Ibanez S470

its a 2k korea made s470bk
22 frets
it now has a 3 way selector and 2 emg 85R 81L (zakk wylde)
and floyd rose

sounds bad ass best pickups you can buy go out and get some.
runing it in to a Triple Rectifier in to a wah, boss oct,boss mt3,boss rv3

action is low.

nice

dont know so i will give them a 10

been playing for 15 years have bunch of fenders if it was stolen i would go get another i did some work on it with the pickups and new Floyd Rose and Action. over all its a good guitar

This is a 2000 Ibanez S470BK made in Korea. It has a Wizard neck, nice and flat. This uses the pain in the ass floyd rose double locking mechanism (not recommended for beginners). Nice flat shiny body. Light as hell. Scratches easy if you look at your git in the light.

This is a very flexible guitar. Whatever you want. Except I found it didn't play very well when your amp is set on clean. I found the sound is too metallic. Also, the thin body kills the sound of the guitar a bit.

When I bought my Ibanez. The bridge was already discolored. I was kinda pissed at the guys at steve's for selling this to me. The plated metal thingies around the pickups tarnish fast. Clean, clean and clean.

Everything is reliable about this guitar, however it is a pain in the ass to modify tuning configurations. Do not buy this guitar if you drop D your guitar every day and like changing tuning configurations often. Not for the everyday newbie either. You have to know how to change the tension of the tremolo and adjust the neck. It's hard stuff.

Yeah, pick this baby up if you have some experience and don't mind the floyd rose.

I bought this guitar new from Guitar Center in 2000. It was my second guitar after a crappy fender squire tele. It has a solid mohagany body with a gloss black finish (pretty, but it gets greasy really fast). It has a wizard II neck, an axis single coil between two axis humbuckers, a TRS II bridge, jumbo frets, locking nut. The bridge was fun at first but quickly got annoying from all the recalibration and crap, so my friend and i blocked off the bridge and it works way better now (except without the bar)

I will play anything from fusion metal/alternative (ala creed), to pure rock (ala zeppelin), to 90's grunge/alternative (bush, nirvana).
I use the S470 >Ibanez chorus/flanger >Ibanez digi delay >Danelectro Trem >Rogue Compressor >Ibanez 25r amp. Its rather noisy on the single coil setting, and has a slight hiss on the bridge (but it is really high up and high output), but no noise on the neck. The bridge is very midrangey and edgey, great for solo's and power chords. The single coil gives a great transparent sound, and the neck gives a VERY full sound that is really moody sounding. The in-between settings really suck though. It has a great variety, but does not truly excel in any one area. It sounds way better than my frind's guitar w/ an active EMG, though

The action was great, low and with minimal buzz. I put some 10's on it and the buzz was all but eliminated. The bridge pickup is noticably higher than the rest, but i like it because it gives it a fatter, edgier sound. The body is nicely contoured, but the finish is kinda thin, it cracked once and i dont even know how. Kindof a bummer. the hardware looked kinda old, but it gives it a nice look, i think. My biggest complaint is that the finish gets gunked up pretty easily because its gloss and not matte or satin. After it gets cleaned up it looks great though. The fretwire is weird, on the nineteenth fret of the high e string, the sound is choked and out of tune, but everywhere else it's fine. I'm sure it was just a fluke.

It would certainly withstand live playing, and since i blocked off the whammy bar, that wont prove to be a problem. I would be dumb to gig without a backup, but im too cheap to get one. :D. Personally, finish is not that big of an issue, as long as it's reasonably nice looking and doesn't chip badly I'm cool. The hardware is great, but because the body is angled, the knobs kinda lean a little bit, just be gentle. The strap buttons are solid as can be, if a little small. But they work great

I haven't dealt with them. I hope I won't ever have to

I know you guys are gonna think I'm a stupid kid, but I'll say so anyway: I've only been playing for about a year. But, I;m enough of a gear fanatic to give you a good opinion and this is a great guitar. IF i lost it or it got stolen, I would probably get a guitar without a floyd rose, but would love to get something equivalent to this. I love the versatility that i can get from it. I tried out lots of american strats, and some other ibanezes and even a couple jacksons. This one took the cake. It sounded as good or better than an american strat and was a whole lot lighter. And unlike the RG, which is crappy basswood, this guitar is true mohagany (very nice). I wish that it wasnt a floyd guitar, but oh well :D

Korean model, made by Cort (All Serial Numbers begining with C are by Cort, by the way). Solid Mahogany (I believe), with Maple Wizard II style neck and Rosewood Fretboard. 22 Jumbo Frets. 5 way pickup switch with H, S, H Ibanez pickups (AH1, AS1, AH2). Floyd Rose style Ibanez Lo-TRS-2 Tremelo bridge, with locking nut. I believe mine was a '93 or '94.

Used it with a Fender Princeton Chorus amp. Didn't go well with DOD Overdrive, or Fuzz pedals. Gets nice and loud, or very pretty if you want it to be. 5 selections with the spliting up of the humbuckers is very great. It can be very full or thin and sparkly, depends on what you want. I felt that the distortion was kinda less full as I'd like it to be sometimes, and almost late 80s sounding through this guitar.

The single coil pickup in the middle is adjustable based on a piece of foam behind it, so when it wears out, you have to put some more in there or it won't move up for ya. Action was beautiful. Switch sorta was iffy, and I'd have to smack it once and a while for all the sound to come through. Knobs and bridge had a worn look to them when I got it, and the fine tuners were all different; some were more effective than others.

It never cut up on me while playing live. The finish was as solid as could be. Pitch black. The guitar looked so "electric" as my friend called it. It's a flashy guitar, but not too flashy, and sounds just that way. It had strap lock buttons on it, but I didn't have straplocks.... so my strap fell off a lot easier. I'd want to have a backup with mine because of the iffy wiring I had, but I usually didn't worry about it.

I never tried to get it repaired, or have dealt with Ibanez.

This was my second guitar, and I bought it because I fell in love with the S series when I learned from somebody who had one. They're sound is great, no matter what variety you buy. The 470 is for real rockers though, because of it's nature. I got sick of the Floyd Rose though, because it's not my style and just got fed up restringing and tuning it. So, I got the S420 and sold this one.

I'm not sure about the year of fabrication, probably 1998, Japanese, but it's a used guitar that belonged to other people.It has 22 frets with a WizardII neck, a solid mohagany body and is Jewel Blue colored. It has one volume knob and one tone knob (both metallic, really strong and nice looking) and a H/S/H pickup setup with a V1 at the neck and a V2 at the bridge with a S2 in the middle. The body style is thinner than the RGs or other models, reaaly different, but very cool. The bridge has a Floyd Rose tremolo with Ibanez Lo-TRS design and locking tuners.

I play mainly prog rock, hard rock and metal, so I wanted a guitar with a different sound from my others (a Yamaha RGX421D and a Jackson Performer). I use a Peavey StudioPro 112 amp with a Boss VF-1 effects processor, besides some other pedals.
The guitar sounds really different from other guitars I've heard, specially considering it's weight: warm tone, great sustain, good clean sound and good distorted sound (even with the stock pickups). I just felt that the sound wasn't that good when I tried arpeggios and other similar technics with heavier distortion (with the same patches that work fine with my other guitars) and the tone was too high for me, so I have to play with the tone knob almost down to zero. Although, it's very good for rythm parts and the neck pickup has a surprisingly high output, that doesn't make the sound fade when you change from the bridge to the neck. The single coil, like any other, is quite noisy... no problem, because I mostly use only the humbuckers.
In conclusion, I wanted a good and different sound from a guitar and I definitively found it in the S470.

I can't evaluate this very much, because I bought it already used. It had recently come from a luthier and was well regulated. I noticed a little oxidation on the bridge and on the metal parts around the humbuckers, not that serious. I opened the back of the body and I have no complains about the electric parts.

I intend to use it on the stage, but only for some songs, because of its different tone(doesn't fit to everything I play). In fact it's not my main guitar, but its could be a nice backup.
The metal parts seem a bit sensitive to oxidation, but that depends more of the owner's care, I know. The volume and tone knobs are very solid, very reliable.
The wooden parts seem solid and I trust they will last a long time.

Never used the Ibanez customer support.

I actually bought the guitar both because I was looking for a different tone and because it was very cheap (a new one would cost me about 1400 reais... what a difference!)
The things I love must are its body style, thin and light, the very playable neck (Wizard II... what to say?) and the tone itself. I don't like the color very much (Jewel Blue... I'd prefer the wood natural color) and the number of frets... 22... wish it had 24...
If it were stolen or lost I would surely save money to buy another one or a Joe Satriani model, which seems the "upgrade" of the S series...

I bought this guitar brand new from Sam Ash in February of 2000. So I have owned it for about 1 year. It has 22 frets, 2 Axis humbuckers and an Axis single coil, Floy Rose Lo trs II tremolo, etc. Mine has a dark green finish, which I have never seen on another s470.

The pickups are good but not great. The guitar is thin, which is one of the main reasons I bought the guitar--for comfort. This does not make the guitar sound thin, as I have heard some people say. Overall this is a very good sounding guitar, although not an incredible sounding guitar.

For some reason, almost every Ibanez guitar I have picked up at a music store is set up horribly. I had to completely readjust everything on my guitar, plus I can't stand using 9's for strings, I use 12's and down-tune a step and a half. The guitar is well-built, except that I now don't like the Floyd Rose floating bridge (see reliability/durability).

I have to give this a low rating--I originally thought a Floyd Rose bridge would be cool. I hadn't owned one before, and thought it would be fun to use a whammy bar and not go out of tune. Well, the guitar still goes out of tune, even with the locking nut. One good dive-bomb can make you have to loosen the locking nut and retune your guitar, then lock it down again. Very stupid. Because of this I thought that perhaps I was not tightening the screws at the bridge that clamp down the strings--and twice now I have broken the screw off and had to order the part from Ibanez through Guitar Center. I don't want a guitar with a Floyd Rose tremolo--I am now anti-whammy bar and am going to sell this guitar.

They didn't respond to an email I sent them, and took over a month to send the first saddle unit that I broke, and I am currently waiting for the second one to come in. They charge $5 if you want a catalog. How dumb is that?

What's good about this guitar--sounds good for the price, comfortable to play.

What sucks--stupid bridge.

I give it a 6 which may be a little generous. I'm going to get a guitar that doesn't have a damn whammy bar (which I found that I never used in any of my songs--worthless).

This is a 2000 model made in Japan with 24 frets and a Mahogany body. It comes equipped with a volume and tone knob and a 5-way pickup selector. The pickup configuration is humbucker/single coil/humbucker and has Axis pickups(made by Dimarzio for ibanez). It has a very slim maple neck and rosewood fingerboard which makes it very comfortable to play. The color i got it in was a Jewel Blue finish(keep it clean because smudges stick out like a sore thumb!) It has an ultra slim body making the guitar weigh literally nothing compared to my Les Paul. It comes with a LO-Pro TRS II Floyd Rose tremolo system and a locking nut which can/will discolor if you dont keep it clean(mine was already partly discolored when i got it from the shop). The tuners are all metal and seem to be of decent quality. The neck is pretty small compared to a Fender or a 7-string neck but for those of you that have Ibanez's or Les Pauls you might feel right at home after a week of playing it. I wasnt given a case or any allen keys for the tremolo when i bought it because i bought the guitar straight off the rack but i have tools that suffice for now.

I bought this guitar for the purpose of having an extra 6-string that i didnt have to worry about and also to have a good guitar for lead guitar. I play mostly Metal/Hard Rock with my band and this guitar sounds great for all types of rock but when i look for a guitar that will handle my heavy downtuned rhythm playing I turn to my EMG-81 equipped Les Paul. For leads the ibanez is fun to play and sounds decent with the stock pickups. I might change the bridge pickup to a Dimarzio FRED humbucker but I need to play around with the guitar more. The sound overall is pretty trebly and lacks the usual warmth of better pickups or guitars. Regardless it sounds good for rhythm and lead and i would feel more comfortable playing this guitar out somewhere than my 1500 dollar Gibson. I am not rich and i like to protect my valuable assets.

The guitar came set up with a comfortable low action and a very well tuned floyd rose. The bridge pickup seems to be to far away from the strings and that could indicate some lack in fullness of the bridge pickup sound. one of the plastic plates on the back of the guitar looks crudely cut and is bent a bit out of shape. The floyd rose and the nut both discolor if not cleaned very easily and the rosewood on the fingerboard isnt that high of a quality. regardless, most of this stuff doesnt affect the sound except for the pickup-to-string height.

This guitar could withstand live playing but i will always keep a second guitar on hand just in case i break a string or whatever. The guitar will last if i take care of it and dont abuse it.

Never dealt with 'em

Overall good guitar for the price but ibanez needs to rethink some of the features. If it broke at any point and i had money i would buy it again. If it could have any extras it would have to be REAL dimarzio or seymour duncan pickups. That would greatly add to the appeal of the guitar.

Standard 200 model features. Double humbuckers and siungle, double tremolo, lock nut bridge.....

It sound GREAT, and its versatile. I love this guitar, it almost even makes me sound good!

I never found a single problem, except one mildy loose screw when i first got it, and that was no problem at all, 5 seconds of work.

This is a dependable guitar, id bring a backup with me, cause I'm paranoid, but this guitar is very durable and i RARELY have problems with it, and if i do its usually my fault. The lightness made me nervous but it holds up great.

I never had to use it, the guitar held up fine, one small problem that was my fault i got fixed at the local shop for like eight dollars.

I like girls.

THIS IS A '99 MODEL S470 IT WAS MADE IN KOREA IT HAS TWO HUMBUCKERS AND A SINGLE COIL(THEY ALL SOUND GOOD. IT HAS A FLOYD ROSE BRIDGE(CONFUSSING BUT I LIKE IT SO FAR. IT HAS LOCK-NUT SYSTEM THAT WORKS GREAT AND MINE CAME WITH A CUSTOM FIT CASE.

THIS GUITAR SOUNDS GREAT! THE VOLUME CONTROL ISN'T THE BEST IT HAS ABOUT THREE SETTINGS; OFF, MEDIUM, LOUD(AND THE LOUD ISN'T THAT LOUD). PLUGGED INTO MY AMP IT SOUNDS GREAT.

AS LONG AS YOU HAVE ABOUT 30MIN. TO CHANGE STRINGS, YOU DON'T PUT ON 10 GAUGE OR HIGHER STRINGS AND YOU MESS WITH THE BRIDGE AT ALL(LET ME SAY THIS AGAIN DO NOT MESS WITH THE BRIDGE YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO GET IT PERFECT AFTER THAT!!!!!)IT WORKS GREAT. THE ACTION ON THIS GUITAR IS PROBALY ONE OF THE BEST YOU'LL GET. THE PICK UPS ARE GREAT. THE FRETS ARE NICE AND EASY TO PLAY(NECK IS GREAT). I'VE HAD THIS GUITAR FOR OVER A YEAR AND HAVE FOUND NO FACTORY FLAWS. THE ONLY PROBLEM THAT I THINK IS WRONG IS THAT THE CHROME AROUND THE PICK UPS DISCOLORES EASY AND IF YOU DONT KEEP THE BRIDGE CLEAN IT WILL DISCOLOR TOO.

EXCELLENT!!! I'VE BROKEN STRINGS ABOVE THE LOCK NUT AND THE LOCK NUT HELD IT IN TUNE FOR ABOUT A MONTH. IT HAS A QUICK TUNE ADJUST ON THE BRIDGE I WOULD DEPEND ON THIS GUITAR 110% I THINK YOU COULD TAKE THIS ON TOUR AND NOT BRING A BACK UP. I HAVE DROPPED THIS GUITAR AND IT STAYED IN PERFECT TUNE AND THERE WASN'T A SCATCH OR MARK ON IT.

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I PLAYED LOTS OF GUITARS BEFORE I BOUGHT THIS ONE THIS WAS BY FAR THE BEST DEAL IT IS AN ULTRA LIGHT/THIN GUITAR IT PLAYS EXCELLENT. IF I COULD CHANGE SOMETHING ON IT I WOULD MAKE THE BRIDGE BLACK, THE TUNNING KEYS AND THE PIECES AROUND THE PICK UPS. THIS GUITAR HAS BECOME A PART OF ME I COULD NOT LIVE WITHOUT THIS GUITAR!!!!!!!!

It's a 2000. It's got 22 frets, volume control, tone control, 5 way pickup selector. It's a humbucker in the neck and bridge positions and a single in the middle. Great sound, came with .09's and a locking neck that took a little getting used to. The sound is unparrelled. The guitar didn't have enough information on the locking neck system and I almost stipped the nuts in the first week.

It sounds great, everything from Korn to Steely Dan. It can bring ratty, reverby reggae sounds that I love and two seconds be set to play heavy, bass filled echoing melodies. The cut-away makes higher regester playing a joy.

The set up is perfect. I bought it like it was, straight off the wall. Set up strings, tuning and hardware. It sounds great and hasn't let me down. Anything bad sound from this guitar is my fault.

This guitar is great but I don't trust the locking neck. I tend to get lazy and bend the high e and a and mess the whole tuning. Everything seems to be solid, except the switcher knob comes off.

Never delt with them....

I'm in love with it, it is the dream that I wanted when I first started and I know feel it was worth the wait. I love it and recommend it to every who needs a new guitar.