Ibanez GAX30 Review

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Ibanez GAX30 has been rated by 388 musicians.

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Overall Rating 3.99

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Features 3.69

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Quality 3.99

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Reliability / Value 4.12

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Ibanez GAX30 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 Wood: Basswood  
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  • Pickguard: Yes  
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  • Neck Shape: C-shaped neck  
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  • Neck Joint: Bolt-on  
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  • Neck Wood: Maple  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Rosewood  
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  • Fingerboard Inlays: White Dot  
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  • Number of Frets: 22  
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  • Bridge: Fixed  
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  • Hardware: Chrome  
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  • Fret Size: Medium  
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  • Number of Pickups: 2  
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  • Pickup Switch Type: 3-Position Blade  
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  • Bridge Pickup Type: Humbucker  
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  • Controls: Volume  
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  • Controls: Tone  
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Ibanez can be really happy with GAX30, because they met the needs of most of musicians: A quality instrument at a fair price. This guitar is not the best in its class, but it will serve you well, and will offer you good experience for the price paid.

Carefully chosen set of features makes Ibanez's GAX30 a really good guitar. Some might say that it lacks some of the features, but GAX30's features still fulfill an average musician's needs. You won't be wrong to go for this axe 'cause it has a wide array of different sounds and a lot of possibilities for tweaking the sound to make it yours. Getting one of Ibanez's GAX30 is a way to go.

Tone delivered by Ibanez's GAX30 makes it a serious sounding instrument that gives Ibanez a lot of reasons to be proud of it. Somewhat limited when playing certain music styles doesn't mean that GAX30 will make your tone to sound poor, quite the opposite, because GAX30 provides rich and versatile tone that you'll be happy with.

Ibanez did a good job. GAX30 is built well, the finish feels just right, the hardware is solid. While playing for a longer periods of time you can expect GAX30 to stay in tune and you will be pleased while playing, because the neck is extremely comfortable. You might find that over time metal parts will oxidize a bit, but that's normal and nothing to worry about. Ibanez did a really good job with GAX30 guitar.

Playing live, GAX30 will perform well and will not let you down. It is fairly reliable instrument both in studio and on stage, and will be a long term companion, as it is built to last. Ibanez has made a solid instrument that you will be happy with, and can depend on right from the start. Needs no backup as it has proven to be built really well.