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Ibanez SA260FM Electric Guitar
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Another nicely-priced and beautifully-finished Ibanez electric with some cool tone-shaping features.
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A mid-line offering from Ibanez with a neat feature. 
| Sound |
Ibanez introduced their "True-Duo Bucker" technology a while back. The bridge pickup is composed of a humbucker and a stacked single-coil and can be switched between the two via a push-pull tone control. This gives you the option of this being an H-S-S guitar or an S-S-S guitar. In the S-S-S configuration the bridge "single-coil" is hum-cancelling and has strong output as it's a stacked single-coil. This is a cool tonal option from Ibanez but the truth is that the difference between humbucking and single-coil mode, especially on high-gain patches isn't that pronounced--it really shines on cleaner patches. The middle and neck pickups have fairly high output as well. The SAT Pro II tremolo doesn't really stay in tune that well but I plan to put Sperzels on, so I'm not that worried about it. My main setup consists of the following:
Hughes & Kettner TriAmp MK II into 4 x 12 w/Vintage 30's
Marshall JVM410H into 4 x 12 w/Jensen 60's
Hughes & Kettner SwitchBlade into 4 x 12 w/Celestion G12T-50's
"Secret" stereo rig into 4 x 12 w/Celestion G12T-75's and Vintage 30's
I replaced the stock strings which felt like 10's with Aurora Green .009's and they feel and sound great.
I also replaced the middle pickup with a Dimarzio Virtual Vintage '54 and the neck pickup with a Cruiser neck. Now there's not a sound I can't get out of this guitar.
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| Action, Fit, & Finish |
The neck is a nice thinner "C" shape and plays comfortably. I like the factory set-up and haven't adjusted anything as I like the way it plays. As mentioned before, the tremolo doesn't stay in tune very well but I plan to install Sperzels. Pickups were adjusted well, but I replaced them anyway to suit my tastes.
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| Customer Support |
Haven't had to deal with customer support.
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| Liked about it |
Beautiful trans emerald finish.
True-duo bucking system provides tonal variations.
Comfortable neck.
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| Didn't like |
Stock pickups were a little high-output for classic strat tones.
Tremolo doesn't stay in tune--any guitar without a double-locking tremolo should have locking tuners.
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| Overall satisfaction: |
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4.0 |
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nice for the money
| Sound |
I didn't get this with stock pups. It had duncan JB on bridge. With the mahogany body and maple neck it sounded pretty good. Great for hardrock and mellower stuff.
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| Liked about it |
Neck was comfy and nice.
Guitar resonated reasonably well for being a low end model.
This one looked magnificient wit it's maple top and mahogany body.
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| Didn't like |
The bridge was awful, I had to block it straight away as it didn't stay in tune at all when it was "floating".
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| Overall satisfaction: |
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3.0 |
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