This is my main practice guitar now. If stolen, I would probably buy another one like it or maybe the next better S model up in the Ibanez product line. It is the purplest and coolest $300 guitar out there!

Sound
You can play everything from inspired blues to crunching heavy metal on this very flexible axe. With the right distortion pedal or amp it becomes a TOTAL heavy metal MONSTER!!!!. It retains tonality even when highly processed with effects. The basic sound is not twangy like a strat, but is unique and has a very appealing character of its own. I find that I practice longer and enjoy it more with this guitar because of its satisfying basic tone and harmonics. With my S370 I use a Boss Blues Driver 2 pedal for mellower sounds and a DOD Grunge for heavier music and can get almost any guitar sound ever heard with this setup. There is no guitar less than $700 that sounds as good as this one.

Features
This is a light guitar with a thinned out body. I am built small so I need a lighter guitar. Despite the smaller body the guitar (and me) still has great sustain and power. The neck is thinned out too, and has giant frets and cool wave-like fretboard markers. The action is very low and plays VERY FAST!!!! The three pickups give a wide range of tonalities to choose from.

Quality
A guitar tech set mine up and it was about perfect. No visible defects in either the hardware… read more or the cosmetics.

Value
I think a great value when compared especially to strats. Sounds as good as more "name" guitars costing a lot more.

Manufacturer Support
No clue here, haven't dealt with them yet but they have a nice website.

The Wow Factor
Metal Flake Purple, one of my favorite colors! Black hardware, so cool!!! Wavy fretboard inlays, nice! THe thinned out light body is a big plus.

Musical Style:
neo classical metal read less