Feature:
the Edge pro 3 is definetly no floyd rose but it gets the job done pretty well. you can get some awsome sounding dimebag squeals with it. also the 24 jumbo frets help you hit thoes really high notes.

Quality:
my guitar came tuned and without a scratch right out of the box... ive also dropped it twice and not even two dents and didnt go out of tune either...great guitar to take on the road to play on stage.

Value:
one of the best low priced heavy metal guitars for lefties ive ever seen.

Desirability:
pickups make the guitar look really sexy and the gloos of the black paint is awsome. the sharktooth mother of pearl inlays arent bad either.

Sound:
This guitar has awsome sound...i was a little skeptical about the infinity pick ups but ibanez has once again suprised me...the bridge pick up has a lot of bite when i play it through my behringer GMX212 and the neck pick up is geat for soloing. the only bad thing is the amount of noise from the single coil and some times with the wrong amp it may sound a bit muffled.

Ease of Use:
this guitr may be hard for someone whose not used to the dubble lockink tremolo system because if you dont kno what ur doing it may take you a while to get it up, or down, to the right tuneing. other than that its awsome...the neck is really easy to play fast on, but its not toooooo thin or thick.

Support:
Ibanez is a great company

Overall:
a keeper forever.. great for a beginner or a pro.

Feature:
As an accessible guitar for those who can't afford a month's wages on equipment, this has great features. In this range, you aren't going to find a guitar with more features. The strings are locked down so you can bend the notes all day with less retuning than comparable guitars. I like the neck, as it's not too thin or too thick. You can adjust the tremolo bar to stay put or swing freely, a nice touch. My only gripe is that mine did not come with the actual bar...

Quality:
Built very well, nothing seems like a cheap shortcut in construction. Everything seems to be well engineered, capable of holding up to travel, and pretty solid. Nothing has broken, and the finish was nice and even.

Value:
You aren't going to get a better left handed guitar than the RG unless you're getting closer to the 1000.00 price range. One of the main problems with lefty guitars is that many companies uses a lot of righty parts. Thankfully Ibanez gave us all flipped parts, even down to the shark tooth inlay on the frets being correct. It would have been easy to do little circles like other manufacturers and be done with it. It's a nice touch that they took the time to give us a mirror-image guitar like southpaws actually deserve.

Desirability:
You can't go wrong with all black. It's going to fit into any look you've got going, because it's versatile. Although it does look like a metal guitar, you can work with what's essentially a blank canvas. The sharktooth inlays look really good.

Sound:
Even though this looks like a metal guitar, I can assure you it will play anything you can throw at it. In all honesty, a modeling amp will take you most of the way to getting a great sound in a variety of genres. While I can't say I have a recording contract or label, I can say that this guitar isn't holding me back.

Ease of Use:
You can really just pick it up and play, and it's pretty simple to get it to sound like you want it with a good amp. Tuning is easy. Once everything's locked down you really only mess with the fine tuners. You can do it on stage even. But don't expect to do major tone changes without an allen wrench - which unless you're in only into a niche sound you won't even change it from the factory setting.

Overall:
I expect to keep this for years. Until I can justify spending over a thousand dollars for another, this will be my only electric guitar. If it was stolen, I would definately buy another. One of the major problems to buying a lefty guitar is that you can't actually try many of them in person. Not to worry, you will be very happy with this one. If you're on the fence, pick the RG. More features, good quality, and better design than the nearest alternatives.

Feature:
the trem is amazing ya gotta change the strings when ya get it so you dont need to worry about the cheap strings that are originally on there coming out of tune

Quality:
the best quality i believe this guitar sounds better than the 1500 dollar gibson i test played.

Value:
its the most valuable part of my sound ever i would of easily paid double for it

Desirability:
its black its got a double locking trem and 3 pick-ups, can you say METAL!!! that and chicks dig this guitar

Sound:
its perfect for metal, heavy riffs, shreddtastic solos, calm harmonies and clean stuff all sound good

Ease of Use:
couldnt sweep pick with my les paul so i got this now its easy as can be

Support:
havnt had to deal with them, will soon tho. lost one of the locking nuts so i need to order a new one

Overall:
perfect for the price

Feature:
The pickups are great and really don't need to be replaced. The floating bride is nice for when you like those screahing sounds and dive downs ...I also like the designs of the inlays.

Quality:
This guitar is more durable than it looks. The parts don't wear out and it has stoppers in the bridge to stop the whammy bar from going too far off. The whammy bar is also good but isn't one you twist in. it can lock anywhere you want it to and also be loose on diffrent settings.

Sound:
I love the sound I can get out of this guitar. The pickups are great for the long ringing notes. The metal sound you can get out of it is great too. The distortion is a litlle sensitive on it though but I like to play that way so it doesn't bother me.

Ease of Use:
The playing is great for any kind of metal you can think of. But if you get new strings, prepare for about 3 weeks of torture from trying to retune it all the time. The Floyd rose is a pain but once you get a feel on how to use it, you'll be fine.

Feature:
Whoever said the "Edge III is no Floyd Rose" doesn't know what they're talking about. While the feel of the arm is different than an Original Floyd Rose, The Edge III is in many ways better than the Floyd, an evolution of the design.

Quality:
The guitar is actually very well made, with a gorgeous finish, great neck, top-quality hardware, and good tuners. As aforementioned, I think the pickups are garbage, but the guitar itself is made exceedingly well.

Value:
I strongly recommend changing out the bridge pickup, and the neck as well if you play that position much. The pickups have fine output but the tone is woefully inadequate to the ears of someone accustomed to a good Seymour or DiMarzio.

Desirability:
Black. The eternal bane of lefties, hah-hah... it is a very well done black, though; the finish is utterly flawless, and is rendered in a piano-gloss that is prone to smudges but when buffed is actually quite nice. The one thing I despise about this guitar- more so than the basswood body or the tone-deaf pickups, even- are those gosh-awful sharktooth inlays on the fretboard. It's not a matter of "they don't suit my aesthetic," etc. They are just plain gaudy, laughable, total clownshoes.

Sound:
I don't like the sound of basswood. It is just plain dull to my ears. Unplugged, this guitar has no volume, resonance or projection, compared to almost all of the other lefty guitars I own (Fender Standard Strat, Fender American Tele, Yamaha RGX, Yamaha RGZ, Washburn X-50 Pro). The pickups on this guitar definately don't help; Ibanez has long been famous for substandard pickups, and this model doesn't do anything to debunk that notion. The only reason I rate the sound as highly as I do is because the intonation and tuning are spot-on with this guitar; that aspect of it makes me play better because I'm more confident in the guitar's stability, which makes any player sound better.

Ease of Use:
The guitar plays very well.

Support:
Neutral, as I've never needed them...

Overall:
I am going to change out the bridge pickup and I am sure the guitar will sound a lot better. The fretboard adornments I mentioned this previous induce of this review, however, are just unforgiveable. Makes me wish I had spent twice the amount for the Prestige (still only offered in black, but gone are the clownshoes, god-awful lightning bolts). For the record, that's also why I can't bring myself to play a Jackson Dinky- the only model they offer in lefty is the one with the sharktooth inlays. Comparing the two, however, the Jackson has an alder body (much more toneful and resonant than the Ibanez' basswood body), and comes standard with Seymour Duncan pickups.