I also had a cheap NGD.

[revtime]

Cheap is relative I guess but 300 new out the door for this.

 

[Frank Roberts]

Happy New Guitar Box Day

 

[revtime]

 

[Frank Roberts]

oh, Strip tease!

 

[revtime]

Pretty impressed for the price.

 

[StratoMutt]

Hardtails rock!

 

[D7alt]

Is that one of the AZ Essentials series?
Very nice!

 

[stormsedge]

Sweet! HNGD!

 

[Murdog]

Nice! HNGD!

 

[revtime]

Can I see that guitar?
I dunno its a hardtail.
Oh yeah even better.

 

[JBurke]

How is it?! I’ve had my eye on these since announced due to the hard tail and price tag haha

 

[8T_BoCO]

Happy NGD!

 

[Tone Quest]

HAPPY NEW GUITAR DAY!

 

[Toppalini]

The first guitar I ever bought was a cheap Ibanez super strat for $200. It went back to GC within days. You couldn’t bend at all, horrible grinding on rough frets or the inlays!!!

After having an awful experience with their wah, I said no more Ibanez!!! Never again…

But I’m glad you had a good experience. They pump out some real garbage.

And when I got that guitar, I was using an $80 no brand strat and I used it for 3-4 years, and had it for like 15-20 before I finally broke it for good. So it’s not like I was spoiled!!

But looks like they do put some good budget stuff out I guess.

 

[Mansonienne]

Nice! Happy New Guitar Day!

 

[3bolt79]

Congrats. I did a review of the AZES 31 on one of our friends at the Ibanez site’s website Lonephantom.com.

I had an Ivory and a Vermillion and used em for a few months until they came out with a blue one, all SSS. Great guitars.

 

[Sparque]

The first guitar I ever bought was a cheap Ibanez super strat for $200. It went back to GC within days. You couldn’t bend at all, horrible grinding on rough frets or the inlays!!!

After having an awful experience with their wah, I said no more Ibanez!!! Never again…

But I’m glad you had a good experience. They pump out some real garbage.

And when I got that guitar, I was using an $80 no brand strat and I used it for 3-4 years, and had it for like 15-20 before I finally broke it for good. So it’s not like I was spoiled!!

But looks like they do put some good budget stuff out I guess.

It's odd, but I have had the opposite experience.

Every Ibanez I have owned over the years was fabulous, and I have been blessed to never encounter one with either fret sprout or rough frets.

Just lucky I guess.

Congrats on your new AZ Essential, revtime.
Great guitar!!

(I don't care for the mint pick guard, but if everything else is great, you got a real nice bargain.)

 

[Guithartic]

Happy New Guitar Day! It looks good in lingerie.