Ibanez S S470 Electric Guitar

Pros: Value, action, upper fret access, thin body.
Cons: Pickups, Floyd Rose can be a pain, neck takes some time to get used to.

Basics: Humbucker - Single Coil - Humbucker. 1 tone, 1 volume, and 1 five way switch. 22 frets. Lo-TRS Trem 2. I play through: Korg AX1500G going into a Marshall AVT150 and a Peavey Minx 110 bass amp. About a year and a half ago I decided it was ...

Pros: Excellent ZR tremolo,comfortable thin body,super-fast neck,GREAT value
Cons: ZR tremolo that could need repair

I actually have the S470DX, which is the same as the S470 except the neck is bound and the inlays are wider. Also, mine is a 2003 model with the new ZR tremolo. The earlier models came with a Floyd Rose licensed Ibanez TRS tremolo, I believe, which is ...

Pros: Wizard II neck, decent Floyd Rose, versatile sound, attractive "s" inlays
Cons: Pricey, bridge pickup hum

It was the best of guitar; it was the worst of guitar. It was the age of glam; it was the age of death metal. It was 1988, and I was only 16. Guitar, at this point in my life, was everything I though about, everything I dreamed about. To a kid...

Pros: Easy to play, comfortable neck, narrow body. Locking/fine tuners, appearance. Workmanship.
Cons: None

This review has been updated since my first review of the s470 to add some technical details.

I did an incredible amount of research on electric guitars in the $200-700 price range. My goal was to buy a guitar for my daughter and I to share and...

Pros: Looks, Sound
Cons: None

I was in the mood for purchasing a new or used guitar to rid of my older one. I have two friends that Own Ibanez guitars , so I decided to go to my local Guitar shop called Monster Music.This shop was a well known carrier of Ibanez guitars so I decided...

Pros: Fast,thin neck, thin body, thick frets and great looking to boot!
Cons: String changes can be a little time consuming, but worth it.

This is my second Ibanez "S" series. My first was an S540 that I purchased almost 15 years ago. I fell in love with her from the beginning. From the incredible smoothness of the unfinished neck to the Tung Oil finish of the Mahogany body to the Pewter ...

Pros: State of the art wizard 2 neck
Cons: none

The new Ibanez s470 solid body electric guitar is like a strat just with many more great features. The guitar is like this: the neck is made of maple material to sustain the low notes, 22 jumbo frets, rose wood fretboard with long grain, 2 humbuckers and...

Pros: Good sound, good looks, body design makes it easy to play
Cons: string changes and tuning are difficult, minor intonation problems WAY up the neck (17-19th frets)

Looks sharp and sounds good through a tube amp (in my case a mesa-boogie subway rocket), particularly when overdriven or distorted. The clean sound is good for general use, but not fat enough for jazz or twangy enough for rockabilly or country.
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Pros: fast neck, cool sounds and cool color
Cons: paint can be easily scratched

My girlfriend and I bought this guitar, and at first sight we liked it a lot. It has this really cool Jewel Blue color and this slim body. I was a Fender kind of a guy and always had been a single coil person, but anyway, the sound on this guitar is...

Pros: Fast neck, great tones, versatile.
Cons: None.

The mahogany body is lightweight, but produces a thick sound with lots of sustain.  Even though this is a "shredders" guitar, it has a great bluesy warmth to it.

Even though I own several more expensive american made guitars, this is my main guitar for live shows.  It's smooth playabilty has never let me down.  I can get everything from Sabbath,to The Who to Hendrix tones out of this guitar, and ofcourse for you shredders out there, this is part of the arsenal of Satriani and Vai.