Ibanez Jemjr Steve vai Signature
june 2018 ToTal GuiTar
the tg test
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Y
ou want it fast. You want it
cheap. In this day and age, who
doesn’t? But how realistic is it
to rock up at your local guitar
emporium and walk o with a
shred-ready electric for around
500 bucks? Well, as this
month’s round-up proves, it’s
more than feasible. We could have extended
this test to models from Schecter, Jackson and
LTD, too, and hardly covered all the bases. This
month’s aordable speed machines are culled
from arguably the most competitive
marketplace for guitar design, and that’s great
news for everyone – especially when you have
the hardy perennial Squier Stratocaster tted
with active pickups and a double-locking Floyd
Rose vibrato for guitarists looking to take their
lead game to the next level. It’s joined by two
scally responsible signature models in the
form of the EVH Wolfgang Standard and
Ibanez JEMJR, and Kramer’s wacko-spandex
retro-shredder: the 84. All have double-
locking vibrato units, zippy necks, little nips
and tucks to ease you into an orgiastic display
of hemi-demi-semi-quavers. Powerful
humbuckers are the order of the day. Hell,
these high-powered electrics might even set
your hair on re. But, rest assured, they won’t
cost you an arm and a leg.
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