Ibanez S420 Review

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Guitarists who reviewed S420 play these music styles: Deathcore, Hardcore, Progressive, Jazz, Classic Rock, Shred, Rock, Metal, Country, Death Metal, Alternative, Experimental, Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore.

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Ibanez S420 has been rated by 13 musicians.

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Overall Rating 4.77

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Features 4.77

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Quality 2.37

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Reliability / Value 4.86

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Ibanez S420 Specs

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  • Body Shape: Soloist  
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  • Number of Strings: 6  
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  • Body Type: Solid Body  
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  • Scale Length: 25-1/2"  
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  • Body Construction: Double cutaway  
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  • Body Wood: Mahogany  
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  • Neck Shape: Wizard II  
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  • Neck Joint: Bolt-on  
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  • Neck Wood: Maple  
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  • Fingerboard Radius: 15.75"  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Rosewood  
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  • Fingerboard Inlays: Offset Dots  
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  • Number of Frets: 24  
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  • Nut Width: 1.69''  
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  • Tuners: Die-cast  
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  • Bridge: Double Locking Tremolo  
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  • Hardware: Cosmo Black  
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  • Fret Size: Jumbo  
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  • Number of Pickups: 2  
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  • Pickup Switch Type: 5-Position Blade  
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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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  • Weathered black finish with matching headstock.

Following review text is verbal representation of numerical rating information:

There are some guitars that stand out from the bunch, and Ibanez worked out a way to produce just that kind of instrument. S420 is truly an amazing guitar that performs well and sounds terrific. You may safely head over to online music store and grab yourself one of these without ever trying it, if you believe your fellow musicians who gave this instrument the highest grades. S420 really deserves those, and will surely make you a happy guitar player!

Ibanez has put a lot of time and effort into choosing the right features for S420 and tuning them right, and that just made a lot of musicians happy, causing them to award this instrument with the highest grades. Features of S420 are brilliant and Ibanez should be proud of themselves for producing such a beautiful instrument with which you will also be happy, whether you decide to go for it.

S420 is a professionally built guitar that is extremely easy to set up. Action is great, and easy to tweak. The finish is traditionally great, a main characteristic of nearly every Ibanez guitar model. This is an instrument that has both beauty and endurance. Fit with the best hardware, this guitar will provide you with joyful years of playing experience.

Have no doubts that Ibanez's S420 will serve you well in studio as well as on stage. Take good care of it, and S420 will endure traveling, temperature changes; nothing can harm its beautiful looks or functionality. Ibanez is a company that makes reliable and durable instruments, and S420 is another one that has just those characteristics Ibanez's guitars are known to have.