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“Ibanez serves up another RG that’s built for stunt guitar, priced for virtuosos-in-training, and with enough sounds to please the fusion kid and headbanger alike”: Ibanez RGR431PB review
The hallowed mid-priced speedster gets a poplar burl glow-up with a hard-tail for white-knuckle riffing and a reverse headstock for metal cool points.
“For those who find Strandberg’s space-age designs a little too alien, Ibanez’s Q series is the perfect middle ground”: Ibanez QX527B review
All the joy and versatility of a metal-minded seven-string Ibanez, smartly converted into a travel-friendly format
“A couple of the lyrics turned out to be AI-generated… I thought, ‘Okay, I’ll go for it’”: How Paul Gilbert accidentally wrote a song using an AI hallucination
Gilbert's first vocal album since 2016, WROC finds him adapting George Washington's "rules for civility" into lyrics for rock songs. But what happens when AI injects itself into the process?
Stylistically radical, Ibanez’s multi-scale Alpha series might just be the 21st-century prog-metal player’s favourite new guitar – but do you get the 7-string or the 8?
The Alpha series has everything you'd need form a high-performance guitar, with stainless steel frets, Fishman Fluence Modern humbuckers, locking tuners and more
Korn’s Head and Munky unveil new Ibanez 7-strings – and explain how it all comes back to Steve Vai
The K7YIN and K7YANG, one dark, one light, both state-of-the-art extended range S-styles built to the nu-metal kingpins' specifications – and yes, that's a U-Bar on Munky's vibrato
“Inspired by the popular Iron Label series”: The new Ibanez Blackout acoustics are… kinda metal
Three fresh cutaway electro-acoustics from Ibanez for those who enjoy throwing the horns while playing cowboy chords around the campfire – and there is even a 7-string
Ibanez unveils AZ series S-styles, offering flame-maple finishes and dyna-MIX switching for $549
These grown-up hot-rodded S-styles are supremely versatile and are decked out in premium features such as jumbo stainless steel frets and roasted maple necks
“We've taken the iconic pedal to new heights”: Ibanez unveils hand-wired TS808HW V2 Tube Screamer
Japanese-made, hand-wired with Mogami cables, and offering an extra 6dB of output… This is a beefed-up TS808 that promises a wider range of tones from a familiar looking green box
