The stock pickups on this axe are nice but are definitely something that you want to change out. They'll last a bit and they're completely usable, but they're not anything extraordinary. Taking into account all of the woods anyway, it sounds amazing. As is Ibanez tradition the stock pickups in this guitar really do well with most distortions. Doesn't mean that won't sound good clean, (It sounds good clean, the p90 in particular) It's just that it doesn't seem to be its primary use.

The tone of the mahogany body, gloss maple neck with a rosewood fretboard really shows. It will give a very warm tone in some places but you can mess around with it on the setting for whatever amp you're using. It has speed grip bell knobs, that is the coolest thing I have ever heard and I love that it's on this guitar. The rest of the components are just ibanez standard stock so that they can give you a guitar with the best materials for a more fair price.

After a setup, the instrument is extremely playable and surprisingly comfortable. It's also pretty easy to get great sounds from the stock components but still, think about a pickup switch.

It's very well made and super solid. It seems like it will last a long while.

In this price range the guitar is competing with a list of other products. For the genre it assumes that you play (relative to You Me At Six) it is definitely the best value for the genre.

I haven't had to deal with support so no comment.

The color is a cream white that is just amazing in person. It's not quite typical cream but it seems Chris Miller had a hand in picking the right kind of cream. The offset shape combined with the color is definitely appealing to people who don't just want the typical Ibanez metal axe.

I've been playing at home and in bands for years.

Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Post-Hardcore, Pop Punk, Modern Rock, and Alt Rock.