Ibanez AZ2204B-BK Prestige

I am a mediocre player, with a gibson les paul at hand. I mainly play pop, rock, blues and alternative genres. I was looking for an alternative guitar with a better string action for playability, as well as wide tonal options.

Excellent build, quality and finish. Frets and fretboard are polished well, playability is easy and fun.

Right out of the box, string action was quite high, at least higher than expected. But dont mistake this guitar for your standard Ibanez, aim (as far as i can tell) is not for shredding. Nonetheless I went for the closest guitar shop and readjusted the action for a non buzzing balance. So far so good.

For sound, I am not sure I got what I thought. Given that Im still only a few weeks in, sound is WAY darker than I expected. That is still true for single coil variants through the switch. I had to adjust my amp settings way brighter to compensate for the difference, and that is comparing with a Les Paul. I am still tweaking here and there. But I was not blown away with the sound and currently have to rely on effects YET