Yo,
i love my s series man. however, its a S540 made in japan in the early 90s. these are no longer in production, been replaced with the prestige as part of a marketing move.
well its v slim, v light, but its made of mahogany for the tone n sustain. its v versatile, pple used it for metal to jazz. No kidding
sadly, i heard the new ones r rather disappointing. Esp the korean ones. If ur looking at the s370, forget it. At least the S470 is a much better buy.
1 thing to note is the neck. i got one that has a crack on my custom wizard neck. its becuz the neck is too thin, n when u lock the tunings, it mite cause a hairline crack.
also u mite dislike the feel of the neck. its v thin yet broad. Its not like a lp neck or ur fenders with gd feel to it. The wizard neck is made for shredders like most ibanez. it takes a little while to get used to it, like me.
however, change the pu on the ibanez.
if u looking to get the prestige s, i wld rather u get the js1000 model. it has a more comfortable neck, n unique pu setting. the wood is basswood so the tone is dif.
with my S540, i get a v solid tone. i was using a lp b4, n when i got this baby, my lp became redundant. it cabn get the tone of a lp and weighs so much lighter!!! Brilliant engineering from ibanez.
get sounds from the 2nd n 4th position of the pu too.
solid bass from the s series too