Ibanez GRX40

Most have been already described I'm not going to go throught it all again.

This guitar is great for my style. I play mainly punk some rock some metal but also tons of clean stuff. I use a Fender Hot Rod Deville 4 by 10 with this guitar and occasionally i use a dan electro french toast distortion but this guitar sucks with that pedal. The guitar is very versitile for how much it costs I would definetally recommend it. It is a little noisy distorted though.

Guitar was set up well the action and inotation. My Humbucker Pickup keeps loosing up for the first few months but all fixed now. The guitar is pretty good in this category. Except I can't say enough about how horrible the tuners are. Im in a gigging band and when I can sometimes use it for 1 song but ocassionaly i can use it for 3 or 4 which is still horrible.

This guitar will withstand live playing except for the tuner. The hardware should last fine. The strap buttons were great but I replacec all of mine with strap locks. I can depend on it except for the tuners. And I would definetally use a backup.

I have been playing over a year and a few months in a band. I wish the tuners were better on this guitar because then it would make a good guitar.

Made in 2002 in China. Everyone has covered all the features before so there is no need to be redundant. I think this is the absolute best sub $200 guitar on the market. Plays and sounds like a guitar 3 or 4 times the price.

Suits my style great, which is everything from classic rock to metal to country. I use a Marshall AVT 50 with it, and only the footswitch for distortion. No noise from the humbucker or in the 2d and 4th positions. Only normal single coil hum on the middle and neck pickups. Bridge humbucker has a very nice bright sound on clean and a meaty sound on distortion, much like the bridge pickup of a Les Paul. I like the 4th position best, on distortion gives you that great dark sound which is great for Black Sabbath or Metallica. So far, there is nothing I dislike about it.

Setup perfectly. Everything is perfect.

It has been withstanding live playing just fine. This thing stays in tune better than any of my other guitars, including my American Strat. Strap buttons very solid. I would never gig with any guitar without a backup.

Been playing 20 years, have way too much gear to mention here, but it includes a Fender American Standard Strat, an Epiphone Les Paul Standard and Martin Acoustics. If were lost or stolen, I would get another one, because it is actually the most versatile of all my guitar.

I figure mine was made in 2002 because it is made in China and everyone started making their guitars there by now. Mine is part of an Ibanez Jump Kit, came with an IBZ10 Amp, gigbag, strap, cord, tuner and picks. I had gotten away from electric guitars over the years playing mostly acoustic and got to missing an electric to mess around on once in awhile, but not playing one enough to justify spending big bucks, so I bought this pack brand new for $239.99. I think it is very nice. It is your basic strat setup, but only has one tone control and one volume knob instead of two tone controls like a strat. I actually like this better and the input jack is on the bottom of the guitar instead of on the front like a strat, which I also like better. The shape is a little different than a strat but it looks very nice and feels great. Mine is agathis. Has a humbucker at the bridge position and two single coil pickups with a 5 way selector switch. The humbucker is called a powersound humbucker and they are all made by Ibanez. It has a maple neck and rosewood fingerboard. The neck is nice!! Plays like butter. Has a standard floating tremelo with a whammy bar, but I never use one of those, prefering to bend strings. Medium frets. Came with all I mentioned above. Great guitar!! I give it a 10 because it has the features it is intended to have......basically everything a strat has except the extra tone knob, which I never thought was worth anything anyway.

Suits my style of music fine. I play mostly classic rock, grunge, southern rock and get in my moods for heavy metal. This guitar sounds pretty damn good actually. I have a Marshall G30RCD amp as well as the amp that came with it (kick ass little amp). I also have used a Boss DS-1 Distortion Pedal and a Danelectro Corned Beef Hash Reverb Pedal with it. Normal hum from the single coils in the 3rd and 5th positions......which is to be expected. Can have single coils without that. No hum from the humbucker and none in the 2d and 4th position, drawing off of more than one pickup. Has a bright full sound at the humbucker, a hint of tele twang, great for grunge and that blink 182 sound which I like, mellower drawing off the humbucker and middle pickup which is good for classic rock. Third position drawing off the middle pickup gives a bell like tone which is very nice for soft rock. 4th position gives a darker sound and with distortion is very good for things like Sabbath, Metallica and AC/DC stuff. 5th position, drawing from the neck pickup has a very nice blues/jazz tone to it. Overall, this is a damn good sounding guitar. Don't know what everyone is bitching about. One should take into consideration that a $200 guitar is probably not going to sound like an Eric Clapton or Jeff Beck signature strat. I think this guitar will hold its own with any of the mexican strats made by Fender. It certainly outclasses the Squiers by a long shot.

I bought this at our local music store, so setup was perfect and pickups and intonation were flawless. Great neck.......absolutely incredible.

I see no reason why this guitar would not withstand live playing, although I am retired from gigging these days. Hardware seems fine, finish is great.....mine is a Navy Metallic Blue. Strap buttons are great....actually had trouble getting the strap on it. I would say it is quite dependable. I would NOT gig with anything without a backup. I have had $3,000 Les Pauls and $1,500 Fenders crap out on me during a gig.

Never dealt with Ibanez before, in fact this is the first one I have ever played.

I have been playing for 40 years. I played professionally and as a studio musician for over 20 years. I have had almost every guitar you can imagine from Rickenbackers, Strats, Tele's to Les Pauls. Right now, I have this guitar, a Nelsonic Tele Clone (Awesome!!), a Nelsonic Les Paul Clone (also Awesome!!) and several acoustics and acoustic electrics. Nothing I wish I had asked about it. I went to the shop to buy a new Fender Standard Strat and decided on this one. I actually liked the way it played and sounded better for what I was looking for. Has everything I want. I actually wanted to have a single guitar that would get all the sounds I want......and I think I have found it. I will let some of the others go now.

This guitar has 2 single coil pick ups and 1 humbucker, volume and tone knobs, and 5 way toggle switch. I dont know a lot about guitars but i think this guitar would be good for a beginner such as myself.

I like to play rock and metal, the one humbucker seems to make a difference. I play the guitar with a small danelectro and with overdrive the amp and guitar make a good team.

I bought it used so i dont know what it was like new, but it is in near perfect condition.

This guitar is very durable. I think you could play a gig with out a back up.

never talked to them.

I havent been playing and I dont own many acessories but i like this guitar a lot, and some player that has played a lot longer than me loves this guitar.

Indonesian made. 22-frets. Volume and tone control + 5-way selector. Streamlined strat-body. Bolted neck.

I find it groovy for funky blues with BOSS overdrive on the single coil pickup. Also got a good jazzy sound with good sustain.

Set up fine for me. Only flaws were factory/shop strings!

I've been playing it for 2 and a half years, dropped it several times and only has one tiny dent/crack. Single coil is a bit noisy but if you can get over that it sounds sweet as. Stays in tune for ages even after repeated bends and bizarre funk rythmns.

Sounds wicked and I will continue to play it. Ibanez are awesome for offering such a quality quitar at such an affordable price. Rock on Ibanez! I use a BOSS fx unit with it, mostly with overdrive and occasionaly a bit of wah, chorus or phaser.

1997, indo. all the same as previously listed. when i got it it was black, but i took all the dents out of it and painted an auborn red color. i like the humbucker. the neck, it is real slim and a little bit wider than a regular strat neck. it does stand up aganist my strat.

i like a rich clean tone, i kinda find that in the middle pickup.
right now i am using a peavy amp with a dod death metal and a danelectro 60's style distortion, and a morely wah. if you turn the highs down on the death metal then you can get a good solid distortion out of if. mostly the clean is a cheap non quality sound, but hey i only payed 20$ for this thing.

when i got it , it was in a 1002 pieces so i prety much set it up how i liked it. the original finish was like a milk jug, when i painted i just sanded alittle , filled in dents, primed and then painted.

the tuners suck. their like a 12$ set. i am going to upgrade soon, i just finished it about 3 weeks ago.

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i also own a strat and a takamine, this would be the first to go. probaly if it were lost or stolen, the only thing i would be mad about would, that i spent a month painting it. and payed to have somone set it up and wire it.after all that it ened up costing about 130$

well think it was made in korea or indonesia...whatever...22 frets, volume and tone pots, a cheap tremolo arm, and finally a 5-way selector. S/S/H config, the finish was veeery cheap, but hey this guitar only costs 200 to 250 ? (euro). very good neck though, fast action...no accessories...

i play different kinds of music, such as old classic rock, copying classical hits of the 17th to the 19th century. then what i use it mainly for is for punkrock and ska, so i need a nice clean sound and high output for the humbucker in the bridge position. actually the humbucker is the only pickup on that guitar that DOES NOT hum like the single coils, they are just too bad...humbucker though is good for that price. the sound is not that great, but actually not too bad for playing punkrock, because of its bright sound.

i don't know if the guitar which i own was set up at factory or at the store where i bought it...but the action was very good, very playable and very fast...good for playing lead sounds...well everything o.k. here...i'll give it a 9.

first of all: this guitar is only for practising at home, or for beginners, after one year you'll hate the cheap sound!
well i've experienced some problems the pots; they're just making strange noises when i turn them on some special positions...but i think the finish is good enough to last for the time you want to play this guitar...i would certainly use it on a gig without backup (actually i don't have another guitar)

never ever dealt with them...

nothing more to say.....very good beginner guitar because of the fast-action neck and the acceptable sound...but don't consider using it over 1 year!
i'm thinking of buying a new one soon, maybe an Ibanez S520...
so, that's all...good night

year don't know, made in korea, 22 fret, 5 way pick up switch ,volume and tone, single at neck and centre humbucker at bridge, maple neck and fingerboard,. Goes out of tune quickly if whammy bar used.

rock style mainly but also clean chord progressions all over the neck,
very good for leads,and the low action make this a very fast neck. Using a fender champ, a little scratching with the pots, will go out of tune quickly if the whammy bar is used, bright sound.

Set up was good, the action is very low, among the lowest I have seen. Playable straight away. but strings could have done with a change. 5 because of the strings but I got the guitar cheap as it was ex display... no buzzing at all on the neck.

The tuners aren't the best and it will go out of tune quickly if the whammy bar is used. Strap buttons are fine, finish isn't that great but this can add character. Need a back up if playing live.

never dealt with the company. Never will.

Been playing 20 years, and bought this for my 13 year old son as an introduction to rock music playing, I told the shop what I wanted and this is what they came up with, excellent choice. it was ex display, definatley buy another at this moment in time, but after a year or so he will hopefully move to another better giutar and I will use this one. I will add either a locking nut and or new tuners and maybe a decent whammy bar and it would be just about spot on for me. only moan is the whamy bar knocking it out of tune.

Same as everyone else. 22 frets, made in indonesia. rosewood & maple neck, some unknown body (probably agathis). 2001. Has every feature you could want in a budget guitar, except a locking tremolo

Ok sound. Not much buz. Absolutely no character. Kinda sounds like a synth trying to sound like a guitar. Surprisingly good artificial harmonics though. Using with a AVT100 marshall.

Only had it a few days. I'm adjusting it for a friend. Generally has ok parts (for the price) but put together by a blind one armed indonesian monkey whilst being chased by a komodo dragon. Everything was wrong - and still is. Fix one thing, find another thing wrong. About to give up. Originally: strings too high, I think the truss rod was in extension (you could actually see the concavity in the neck), pickups all over the place, tuning pegs too rigid, but the most surprising thing is...........................IT CAME WITH DIFFERENT GUAGE STRINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Will not withstand live playing. Will not even withstand practice playing. WHY?????????? because it will not withstand TUNING. In order to play a guitar, one must tune it. BEWARE ALL. tuning heads must be replaced immediately.
Of course the hardware will last. No one will ever play something that doesn't hold tune.
50 backups wouldn't be enough. In fact, 1 backup for every bar in a song wouldn't be enough.
For some reason, it kinda feels like the electronics aren't quite right. Cant quite figure this one out yet cos there's so many other things not quite right

Never dealt with them. But I'm gonna strongly encourage my friend to do so......QUICKLY

Played for 7 years.
Boss me 30, original crybaby, marshall avt100, squire strat silver series, takamine g series,
I wish my friend had asked me before buying this guitar!!!!
If lost or stolen, I'd like to hunt down the thief and laugh at him. But then again, everyone else would when he goes out of tune after the first note at his next gig.
Yeah, its a cheap guitar, but just cos its cheap doesn't mean its worth it if you cant use it. Fork up an extra few and get something worthwhile.

It is a 22 fret 2001 model, im not gonna go over the details again, as everyone has already said and to be honest, im not a guitar buff (YET!)

oh yeah it came with some tools and stuff, i got the T,blue coulour version, which in my humble opinion kickas ass!

i will give it 9, coz it dosent have brand name pick ups, but it still kicks serious butt!

Ok, i play everything from indie to rock to metal to punk, i have even been known to play bluesy style stuff! It seems to be able to cope with everything i have been able to through @ it so far, though i have only had it one day!

im using it through a bargain basement style 10 watt amp i picked up @ the same time, this is my first guitar, i had #200 to spend, so i went for this baby!

Hey Joe by the one and only jimi Hendrix sounds brilliant on the clean channel, with the volume whacked up loud! even though its going through a 10 watt amp!

I was pretty pleased with the whole thing, except a few minor inconveniances! ie i dont know if this is the same for all electric guitars, but i had to remove this plastic film from the scratch plate and little bits got caught round the tone knob, and round the bridge and pick ups etc! a tad annoying! the humbucker was a bit wobbly as well! generally good after minor adjustment!

the strap buttons are so solid, i struggled to get the god damn strap on!

I have only been playing a little while, maybe 2 months ( i had a fender dg3 accoutic before!) so i wont be gigging for a while but in my opinion it will be fine for gigging, i would use this without a back up, though i would take a very good/quick tuner!

NOT DEALT WITH IBANEZ

I compared this to guitars in a similar price range , eg squier strat, tele, some no name bollox, and a yamaha pacifica. They were all complete shit compared to this beast! i took the liberty of trying out proper fenders and epiphones etc, and in both mine and the guy @ the shops opinion this thing kicked there sorry asses!

i would not hesitate to buy another! i would hunt down the bastard who took it from me, and cave his head in with a sledge hammer!

I would just like to say this thing kicks butt from start to finish! fantastic value for the money i payed! It's an Ibanez for f*cks sake!