THE BEST BUDGET STRAT-TYPE RIGHT NOW? - StrumentiMusicali.net

Gear:
- Two Notes Torpedo Captor 8
- Two Notes Torpedo CAB M
- EHX Soul Food
- Plettri Dunlop Flow 1.5

In my studio:

- Focusrite Clarett 2Pre
- Yamaha HS 5
- Cubase Elements 10.5
- Lumix G7

[TheGuitalian]

I was really impressed by some of these guitars, have you tried them out already?
Cheers!

[flatbill]

I had the pleasure of playing the Ibanez guitar featured in this video at my local music shop. It was certainly a surprise and very affordable.

[ipuya]

I've watched so many different youtube channels on guitar but only just found yours and immediately could tell that your production, content, playing, variety of gear, reliability of opinion are ALL way above most others. I subscribed earlier today and now going through your archive of videos and watching them all!!!! Keep up the great work!

[thomasecallaghan]

I have the 70s classic vibe with HSS in black and maple, and love it. Pretty versatile! 👍

[lauriemacquanan]

Great review of these 4 guitars, Tomo Fujita did a collaborative effort on the saddle of the Ibanez!! TY

[hickman]

Excellent and very fair review. Extremely helpful, thanks

[LookieChannel]

Nice comparison, it was hard to beat that Jimmy riffs on the early stage, the Squier nails that...woul be nice to hear the same riffs on other guitars too. Yamaha surprised on tone, good one too. Thanks for sharing!

[thomasecallaghan]

The musicman looks cool. Love the Human Nature guitar work 👌

[Chimp_No_]

Really appreciate your honesty ! Thanks !

[Xcorgi]

You should have used the Ibanez AZES40 which is the HSS humbucker version of the SSS you did the demo on. That way, it would have been in the same category as the Sterling and the Yamaha.

[wasteddude]

I have only now found your channel. I enjoyed your presentation. You have generously given me much to consider. I subscribed to your channel because I am comfortable with your manner. I was accustomed to a more mechanical breakdown, but through you I now appreciate the playability aspect along with your commentary on the general feel of each instrument. I also seem to recall an illuminating bit of contextual information. I look forward to experiencing more videos of a similar nature because I am currently in the market for those rare gems which are found only during special times . This is a time when many new companies are springing into the marketplace. Together with more tenured companies, they offer many new quality items at prices lower than ever before. The music instrument business is recalibrating itself and this is the time when bigger dreams are more affordable. Of course, I could be wrong.

[juliannebrown]

Thanks for this video. I've been considering the Ibanez AZES31, this video was what l wanted to hear.

[innocentoctave]

The Alter Switch on the Ibanez does give one genuinely useful additional sound. in the middle position, it gives you the Bridge and Neck pickups together. Quite a few people have said that this gives you something like a Telecaster middle position sound from this Strat-type guitar. Otherwise, the two other positions give you pseudo-humbucker sounds by combining Bridge and Middle or Middle and Neck pickups in series wiring. To my ear, these both sound dark, and in the case of the Neck/Middle position, muffled. No doubt a good player could make something of them: but they aren't essential, and neither sounds like a real humbucker.

I thought that the system used on the Yamaha was simpler to use and sounded better when the coil split was in use, with a wider range of usable sounds. That's the one I would buy: but the Ibanez is excellent value.

[FrankW]

I own an Ibanez AZES 40 and a Squire Affinity and I’ve tested a Pacifica. All great guitars. One Importanz difference for me is the size of those guitars. The Ibanez has a shorter scale and a slightly smaller body. So depending on the „size“ of the player this might tip the scale to the Ibanez or the Squier/Pacifica.

[arturojc]

I have a Squier CV 60, easy to play an no bussing frets . From these lot I liked the Yamaha as an alternative to the CV . Nice presentation

[ondrejstedry]

hi man, thanks for the perfect comparison

[badzigenhalsensis]

I like your studio setup - not the most expensive but it does good job!

[raudoyveloz]

I have the Pacifica 311H, in general sounds good but the humbucker is in the anemic side for me, the P90 is better, very easy to play and flat radious and very good hardware.
For other strat type guitars you can try, in this price rang: Cort G260, Tokai (China, serie Ast), Bacchus ( serie Universe, China), Vintage V6 and Jet (with 3 or 4 different models).
My election in this case is the Squier because the Pacifica is in my hands. I dont like the sterling by the Ibanez is nice.

[Falconryder]

I'm a little confused, because some of the knocks were just basic setup issues for a new guitar, particularly a budget one. Not smooth frets? They can be easily polished, or usually you can just play the guitar for a few hours and they'll smooth out from that. A buzzy fret? Well file it or tamp it down. I don't think these things should be major knocks since they can be cleared up in an hour or so. I'd like to know what you thought of these guitars compared to each other after being properly set up. Especially the first two I think you'd have a different opinion of. Ideally a beginner wouldn't have to do such things, but after all, they have to cut some corners somewhere to make the guitar affordable. Cheers.

[RockinJohnnyaitken]

As I play a lot of Shadows stuff as well as my own compositions Strats are for me, however my health has worsen so I have to watch my back and Arthriits. So this means the lightest guitars is my first priority.