Ibanez SV5470 Review

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Overall Rating 3.46

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Features 3.59

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Quality 2.6

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Reliability / Value 3.55

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Ibanez SV5470 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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  • Body Top Wood: Ash  
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  • Finish: Gloss  
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  • Binding: White  
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  • Carved Top: Yes  
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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 Material: Rosewood  
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  • Fingerboard Inlays: White Dot  
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  • Number of Frets: 24  
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  • String Nut: Syntetic Bone  
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  • Locking Nut: Yes  
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  • Tuners: Gotoh  
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  • Bridge: Tremolo  
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  • Hardware: Cosmo Black  
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  • Fret Size: Jumbo  
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  • Number of Pickups: 3  
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  • Pickup Switch Type: 5-Position Blade  
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  • Bridge Pickup Type: Humbucker  
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  • Middle Pickup Type: Single Coil  
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  • Neck Pickup Type: Humbucker  
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  • Controls: Push-pull  
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  • Controls: Volume  
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  • Controls: Tone  
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  • Coil Splitting: Yes  
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Following review text is verbal representation of numerical rating information:

SV5470 is a good guitar. Slight disproportions in price vs. quality/features should never stop you from trying this guitar. Ibanez did put a lot of effort into this instrument and it deserves to be tested. If you find that it suits your playing style, go for it - you won't be sorry.

Carefully chosen set of features makes Ibanez's SV5470 a really good guitar. Some might say that it lacks some of the features, but SV5470'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 SV5470 is a way to go.

There are, definitely, better sounding guitars then Ibanez's SV5470, but this guitar stands up to the instruments in its category when it comes to tone it delivers. It needs to be fiddled with to make it sound right, you don't get the tone that's larger than life right away, but it will play and sound OK the way it is. Ibanez could have gone a bit further and could have made it sound richer, as it doesn't sound as cool as one feels it should.

Another reliable model from Ibanez brings us to a guitar that handles well and plays well. Finish doesn't feel bad at all, and the hardware is good. It stays in tune for most of the time, so if you take the time to adjust the action & pickups the way you want them, you will feel comfortable while playing SV5470.

This is a solidly built guitar that will play well live and in studio. It does provide a fair amount of confidence, and it can serve well both as a replacement and a first choice guitar for gigs and rehearsals. Ibanez feels confident in its SV5470 and it will serve you well in most situations. Durability and reliability are evenly balanced with this instrument.