Ibanez AR500RE Review

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Overall Rating 4.6

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Features 4.3

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Quality 2.28

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Reliability / Value 4.65

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Ibanez AR500RE Specs

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  • Body Shape: LP  
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  • Number of Strings: 6  
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  • Body Type: Solid Body  
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  • Scale Length: 24-3/4"  
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  • Body Construction: Double cutaway  
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  • Body Wood: Mahogany  
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  • Body Top Wood: Maple  
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  • Finish: Gloss  
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  • Binding: Creme  
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  • Carved Top: Yes  
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  • Neck Shape: ART  
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  • Neck Joint: Set neck  
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  • Neck Wood: Maple  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Rosewood  
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  • Fingerboard Inlays: Pearl Blocks  
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  • Number of Frets: 22  
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  • String Nut: Syntetic Bone  
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  • Tuners: Ibanez  
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  • Bridge: Stoptail  
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  • Bridge: Tune-O-Matic  
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  • Hardware: Gold  
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  • Fret Size: Jumbo  
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  • Number of Pickups: 2  
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  • Pickup Switch Type: 3-way Pickup Selector  
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  • Bridge Pickup Type: Humbucker  
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  • Neck Pickup Type: Humbucker  
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  • Controls: Tone  
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  • Controls: Volume  
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  • Controls: Mini Switch  
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  • Neck pu: LZ1-N (H) Bridge pu LZ1-B (H)

Following review text is verbal representation of numerical rating information:

Ibanez just can't get tired of making great guitars! AR500RE is another fabulous instrument that deserves and gets the highest grades! There's little to be wished for, if anything, with this great sounding instrument. A job well done by Ibanez!

This guitar is fitted with all the features you could possibly wish for, for a playing style that goes with this kind of instrument. Carefully chosen features leave no guitar player's desire unfulfilled, which makes Ibanez's AR500RE an extremely well featured guitar with which you'll be thoroughly pleased. Highest grades for AR500RE's features!

AR500RE is a guitar that will cause envy with your friends-guitarists. The finish is beautiful; it tells the story of how much time and care Ibanez took to create such a great instrument. Action is great right out of the box, but it's easy to set it up to fit your playing style and needs. Hardware is no exception, and is carefully chosen to make AR500RE a fine instrument that it is.

AR500RE is reliable and durable guitar that goes shoulder to shoulder with top built guitars. It will perform well in any imaginable situation, and will stand the test of time, if you take the usual care of your instrument. It is no secret that Ibanez makes good, quality instruments, and that is surely the case with AR500RE guitar.