Ibanez S470

I guess this beauty is a 98 model, i cant find it anywhere in the 99 catalogues. Made in Japan. It has 22 frets with a WizardII neck. I love the solid mohagany body. it has no finish which is really my style, just plain awesome woodgrain. One volume nob and one tone nob. it has a H/S/H pickup setup with a V1 at the neck and a V2 at the bridge with a S2 in the middle, all DiMarzio pickups. thinline body style, developed by the man, Joe Satriani. Floyd rose tremolo with ibanez Lo-TRS design and locking tuners. Came with tweed hardshell case. what a steal it was.

Suits me perfecto. Hard rock, Classic rock. its kinda like an effects processor in itself because of all the different sounds you can get out of it. I usually use a peavey 112 bandit that sounds great but it isnt mine. And i use a Zoom GFX 7070 for effects. Sounds great all around. Not as low of a sound as i would like but comes with great crunch. Great mid sound and highs though.

Plays awesome like it is. but needs to be re-setup. hasnt had a tune up by a pro in a year or 2 i am sure. Little bit of corrosion on the hardware and a little rust. everything still works fine though. wish it came with allen wrenches that fit it because i think everything on it is metric, stupid japs.

Great live. will last forever if taken care of properly because it has so many extra features like the floyd rose. No finish. dont care about scratches as long as i make them. Great big strap buttons. will never fall off. very dependable. would use with back up just in case it catches on fire from a weird pyro show.

bought used.

been playing it for a few months, never really tried to keep up its play and appearance but it doesnt need any. Greatest guitar i have ever played. Just plays awesome, and it doesnt look like a strat, very light. Very unique sound and versatality. wish it came with some allen wrenches that fit it.

I think it was made in 99, it's their current S470 model. 22 fret rosewood fretboard wizard II neck. two Axis humbuckers (made by Dimarzio and used in the Joe Satriani models also) at the neck and bridge, S-1 single coil in the middle. passive electronics. This guitar is a SOLID mahogony body. I especially like the design of bolting the neck straight to the body. I have hated other Ibanez guitars which were thin, basswood and toneless, but this guitar has that coveted magahony/humbucker sound. It has the Ibanez LO-TRS locking trem. The neck is smooth and playable like an Ibanez, but a little thicker than the wizard I making it more solid and toneful, but still very sleek

I play in a prog-metal band (www.ProfaneOath.com) and it excells due to the large palette of sounds. Great cruch on the bridge humbucker, pristine clean on the 4 position (halfway between bridge and middle) and the single coil (middle) The neck humbucker has a great singing Les Paul lead sound -not quite the sustain of a set neck, but still great sounding. The middle single coil is somewhat noise (which is to be expected for single coil) but I have a good gate in my Digitech 2120 artist preamp. great versatile guitar

well, I don't know how it was set up, I had it re-setup for DGCFAD tuning (down 1 step) and it is great, still very good action. The neck joint is very solid and the guitar has a very solid feel. The Volume pot is very noisy while being adjusted but stops screeching once adjusted...somewhat of a bummer, but I mess with the tone knob more and it doesn't do this

Use it live every show, seems very durable. I sweat on the finish alot but it always polishes up to new looking. Strap buttons are great design cause they are bigger and less likely to drop. We have one backup ( a jackson ps2) for both guitarists, I haven't needed it.

Never dealt with Ibanez.

great versatile guitar, not the thin, toneless hair band guitars that some expect from Ibanez. Wish it had 24 frets, but really

I think it was made in 99, it's their current S470 model. 22 fret rosewood fretboard wizard II neck. two Axis humbuckers (made by Dimarzio and used in the Joe Satriani models also) at the neck and bridge, S-1 single coil in the middle. passive electronics. This guitar is a SOLID mahogony body. I especially like the design of bolting the neck straight to the body. I have hated other Ibanez guitars which were thin, basswood and toneless, but this guitar has that coveted magahony/humbucker sound. It has the Ibanez LO-TRS locking trem. The neck is smooth and playable like an Ibanez, but a little thicker than the wizard I making it more solid and toneful, but still very sleek

I play in a prog-metal band (www.ProfaneOath.com) and it excells due to the large palette of sounds. Great cruch on the bridge humbucker, pristine clean on the 4 position (halfway between bridge and middle) and the single coil (middle) The neck humbucker has a great singing Les Paul lead sound -not quite the sustain of a set neck, but still great sounding. The middle single coil is somewhat noise (which is to be expected for single coil) but I have a good gate in my Digitech 2120 artist preamp. great versatile guitar

well, I don't know how it was set up, I had it re-setup for DGCFAD tuning (down 1 step) and it is great, still very good action. The neck joint is very solid and the guitar has a very solid feel. The Volume pot is very noisy while being adjusted but stops screeching once adjusted...somewhat of a bummer, but I mess with the tone knob more and it doesn't do this

Use it live every show, seems very durable. I sweat on the finish alot but it always polishes up to new looking. Strap buttons are great design cause they are bigger and less likely to drop. We have one backup ( a jackson ps2) for both guitarists, I haven't needed it.

Never dealt with Ibanez.

This guitar is a 1999 S470 with a Jewel Blue finish. It has AX1 and AX2 humbuckers with a single coil in the middle(HSH). It is made in Korea with 22 frets. It has 1 tone, 1 volume, and a 5 way selection. Check out how they do that stuff at their page. It also has a Floyd Rose which i hate because it is a drag to tune and you have to be careful with it.

The 2 Hums sound BEAUTIFUL. Neck is awesome for blues and the Bridge is awesome for Metal. It is the 2 extremes. I have a Marshall VS65 that sounds beautiful with it. Everything sounds perfect when in tune.

It was set up perfectly in the factory then it got screwed once i put on the 1st set of strings.

It lasted a good 2 months before the setup went down. There is one scratch, but that is from a belt.

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It was a good guitar for a while, get a different one unless youve been playing with Floyd Rose before because i cant maintain this one.

This is a Korean made guitar. Solid mahagony body, maple neck (supposed to be one piece, but the head looks like a different piece of wood spliced on) rosewood fingerboard, 22 jumbo frets, 5 way switch, nice metal tuners, floyd rose tremolo, h-s-h configuration. Guitar is rear routed, which means no ugly pick guard. All of the hardware is metal, which is great. The outlet is in the best spot possible, beneath the volume knobs.

The neck is wide, but shallow. In another words, it's wide enough that you're not bumping the other strings very much when you bend a note. But it is not thick like a baseball bat. From the side, the neck is very narrow, from the front it is very wide. Awesome Wizard II neck.


No case included, no strap, no extras. That's why it gets an 8.

This guitar can fit any style, even with the factory pick ups. The guitar on the top humbucker setting has warm and rich low sounds, with out being muddy or bassy. At the same time, the mid's jump out nicely and the highs aren't harsh or tinny. Makes for great leads.

The single coil pick up is rather quiet. It does give a nice 50's sound. A little on the twangy side of things, much like a classic fender.

The bridge pick up sounds great. It isn't as warm as the neck pick up, which allows for a little crunch.

With the 5 way pick up, you can produce any sound you want out this thing. That's what you want. Once, Ted Nugent accused Eddie Van Halen of sounding so good because of all of his equipment. So he tried Eddie's rig, and sounded like Ted Nugent playing through Eddie's equipment. What I mean to say is that you have to develop your own style, you can't sound like someone else using their equipment. This guitar will allow you to explore in all sorts of tones and sounds, and you can make things sound good the way you play.

The pick-ups have volume discreptancies. They need some work as far as that goes and then it'd be perfect. It is quiet, and as I said before can produce any tone you want.

I play every music style. This is the first electrical guitar that I have played that can handle the tones of classical music!!!! I normally play everything from SRV to Pantera to you name it. But when I want a challenge, I play classical, and this electrical handles it great.

I bought the guitar used, so I don't know about the factory settings. Everything is still in great shape. No flaws noted. The neck is wide enough that you don't run into the other strings while playing, which is great.

The guitar is solid mahagony, maple neck, all metal tuners and nut. I would use this guitar in a in a gig. I would always use a back up in case of a broken string however, other than that I would use this without a back up.

I have been playing for over 10 years. I've played everything from original 60's model fenders to les pauls to pawn shop specials, and anything else you can think of. This is an awesome guitar. I would buy this guitar again.

If you want to try and be your own musician, this is the type of instrument I would suggest. It is versitile.

Not to mention, any other brand of guitar at this level of quality you would have to pay $2000.00 easily.

The only knock that I have heard is that the guitar is not American made. Neither is a Porsche........

Well..i don't know about the year, but i'm pretty sure it was made in japan or some oriental place over sea's. Its got 22 jumbo frets. H-s-H. 1 tone and 1 volume. 5 way switch. locking nut and floyd rose trem......pretty much fully loaded...

well the neck and the single coil sound bad ass for clean chorused play...but can be to bassy for distorted play...the bridge is good for both clean and dist play and sound great if your into the 80's metal midy crunch sound.....so i took out the bridge and put in a powersound ..... power sounds are surpisingly heavyer than shit ....they sound good for stuff like korn or deftones

perfect. only the bridge is so sensitive that tuning from d to e makes the rest of the guitar go way outta tune so...its my d guitar

its like a rock only the front strap lock came loose the first day i got it...but i fixed it...

i'm gonna give it a ten......becouse its got the best tunners i'v ever felt (gotoh) and the fretboard is the smoothest, AND its sounds bad ass...so bla bla bla pretty good guitar......

Not sure what year, but all I know is that it looks slick and feels even better to play. Fantastic finish, great colour (Jewel Blue).
This is my first "fairly expensive" guitar, and I am amazed at the weight of it, the contours of the body and the way it just sits on you - kind of like a good woman.

I have so many tastes - mainly rock/metal/blues - and this guitar was the king for versatility! I had the choice of the Ibanez or a Strat, and this won easily.
Sounds even better using a Marshall, and a BOSS Metal Zone pedal!

Brilliant!

Action was a little too high for me at first, but that was quickly rectified. I havn't found anything else annoying yet......

The only thing that pissed me off was that I was constantly breaking strings - however, that was just down to me (again) 'cause I wasn't stretching them propaly (prick!)

Apart from that it rocks!

Never tried. Nice web site though - www.ibanez.com - takes a while to download though.

I've been playing 4 years, and I have slowly started to build up my hardware. As I said before - this guitar rips going through a Marshall 100 Watt, BOSS Metal Zone, as well as being played clean.

A real head turner.

Japanese made. 22 fret. Volume and Tone pots.I think it is an early 90's model. Sweet Jewel Blue finish. Same specs as any other. Rosewood fretboard, mahogany body, H-S-S pick ups. I bought it from the music store I used to work at. I was considering another Ibanez, a Ferrari Red RG570, but this one just blew me off. I've always been a weight freak. I'd rather sacrifice "tone" for playability and only a Parker(that I also own)is more playable than this guitar. Outstanding sustain in minimized body. Great.

I play metal. Kinda very aggressive palm muted stuff. I need some really full sounding distortion and very clean mid-range sounds.

The factory pick ups were not what I was expecting. I had to change them to a DiMarzio Steve's Special bridge, a HS-2 single(the Sweetest Single coil of them all) and an Air Norton. So now I have some pick ups that don't get lost in the processor's signal path. I love the clear sounds and when it gets down to distortion, this baby rocks!!

So, a pick up change brought this beauty back to life. evrything else was OK.

Factory setting was ok. But, you know, everybody's got a different style, so I changed to a lower action. Pick ups were fine. The routing was well done. Flawless. I love the frets. It's been like 6 years now and, even though I played this baby for 1 year with my old band and I've been playing an hour or so daily, fret wear is minimal. Also, I had to replace the five position switch to a DiMarzio. Also, broguth the wiring to normal. Humbucker, humbucker+single, single. I need it that way and it sounds perfect.

It's been 6 years now. The only complaint is the neck. I had to set it up a couple of times, but it remains a pleasure to play. Also, I live in a warm enviroment, so I take care of it a lot. Strap buttons were changed to a DiMarzio locking strap. No broken strings, even though I play palm mute most of the time. I'd probably shoot for a gig with this one only.Hardware is in perfect condition

I tried to get some info from Ibanez, as for some spare parts, in case I needed them, either USA or Japan. No response at all. I used email and fax.I don't know how can they do these quality instruments and left the customer on his own. High complaint on this one.

I've been playing since 1990. I purchased this one on 1994. I own also two Ibanez Jem(BSB and DBK), a Parker Deluxe, an Ibanez S 7 string(my other baby) and this one. This S470 was my first and I think I'm gonna die with it.I love the playability, tone, comfort and sound.As i said before, I am a weight freak. No other guitar(except for the Parker) may deliver all these features into one compact, sweet sounding guitar. I am also considering to buy those old Desert Yellow models just like Gambale's, just for the sake of it.

My guitar is a 97' model and was made in Japan i believe. 22 fret neck w/ jumbo frets and a rosewood fretboard. The neck is made of maple. nice mahogany body w/ a H-S-H pickup configuration. has an ibanez floyd rose double locking trem, one vol. and one tone control.

I play punk, metal, but i am also starting to learn jazz and blues. It has a great full sound, and its very versatile. i also have a fender strat, but this sounds much better. im really happy with the pickups, except for the single coil, which sounds pretty winpy, so i dont use it much. also id be happier if it had more sustain; i think part of the problem is because of the floyd rose trem, but it still sounds really good

mine was set up very well. the action was awesome, and i found no problems. The finish was done nicely; i love how the guitar looks.

havent had any problems so far; everything seems like it will last. Id definitely take it to a gig w/o a backup. The only complaint is when i opened it up, i noticed that the tremelo was connected to the body through 2 nails drilled into the wood. This kinda scared me cuz if the trem has too much tension, it could split the wood, even though i doubt it. im not sure if all tremelos are built in this way, but if so, they should find a sturdier way

havent dealt with them

ive been playing for 3 years, and i have a fender standard strat and two amps, a 15 watt peavey, and a crate gfx 212. I love everything about this guitar and if it were stolen id take my fender, hunt him down and shove the fender up his @$$.

This model, made in japan, has 22 medium gauge frets. The body is mahogany with a maple neck and rosewood fretboard. It is a 92 model, black, with gold hardware. Tremolo is non-locking standard type with locking Ibanez tuning keys.The body is saber shape; a strat type profile that balances really well.It has a H/S/H pickup configuration with a 5 way pickup selector with a tone and volume control.

This guitar suits my playing style very well. A style that is hopefully, my very own (at least that is what I am told). I can be lumped into the "shredder" category, I guess. I run this guitar through a '65 Fender Bassman (not a shredder machine i know, but it suits me just fine) with various effects as needed. My sound with this VERY lightweight guitar is HUGE! The options are almost limitless with the amount of different tones I can produce with this ax. The tone and volume controls are very complimentary with the H/S/H configuration. The standard tremolo works just fine for me, as I am not into the dive-bombing thing that much (have a Floyd equipped Ibanez for that). This guitar is very special too me as I traded a piece of junk Kramer that would not even hold a tuning,no matter what adjustments i made to it that cost me $75.00, for this $850.00 guitar from a Mr. Know-it-all Music shop rip-off artist who has since gone out of business (we all know him) AND whom I told the guitars worth too!Oh well, i tried telling him.

I didn't buy this instrument new, so I don't know of the factory set-up. I got it home and adjusted the truss rod and tremolo saddles and pickups to my specs and it played just fine after that. this guitar was in mint condition when I purchased it for almost nothing. Any flaws that are indented on it are my fault. The only problem I have with it are the Ibanez locking tuning keys, which are a completely different beast than the Wilkinsons. Any repairs involved removing the strings are welcoming damage to the keys when an inexperienced repair person attempts repairs. Make sure your repairman knows how to re or un-string you guitar if equipped with this type of peg.I almost installed Wilkinson locking keys on this guitar but I thought, "why bother. I do my own repairing".if you cannot repair your own guitar, I suggest swapping out the keys.

I've used this guitar in live situations several times and have never had a problem with it. No broken strings even. The hardware and finish take a lot of abuse and still hold their own in strenous guitar workouts. This guitar is my #1 and a replacement would take some searching.I've taken this instrument without a backup several times and will continue to do so. It is a very versatile instrument in my book, but that is just personal preference.

I've never had to deal with Ibanez before as i do all my own repairs and mods.But this guitar hasn't needed any mods or repairs yet and i have owned it for 5 years now.

I've been playing for 20 years now and this guitar is my #1 as I've said before. Les Paul? nah. Strat? nah. I got em and don't use em! Ibanez is notorious for putting out guitars of the same model with one sounding great and the other sounding like a giant piece of Godzilla crap! Fortunately, I got the great one. I haven't found any guitar that rates a 10 so i give this one a........