Ibanez GSA60

My GSA 60 was made in 2002 in Indonesia. It has 22 frets, laminated top, with one tone and one volume control and a 5 way selector switch. It has an Ibanez Powersound humbucker at the bridge and two Ibanez Powersound single coil pickups. Body is made of Alder, neckl is maple. Has a high gloss black metallic finish that is beautiful. Body style is a stratocaster style with the typical strat string through body and a standard tremelo system. Tuners are sealed, locking type tuners and they work great. The neck is the typical Ibanez thin neck with medium frets. It didn't come with any accessories because I bought it off of ebay, but I purchased a super nice Ibanez gig bag with it that even has a removeable back pack on it!! Great guitar for the bucks.

Like most Americans living in the Philippines, I'm a retired military person, married to a Filipina, so I am quite a bit older than most of the people who review on Harmony Central. I was a teenager during the late 60's and early 70's and still like the music from that era. I write some of my own stuff, which would probably be considered somewhere between blues, rockabilly, electric folk and classic rock, but I love old Cream, Blind Faith, Zeppelin, Sabbath, Stones, Beatles, you know the music of my era. I do like some of the 90's grunge rock, such as Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Creed and some punk stuff like Greenday. Handles all the music styles I play very well and I love the H-S-S configuration. The only amps I've use it on at home are my Marshall MG10CD, VOX Pathfinder 15R and VOX AD15VT (these are the amps most Americans here have, because these brands are all that are available here for the most part. You can get Peaveys but they are made in China and suck). This guitar sounds best on the VOX AD15VT at home. It sounds great on all three amps. It is a versatile guitar by all means, much more versatile than the humbucker versions of the Les Paul in my opinion. This is an excellent guitar sound wise and I have no trouble maxing it out in this department.

FLAWLESS

I don?t gig with this guitar, but I would. Yes to all questions, except no one would gig without a backup.

Never dealt with Ibanez.

I started playing guitar when the Beatles came out in 1964, and I think I was 11. I am 52 now, so I guess I've been playing for 41 years. I have this guitar, the amps I mentioned above, a Fender made in Mexico Standard Fat Stratocaster, which I put a Duncan Invader humbucker at the bridge, and Vintage Noiseless Pickups at the middle and neck positions Pickups on, a Fender 52 Telecaster, stock, an Epiphone Les Paul Special II, a Squier Standard Stratocaster with Texas Special Pickups, a Squier Standard Telecaster, which I bought because I wanted a Vintage Blonde Telecaster with a Rosewood Fretboard, which I have put Vintage Noiseless Pickups on, an Ibanez GSA20, and RG350, Rockstar Strat, Tele and Les Paul Copies and a Fernando Strat Copy. Like the last reviewer, I also have a Washburn X-21, which is inexpensive but a fuckin good guitar. I've got two Epiphone Acoustic Guitars, one Ibanez Acoustic Electric Guitar, a Washburn Acoustic and a bunch more. I'm addicted to collecting them, and sometimes it's a waste because most of them don't get played. I really love this guitar. Overall it's an 9.

made in indonesia
22 frets
volume, tone, 5-way switch
H/S/H
the rest is the same as everyone else only the colour of mine is "blood red" never seen an ibanezGSA60 red before but it sure looks great.
i didn't pay much for it so it's a great guitar for a little money in my case

i mostly play metal and neo-classical rock it suits pretty fine but i replaced almost every pickup. the first single coil i replaced for a humbucker and the humbucker is replaced by an other humbucker so this guitar suits perfectly into my kind of music
the sound is very full and bright i can do things with it i couldn't possibly dream of. there are many ways of getting weird noises out of a guitar if you have a good guitar with mine it can.
the amp i'm using is a ibanez tone blaster 25r with a bossME-8 mutiple effect. it's not the best guitar but it's good enough for me

the guitar looks great it was set-up perfectly only the colour is very wierd but i like it, the pickup i replaced and the pickup selector is a bit noisy but not a problem.

it will last during live playing and when i play i can be really rough but this guitar can handle me. i play a lot everyday and never noticed any flaws or anything, i can depend on in but i always have a backup during a gig

never justed it.

if it was stolen i would buy it again for the price i paid for it. i only wish it had a floyed-rose

Made in Indonesia
22 frets
volume, tone 5-way switch
S/S/H
... the same as all the others on the page!

This guitar suits metal pretty well, at least the humbucker does
I use an Ibanez ToneBlaster 25R with it and with this amps overdrive, all hardcore fits in perfectly, too bad for the single coils. When you switch to a clean tone, the humbucker really gives a to agressive impression, so you chose to switch to a single, but then they sound less loud and rather sharp...
The good thing is you can't hear noise or any bad fuzz of the guitar in non-action.

Well, the guitar came in perfectly good state, no flaws in the production, though there is a little twist in the wood of the neck, but it's smoothly polished and you don't notice it.
The neck feels very soft, but at first you can't slide over it well, but after a while this smoothens up. (probably sweat that does the job? :-)

If you don't do crazy stuff with this guitar, I guess it will last some time.
The shining polish contains sort of scratches after a while, and if you touch the guitar (with clean hands or dirty) you always see the spots, thanks to the black finish I have.
If you use this guitar live and a string breaks, you're screwed for the song. The bridge looses some tension and the whole guitar gets tuned completely wrong!!! (I don't really know if this is normal with a bridge with tremolo, maybe let me know)

Never broke yet

Pretty good guitar, it's my first one though, and I dream of playing and owing a Gibson SG or Les Paul!!!

Made in Indonesia,
Maple/Rosewood neck with 22 small-medium frets,
Agathis,
S/S/H Powersound pickups
1x Volume,
1x Tone,
Vintage Style Tremolo,
Curvy top,
Glossy black finish,
The only thing you can do with this guitar is play and that's enough.

I play everything from Stevie Ray Vaughan to Metallica and it all suits very well. I play it through a TubeScreamer and a Peavey Rage 158. The guitar is intonated in the local shops and plays now teriffic. Only my Fender plays better. It sounds very good. Especially the bridge humbucker. The sound is full and heavy. Perfect for all kinds of Metal. The Single Coils suits for the clean parts or the blues parts.

The action was at first not very well. But after a night at the local shop it is perfect. The Singlecoils were to low. The finish is very smootly.

The frets are almost worned out. And I have the guitar only 3 years.

N/A

A very nice guitar to start your carrier with. But it has te be replaced after 2 a 3 years. Because of the frets and the pickups. You would like a smoother kind of sound.

I got mine just like everone else's on this page. nothing special. My guitar is in Jewel Blue and looks REALLY cool. Finish is perfect. I didnt like the chrome volume knobs it came with and decided to replace them, but when i pulled the vone knob off, the shaft of the pot ( the thing that attaches to the knob ) came with it! i had to buy another one.

I play punk and metal and it suits my style well. i use it through a line 6 spider 2 half stack and i get killer sound from it. the guitar is silent. no noise or anything. i love it!!!

The guitar was set up great. no adjustments needed. The only thing i would change on this guitar is the bridge, cuz it SUCKS! i had to install a locking nut on it and it helps a little.

This thing is solid. enough said.

3 year warranty. My one of my volume pots had a short so i sent it in and GOT A NEW GUITAR!!!!! Holy S***T! I love ibanez!!!

Made in Indonesia,
Maple/Rosewood neck with 22 small-medium frets,
Agathis,
S/S/H Powersound pickups
1x Volume,
1x Tone,
Vintage Style Tremolo,
Curvy top,
Glossy black finish,

I play pretty much anything, mostly punk, grunge and metal. The amp that i use the gsa60 with is the fender frontman 15r (need to upgrade that =P), and they sound pretty decent together. The guitar isn't too noisy either.

Pickups will probably have to get swapped for Dimarzios sometime in the future.

The nut that came with my guitar was horrible! Fret-buzzing like crazy, action was too high. I assume it's a cheapo plastic nut, because every time i used the tremolo, it would go out of tune. (not even my old squier did that.) After 2 weeks, I couldnt bear it any longer, I bought a Graphtech Tremnut for it, installed it, popped in 5 springs in the back, tada, perfect. I suggest this to all gsa60 owners who have tremolo related tuning issues.

Pickups were adjusted fine, but i lowered the humbucker a little to compensate for the higher output.

The paintjob is fantastic! Glossy, super-shiny, you can see your reflection in it! I've knocked it around abit and still not a scratch. Usual pickmarks but thats inevitable.

The standard strap buttons seem pretty solid, but I wouldn't gig without Dunlop Straploks. I recommend these over the Schaller variety too.

The bridge seems to be holding up, the tuners (most likely Gotohs) keep in tune, and the electronics are pretty darn good. My old squier had much noiser pots and a loose switch. This one on the gsa60 feels very solid.

The finish will definitely last.

Dependable, Giggable, but it'd be stupid to play without a backup.

Lalalalalala~

I haven't been playing long, upgraded to this from a squier. I know the gsa60 is still classified as a beginner model, but with a few upgrades, a few tweaks and it's definitely a keeper.

If it got pinched, I'd bash the thief. And then buy an RG. Maybe a LTD.

I <3 the sexy finish, the chrome hardware, the feel of the neck.

Great bang for buck too. Recommended.

2002 model, Korean. 22 fret, volume tone, SSH. Agathis body wood, black gloss finish.

The two single coils provide for a good clean tone, but they arent my favorite singles. The humbucker just seems to sound better the lower you downtune. Strangely enough I really like this stock hum, it has clarity and never fuzzes over.

The factory set this baby up pretty nicely. It actually came in tune right out of the box. Of coarse, youll have to do some adjusting to your own needs. All the hardware is nicely installed, and feels solid. The tuners are OK, and I locked up the trem as a fixed bridge because it got annoying and went out of tune too much.

This guitar would definatly withstand live playing but it would be stupid not to use a backup. For tuning issues, get locking tuners, and thats it. Finish is strong, but i scratched it up. Solid instrument.

nope

This was my first guitar, and I LOVE its feel. Its not loaded with the best of anything, but what can you expect for 200$? If it were stolen Id kill whoever stole it. Im not sure if id buy the exact model, but something along these lines. I wish it had a fixed bridge.

22 frets... 24's so much better but hey this is a begginers guitar why the heck would you need to solo? 2 pickups 1 hum. nothing else special or worth mention.

very very amazing clean sound with switch on top pickup. distortion sucks so get a new humbucker somthing real nice if you want a cool distortion. or go with a big muff pi pedal or somthing. but if you want an amazing clean guitar go with this.

the finish i had was a silver scratch proof coating. its really nice. but if your a sweaty bastard like me it will get sticky so watch out. the action on mine was high but i didnt lower it it made me solo faster on guitars with lower action. dont ever try to put a whammy bar on this sucker cuz it will go out of tune in a second. but besides using the whammy bar this thing stays in tune really well. the strap buttons on mine always come loose. this guitar is really light. so you can move around alot. and the neck is for people with big ass hands like mine.

this guitar is realiable never really had many problems. i would gig with this without a back up if there were heavy strings on it. get strap locks for this mother.

never had to deal with them. but had 3 year warentee or somthing crazy like that.

great guitar for a beginner but if you want a second guitar buy somthing nice unless your strictly looking for an amazing clean sound then you cant go wrong. and when i say amazing i mean AMAZING!!!!! but its strictly a newby guitar and great to learn on. and its a great guitar for the price.

2001 Indonesia-made Ibanez. 22 Frets. Solid top. 1 volume, 1 tone, 5-way switch. H/S/S Powersounds. Agathis throughout. Rosewood fretboard. Jewel blue. Strat body. String-thru. Stock tuners. Thin neck/medium frets. Ibanez trem.

The humbucker on this thing is it's strong point. It doesn't compare to my '89 Gibson Les Paul, but it held its own for a while. The single-coils are weak, though, and don't distort well at all. Needless to say, they have nothing on my '84 American Strat's. If the single coils were as strong and distorted as nicely as the humbucker, it would be far more well-rounded. Beyond that, the single coils hum. Humming singles is one of those things that comes with the pickup, but these are worse than most. If they had more guts to them, they could pull off some nice tones, but they're too weak and too noisy to be bothered with. I've played it through my Marshall, a Crate, and a couple of Fenders & other Marshalls with the same effect. For its price, it is better than most beginner guitars, but it doesn't have much use beyond that.

The action came and still is decent enough. It hasn't needed a truss rod adjustment at all which is especially remarkable because of the humid conditions it was sometimes left in. The pickups were set up properly with the right distance from the strings but, as stated earlier, position can't help weak pickups from sounding weak. The folks at Ibanez, even overseas, send their guitars in great condition from my experience.

The strap buttons have caused some chagrin towards Ibanez. After the guitar suffered two short-distance falls to the ground, I took it upon myself to use a buffer between the screw and the wood. Since then, the buttons haven't come loose. The tuning keys aren't the greatest when coupled with the trem, so a dive bomb or even a quaver may knock a string or two out of tune, which is bothersome. Also, the volume and tone knobs are easily removed and I had to glue mine in place. A violent sneeze knocks them loose and, even with their small size and mass, they are a bit painful if they fall on an exposed toe.

If you want to ignore what's important and focus on aesthetics, the paint is on solid. I don't play very hard unless I'm doing "Everlong," but I played with metal picks for a while and they only scratched the finish. It got a good run for its money and was passed along like the town whore between myself and bandmates and there's not a spot on the body that shows the bare wood.

As for gigging without a backup, I have no reason to gig with it anymore. When I did gig with it, it was reliable enough after securing the strap buttons and control knobs to go through the set.

Never dealt with them, which is I guess a compliment to them.

I've been playing a couple of years and have amassed a Gibson LP, an American Strat, a Martin acoustic, a Kawal acoustic, a Marshall, and a dozen or so effects pedals. I only recently have decided to get rid of this guitar because it's just collecting dust. It suited its purpose as a beginner guitar and works very well as such. The weak single coils, the hardware issues, and the tuning instability keep it at the beginner level, though. The humbucker is what you'll probably use and it's excellent for its price.

Bottom Line: If you're looking for a decent beginner guitar for someone just starting out, have a ball. It'll hold its own for a while. It won't put you out too much on cost and it probably won't crap out on you unless you're abusive with it. It's all about the Golden Rule. If you're looking for anything intermediate or above, get a higher end Ibanez or a Jackson or a Fender or a Gibson or something.

2003
22 frets
rosewood fretboard
Volume and tone control,

Didn't name much, but if it has everything u need
deffinently gets a high score

I play mostly metal (shadows fall, killswitch engage, Avenged sevenfold, Lamb of god, etc.) some punk too, and i have to say for any style, this guitar sounds great! playign the blues on the middle single coil sounds awesome! The humbucker provide me wiht a great metal sound, great palm muting if u want a lot of chunk out of it. I dont use the tremelo to often just becuase of the fact its kinda (cheap) becuase it detunes the guitar like mad. Every thing else about the song is wonderful, truely an excellent sounding guitar!

Great finish, Flawless from the day i got it, 2 now, iv'e put my share of dents and scratches in it, but up close, u still see a flawless finish. The pickups were great as i said, especially the humbucker. The only flaw as i said was the tremelo, detunes the ugitar like crazy.

This guitar will deffiently withstand live playing! VERY DURABLE. Hard where is durable also, no problems. I haven't had any problems wiht the guitar at all since the day i got it. Strap buttons are great no problems. I can depend on this guitar for a live preformance, and practice also. Well right now im using it as a back up, rihgt now im playing a Ibanez SZ320. I have the SZ in drop C and the Gsa in drop D, but if somthin happened to the sz, i can tune it to c wiht no problem.

Never dealt wiht the support