
IBANEZ EX 120 CODE
IBANEZ EX 120 UPGRADE
You could also upgrade it with other pickups etc.


Signal comes in hot and easily distorts, so setting your levels on the guitar and audio interface, and your daw/mixer goes a long way to get whatever kind of "sound"/style you’re going for. I find the part of the guitar at the bridge to be a bit ill suited for palm muted play, but you can still pull it off, just other "designs" are probably easier and better for it. The fret-board could be of greater quality, but I find that if you lube it up once in a while its fine and I have no complains really. But for the price I’ve been very satisfied with it. There are some things I would have liked differently about it. I very much like playing it, it’s really easy and comfy to play. And if you’re looking for a LP style guitar without the price tag, then this is certainly worthy of consideration. Not sure why this model isn’t more popular it’s a bit of a hidden gem. Neck feels good, but is by no means a wizard. Tuners seem to work ok, but they’re not amazing. May upgrade them later, but they give good tones from the start.

Ibanez are routinely criticised for having weak pickups on their stock guitars, but I found these humbuckers worked well in clean, dirty and distorted modes. Thomann customer service was very efficient, as was shipping. The fit and finish were otherwise great (the black burst is very attractive in the flesh).

No buzz, but the frets themselves were a little rough – no problem on a guitar in this price range and they will improve on playing or a little TLC. Minor gripes were that the fret ends could do with a polish. The drawback being that the only hex that came with the guitar was for the truss rod and not the smaller hexes for intonation etc. The guitar arrived well packed and well set up being out of tune for shipping, but once tuned only minimal correction was needed for intonation.
