Ibanez ARX500 Review

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Overall Rating 4.69

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Features 4.61

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Quality 4.72

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Reliability / Value 4.73

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Ibanez ARX500 Specs

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  • Body Shape: LPS  
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  • Number of Strings: 6  
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  • Body Type: Solid Body  
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  • Body Construction: Double cutaway  
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  • Body Wood: Mahogany  
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  • Neck Shape: Artist Style  
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  • Neck Joint: Set neck  
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  • Neck Wood: Mahogany  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Rosewood (Bound)  
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  • Fingerboard Inlays: Artist  
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  • Number of Frets: 22  
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  • Bridge: Gibraltar III  
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  • Hardware: Chrome  
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  • Fret Size: Large  
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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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  • Controls: Tone  
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  • Controls: Volume  
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  • Unique tailpiece.

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Would you like a piece of advice? Trust from your fellow musicians who recommend this guitar by giving it the highest grades. Ibanez's ARX500 is a great sounding instrument that handles well any kind of situation: live, studio or plain practicing. Great features and great sound will keep you satisfied, and you will feel that this axe is worth every cent you've invested. Ibanez is a well known guitar manufacturer, so it's no surprise that Ibanez managed to produce another great instrument such as ARX500.

Every now and then a new guitar is made and it becomes a best seller, and Ibanez's ARX500 aims for that very title, as it offers some great features at a competitive price. Most musicians feel that Ibanez did a great job in achieving this, so you may be sure that this guitar has a lot to offer, should you choose it to be your guitar of choice.

The sound of ARX500 is finer than other guitars in many ways. The reason for that lays in the fact that ARX500 plays extraordinarily well through mostly any kind of amplifier which means that the sound is versatile, adaptable to various music styles and genres. Ibanez's ARX500 is easy to set up, and even easier to get used to its unique tone that easily becomes yours.

ARX500 is a guitar that looks great and feels great while playing. Top quality finish is what gives ARX500 its expensive look and totally great feel while playing. Action is great and easily adjustable and top quality hardware will not let you down. Ibanez's reputation grows with ARX500 guitar. This guitar is definitely worth keeping.

ARX500 is both durable and reliable, and it will stand the test of time whilst still performing and looking great as it did when it was brand new. Ibanez is a renown guitar manufacturer that has knowledge and experience when it comes to building quality musical instruments, so you should rest assured that ARX500 is the right choice.