Ibanez SML721-RGC

I wanted to find a non-headless guitar that nevertheless shares some of the features of the recent Ibanez Quest QX54QM-BSM headless guitar (which I also own and like) The SML721 was the closest so I went for it. I may have gotten lucky, but this guitar is flawlessly manufactured. Zero cosmetic problems and perfect fretwork. No fret buzz, even hough I lowered the action and the neck relief substantially. The neck plays great, the gold frets smooth, the slant on the is mild so I had no problem getting used to it. The hambuckers are not weak but not as strong in my opinion as on some of the other Ibanez guitars that I am familiar with, but this is no big deal. One side note: I was surprised how large the difference was when I changed the stock d'Addario XL10 stings to my usual Ernie Ball slinky set. The initial stiffness on the strings went down and the guitar came alive, with a whole lot more twang. I played the same guitar in a store a while ago with the stock strings and it came across more dull sounding to me, especially on clean settings. In any case, a great instrument that is well worth its price and looks even better in real life than in photos!

Eine wunderschöne, toll verarbeitete, vielseitige Schönheit. Die angesellten Bünde sind bequem und natürlich zu spielen, der vorder- und rückseitig gewölbte Body fasst sich leicht und schlank an, das Griffbrett schmeichelt den Händen beim Spielen wie Seide.
Leider hören dann die Humbuckerkappen auf zu glänzen, auch die Bundstäbchen zeigen mit dunkler Patina unbarmherzig welche Lage man länger mal nicht mehr bespielt hat...
Mit dem Klinkenstecker sollte man stets sehr genau zielen, damit man beim Einstecken nicht den scharfkantigen Rand beschädigt.