My New White Beauty... Heavy Content

[neuro182]

Hi dudes,

I am currently in Korea doing my exchange studies for 1 semester and I happen to chance upon this beautiful sweetheart on the Korean web store, so I decided to order it through a store. It only took 2 days for them to deliver my baby and her name is Snowey.

The babe resembles the ESP Eclipse series body with a set neck construction + Ibanez very own Lo-Z active pickups. I tested it through a Fender Twin Reverb - the clean tone is very fat and warm, while the overdriven tone exudes heaviness. The Gilbraltar III bridge + the Quik Change tail piece gave the guitar a very good sustain. The stability of the tuning peg is commendable despite heavy bending and whacks on the strings. What makes it worth the moolah is the fact that it came with freebies *lol* Don't tell me you guys ain't suckers for that - a packet of strings, 4 picks of your choice, cleaning cloth, brandless strap, cables, manual and a guitar bag. Woohoo~

This guitar is surprisingly good for funk and blues as well. It was tested by a blues teacher who was there shopping with his student when I collected the axe.

My personal rating - 9/10.

 

[funktastic]

wow. what a beauty. why don't i get to see such beauties in singapore?

 

[neuro182]

It is the Ibanez Artist Series ART120. Do they have it in Swee Lee?

I am sure they do right?

 

[funktastic]

i didn't see it when i went to swee lee.

 

[RyanZ]

It is available at Swee Lee.

 

[neuro182]

Any idea how much is it retailing at Swee Lee??

 

[vickomaniac]

awesome!
i love korea cos im half korean, havent been there in awhile though.
hows the pricing compared to here?

 

[BonAparte]

awesome!
i love korea cos im half korean, havent been there in awhile though.
hows the pricing compared to here?

Heheh Korea is the place for TAEKWONDO! 8) Very sexy guitar man.

 

[neuro182]

I got this for around SGD $410... I wonder how much do they sell in Swee Lee??

 

[RyanZ]

I got this for around SGD $410... I wonder how much do they sell in Swee Lee??

Pmed you bro.

 

[vickomaniac]

Heheh Korea is the place for TAEKWONDO! 8) Very sexy guitar man.

hell yeah thats why i pwnz joo!
*struts around with certificate and black belt*

hey neuro that's really cheap for an ibanez!
even cheaper than mine!!

 

[BonAparte]

I pawnzx joo MOARRR. *struts around with vicky's head in hand*

Wah 410bucks for such a chio guitar.

 

[neuro182]

Read and replied

I think Swee Lee should be retailing at SGD $642, but with their usual 20% discount and 7% tax, it will finally amount to around SGD $550.

But they got that mid year and end of year sale thingy going on, so it will ultimately beat the price of my axe. Do note that this axe is not a display piece, but I ordered it so it came freshly packed in a gig bag and I was there to open it and test it

Plus, the freebies are awesome!!

 

[van_halen]

the korean shop got give you 20% discount for your ibanez?

 

[neuro182]

the korean shop got give you 20% discount for your ibanez?

Unfortunately, no I did not get any 20% discount, but the store owner slashed a bit on the price, so it was a form of saving for me.

 

[van_halen]

made in where?

 

[neuro182]

It is a MIC piece. With that said, I hope that the country of manufacture do not deter you from purchasing this babe or any of the new and upcoming models of Ibanez guitars because they shifted their Korean production plant to Indonesia and China, so it should not surprize anyone that some of the newly made Ibanez-es are in fact MII or MIC.

There are still MIJ pieces, but MIK pieces are no longer in production.

 

[RyanZ]

Neuro_182, I envy you man.

 

[ShredCow]

Neuro, you've been thru quite a few guitars... how does this stack up against what you've had? It would be good if you could compare guitar with guitar.

 

[theunknown]

and it would be good if u would do a review on it at the review section.heheh. though not an ibanez fan myself, that guitar sure looks hot.