Ibanez AX120

Same as everyone elses, but mine was made in Indonesia. Finish was weather black. A 2005 model sold new in 2007 (ie clearance item.)

The bridge pickup sounded really good. Nice distorted tone. The neck pickup doesn't sound as good. It's not bad at lower volumes but when you crank up the volume it gets really muddy.

Fit and finish was really bad. Hardware was loose. Bridge mounting screws were loose. Tuner nuts were loose. Everything had to be tighten. Fret ends were pokey and not bevelled properly.

Bridge pickup poles do not line up with the strings!! It's like the AH2 is for a TOM bridge not a flat "fender" bridge.

Tuners are really bad too.

Action was set up for the factory strings (9's) and were a the high side. All guitars, even the expensive ones, need a proper set up.

This one just took a little longer. OK a lot longer...

So far everything is really soild with this guitar. I had to do some tweaking with this guitar from the beginning. With better tuners and pickups this guitar will be dependable.

I would always have a backup guitar even on my more expensive guitars.

The finish is already getting pick marks. I've seen other guitars in weather brown and black and it does mark easily.

Did not need any service

I've been playing for 27 years and wanted a slab top 24, 3/4 inch scale, double humbucker guitar. LP special or an SG. Epiphone or Gibson were out of my price range. For a little over $200 I got the guitar, a tour jacket, and a t-shirt. Free swag and good customer service from the online store sold me on this guitar!!!

I wished I'd asked where this guitar was made. I do believe that the Korean made AX had better quality control.

If it was stolen or lost, I would look for another AX but a AX42 or AX32.

I wished it had a TOM bridge.

Same thing the everyone else has said.

I've read a few reviews about people not diggin the AH pickups. I kinda like them. I'm able to get a variety of sounds. It's great with distortion, and it's got a decent clean tone to it. I play mostly straight forward rock, but it does good with metal and punk. I'm not really into a chug metal sound, so the pickups work well for what I play. I also screw around in alternate tunings, and it sounds great in standard to about a whole step down, after that is gets rubbery sounding, but it's not made for super low tunings, get the 7 string for that. Part of the reason I got this guitar was it sounds like an IC300. I had one and had to pawn it for school supplies. The mahogany body is great. It adds a nice warm tone for a very thin body. I use this as a back up to an 83 artist that I have, or when I need something in an alternate tuning. I use a peavey classic 50(tube) 4x10 combo, with line6 pod xt live, and a tube screamer(as a signal boost). It's a great rhythm, and does a decent lead, but is generally a "fast" neck. I can make any sound I choose to with it.

The action was a little high, but nothing big. I replaced the strap buttons with a strap lock system, but I've never had a problem with the buttons. I just want to make sure my guitar doesn't fall(even if it did I think it would do more damage to the floor). The tuners are ok, but could be better. I'll replace those later with grovers, but I'm not in a hurry. I don't pound on a guitar, but I have wacked it out of tune when doing leads. Overall these are minor complaints, but should be vocalized.

This guitar will stand up in a live situation. I could smash this into someone face, go to jail for murder, and when I get out of prison play it like it was brand new. Yes it will hold up. I cracked a little of the finish when I installed the strap locks, but that was my fault. I've had it for a few years and not a scratch. As I've said before the tuners could use replaceing, but that's about all. I never gig without a back up. If Murphy's law never went into play then I guess I would.

Never had to deal with them as far as fixing it or any other Ibanez guitar. I do find it really annoying that it takes 7-8 months to get a guitar ordered from Guitar Center(who's a dealer), but that could be G.C.'s issues not Ibanez.

I've been playing for about 11 years. I've done stage and studio work. I like using underdog equipment, because there is something cool about finding gems, and sounding better than gear snobs with traditional stuff. This is a reallly good guitar for the price. I'd like to see it with a through neck. If it were lost or stolen I would get one of the ar's with a through neck.

Made in 2004 in Korea. 22 medium frets. Crystal-cut body,solid mahogony, niiiice looking.Maple neck. 2 Ibanez Axis humbuckers. You get the picture from everything else.

I play prog-rock, jazz, punk, and classic rock. I play it through a Vox AD-50-VT 1x12 combo. I prefer to use only the bridge pickup and sometimes through both. The stock pickups are NOT bad, but the neck pickup sounds... muddy. Otherwise it sounds great. The guitar can make a good variety of sounds for the price, perfect for me.

This guitar plays like a dream. I have never seen a guitar for under 3 c-notes play this well. The maple neck is is smooth and well put together. The mahogony body is beautiful. I have the Weathered brown finish, and I'll say this, the pictures do this guitar no justice at all. Everything was tight and well put together. Excellent.

This guitar will outlive my grand children. Hardware's nice, strap buttons are solid nickel and very tight nice, nice, nice. This is my main guitar, but like anything, I always have a backup, 'cause God acts in strange ways.

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I've been playing for about five years total, I own a couple of other Ibanez products, DT200 Destroyer, TS808, AD-9. I also own a Hohner acoustic. I wish the neck pickup sounded better. I would buy it again, since it's the best of thre AX's of any price. I like this guitar's looks and I like to play it. That's all that matters to me

Korean, Grey Nickel finish, 2 Axis HB pickups, 22 fret maple w/rosewood, Thru-body fixed bridge. Made in 1999, purchased in 2000.

It's OK... It had a raw sound, good for punk. The neck pickup had a really muddy sound, but the bridge pickup sounded good (sounded great with the selector in the center position), though neither were very high output. I replaced the bridge pickup with a SD Invader, and the neck with a Carvin C22N. Now it's a monster.

Marginal tweaking of the saddles and neck were needed upon arrival (it was a Musician's Friend purchase). The body finish was a nice grey nickel without flaws. The neck binding was kind of cheap, though, and the tuners were a huge problem (I've since gone with Grover machines), but for under $300, I expected a few quirks. Overall, it didn't surprise or disappoint.

I've been a gigging with it for 5 years, and still use it in my regular rotation. The strap buttons were replaced immediately w/ Dunlop locks, and as I mentioned earlier, I yanked the tuners rather quickly, but this thing can take a beating. It was actually my number one (and only) guitar for about 2 years, and I trust it, but as any musician knows, with any instrument, ALWAYS bring a backup. That being said, it has been a worthy road instrument.

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I've been a guitarist for 17 years, and for almost a third of that time I played through the Ibanez AX-120. I don't think I would buy this guitar again, but that's mainly due to the fact that I have a little more money to work with now. It's been very good to me over the years, and for a cheapo guitar, it rocks. It would be a great beginner guitar or pawn shop buy. Cheap tuners and relatively quiet pickups, but solid construction and tough-as-nails finish. I would recommend it to a starving artist in search of a deal, and I don't plan on getting rid of mine.

Made in Korea
22 Frets
2 Volume and 2 Tone knobs
2 Ibanez AH3 and AH4 Humbuckers
Mahogany symmetrical double cutaway body
Weathered Finish
Thin, bolt-on neck

Pretty average, suits the price i reckon.

My style is rock, and it sort of suits it. This guitar is meant for heavy metal, with heavy distortion. The stock pickups on this guitar are terrible. Clean channel is a disaster, but with heavy distortion it sounds average. It would sound great with an EMG 81/85 set up, but so would most guitars. I don't find it to be noisy at all. I am rating this category with the stock pups.

Factory set up was ok, I changed the strings and made a few minor adjustments, but nothing worth mentioning. The neck joint on this guitar is a monster, I hate it how you can see 4 big bolts sticking out the back. Finish was OK, no noticeable flaws.

It seems pretty stirdy and should withstand live playing. Strap buttons are fine, but this guitar is very neck-heavy and akward to play with a strap. I could depend on it, but I would still take a backup.

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I have been playing 12 years, and currently own a Cort M520, Washburn D10SCE and a 40W practice amp. If it were lost, I would buy something better. The thing that I like most about this guitar is it's looks, not the finish, but the symmetrical double cutaway. Sort of like a Gibson SG, but with tidier curves. But because of the shape, it has poor balance. It is very neck-heavy, and is impossible to use with a strap. The shape also makes it hard to reach the higher frets. It's not impossible, but difficult.

This guitar is nothing special and does not quite match it's price tag. Next to my Cort M520 (which costed $100 more) it does not come close. If you are considering buying this, reconsider. If you are looking at guitars in this price range, get a Cort (Cort actually makes most of Ibanez's guitars, and are better quality).

22 fret Grey Nickel finish (kinda sparkly silver - looks amazing) AX120 with 500k vol/tone for both humbucking pups and a 3way switch. Pretty meat and potatoes stuff. All you need though. Fixed bridge (NOT tune-o-matic style) with string thru-body design which increases sustain.

Out of the box this is by no means a really good guitar. A while ago I came to the realisation that while buying $2000, $3000, $4000+ guitars is all very well and good, you can get better tone out of lower priced guitars by upgrading the pickups and electronics and still have money to burn. And so the story goes with this guitar. Replaced the stock pups with seymour duncan invaders and the difference is night and day. I have a rule of thumb with amps/pups and that is "the heavier, the better" and the stock pickups are clearly thinner, lighter and flimsier than the duncans. Note that the string spacing of the ibanez is a wider trembucker style and that duncan only offers standard humbucker sized invaders...the reason for this is adressed at www.seymourduncan.com...which means that the bridge invader is SLIGHTLY out of line with each string. Makes no difference to tone. While invaders produce a tone which is not particuarly versatile, the guitar now excells at modern distortion tones (which is what I wanted it for). This guitar cannot touch a strat/tele tone but I have a strat and a vintage style maton mastersound which handle the rest of the sonic spectrum. So before upgrading the pickups i'd give this guitar a 5 or 6. Take some time to make these small changes and that rating goes up to a 9. Ibanez are renowned for their crappy stock pups. Change em and you'll hear the difference!

The guitar is finished adequately. Had some issues with fret buzz and after a few minor truss rod adjustments and a bit of file work on I think the 10th or 11th fret high E all is good. Tends to warm towards a slightly highter action which I guess if you're shredding may not be ideal. As I said, I use this guitar for one purpose and that is modern distorted one finger wonder power chords (thats not entirley true but you get the idea). For this the setup is fine. I do not expect an instrument to play perfectly out of the box but in the case of this ibanez I thought there was a bit too much work to be done to get her right. Also as other reviewers have noted the neck is particuarly heavy, or rather, the centre of mass is towards the neck rather than the body. This can sometime be an issue but I'm pretty well used to it and hardly notice. I just LOVE the GN finish though. I rang the ibanez dealer for the whole of Australia and they said the GN finish was discontinued but one of their distributors had one left on the other side of the country. As far as I know I got the last Grey Nickel Ibanez 120AX in Australia!!!

Well this is the thing about using cheaper guitars with pup/electronics mods to play live. With expensive guitars (that often dont sound as good without mods) I find that I'm mainly worried about not bumping it or setting it down wrong etc etc which means I'm more worried about preserving my instrument than I am about actually playing a show. Also add this to the smoke/beer/drunk guys/flying pool balls/sweaty etc etc environment of the pub scene and chances are that 5 grand PRS is gonna be scratched/flogged and/or covered in beer in no time. With this guitar I get great tone and while I'm careful with it I really dont give a fuck about polishing it after every song so I'm free to just go out there and rock! This guitar sure takes a beating and I'm so comfortable with it and happy with how it sounds that there's no way I'd change. "Rock Solid".

Spoke to Australis Music, the Australian distributor to hunt down the last one in Australia! They were helpful and quick!

Been playing for about 7 years. Guitar wise I have (in chronological order) a fenix tele upgraded with kinman pups (cannot say enough about these pickups), an ibanez rg220bk with duncan distortion trembucker, this ibanez, a maton mastersound stock for vintage style stuff, taylor 312ce for all my jethro tull requirements(!) and a USA fender strat with kinman trad pups which I use for anything from knopfler to chili peppers. These are run through either my ss fender stage 160 combo (suprisingly good amp), fender '70s silverface (just beautiful - loves stompboxes) or mesa nomad 100 w/4x12 mesa cab. Right now I am very happy with my tone because I have a selection of guitars which play really well and have really good pickups. I can authentically cover all the generic "tele", "strat", "vintage", "hot humbucker" and "acoustic" tones and then some. Along with the strat this is my main gigging guitar and it takes the cake with its light weight, solid construction and my carefree attitude towards it! I hate to post a glowing review of a cheapish ibanez because out of the box this guitar is "average" at best. It is only after some modification that you can significantly improve on the quality of this instrument. I'd be lost without it now!

Just look at the other guys- or the ibanez website. pretty simple, nuthin too fancy. i got the black one. (dont think they make it in black anymore)

I like the way it sounds. the switch makes it have 3 very different sounds and i like them all. i think it will sound good with any style of playing.

everything was pretty good. if i remember correctly, some of the frets near the high end caused a little bit of buzzing. i think i just messed around with the small screws to bring up the strings a little (got it about 2 years ago). One problem i have is with the finish. I mean it looks great, but it seemes to get scratched very easily from the pick or from trying to clean it with the wrong materials. These are not big scratches at all, the are only noticable if you looks very closely under certain lighting conditions. i guess they are not really scratches. just very very light marks. still looks great though, still shines.

I think this guitar would definately withstand live playing. everything is very solid and simple. theres nothing fancy on it, just pretty basic. has a good feel to it, everything on it is strong. the only thing is that the plug gets loose sometimes, but just tighten it up a little and its okay. Just like some other guys said that they dropped them and they are still good, i think that would be true if i dropped mine (although ill try not to) i think it would hold up.

never tried to contact them.

I've been playing for about 4 years. got this one about 2 years ago. love the way it looks and feels. love everything about it. when poeple see it, they love it too. the only thing that i wish i had on it is a whammy bar, but its no big deal. the light scratches are probably my fault, but even though they r there, they r barely noticable when you look hard.

i dunno when it was made, but i dont think that its too old may 2001, i think it has 22 frets. 4 knobs, 2 pickups (humbuckers) anyways you can find the info here http://www.ibanez.com/guitars/guitar.asp?model=AX120&color=1

i play punk like nofx and "grunge" like nirvana, the sound is great. i have used it with a Boss Ds1, and it sounded good, and with a Boss Me 30 (fx box) it sound ok (the box is crappyno the guitar) and with a crappy 65w amp its a copy i think.

I love its clean sound... FULL...

I like the sound of my guitar alot

the only problem i've had whit this guitar is that the pick ups fall every timne and then... its anoying. because i have to screw them back.. no biggie

this guitar could survive a nuke, it has falle several times (from high places to) and it only has couple of scratches, and im a very rude guywith my guitarrs (i smash them... usually)

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nice guitar for any music style
very good looking guitar, i had for almost a year now... i love it... i doubt im gonna change it..

The first thing that drew me to this guitar was the looks. The grey nickel finish really got my attention. Look at the other reviews for the set up. Over all I like all the features. The two things that bug me a little are the balance(a little neck heavy) and the position of the pickup switch(prepare to hit that damn thing while strumming). I love how well it stays in tune. I don't need bells and whistles.

This is a heavy metal guitar all the way but it will hold it's own for other music styles as well. It sounds very good clean too. I find myself EQ-ing the High knob on my amp down a lot because the pickups are pretty bright but my amp is pretty bright as well. Over all I really like the sound of this guitar.

Heavy neck. Balance could be better. Action is a little high for me. It is a solid setup. Not much to screw up because it's a simple guitar. But the quality is good.Alignment was good. I did have to tighten up a few screws but they have stayed tight.

I've dropped this thing I don't know how many times and it has withstood the shock. I always have a backup but this guitar should last a long time. I have yet to scratch off any finish.

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I've been playing for about 12 years and I do have better guitars.They are way overpriced however.I'm surprised at the quality for the price on the AX 120.I bought this guitar for the looks but I play this guitar for the sound. If this review was based on quality for price I would have put 10 on everything.

2002 AX 120, Japanese made (not a bad job too), grey nickel. 22 frets, solid mahogany. 2 volume, 2 tone. Standard Les Paul styling, except with a double cutaway and the fixed bridge.

I bought this guitar because I was tired of tremolos, I had an RG570 before this one. So far, I have nothing to complain about really, except that the guitar is a little neck heavy, it's better to play standing up (which is what you really should be doing with a guitar anyways), and that the pickups are a little on the downside. Don't get my wrong, this is a great guitar to have, but it could be better with some new pickups. That's all I have to say about that.

Factory setup was good. The action was set just right for my style. I play mostly hard rock, so this guitar just keeps 'em coming. The thing I love about this guitar is that it's built like an Axe (probably how it got it's name). I've "mistreated" it a couple times, but it still dishes out a can of wup ass every time.

Like I said, I've abused this thing a couple times, but you have to hand it to Ibanez. They know how to build a guitar.

It's an Ibanez, why need support?

This is a great axe. Perfect for those of you who like to play your music standing up, without the frills of a tremolo. So if you really want to dish out the goods, I recommend this AX. However, if you're a little picky (like me) about your tone, swapping the pickups for some duncans, emgs, or dimarzios would help the tone a lot.

It's a guitar. It has guitar-like features, such as two pickups, four knobs, 6 strings, i think 22 frets (funny that I've played this every day for 2 years and don't know the number of frets).

This is the reason I'm posting. I keep seeing people almost gang up on this guitar, like bright or extremely bassy sounds are bad! Try running the neck pickup through a big muff with a good amp! Try running the bridge pickup through a midrangey overdrive pedal! I think the problem people have with this guitar is that you can notice it's flaws when you are just playing in your bedroom. But onstage, it's obnoxious, cutting, and pretty sounding, yet produces very little hum unless there is way too much stupid stage lighting. Big sentence, eh?

I've adjusted the bridge a lot, and finally I'm just satisfied with it. I think when I was in high school a couple of years ago I wasn't good enough to play in a manner that holds intonation. I also have learned to prevent fret buzz - and all of this is automatic for me now. So it works great. I've dropped it on concrete, which has messed the pretty nickel finish up a lot.

I've dropped this son of a bitch so many times and said "ack, i hope it still works." Of course, it still works. The output jack always falls apart, which really really irks me. I have to take it apart and fix it every 2 weeks. I also think the knobs come off way too easily, as I am OCD and like to tinker with the knobs when I just sit there with my wicked axe (hahaha) in my lap. It's only been truly out of commission once, though.

I doubt they would call me back... It's Ibanez for Christ's sake.

I'm really sorry for this horrible review. I just wanted to say a few good things about the guitar so that people wouldn't turn away from this cool, cheap guitar.

I assume it's mad in 2001... dont really know for sure. 22 Frets, yadda yadda... Gibson style electronics(2 vol, 2 ton, 3 way selector), fixed bridge, etc, etc... No tremolo, no locking tuners, all in all a very simple straightforward set up. All the tone and volume adjustments are quite useful, you can do alot of interesting things with it. Mahogany body! Maple neck with a bound rosewood fretboard which looks really great!

I play anything from light punk to industrial metal and it does it all very well. The pickups can go from really dark and muddy to really bright and trebly. But I think this axe stays a bit on the bright side. The pickups are okay, but since it's made of mahogany(excellent tonewood) you can get some REALLY nice sounds out of it with the right pickups. Neck pickup is a bit muddy for my tastes but I think thats only because I messed around with the pickup height too much! Great clean tone from the neck though.

I love the neck, feels great. The finish is awesome, pictures dont do it justice. It has this understated class and metallic flare to it that's just downright awesome. And the carved, sharp look of hte body is really nice I think. I find myself just staring at it sometimes... Everything checked out with mine, the strings line up with the dots on the fretboard fine, line up with the pickup poles, the bridge is strait, it's all great. The action was okay, Im sure it could be lower but Im too lazy to set it up myself. And I found the pickup selector to be fine on mine.

The strap nuts are pretty big, I have hard time just getting my strap on the bastards! That sucker aint comin off! The only thing that bothered me was the input jack that would come loose a lot. I would tighten the nut alot, and unfortunately what that did was rotate the actual jack inside the body and it put a strain on the wires in there and those wires eventually broke. I've had to resolder that jack 3 times. Not that big of an issue though, a new jack that wont come loose all the time is only like $2 so Im not concerned about it. But it really taints an otherwise perfect guitar. It's not a major expensive problem by any stretch, but it's an annoyance that shouldn't have ever been an issue in the first place. I wouldnt use it now without a backup since I dont trust my own soldering skills that much! It's a shame something so miniscule as a $2 input jack can taint a great guitar. But other than that everything is solid. Stays in tune for me, I tune it like once a week at most unless I'm experimenting with tunings, which is easy due to the fixed bridge.

Meh, I do my stuff myself.

I've only been playing for about 6 months now, but I have 2 guitars, and have played all my friend's guitars, and through all kinds of Marshall and Fender heads and what not, and this guitar is right on up there with the best of them. Sometimes I wish I could have another one of these routed with a FR just to round out my guitar selection. Supposedly the "AX320" or whatever has a FR, but I've never heard much if anythign about these guitars... And even though I would like one with a Floyd, one of the best things about this guitar is the fixed bridge. It's a breeze to tune and and play around with alternate tunings and so on. And it's made of a great tonewood - Mahogany. If this guitar was stolen I think I would cry. But I would definitely get another one just like it, considering getting a different guitar of the same quality is hard to find unless you wanna spend alot more than $300

It be done got dem two humbuckers and itbe red. It is one cold steppin fesh geetar

It has that real leady tone. i like my amp to hum a little bit. Its pretty toney. I like to use oblique scales and oblique chords. I's flemacrudolicious. It is a little too bitey though.

Like i said before its flemacrudolicious,

Them crates are good. people hang on to them crates cuz they have that real leady tone, ewhich is also kinda bitey,

Its has that real leady tone. It is pretty toney. Its flemacrudolicious. I like my amp to hum a little bit. It s tooo bitey. don't make me pull out the randall. Oblique oblique oblique

I'm not sure when it was made, but it was made in Korea. It has 22 frets, a 3-way selector, 2 tone, and 2 volume knobs. It also has a fixed bridge. If you want more info just check out other people's reviews. I bought the gray nickel one. Nice finish. Pickups are H/H configuration. It came with little cable, which I'll never use. Overall, it has basic but good hardware.

I play this with a toneworks processor, boss ds-1, boss ac-2, and a DOD death metal. I plug it all into a fender stage 100 half stack. I'm using stock pickups, which sound very good for being stock. They aren't noisy either, which is a good change from my other guitar. I don't think I will replace them. They sound good for punk, which is what I play. It has a rich and full sound, but can also be bright when you want it to be. Good for both rhythm and lead. As always though, there are better sounding pickups than stock ones.

This guitar was basically flawless. The action is ok. There is a small amount of fret buzz, but it can't be heard when plugged into an amp, so no worries. The finish is perfect, not bumpy. Paint seems thick. The neck is also great. Nice and smooth. One problem with the neck is that it's too heavy. Once I let go of the guitar, the neck falls to the floor. It's a little annoying, but it can be dealth with. The toggle switch seems a bit flimsy, but should hold up. Everything is aligned well.

I haven't playing gigs with this yet, but will in about a week. I'm sure I'll have no problems. It seems like a sturdy and well built guitar. I can't really rate this category because I just got this guitar a few days ago. I wouldn't use this without a backup, just in case something goes wrong. It's always wise to have a backup.

I've never dealth with the company. This is my first Ibanez guitar.

I've only played for a year or so, but I've been playing like a madman. Don't take me for some stupid newbie that doesn't know jack. This guitar sounds great compared to other, higher priced guitars. It has a full, rich sound. For the price you can't beat it. Simple guitar, which is what I was looking for. I didn't want all that "junk" on the bridge. There's nothing I hate about it. I'm not going to give you that lecture about how I would torture, etc. the person who stole my guitar. Those stories get old, fast. I would however buy another one if it got stolen. Great guitar overall.

Made in Korea, dont know when, 3 way selector, feels like a mutt of 2 gibsons, lp and sg, came with a cable and somehting else i opened it stoned and just threw the box open and shit, so i dont feel like looking for it, good stock pickups, but i think im gonna change them, even though they sound excellent, i want better on this rocker. hasnt changed from what everyone else probably said.

this is my rating wiht everything stock even the strings, which are pretty bad, it sounds amazing clean and distorted through my Practice Amp!, Fender Frontman 15, my live stack is at my friends and im to lazy to go and get it, or try out this guitar on it, but im satified enough with the sound, everything stock, through my practice amp.

great looking, Antique Bronze, like a green gold, or something looks great, no flaws, same as everyone else, but i gotta give it a 10 cause its looks so damn good.

i would use it at a gig w/o back up, but i always bring one just in case, and i think everyone should, but this is definitely going to be my head honcho guitar, everything is solid rock, but the toggle switch for the 3 way selector, its a little woobly i guess, but i have faith that it wont break off, its just makes me jump a little when i change it, i do it real slow and gentle, but everything else could withstand an air raid let alone live playing.

no experience hope i dont have to deal with them.

great guitar, especially for the price, i got to give this a 10 just because of the low price, and the amazing quality your getting.

22 frets, gray nickel finish (I bought mine used for $230 and it had scratches, so I had a custom finish painted on it). 2 volumes, 2 tones, 3-way selector, h/h, the pickups are nice for all around sound but I like the metal sound so I got a Bill Lawrence bridge HB. Mahogany body, cutaway body style, fixed bridge, the tuners are nice but the guitar goes out of tune sometimes very easily. Good features.

I have a Marshall AVT50, Zoom 505 (which isn't the best) and an Ibanez smash box (awesome for metal). The pickups are nice and not too noisy. Bright sound on bridge, smooth on neck. Great for leads and rhythm. I switched the pickups, like I said.

The action was low. I like the pickups high for the "palm mute chunk". The bridge was nicely routed. I don't like the nut- it is sharp on one edge and is very tightly cut.

Graet guitar for on-stage playing. Very light. The hardware is tough, too. The strap buttons are a little slippy sometimes. It's dependable, but I'd use a backup just in case.

Don't know, I bought it used.

I've only been playing for a year and had this guitar for two months, and I like what I see and play. I had a B.C. Rich Bronze Warlock, which didn't last. The cutaways could be a little lower, or the neck could have 24 frets, because the high notes are a little high to reach sometimes. But I like it, I will play it for a while to come.

P.S. I HAVE THAT WARLOCK FOR SALE...$100...EMAIL ME

made in Korea in 2000, 24 frets, awesome quilted maple top with blueberry transparent finish, 1 volume 2 tone 1 balance with 3way switching, mahogony body(exept for the quilted maple top), double cutaway,string through bridge, medium frets

good sound, awesome for rythme but good for lead as well, good harmonics, not much variety on sound, interesting use of the balance control and three way switching can make cool sounds

i love the finish, can't see the line between the maple top and the mahogony, pickups seem fine, nothing wrong with the bridge, hardware in mint condition, pickup switching can be noisy at times

easy to play live, light weight,strap buttons still havent loosened

I think this is a good upgrade guitar for learning players

well my job here is to tell it like it is... you can not buy a better guitar for the price that this one is offered at.... Its got 2 (v) knobs and 2 (t) knobs providing alot a variance to your sound.... 22 frets, and gotoh tunners that take a beating.... again there are some things this guitar could use ...like locking nuts. but.. you didn't pay for those and for guitarest that change tunnings on stage the fixed brige and strong neck keeps the tunning in check from e to d..... the comfertable feel of the neck is nice also...letting you reach those high notes with little trouble...and hey...i like the pickups...with the right eq settings there nice and full with punch... h/h

no buzz... good sound.. good feedback responce

little neck heavy... but you learn to deal with it and it works for you in some cases... the strap locks on my are still tight...and the paint is beautiful..(gray nickle)

nothin loose yet...its been 2 years now

Playing for 5 years.... i know my shit... i own a studio and am in a band (twitch).... we play in 4 tunnings and this guitar covers 2 of them with ease...i dig the options and have had no probs with it so far after many show...and things usually get harsh on stage so...it can take a beating

1999, Korea, 22 frets, 2 tone, 2 volume, tone switch. Nickel finish, looks great. 2 humbucklers. Cutaway body, too light, unbalanced with the neck. The tuners suck, g-string always goes out of tune, the others don't hold well either. Neck is nice, wide rosewood, but thin...easy to play on.

Sounds okay with lots of distortion, but without it you can tell that it's out of tune all the time. After 30 seconds of playing it's already out of tune. Loses points for bad tuning. Overall tone is fine.

Set up fairly well. The first one i got had a warped neck, so i sent it back...The second one had a warped neck, but not as bad, so i held onto it. The controls don't seem to do that much, and the switch is poorly positioned. I hit it every time I strum, and it always wants to stay in the center position. Often feels like it will break.

This guitar would not withstand live playing unless you replaced pretty much everything on it. The input jack loosened and fell off. The lower strap button ripped off. Needed a bigass screw to put it back in. The wood on the back electronic panel is really cheap. Screw sockets strip easily. Like I said, I wouldn't trust it live, if only for it's lack of staying in tune. The balance is horrible. One of the wires inside actually broke off, and had to resolder it back on. Pretty much anything that would make this a functional guitar has broken or doesn't function at all as a result of manufacturing flaws. I would definitely use this guitar as a smasher at a show.

Never bothered. When I returned it I used Musician's Friend. I've heard that Ibanez's customer support sucks, though.

I've been playing for 3 years now. I own a Washburn BT2 with car blue finish. I also own an Oscar Schmidt acoustic dreadnaught. the Washburns are a great buy, and I recommend them for beginners and veterans alike. The AX120, however, sucked beyond belief. It was a waste of money, time and energy. I had two of them, and all the problems were the same. If this guitar were stolen, I'd laugh at the person who took it. I'm completely turned off of Ibanez guitars after owning the AX120. Whatever you do, DO NOT BUY THIS GUITAR.

I've only been playing for 7 months and don't really feel I have anything to contribute as far as playability or sound of this guitar (although I like it well enough), but I did want to address the issues of the neck-heavy feel of the guitar. To fix this on my guitar, I moved the upper strap button to the upper left screw on the neck mounting plate (as you look at the back of the guitar). The neck screw is long enough to accomodate the strap button, and moving the button moves the center of gravity more towards the headstock, which makes the guitar very nicely balanced. The top of the body wants to tilt away from you *very* slightly as a result, but it feels a lot better than the headstock dive-bombing towards the floor. This simple modification made a guitar I couldn't stand into one I really like a lot (we have several guitars in the house, as two of my kids play them). BTW, my AX120 is the older version (1999) with the squarish neck mount, not the newer one with the rounded-off neck joint. I haven't tried this on a newer model and don't know how well it would work, but I think the new one has balance problems as well. Thanks for a really great guitar equipment resource and best of luck to all of you.

No opinion, I'm too inexperienced. My teacher (30+ years of experience) really likes it though. It sounds *really* nice when he plays it...maybe I'll be able to make sounds like that someday.

Action is low, minimal buzzing.

Built very solidly.

Haven't needed it yet, but the store I deal with is very service oriented.

everything has already been said and i'm too lazy to type it so just look at the other reviews

The stock pick-ups are o.k. but no more. I play it through a Marshall Valvestate and it sounds fine, but i'll change pick-ups for sure because this guitar deserves better. I play melodic hardcore/punk and my perfect sound would be like Strung Out and the stock pick-ups sure ain't that amazing but it does sound nice. I personnally find the neck pick-up completely useless, sounds too muck like shit. Anyway nothing's perfect

Everything was fine when i bought it, except maybe the 9's which are too fragile for my bashing :)

I really protect my guitar so i don't know if the finish is long-lasting. Non-locking strap buttons suck, although the stock ones were oversized. I just don't feel secure without locking ones. I'll play it live for sure... the only problems are the tuning keys which completely suck. I gotta check tuning every two songs. Maybe i just play too hard but anyway be easy or buy Spertzel locking keys.

Didn't have to deal with them, heard they suck.

I've been playing for four years and already owned a piece of wood with strings and magnets... real crap. I wanted to upgrade to a better one so i took an Ibanez cuz they made good guitars for cheap price. The sucker at the shop told me it would stay in tune, maybe i'll go smash him in the head for it. Sometimes i go back to the old piece of crap, which isn't good... maybe because it was my first guitar and i'm sentimentally attached to it... Anyway i don't think i'd buy it again, if i had only 440$ i think i'd suck the sale guy off so he'd give me an ESP or a Gibson.

I got this factory second in 2000. it's a simple two humbucker, two tone two volume. the humbuckers are alright, they're stock though and that's the only mod i'd make on this... i want some duncans or something like that. 22 frets. 3-way selector. passive electronics. body is mahogany i think... very solid, somewhat heavy, gives it a nice sound. i love the neck, it's pretty thin and i can't stand very wide necks. double cutaway body. nothing too complicated in the features, but overall very nice. gets an 8 cause of course it doesn't have super pickups and active tone.

my style... hmm... i play jazz, blues, rock, punk, metal... a lot of things. the sound of the guitar is very nice. as i stated in the features, the pickups are pretty good for stock, but not great. if you turn the bridge to ten, it'll get a nice crunchy sound. oh, one thing on the volume knobs - they are not that effective in the middle range of them the sound doesn't really change. my guitar teacher and other people have commented on how nice the guitar sounds.

the action is pretty good. for intensive lead work you might want to lower it just a tiny bit, but i find it to work for me. the pickups seem fine, same with the bridge. i got it factory second so it had two flaws, but they have never bothered me: 1. on the back of the body right where the neck goes in there is a slight blemish. there might be a really small crack there, but the guitar is solid as can be, so i'm not worried. 2. the pickup selecter is loose. the actual toggle. i can't tighten it, but it has never been a problem, so i don't worry about it. if there ever is a problem, the part costs only a couple of bucks, and it is not hard to put on.

as long as you don't start smashing into things, it will hold up fine. great paint job hasn't taken a single scratch, and sometimes i'm pretty clumsy and careless with it. it has one little, way way way little mark from where a pal of mine dropped it on the cement. everything is solid, i would use it without a backup.

it has no warrantry cause it's factory second, otherwise i think they have a warrantry of a year or two. haven't dealt with ibanez CS before.

this was my first electric and my only. i have been playing seriously for almost a year now, but i have played gigs and have a lot of experience for the time i've been playing. i'm fifteen years old, and play in two bands right now. one is kinda groove metal space funk stuff (like incubus i guess) and the other one is just simple catchy punk (think old greenday).

p.s. i got it in a kinda silvery sparkly grey, and the chics really dig it so... just thought that might be nice to know.

Made in 2000.22 frets.blah blah blah.2 tone 2 volume.blah blah blah.
three way selector switch.black finish.doublecut body.ive had it for 4 months now.Im tired,scroll down to see more.

the guitar sound extremely nice for the price.dont let the tag fool you.ive used a fender ultimate chorus dsp amp, as well as pedals like a big muff, a tubescreamer, an ibanez smashbox, a vox wah, and a zoom 505. all sound great. just plugged into the amp on clean sounds great with a nicer blues-like sound.The bridge pickup sounds like a strat.the g string goes out of tune extrememly fast but all the others stay in tune.

there arent a whole lot of features, but thats not why i got the guitar.lovely black finish(last at sam ash)and looks great with the neck.im pissed because the spring popped off the bridge but that doesnt really have to do with the craftsmanship.the input jack keeps on loosening up and that really pisses me off.everything else is great though.

i think i can alwayse depend on it and i would gig with it(havent yet)but im really pissed off about the output.ill have to glue it or something before i gig with it.

never dealt with ibanez.(my warrantyis through sam ash)

i like the guitar alot but im not sure if i woul purchase it again.if i wanted humbuckers i would buy it again.if it were stolen i would be pissed but i wouldnt "kill them and sue them and take it back".

same as everyone, nickel grey, 22 frets, mahogany, made in 2000, nice looking guitar

sounds ok, neck pick up is a little too muddy, bridge pick up has plenty of highs, nice chunky lows. This guitar sounds good clean or dirty.

action is really good, the guitar stays in tune, good size of frets, although one of my frets had a chip on it...

The only problem about this guitar, and it is a big one, the neck is a lot heavyer than the body, and i hate thi feeling!!!

owned it for almost a year now, it seems to be very reliable

never dealt whit them

overall this is a pretty good guitar, unless you're like me and don't like that feeling of the neck being heavyer than the body...

It's the same as everybody else's. Gray nickel finish, 22 frets, stock p/u's...yada yada yada

Very nice for my styles: rock, blues, metal, etc. The bridge piuckup seems a little too bassy when played through my Ibanez tube king to my Marshall G215RCD. All in all pretty nice sound

I bought tit from a store and it was in very nice condition. The low E seemed to buzz when I lowered the action because it was too high. It is currently in the shop being set up and having strap locks put on, because I was was messing withthe action.

It was good , except for the loose jack that seems to plague all users of this guitar, But to fix it, simply take the jack out and tighten up the nut in there, hasn't given me trouble ever again. Feels very nice to play. If I had a band I would definately gig with this

I haven't had to talk to them yet, so I don't know.

I love my guitar, especially the wonderful finish. If it was stolen I would probably buya gibson SG, but I would definately consider buying it again.