Members Woker Man Posted July 29, 2009 Members Share Posted July 29, 2009 Is the Ibanez Gio a good starter guitar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knotty Posted July 29, 2009 Members Share Posted July 29, 2009 Yes but not as good as the Yamaha Pacifica. If you can get an Ibanez 260 FM it will last you a lifetime. Excellant low cost axe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members easilyspooked Posted July 29, 2009 Members Share Posted July 29, 2009 in 1998 Ibanez made a p-bass knockoff in the GTR Gio series that i got for $180 new. I'd swear by it. Dropped it a thousand time. Beat the everloving crap out of it as a teenager. It has taken everything I've ever thrown at it, including the bottom of a staircase, and asked for more. I learned to love modding with that guitar. It ain't worth a dime now, but it's one of my favorite axes. +-freakin-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members darkcheef Posted July 29, 2009 Members Share Posted July 29, 2009 It's alright I have the Ibanez gio ijx30 starter pack and I found the pickups were muddy, mine's had a bad high e nut slot, and the pots were way too loose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lowbrow Posted July 29, 2009 Members Share Posted July 29, 2009 Which Gio? I have the GAX 70 and think it's a fine guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members liko Posted July 29, 2009 Members Share Posted July 29, 2009 I had the GAX-70 as well, and I'll just say that lowbrow must have put the Bigsby on mostly for balance reasons. The stock GAX-70 has horrible neck dive. Beyond that, it wasn't a bad little guitar; I just found better aesthetics, feel and sound in an Epi LP Studio (at three times what I paid for the GAX). If the styling is appropriate (playing a "devil-horn" axe in a praise band might be a bit off-putting) and you don't mind relocating the base strap button (moving it further up on the butt end of the guitar will help balance it more comfortably) then I have nothing further to say against it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lowbrow Posted July 29, 2009 Members Share Posted July 29, 2009 I had the GAX-70 as well, and I'll just say that lowbrow must have put the Bigsby on mostly for balance reasons... Quilty! I hate neck dive, but liked everything else about the guitar after a pup change. So, on went the Bigsby and I added a third strap button on the neck plate. No more neck dive. Plus, now it has a Bigsby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members metalheadUK Posted July 29, 2009 Members Share Posted July 29, 2009 Quilty! I hate neck dive, but liked everything else about the guitar after a pup change. So, on went the Bigsby and I added a third strap button on the neck plate. No more neck dive. Plus, now it has a Bigsby! I moved the strap button on my AX125. Balances perfectly now, and it's built like a tank.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sylvesterlowery Posted July 29, 2009 Members Share Posted July 29, 2009 I moved the strap button on my AX125. Balances perfectly now, and it's built like a tank.... Nice guitar! How well does the detuner work? Could you use it for say, going from D standard to drop C? Is it adjustable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blingdogg Posted July 29, 2009 Members Share Posted July 29, 2009 I have the GAX-75 and it's a really good instrument. I've had it for close to 6 years now and I still love to play it. Playability is really good, and it has a sweet tone since I switched the pickups for GFS Retrotron Liverpools. But it depends on the GIO you get. Some are better than others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members metalheadUK Posted July 29, 2009 Members Share Posted July 29, 2009 Nice guitar! How well does the detuner work? Could you use it for say, going from D standard to drop C? Is it adjustable? Well the detuner worked well for me live going from E to drop D. Dont see why it shouldn't work as the drop string is tuned separately to the non dropped...open you tune with the tuner, Dropped you tune with the little doohickey on the Dtuna. sometimes takes a little bit of balancing, but it's a good solid workable thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yavin Posted July 29, 2009 Members Share Posted July 29, 2009 This is my GIO. I refinished it myself. It plays pretty well, but the stock hardware was terrible! Might sell it if I found the right deal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr.scary96 Posted March 30, 2013 Members Share Posted March 30, 2013 Yeah the hardware was {censored}e on mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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