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Ibanez ST-55 Studio Series. . . . . .
Another Guitar!!Yep!
I've only had this around four years - I was going through an IbanezGuitar thing and saw this.
I took a bit of a chance on this, as the guy who was selling it said thatit sounded great - he had upgraded the pick-ups, it had been gigged and may need to be re-fretted!Yet, to me, looking at the images he had got, it looked pretty good.
After several e.mails, I decided that it was worth adding to the Ibanezcollection.
When I went to collect it, I was very pleasantly surprised!Yes, it could do with a gentle wipe down and the strings were looking a little tired and tarnished but the frets looked great and there was barelya mark on it, for something that was around 30 years old.The deal was done.
Arriving back, I was able to give it a more detailed look over.It was sweet!There was, however, a bit of fret buzz, which seemed to relate to lightgauge strings and almost no relief on the neck!
There followed some cleaning and setting up, which took less than anhour - a set of 10 to 42, tune up. . . . . Wow!Singing like a bird!
I have bought quite a few basses, where the description has been"hard to play, as the strings are a long way off the frets" - theseshowing the opposite problem - too much relief.
Anyway, back to the ST - A very Gibson like feel, big sound, a lotof sustain, nice balance and about the right weight.
Currently, this is now strung with Ernie Ball Power Slinky strings,11 - 48 and is tuned to Eb - half a tone down.Thunderous!
As I am on a roll, with Guitars - I'll throw in another one, next time.Cheers. :) If you have landed on this page and you want to go to the latest post, go here:Latest post.
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