Ibanez GIO

two humbuckers and a vol and tone switch. The body was extremelt shaped like a paul reed smith very rounded and looks cool, but is light and didn't feel like wood. it felt the same as my dano which is hollow and made of fibre board, so i question what it's made of. the tuners felt good and tuned excellent and the bridge seemed allright, and the tremelo was very smooth. The neck was typical Ibanez which i don't like, it's very flat, gets bulky towards the headstock, and has a very dodgy looking nut, which is on all there guitars.

As it has humbuckers and is surposed to be a metal guitar you would expect a nice dark tone with lots of punch from the neckup ? and a slightly brighter sound from the bridge pickup? well this had neither.

the neck up was neither dark nor punchy and had a muddy somewhat bassy sound that had no deffintion nor a whole lot of bass.

the brigde pickup sounded allmost the same and was more tiney rather than bright.

keep in mind i'm comparing it to a cheap 80's jap LP copy w/humbuckers
which managers to give out an awesome dark yet chruncy sound with lots of bite, and this guiatr cost a 5th the price GiO.

I live in Australia and this Guiatr cost $530 and i think it's a joke, much better guitars can be had for the same price and less

The guitar was set up execellent, had a great finish and every thing felt good. I suspect the pickups are very poor and could do with replacing and this might improve the sound, but why spend anoth $400 on the guitar when you can get a way better one for that much.

the guitar is very light and feels quite breakable, the switchs look dodgey, and i'm sure wouldn't stamd up to much abust, input looked good.

to be honest i don't like this guitar, i don't like ibanez much anyway so i may be a bit biased. But it has a poor sound and seems flimsy, and cost a lot. it did look very cool and wiil impress all your mates who like linkin park

Made in China.mahogant neck,7 strings,2 humbucker pickups,laminated body,22 frets, tone and volume knobs and a pickup switch. I found it to be rather limited seeing as how i could have bought an rg for the same price.

I play metal mostly and it has a rather flat sound coming from a fender frontman amp, im pretty sure thats the amps fault(it is garbage after all). There is also a strange static noise that dissapears if yu touch something metal on it, which ive also seen on a bc rich warlock guitar. i never play clean now that i have a boss meatal zone guitar distortion, deffinatly a beginners guitar.

it is impossible to get rid of the fretbuzz on this thing nomate how long u try. I havent had a problem with the necks thickness

i guess its durabil ive only hd it for 3 months and the only damage ive see are a few paint scratches

definatly a beginers guitar, i should have waited to get an rg in 7 strings but i thought this one wouldnt be as bad as it is

Dual Volume and Tone Knobs, 3-way switch.

Kicks out a heavy crunch with the dual humbuckers, and a clean acoustic when necessary. Pinch Harmonics sound great, 22 frets just isn't enough sometimes..

From factory, everything was good except for a few flaws. One of the volume knobs was loose, had to tighten that. One of the screws for the strap was stripped, and came out while jamming, NOT a good thing.
Action is nice...

I've been playing for a little over a year on a Crate amp with a Digitech RP-200. I love this guitar, it plays forever, stays in tune, and the mahogany finish is beautiful. Dimebag Darrell kicks ass.

I do no own an Ibanez Gio, but I have played my friends countless times and have found myself quickly addicted to it. His happens to have new DiMarzzio double hums put in, although the original pickups were amazing. He purchased his at Paradise Guitars, I'm not sure what it came with besides a gig bag. It is an absolutely superb guitar. The only flaw I found was the neck. It didn't have the wizard necks that Ibanez is recently famous for (besides with their 7-string maricles) I found it very slightly difficult for chording, but then again, I play a stratocaster. lol

The tone on the Ibanez Gio is astounding. It's very rythmic and sounds great for both solo and chorus style musicians. When I play this model, I play it on a Crate 30XA with mid distortion and a reverb effect. I found that it's only noisy when some jackass plugs his microphone into the second input jack. lol sorry todd. Other than that, it's beautiful. This guitar truely has a rich, gorgeous sound for a player of any style. I prefer to play jazz and metal riffs on this model, but it is extremely good for solo work as well. It has very aggressive high notes, you'll cream yourself. Personally I LOVE the tone. Find me one person that doesn't love this guitar. You can't.

It was set up nicely. The body i believe is mahagony. Correct me if I'm wrong. The original pickups were great, and were adjusted well, me and my friends just prefer a custom sound. The neck of the guitar is nice for the most part, but I have just a little trouble chording, it just takes time. The bridge is just amazing, period. Either way I find it more comfortable than my guitar, strange...The guitar contained very little flaws. The only problem beside the neck was the fact that the knobs fall off easily. I think it's the fact that the owner is an aggressive player. But hey, it can be prevented.

This guitar takes live playing to a whole new level. In my opinion it blows my strat among others (such as the gibson les paul, a true classic) out of the water. The hardware will definately last, it's very durable and even after taking several beatings it looks and sounds brand new. The finish is semi thin, but extemely durable. It's obviously thin more for looks, but it stays on, confusing yes, complaining? I hear none. The strap buttons on held well in place, which I'm grateful for. This guitar blew me away when i first played it. I can definately depend on this guitar. It has all my trust and love. I would use it on a gig without a backup and without hesitation. It's truely a classic.

My friend has never taken it in to get repaired, however, we called Ibanez to compliment them on their work. The warranty is lifetime, you wont need it anyway.

I have been playing for a year and a half. I wont a Stratocaster with a fender 15what, cybertwin, and soon to half a mesaboogie/marshal stack. (still working on the 4x12) If I were to ask one thing, it would probably be "Does it really feel like you're stringing up heaven?". I would buy it again if it were stolen. You can never replace a classic. I love practically everything about it. The only thing that I liked but didn't like me was the neck, but I got used to it. My favorite feature would have to be the dual humbuckers, they supply great tone even for factory pickups. Sorry I had to ditch ya fellas. I compared it to the RG models as well as the entire S series and the new Korn K-7, as well as other brand names as fender and gibson. I do have favorites other than this one, but this one is high up on that list. I chose this one because I don't fall in love with a guitar this quickly. It just doesn't happen. But this one truely caught my eye. DUDE THAT GUITAR IS HOT! I wish it had breasts, it would be perfect than. Guitar players of all sorts, if you haven't tried any Ibanez Gio models, you absoultely must. They are truely masterpieces. If this guitar isn't your favorite, it will still definately have a place in your heart for the rest of your life. You will love it.

the model i have reviewed is the Ibanez GRX-720. It is totaly kick ass!!! It has everything a guitar needs, 2 hummbucker pickups, a floyd rose tremelo system, rosewood neck, and comes with a video about Ibanez 7-sting models...pretty neat!

this model would be best suited for rock and heavey metal guitarist. The sound that comes off of these guitars are amazing!Just amazing!

te model i reviewed was in "metallic black" with a "metallic black" scratch plate, It looks totaly kewl! And is not to heavey.

This guitar lasts for years! and is great for playing live!

I haven't bougt one......yet.But i know i won't need repaired even if you drop it from the Empire State Building ( not litteraly. ) I've bought a guitar from the same company though. they helped me out with nearly everything!

3 words, TOTALY KICK ASS

It is quite an old model, made in U.S.A

There are 24 frets in this model

Solid Top

Volume, Tone, And five way selector

5 pickups

Wilklinson Basic Tremelo Neck

tension is good

Fret board - Rosewood

Included - Ibanez Strap, Ibanez Case, Ibanez Gig Bag, Planet Waves Cable, Truss Rod Adjuster Screw, Tremolo Spring Adjustor Screw, Extra Tremolo Spring, Peavey Guitar Polish, Ibanez Pick

Seiko Electric/Bass tuner

This is perfect for my type of music.
I am n ametuer, so this is a good one.
It has good gain on its pickups, and gives out great tones.

Two pickups has very bright sounds. It sounds really good with the delay effect.

The other 3 are for lead, Rythm, and Lead+Rythm

made in:
china
how many strings:
4
finish:
blue with black pickguard
any included accessories:
case,strap,cable,tools,amp,picks,bag

I like the sound its got a fat bass sound

pick-ups were adjusted fine, it had no flaws when i bought it

i dont know if it will withstand live playing.
I think it will last for a while
i dont think the finish will wear at all
ive never had to adjust the neck yet and ive had it for about 2 years

if it was stolen id buy a better one

Volume and tone controls, wide neck, whammy bar, sparkly blue finish, 22 frets, 2 humbuccer pickups, strat style.
Quite a few features, but this isnt what I liked the guitar for.

This guitar is extremely rock. The humbuccers give you the option of playing soft rock to some amazing sounding metal, a good variety of sound, but if you want to play metal, this is the guitar for you.

I found absolutely no flaws with the guitar, everything was absolutely fine. Great colour.

This guitar hasn't been played as such in a gig, but it has been moved and banged around quite a bit. The paint hasn't got a scratch, and doesn't look as if it will ever scratch off. The strap buttone look a bit loose at times, but no real problem, I wouldn't probably use this guitar live without backup, but then again I wouldn't use any guitar without backup.

No problems at all, 1 year warranty, never had to call in.

This is a quality begginer buy, I have been playin for a year now, and this was my first guitar. I bought a 10 watt marshall amp, the guitar, a capo, and a strap for under #200, this is the same price as a squier strat pack, and believe me, the pacage is a hell of a lot better. Many of my friends have squiers, and they wished they had bought my guitar. The metal sound is great, and sounds great with effects pedals.

Its your basic set up with vol, pick up selector and whatnot

sounds deep and rocked out i play it on an old marshall 2x12 cab and a nemisis bass cab for pedals im using a boss chorus, metal zone, and digital reverb/delay. This baby has kick ass hamonics

alot of bang for a little buck

22 rosewood medium frets with two humbuckers in the bridge and neck. Strat looking body with non locking tuners and a 3 way pickup selector. 2 volume and tone knobs for the bridge and neck pickup great for medal and hard rock. When I bought the guitar I bought an amp aswell so the dearl was real generious and threw in a gig bag for the guitar. I perfer the hard body cases but this will do.

I am mostly a rock and blues guiterst and this guitar pretty much fills the rock portion of that. I'm using a roland blues cube but the guitar sounds great for hard rock and metal. Not much blues you can play with it. I've found that the louder the volume on the amp the noiser the pickups will become. I think it would be a good idea to replace them with some humless ones but the stock pickups are still good. With the amp I have I can get everything from Clapton, Hendrix, Metilica and Black sabbath. Basically anything rock will come out of this guitar. The tone controls are great. I can play clearer rock by turning the volume on the guitar down and play metal by turing the volume up and the tone knob up as well. The 3 way pickup selecter switch is lose and when used alot it will only stay on the middle selection, both pickups. The bridge pickup is the one I use the most and thats where all the rock and metal comes from.

There are two flaws on my guitar from when I bought it. The volume knob for the bridge pick up is a little loose and will produce crackling in the amp when it is turned down to 3 or lower. I don't turn it down that low enless I'm playing stuff like Nirvana. They usually play a softer Alternative sound and then turn to harder but the volume switch will do that but you just have to be carful on those last few levels. The 3 way selector switch will be come lose afte a while and only stay on the middle selection. Both strap pins didn't stay too well so I had to appley a little bit of carpenters glue to the screws and that held them in place.

This guitar is pretty reliable. I don't play live shows but if I did I would still have a back up just incase. The hardware is good and will last if taken care of. The strap pins came unscrewed a few times but I fixed that with some glue. I'm about to buy a strat and will use that for rock and blues as well. Mostly blues becasue so far the ibanez suites me fine for rock. I've been carful with it and never droped it so I don't know will it would withstand that but the body seems to be pretty strong. The tuneing machines are real senceitive and will be knocked out of tune with a direct hit to them. When transporting it is real easy to knock out of tune but that can me corrected with no problem.

the Guitar was under a one year warranty which I never needed.

I've been playing for close to 4 years and this was my first electric guitar. I learned on acoustic and moved to electric. This is an excelent guitar for a beginner as well as a pro. It is excelent for rock and metal. I have a roland blues cube amp but the guitar won't allow much blues. I turn the mids off and bass off and the volume up and you have a really good rock/metal sound.

Nice neck, volume and tunning contols. Nothing to out of the ordinary

This is good for metal. My amp sux, but i've used other ones and it's sounded great on those. It has a pretty bright sound.

Looks great. NO flaws.

I think this guitar could probably stand live play. Finish and hardware are good.

Came with a 1 year warrenty. Never had to talk to the company.Never had to be repaired.

I'm a newbie and this is my only guitar. If it were stolen i'd probably get another 1.

Excellent for its price

I'm a newbie and I really haven't gotten to compare it to any other guitars but I have had no problems what so ever. It is great for Metal.

The Ibanez GIO is a strat-like guitar that is sold only with their "Guitar Starter Pack" It has two single-coils and a bridge humbucker (Like a Fat Strat) which are passive. The neck is maple with a rosewood fingerboard and 22 frets. I think they are only sold in black with a white pickguard. It has a synchronized tremolo bridge and non-locking tuners. (Which, by the way, are mounted on one of the coolest-looking headstocks I've seen.) The pack comes with a 10 watt Ibanez amp, a cheap crappy cable, some picks, and a thin, cheap gig bag. Okay. Just okay.

One of my friends bought this guitar and I played it a bit. It sounds about the same as my Duo-Sonic on the singles but the humbucker sounds noticeably better. I played it on the included 10 watt amp and then on my Peavey Rage 158. The rage has a much deeper sound. The sound is okay, but with no soul and not very thick. This guitar is remarkably like all the other 1,000,000 strat copys out there.

This guitar looks pretty nice. Medium action about the same as other Ibanez's i've played. The black finish looked nice and the neck was of high quality. The Tremolo bridge was surprisingly good, and the 5-way pickup selector rocks. It's nice looking.

This is where the problems erupt. Although no actual incidents occured, this guitar felt cheap. The body was thin and light and the cheap strap felt like it might fall off. It seemed like it would suddenly stop working. I can't really state an honest opinion though, because I only played it for a day.

Never owned any of their products.

I also own a Fender Duo-Sonic. The Ibanez is okay. If this guitar was stolen I wouldn't buy another because a lot of the price is in all the accessories. If this axe was sold by itself I might buy one. The Humbucker Pickup is the best pickup I've heard in a "starter Pack" and it is is a welcome addition to the price range. The main competition is Squier's "Strat Pak" which is not quite as good. But the Squier comes with a better amp, so the desicion is a toss-up. I give it an "8" in comparison to other starter paks and the Ibanez is the best. It blows the doors off the Hamer "Slammer" and the Crate Electra. This is a great starter guitar.