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Used my Ibanez George Benson last night with my five piece band. I keep pretty heavy flat wounds on it and it's really a great rhythm guitar. The heavier strings make it passable on ballads, thought it doesn't sound acoustic.
They're really great instruments for the money and extremely well made. Hope this helps. Also, I don't think guitar legends like Benson, Metheny and Scofield would endorse them unless they were up to snuff.
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I just got a like new 6 month old Ibanez Mikro GSRM20 off Craigslist for $50, does that count?
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Fit and finish was excellent as good or better than any other guitars I owned. Tone-wise it lacked personality. It needed pedals to have any sort of “guts”. Took a beating when I sold it around ‘04. It just did not hold its value like my Gibsons or Fenders. |
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You bet it does, Rudy. How do you like it?
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[QUOTE=1neeto;6264575]This one was a $500 in 1985, now they sell for as much as $2500 on Reverb. I’m keeping mine for a while.
[ If it plays as good as it looks, you’ve got yourself a fine guitar! The present day monetary value isn’t hard to tKe either! Enjoy it! |
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That is one gorgeous super-Strat!
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It does play amazing but I have yet to plug it in a rice rig. Very comfortable neck and very light because it’s basically a semi-hollow.
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That’s a gem of an electric guitar, obviously, manufactured to Holdsworth’s personal preferences - it’s value will only probably increase with time - congrats.
I still have to add some of that guy’s music to my turntable - now (posthumously) a legendary composer & musician. |
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It's actually quite nice. I normally play a 30" scale fretless semi-acoustic that I built, but I picked this one up to have a short scale fretted, too. I'm putting recessed Dunlop Straplocs and black tapes on it, but it's great as it is.
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Thanks! It was a diamond in the rough I found stashed in a corner of a pawn shop. I didn’t know what it was at first but I did notice the AH signature (he was still alive) so I knew it was something special. Me and that pawn shop owner went back and forth for nearly a month until he settled for $200. To think I almost scored it for $50 but then I showed a bit too much interest in it and then he looked into it. It is without a doubt my favorite guitar in my collection and even though I told my wife my plan was to sell it, (4 years ago lol) I think she’s a keeper. |