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Ibanez SZ320MH

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Price New Ibanez SZ320MH @ Musician's Friend
Manufacturer URL http://www.ibanez.com/
Features 8.3 (15 responses)
Sound 8.8 (15 responses)
Action, Fit, & Finish 8.7 (15 responses)
Reliability/Durability 9.0 (14 responses)
Customer Support 5.0 (2 responses)
Overall Rating 9.2 (15 responses)
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Product: Ibanez SZ320MH
Price Paid: 240 ?
Submitted 06/13/2005 at 12:05pm by Eric Knechtel

Features : 9
ill skip the freatures beacuse they are on the ibanez website,

Sound : 10
it`s a great warm sound, I use it with a Kitty Hawk Tube Amp, I?m really enthusiastic about the sound features and its posibilities, for each pick up theres an volume control, like a Les Paul or SG, but there are more sounds you can use, especially in the middle postion you can split both humbuckers in two single coils, which gives yuo a bright, but also smooth warm sound, it fits very good to my favorite music, e.g. Creed

Action, Fit, & Finish : 9
It was love at first feel, I can`t say anything bad about this guitar; it`s the best one I ever had;the neck ist very well to play, the pick ups are very well adjusted and the pick up selectors as same as the controlls are not noisy

Reliability/Durability : 10
I haven`t played with it live yet, but I?m sure it`ll be great, everything is solid and I?ve got no doubt, that it can last for a lifetime

Customer Support : No Opinion

Overall Rating : 10
I play for 20 years guitar, I had some Gibson guitars (Flying V, Explorer, Les Paul), but I sold them, I actually use a Framus semi acoustic and a Godin TC artisan, but I think the SZ320MH gives you the most features for allround playing


Product: Ibanez SZ320MH
Price Paid: 559.00 (Canadian)
Submitted 03/12/2005 at 07:44am by Wolfzbane
Email: wolfzbane at gmail<dot>com

Features : 8
It's all on their website..... but what I like about this one is the strings that go through the body, gives great sustain.
It's a very heavy guitars though..... will bend your spine after a few years of playing.
One of the most comfortable necks out there though... it was love at first feel.

Sound : 7
It's pretty much the Ibanez trademark sound. You can make this guitar wail so easily it's amazing. It has a tendency to lean towards the thinny sound though (my personal opinion of course since I prefer the Gibson fat and growling trademark sound).
Although it lacks a tremolo/whammy (I hate those things) I guess you could get an approximation of a Vai sound with it.
I'm thinking of getting a Line6 Spider II 30 watt amp soon, and I can't wait to try this baby with that amp. So far I've mainly been using the SZ through my Behringer V-amp with headphones since the only amp I have left is a Roland Micro-Cube (which I think is pretty shitty but was aquired as a pratice amp anyway).

Action, Fit, & Finish : 9
One thing I like about this guitar is the neck. This is a fast guitar. I can surpass myself easily playing this guitar.
My only other electric guitar presently is a Gibson SG.
The action was pretty good out of the factory, I haven't had it changed yet... I've had the guitar for about 2 months now. I like my action slightly lower than how it came, but it's no biggie. The intonation is dead on, perfect.
I love the woody non-glossy feel of this guitar... no fingerprints to deal with, lol. And it has a warm feeling and look to it because of that. Haven't seen any finishing flaws on it, everything is so nice about the construction of this guitar. I'd say that manufacturers that make guitars twice the price of this SZ could learn a few things from Ibanez contruction.

Reliability/Durability : 10
Everything seems very solid on this guitar.
I love the chrome metal knobs, always did love chrome metal fittings and accessories.
It stays in tune pretty well..... I only have to adjust a few times a month... and I play everyday. I don't gig though, I'm more of a studio guy, the guitar never leaves the house.
I guess that after a few years, maybe less, the finish may tend to show signs of wears since it's not a glossy finish. Only time will tell. I am very delicate with my guitars, not an aggressive player/owner.

Customer Support : No Opinion
Haven't had to deal with them yet.

Overall Rating : 9
I've been playing for about 26 years.
I presently own a Gibson SG Special and my Ibanez SZ320MH, along with a Takamine slim-body acoustic.
I spent about 90 minutes in the store trying out different guitars. I had not looked twice at the SZ320MH because of its finish (I prefer glossy looking guitars). But once I felt that baby, it was love at first feel. I just had to leave the store with it.
The Ibanez is my shredder, I don't think I will part with it anytime soon. For this price I think it's an awesome guitar. I'm looking to buy a Fender Strat and a Godin LG Signature..... but I don't think that my SZ will become second or even fourth fiddle. It does what it was supposed to do very well and cannot be replaced with something "similar".
It's the kind of guitar that gives a warm feeling inside.


Product: Ibanez SZ320MH
Price Paid: #350 (Pounds)
Submitted 01/24/2005 at 04:27am by Rothshred

Features : 8
Well u guys know about this already as specified. I got mine for my birthday about a week ago.

My 320mh though is or seems to be a 2005 model due to the fact it has duncan/ibanez pickups instead of the standard ibanez cheap pickups when I played one earlier last year to try it out and the fact the price was different. It was #350 but the one I got was price at #430 (Though I still got it for #350!!!).

Nice solid mahogony body with a 3pc set in neck and the joint is very nice indeed. Well rounded. Not like a les paul or prs which may as well be bolt on's. Heh!

I wanted a bit more of an edge and it to scream at me a bit more so I have fitted an EMG 81 active humbucker in the bridge and left the passive duncan/ibanez humbucker in the neck. still got the same 3 way (2vol, 1 tone) switching though.

It plays nice. Feels nice. Looks nice.

Sound : 10
Now she has the 81 in the bridge she screams like an opera singer but also has the versatility of a softer passiv ein the neck so she can purr like a kitten too. Sounds beautiful an its got loads of sustain and a nice full bodied tone not dissimmilar from a les paul to be honest. The warmth of the solid mahogony body is a very nice organic warmth along with sound too.

Action, Fit, & Finish : 9
Well it was good for a factory set guitar but i like to lower the action a bit an play an sort out the intonation and now its stunning to play for me. :) The only thing is for me to tighten to tuning pegs a bit more but thats just me being picky cause so far its held its tune fine though i havent gigged with it "YET!"

Reliability/Durability : 7
Ive had it less than a week so im sure only time will tell but i already have a 1999 RG520QS with a Dimarzio Humbucker From Hell in the neck and a Dimarzio Evolution in the Bridge as my main guitat and again its a solid mahogony body and still is like the day i got it apart from a couple of minor dinks in the body. :) I am slightly worried that the body as its just varnished my wear away so we will see.

Customer Support : No Opinion
Never needed to deal with ibanez for anything cause I setup, fix an upgrade my guitars myself.

Overall Rating : 9
Well its awesome to be honest. If I had thought it was crap I would not have got it.


Product: Ibanez SZ320MH
Price Paid: N/A
Submitted 12/20/2004 at 08:58pm by Anonymous

Features : 9
ill skip the freatures beacuse they are on the ibanez website,

Sound : 9
sounds very good. i play jazz, funk, rock. i use it with a music man 65 reverd head.
has very mellow and also bright sounds depending on the pickup, the neck is my favorit part of the gutiar, it just feels so good and natural.

Action, Fit, & Finish : 6
had to get the action a intonation done preffessionally. the finish is not that good, it has worn off were i play the most, its beacuse i didnt get the laminated finish. i just got the fake wood finish.

Reliability/Durability : 7
this is my main axe, i have other way more exspensive guitars but i play this one the most. i use it at every gig. i had to replace the pots. the finish is thin and wears off from me playing it a lot. the strap buttons have come out, i hade to get new screws. i do use it at a gig without a back,up,

Customer Support : No Opinion
neve had to

Overall Rating : 9
ive been playin 9 years. with thsi guitar you get what you pay for. its is great guitar but dont expect the best guitar ever. it plays like a dream now that i have done some stuff to it and a little of the finish is comeing off around the edges and upper neck from me playing it, but i play hard. i knew i wanted this guitar the minute i picked it up. i wasnt even looking to buy a guitar i just had to have it wheni played it.


Product: Ibanez SZ320MH
Price Paid: US $250.00 used
Submitted 10/03/2004 at 11:00am by Rotti123
Email: rotinaj<at>hotmail dot com

Features : 9
2004 Ibanez SZ320MH. Make in Korea. 22 fretts, all Mahogany, with an oil like finish. Two humbucker pickups, and Gibralter III bridge (really really nice). Set neck 25.1 scale.

Sound : 8
So far I like the sound. The bridge pickup has balls. Great for AC\DC, or any blues rock type stuff. The neck pickup sounds very warm and smooooooth. The middle position splits the humbuckers so you have two single coils. The sound is kind of like a mellow strat or tele sound.

Action, Fit, & Finish : 7
Setup was Okay, but the intonation was off and the bridge could not compensate enough to fix it. I had to re-work the nut in order to get the intonation right. Now it's bang on. I will probably replace the nut with a black graphite one. I think it would look better. The finish and construction seem flawless.

Reliability/Durability : 10
This guitar seems very solid. Excellent hardware. The bridge is about the nicest and most comfortable I've seen on an electric guitar.

Customer Support : No Opinion
Local Ibanez dealer is very helpfull. I don't know about the company.

Overall Rating : 10
I've been playing for over 30 years. I orderd this guitar over the net because I liked the way it looked and I was in the market for a set neck, HH type guitar. I've owned a lot of guitars and this one is as good as anything I've owned or played before. I would recomend it to anyone. If it was stolen I would probably buy another or save up and look for an SZ1220. THEY ARE SWEEEEEEEEET!!!!!!!!!

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