is not too thin but I wish it was a hair thicker. No fret buzz. Well balanced on a strap.

Thanks for good product and service.