Overall:
I have the transparent grey version of this guitar. It is a very beautiful guitar. One of the things I like most about it is that it is extremely comfortable to carry. It's very light and the thin edges make it even more comfortable. This guitar is replacing my Standard Fender HSS Strat so I'm going to compare this guitar with it. The quality of this guitar is so much better. To me, the sound of these pickups produce a much more realistic string sound then my MIM Strat. But, pickup sound is so subjective. Also, the headstock has a much larger tilt angle then the MIM Strat so you don't need the ugly string tree. To get that in a Strat, you have to buy the America version (Much more expensive.) The body is much nicer than the MIM Strat; a mahogany body with a flamed maple top compared to my MIM Strat that is an Alder body with Brown Sunburst color. The fretboard is much flatter than the MIM Strat; this makes for slightly easier bending. My MIM Strat has a slightly narrower neck with a more rounded fretboard. (Some folks prefer this feel.) Perhaps the biggest difference is the Tremolo; this setup is far superior to my MIM Strat. I believe the design is very close to the PRS tremolo. There is so much play in the MIM Strat Tremolo that it's almost useless. People have told me to wrap something around the threads of the tremolo bar to cure this but why should I have to do that? Personally, the Floyd Rose type Tremolos on most of the other Ibanez guitars is too complicated to work with so I bought this guitar over the RG's. This guitar has a single coil tap for the bridge humbucker while my MIM Strat does not. Finally, this is a set neck guitar. My MIM is a bolt on. You can get an Ibanez version of this guitar with a bolt on neck for much less money(SA260M). I almost bought that guitar because it has a maple fretboard which I prefer. I believe I got a steal on this guitar as I paid $390 for a new one on ebay. I posted the review here as an aid to my fellow musicians.

Feature:
true duo pickups are great for this guitar.The SAT Pro III tremolo is a good addition

Quality:
AAA quality. Period.

Value:
I don't think the price is a good price for alot of the ting it has to offer

Desirability:
very beautiful guitar.

Sound:
surprisingly good for a guitar that cheap! my first guitar and one of the best Ive played.

Ease of Use:
it is very easy to get great sounds from this guitar.

Feature:
its all in their, just plug it to your power amp. and play loud your type of music

Quality:
its Ibanez!!! one of the cooliest brand of guitar men!!! what are u takin about? you can used it untillllllllllll you dieeeee!!!

Value:
what i say is "THANK YOU IBANEZ" you helped a lot of musicians like me who can not afford expensive guitar just to have a nice and beautiful sound.

Desirability:
its very unique cause no pick guard and its very cool too!!!

Sound:
the sound of this guitar is so great. sounds like any other expensive guitar in the market. to blues,rock,heavy metal, in any kind of music its so great!!!

Support:
no need to answer this cause i didnt have any problem to my guitar and the more i play my Ibanez the more its sounds good to me. thats what i called guitar!!!!!!!!!

Overall:
i learned a lot on this guitar and i reached a lot of success in terms of music so his my budy now his always with me where ever i go for gigs.

Feature:
the wammy bar is the best iv'e ever used and the playability is great

Quality:
for the 600 dollar price tag it's the best your gonna get, better than my 2000 dollar SG gibson, and just as good, if not better than my Fender Strat

Value:
best deal you will ever get

Desirability:
extreamily good looking, and slim, the neck is so easy and the pearl trim around the edges is awsome

Sound:
sounds awsome even with the stock pickups

Ease of Use:
extreamely easy to play and with a little set-up has no buzzes, and is extreamily light

Support:
I dont know about company support, i havent needed any

Overall:
the best guitar iv'e ever played

Feature:
it has this feature when you pull out the volume knob, it only uses one part of the humbucker. it does sound cool, but i have never had to use it.

Quality:
beautiful finish. and the electronics have not failed at all/.

Value:
feels like a profesional guitar, for less than 600 bucks. i dont see myself getting anything else for a long time.

Desirability:
super great finish, in the red or the grey.

Sound:
This is one of the best guitars i have used/owned. when used on clean, the notes are fluent and beautiful. distorted, it can sound as heavy as a BC Rich.

Ease of Use:
pretty self explanitory. if you can play a guitar, you can play this one.

Support:
never had to deal with ibanez.

Feature:
The one and only thing I like about this guitar is that its wammy bar is awesome its the best I've used but everything else isn't that great.

Quality:
This guitar is way too thin! Every time I go to play it I think Its gonna snap in half so I don't play with it anymore.

Value:
Not really. I'd go for something else.

Desirability:
This guitar sucks I'm not going to lie to you. I've been playing for about 5 years and I exspected alot more from Ibanez. It's a shame.

Sound:
I don't like the tone this guitar gives. I have a Epiphone SG and a Epiphone Les Paul and those have better tone for half the price. This is definately not the guitar for me and a lot of friends I have that play.

Ease of Use:
This guitar is easy to use, but almost too easy. If you have ever played a guitar before than this is definately not the guitar for you. But those who haven't you'll be money a head buying a cheap fender in one of those fender packs.

Support:
Well I have dealt with Ibanez with this guitar about 4 times because of the rear bridge where the whammy hooks on has came out of the guitar once or twice but they were very helpful and supportive.

Overall:
I'll never ever ever be satisfied with this product ever until Ibanez comes out with something like an Esp or Gibson or Epiphone or something like that.