Ibanez EDR470EX

Finish: Dull green color. I like this very much, as I have realized that it can stand scratches and such things, much better than a guitar with a clear finish. This one looks very nice too.

Body style: The style is reminding of the traditional Ibanez guitar model, except that it is more "round". No sharp edges on this guitar. It is very comfortable, looks great and it is not to heavy.

Bridge style: It is a floyd rose bridge on this guitar. And I think that this one is working really good, actually. It does not retune itself and it is very stable.

Tuners: The tuners are.. great!? What else is there to say. It have the lock-function at the top of the neck. And it works fine, locking the strings, preventing them to retune themselves.

Neck/scale: The neck is ok. Of course it can get even better. But for guitar at this price it is great. Thin enough for me, anyhow.

Which controls are given: One for volume, one for tone and a 5-way selector. That is everything that I need. No needles controls as on some other guitar-models.

Pickup configuration: H/S/H. As I mostly play hard music, I would only need one humbucker att the bottom of the body. But it is good with two, and then a singlecoil. That makes it possible to play.. anything!

How does it suit your music style (and what is that style): It suits my style of playing good. Of course it could get better with other pickups. But these is working rather well.

Likes and dislikes: I might find it a little hard to make overtones and such things on this one. It works well, but it is easier on some other guitars.

The only thing that I can say here is that I bought this as a used guitar. But it was in a very good contidion (even the protective plastic was still on the guitar), and the guy that I bought it from did a setup of strings, intonation, bridge and so on, when I bought it. So when I got it home it was perfect.

Does the hardware seem like it will last: Yes. The hardware seems very stable, and I defenitely think that it will work for a while.

Is the finish good enough to last, or does it seem thin and easy to wear off with lots of playing: The finish is even better than standard, clear finishes. This one stand scratches even more.

Are the strap buttons solid: Yes. I got the buttons changed, so mine's very solid! ;)

No opinion.

How long have you been playing? What other gear do you own: I have been playing for 6 - 7 years. But my main-instrument is drums. So I mostly play/record guitar at home, by my computer. This is my only guitar, for now. I used to own a Gibson Explorer and a Jackson RR3, but then I realized that I didnt need one of thoose expensive, weird-shaped guitars.

If it were stolen or lost, would you buy it again or get something else: This model is out of production. I think I would buy an Ibanez guitar, of course. But not this model.

What do you love about it? What do you hate? What is your favorite feature: I like the look, the sound, the feeling. One thing that could have made the guitar even better, is if the neck would have been glued or a neck-thru! Otherwhise I dont have anything to complain about.

Did you compare it to other guitars? Which ones? Why did you choose this one: Gibson Explorer and Jackson RR3. I needed a "budget" guitar, but still a good one.

My first floyd rose guitar. Wasn't too bad to get used to, and now that i am familiar with it it's very easy to use.

Gives an awesome ful metal sound, sounds better through bigger amps. Also gives a great jazz tone. I mostly play it with a bassy tone, and i get excellent results.

The action on this guitar is amazing, it's the main reason for me buying it. It really impressed me, it's so low that you can play it like a piano.

Nice finish, saw this guitar is a shop before i'd even started playing, and liked it straight away, and 3 years on, when i could finally affrod it, it was still my favourite guitar.

Never had any faults with the electric etc.

However the strap buttons fell off, once it was nearly dropped down a flight of stairs, and once came off on stage, which is very inconvenient. Just put some resin glue in and haven't had any problems since.

Dealt with the shop - not with the company

well it looks the part, its not a mamby pamby lookin inda axe. mines the Smoke green colour that looks absolute shite on the Iby webiste but kicks ass when you see it in the flesh, or whatever the hell its made of. its basically the love child of Joe Satriani and a UFO, i love it. I love the neck, i can still stretch 10 frets, which is a good thing, even though the fret are quite huge. its a nice weight i think, its not too light, id honestly take this guitar into a battle knowing id kill some people with it. The only fault i could pick with mine was that the volume pot was fucked when i got it but thats sorted.

I love the sound, i wouldnt mind having the bridge pick-up bein a little bit more crunchy, but i really cant fault it.

The setup was piss poor when i first got it, it didnt take long to set it up though. the action was quite high at first but i sorted that in second, i ajusted the height of the bridge humbucker to get the most out of it. i cant fault any of the hardware either. looks gorgoeus, brushed chrome dudes! cant beat it. the metallicy stuff in the finish looks great aswel, the bridge is fuckcin fabulous, you can get the strings to hang of your guitar and it still keeps its tone. its great.

you could slide down a hill on this guitar and it would still work. ive dropped mine numerous times, not on purpose though, and nothin has gone wrong with it, which is quite amazin cos i dropped my LP and it fucked it completely, humbucker came out n everythin

never used it

Ive only been playin two years but ive been told im really good, i agree with those people. im just a natural!!!! wey im big headed to!

For the price this guitar really has everything you could want. Locking nut five way selector and an excellent edge pro II bridge. The body is luthite which makes this guitar even heavier than the warlock I used to play which is good and bad.. It does feel like you could go to war with this thing strapped around you though.

The Ibanez EMG's are ok they offer a wide range of sounds and are suited to a player getting more advanced but not quite ready for a jem or JS. They are the worst emg's I'e heard but they are still good. Can get some nice pinched harmonics and fun harmonic scoops. The neck pickup is really excellent for lead guitar but the bridge is a bit weak for heavier rhythm while the combination of the middle pickup and half of the neck makes for excellent acoustic tone.

The action is rather high on this guitar. I would need a file if i wanted it lower because I get fret buzz if I alter the strings just ever so slightly but it's still very enjoyable to play mainly due to the bridge I believe. The finish is a purply ble colour called Jewel blue it's ok, a bit toyish but the luthite body and shape of the guitar makes it look quite similar to a JS. the pickups are solid the whole guitar is apart from the tone selector which seems to have come loose and scrapes the guiar when I change it...

The guitar is extremely durable with the luthite body. I've played it in the rain and taken it to beaches and it's perfectly fine. The hardware is solid no problem there, I love the diecast sort of look on the metal of the guitar. The finish polishes up with heavy use! It's strange but evidently the more you use this guitar the nicer it looks since my arm rubs parts of the finish off the blue colour seems to shine glossier and it looks a lot better. Highly irregular but good nonetheless! The strap buttons are ine and I could use this guitar as a baseball bat and happily get on stage afterwards.

Ibanez are my favourite guitar manufacturer but I have yet to test their customer support. However it cannot possibly be as bad as BC-Rich their customer support sucks ass!

I own a laney HCM and a various fx. If the guitar was stolen or lost I would probably suck it up and pay the big bucks for the JS1200 or a JEM of some sort instead of buying another since it does get a little boring after a while. I eel like I am growing out of it. I wish it had some better pickups otherwise it's a great guitar for the money. FOR THE MONEY THOUGH!

2004, made in korea. made of luthite plastic stuff, heavy but sooo reasonant. HSH config, loaded withs EMG's. rosewood neck, 22 jumbo frets, could do with 24 really. strat style, double locking edge pro2. as guitar features go, its top notch

when run through a boss DS1 and marshall MG 30, is sings like a hooker on heat, no noise from the emg's though pickup selecting makes the trem springs make noise and really needs to be stuffed with cotton woll to stop it. easy satch and vai sounds, high power pu's. the middle pickup has to be set too high to equal out the sound though. its good for heavy metal to jazz.

the shop where i bought it set it up crap, so 2 hours later with an allen key and screwdriver, this thing was playing like nothing else. the body and neck work is flawless, everything is top notch.

this thing is built like a brick shit-house. bombs won't destroy it! the trem is bullit proof, but the return to pitch suffers with repeated abuse. the old plastic strap bottons have been replaced with metal ones, so no probs there. i also have an aria m650, but i wouldn't need it for backup as this guitar is all i really need

never needed to use them, altough a mate of mine says their helpful enough

i love this guitar. i now need nothing else. i'd recomend it to anyone for any style. its easily better than the strat it replaced, and my other guitar is only used for down tuning. buy it if you want a mid range beast.

Ive got the latest incarnation for the EDR it seems, as going by the past reviews there have been some upgrades done in the past.
These changes would be: pickups, bridge, and strap buttons.

The floating bridge on here has gone through a number of refinements as you may notice from some of reviews. The latest is the Ibanez Edge Pro II. Perfect in everyway and better than a standard FLOYD ROSE! Absolutely no shortcomings apart from the unmentionable time to do string changes, but that comes part and parcel with a floating bridge so you shouldnt even mention that if you want a guitar with a bridge of this type.
Im playing with the bridge blocked so its essentially a fixed bridge.. Im no kamikaze divebombing lead player yet! This makes it simpler and quicker to tune up/down.

Pickups: 'designed by EMG' Ibanez passive humbuckers and 1 x single coil.They're not as high output as the Dimarzio Dual Sound (which is a coil tapped Super Distortion), but have a nice beefy low-end which I like as Im tuned to D and sometimes C with heavy gauge strings. This definitely pumps up the tone somewhat. The pickups are normally the first thing Id look at changing on a guitar but these should do me for awhile until I discover any shortcomings... if any, it would be output strength could be hotter, but my pre-amp has more than enough gain on tap to compensate. They are also VERY quiet. A lot less prone to feedback and resonant feedback. Very controllable.
I could do with a bit more topend in the signal but a little EQ sorts that out.
Great pickups for a stock setup.
I do agree with the Ibanez blurb that the EDR can go from screaming lead to liquid rhythm. The neck pickup sounds good too!

What grabbed me about the guitar is its finish and hardware. There's no plastic on here at all. Even the pickup rings are brushed Chrome!!! The locking nut and bridge are metal too!

Neck, supposedly one of the best in the business. Wizard II. Thin, sleek and fast with big frets for me with big fingers. Fantastic action with the standard string gauges. But I need to do some fine tuning with the heavy set ive got on there now. Nothing a good luthier cant work out in an hour (truss rod adjustments?). I like my action low cos I play lightly.

Even the strap buttons have been upgraded to metal cos a lot of people complained about the old plastic ones breaking.

And in case you didnt know, the one thing that IS plastic is the body!!!! Yepo.... this axe is made of a material called Luthite. A material that obviously has had months of research pumped into it and this is what they have come up with... a highly resonant breathing piece of manmade material. It is indeed resonant and has a tone all its own. The upside is that because its not wood, the weather wont affect it. Play this guitar everywhere, rain, snow, hail, sun, desert, moon. It wont let you down. Dont let the fact that its not wood put you off... You will be surprised.

never tried it.

Why did I buy this guitar?
1. 25.5" scale length = Heavier tone. A Les Paul for example has 24.75" scale. You may not think its much, but a difference it does make! You can feel it in your fingers too. Remember a 'baritone' guitar is 27". So if that isnt quite your cup o tea look at at 25.5" scale.

2. Good pickups. as mentioned above. I can live with these for awhile. Would like to try a Seymour Duncan in the bridge at some stage,

3. Workmanship: I have found no flaws in the setup and assembly of this Korean guitar. Price/Quality ratio is through the roof! Truly impressive.

4. Seductive looks: although Im personally not in love with the body, I have had nothing but people saying 'good looking guitar' to me ... ok, so maybe it is?

The clincher on this guitar really is the quality you are getting for the price. Its a steal.

this korean 2003(?)guitar has 22 jumbo frets, sitting on a non-finished, beautiful maple, thin neck. The ibanez/EDR pick-ups are great, the bridge humbuker from the h/s/h set-up is not as high-output as i may have wanted but it is fine (for now). The luthite body has no finish. the shape is like a stat but all rounded off and beautiful. it has a floyd rose style bridge (an edge pro 2) and no case, which is a shame cos i love those ibanez hardcases.

it works best for shred/metal etc. and goes great through a marshall.
it is pretty noise free and has a wide variaty of sounds, the only slight problem is the bridge pick-up...

the action was to high, but that was sorted fast, i love the no-finish style because your arm glides over it so well, a bit of a noisy tone control, but that was also sorted fast.

It is great live, the new strap holders make so much difference, i mean loads, they said that the body wont crak easily, i would only have a back-up guitar for incase i broke a string...

never delt with them, but a years warrenty

i have had it for a few months and i play it through a marshall VS2000 AVT 100, a Boss HM-3 and a jim dunlop crybaby 535QC (c for chrome), all of which are awsome, i would get it again, the only minor problem is the bridge pick-up, but that is minor. Great value for money.

Features are already explained in posts above.
22 jumbo frets, Wizard 2 neck, luthite body, H-S-H designed by EMG, Edge Pro II tremolo, etc...

I would have prefered a 24 fret neck, but this one will do the trick.

It sounds really great. The 2 humbuckers have a rather high output level. I find the single coil is a bit useless as the output level is really lower than the 2 humbuckers. The 2nd and 4th position of the five way selectors allow a great variety of tones.
You can achive really big distorsions on this axe on both of the humbuckers, but clean sounds are also great on these two pickups. Cool round sound...
I mainly play rock, heavy and blues (music from the 70's to today) and this guitar fits all my needs.
I guess a split on the humbuckers could have made it sounds more like a stratocaster...

The setup was quite good out of the box. I just had to tune it and there ya go... :)
The action is quite low, which is good to me. I like low action. Neck is thin and flat.. Very fast.
The finish is amazing on a guitar of this price. And that body, awesome !!!

Don't really know, as i own it only for a few days, but it seems quite solid.
I guess this guitar will withstand live playing. But don't forget to have a backup...
You never know when you break a string.
Mine came with metal straps, not plastic ones.

Never dealt with them...
I waited nearly a month to have this guitar shipped to my local dealer.

That's no problem, as he made me a fair discount on the flight case, the stand and the leather strap for the delay... :)

This guitar is really really great for the price.
I would surely buy another if this one had a problem (i.e. if it was stolen or broken, etc...).
I really love the shape of its body and the sounds you can get out of it.
I think i'll keep it for a long time. This thin neck is really going to help me improve my technique, I think...

Made in the U.S.A, made in 2003, 22 frets. Special coting because the body is made of luthite. Volume, Tone, 5 Way selector. EMG Custom pickups. h/s/h. Luthite body, Maple neck. Floyd rose tremelo system. Locking tuners. Tools included.

i use a variety of styles, and this suits every one of the styles. The bridge pickup gives a warm sound with lots of power. The neck pickup is softer. No dislikes about it.

i bought it second hand, but foxs set it up for me, great low action, but not too low. The 12 fret G and B string neeted to be stoned because the note wouldnt play.

the plastic strap holders are a let down, i have recently snapped one but everything else is dependable.

5 years warranty, i know the staff so every repair has been for free.

playing for 2 years, i also own a marshall 100hdfx and a boss modelling wah pedal. I would buy another, i think it is a really reliable piece of equipment. The EMG pickups do it for me and the unusual shape and colour. The make was also the same as that used by the guy from CKY.

made in 2003 in japan (i think), 22 frets, 5 way selector 1 volume, 1 tone, really nice H S H pickup set up, EMG pick ups, kinda strat shape but sleaker and sexier, nice floyd rose system, jumbo frets with wizard II neck, mine came with a hard case

the most versatile guitar i have played, ranges from jazz - metal, nice sustain on the high notes, a beast of an axe!

the action was set perfect, pick ups were adjusted well, no bodges, all properly done to a very high quality, not flaws that i have found yet

it will easily hack live playing and stun the crowd, the hardware seemed great, the paint will chip easier than other guitars, but if you treat it good, it'll be fine, the strap buttons were a problem but easy and chaep 2 change, very reliable, i most probably would play a gig without a backup

havent need em yet

overall a brill guitar for what ever style u play, i'dd put money on it that it's more reliable than a gibson