Have Ibanez Nailed It With This Guitar?

Ibanez got so much right with the AZES 40. I wish i tried this sooner! Late to the party as usual 🙈
In this review, we're gonna hear some tones, check out the specs, take it to a gig and look at the pros and cons of this "affordable" offering from Ibanez.
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Credit: Karl Casey @WhiteBatAudio for the awesome synthwave backing tracks 😎👌

The Charvel DK22: (Awesome switching 😎👌)

The Fazley Refinish Project:

00:00 What is it?
00:44 Here's the Specs 🤓
03:15 Who is this for? 🤔
04:31 Very Cool Switching System
09:04 Can you gig it?
11:32 Pros
13:05 Cons
15:01 Final Thoughts

[GraemeCampbellMusic]

Great review Steve, and good to see more gig footage. I know it’s sacreligous but I think I actually prefer ceramic pickups on Strat style guitars 😬😀

[LokeshTantuwaya]

This is quite possibly the best review of any guitar I have seen. Thanks for such a detailed review.

[alfisifton]

Great playing sounded great 👏🏼 definitely looks worth checking out 👍🏼

[jrchanning]

That's a terrific guitar, the switching options are fantastic and it sounds great, your playing was superb, I want one of these !! 👍🎸😄

[paulmckeown]

It's amazing how your vision gets sorted when you gig! I don't like ceramic pickups or D necks. The switching options sound very interesting though

[allendean]

I really appreciate the D’Addario strings stock- I’ve been playing guitar for 46 years, and have used pretty much every major string manufacturer out there. D’Addario are the only brand that has never failed me live, or in the studio. I can probably count the number of broken strings whilst playing on two hands, over 46 years of heavy metal craziness. Great, great brand. You don’t have to change them out due to going “dead” as much as Ernie Ball, and they don’t snap every time you bend a note, like GHS. They feel snappy, and bright. Love them. Solid string. You hear that, D’Addario? Send me a damned box- I’ve paid my dues…..

[jamestejada]

I have tried a few.They are really good for the price and, believe me, was tempted.

[ericromaleo]

Just went into guitar center and saw this for the first time. Was in between this for 350$ and an HSS mexi strat for 600$ (marked down from 750). Honestly, I struggled to find a difference that was worth 250$, so I'm returning my strat to pick up the ibanez for the reasons you mentioned. Great review

[dragan]

This looks like a good one Steve! Not expensive, a good choice of colors and 9 tones. The Jatoba fretboard looks much better than many of the pau ferro fret boards. By the way Steve, great gig clips!

[GabrielDias-mojz]

I agree so much with your thoughts on the fretboard, in fact im gonna replace it with a maple one

[JohnnyFoxDie-gg]

I have the three single coil version of this guitar and it's fantastic. Probably gonna buy this one too just to have it. I want an AZ standard but they just came out and $500 for any guitar is too much for me.

[AnimalJohn]

Thata a flash geetar with that switching :) goes nicely with that awesome playing ;)
Looks like it punches well above its weight :)
All we need now is the 12-14 radius n we're on ;)

[purplerocket]

Great review -as always- Nice ambient sounds. Would be interested in settings on your line 6. Btw. Ibanez rules. I played my first in 1978, was kinda strattythingy. Bought my first one in 1981, an Ibanez Blazer. Fantastic instrument.

[mark_greening_gtr]

Another excellent review Steve. Shame they don't do this in Red !

[BudgetPedalChap]

Aye decent bit of kit that. Nice nod to altered beast too, that game was hard as nails 😂😂

[thenovicenoisemaker]

I liked mine Steve, had SSS . Really good guitar

[c.h.fieldsports]

Never had an Ibanez myself, I’ll probably get around to one at some point 😂, , that one looked and sounded great, you certainly rocked it at the gig, nice one 👍👍🤠🎸

[Joe-mzdc]

Nice guitar.. and you're great live man.

[aminahmed]

🎉what a little bit fantastic video have a wonderful day Steve also gappy happy first weekend of summer ❤😊

[-processdrone-]

My 1983 Ibanez RS440 has a switch in the same location. I have no idea what it does apart from sound better in some positions than others . You've got me wondering if I should investigate.
@9:15 " A lovely ... I hope that's what you meant.
@2:11 ooooh, ya beauty!