Ibanez AZ Guitars - Retro Simplicity and Cutting-Edge Performance
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👆 Chappers and Lee give us a sneak peek at the new for 2018 Ibanez AZ line! What do you guys think of these stunning guitars? Let us know in the comments!
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Ibanez AZ2204 Prestige in Ice Blue Metallic - goo.gl/bK8XeE
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Ibanez's response:
I am serious, and don't call me Suhr, Lee
Is this an "airplane" reference?
notarealperson87 I feel proud for getting the airplane reference
@@TheRealCowlick yes!!
3 years late to the party. I love airplane references😄 Me: Sorry, I’m a bit nervous. Ibanez: first time? Me: No, I’ve been nervous lots of times.
Holy shit Lee with some impressive playing
*HoLee shit*
Lee you rock!
Doesn’t matter if they cost a lot or play and sound wonderfully, they look cheap. More like a $300 guitar. Suhr will not be concerned and shouldn’t be...
I think his play keeps getting better and better.
12:45 did Lee say 'OD-1, then Tumnus on top...' as in a Boss OD-1???
Lee "whammy bar king" Anderton coming in with the licks!
Lee will have to meet himself for an interview at this rate!
danial aziz Captain meets Danish Pete lol
danial aziz, next year's April Fools Video... The Captain meets The Captain.
Damn sounds like Captain Lee Vai
CharlieChaz Estabrook I wanna see Lee doin a Vai face through a solo
Lee has very good phrasing and timing.
Captain Lee Vai and Rob Chaptriani
Damn, I just commented that
no that would be Rob
3:02 lee's playing and rob's reaction is just awesome!
I love the fact that all brand make this type of guitar. Superstrats were really good axes, they give you all that a guitar need and have (almost always) kind of equilibrium in all music genre
All brands make super strats?
Both seemed to be inspired by these guitars. Some lovely phrasing guys!
I love the “wet blue jean” kind of color that the guitars Lee used in the beginning had.
I want one.
I swear that Chappers and the Captain, is my favourite thing to watch right now, more than anything on Netflix, HBO, etc.
Gabriel Flores better than porn in my case
Im so happy you guys liked them. I just pre ordered mine the other day, I cant wait.
I'm so happy that you guys are still doing awesome / truthful players reviews!
I have just bought one, the Tequila one. Out of the box it is absolutely amazing...the finish is flawless and the pick ups sublime. Ibanez have really hit this out of the park.
You guys have no clue how refreshing this video is! Feels so fresh and new! I guess I speak for a lot of us here when I say we were getting a tad bit bored of Rob's playing, but man this video you guys just nailed it! Love from India!
Rithwik Sathyan it was all Lee's doing
You're getting bored with Rob's playing? Okay, Dweezil. But did you check out the absolute butter coming in at the 16:46 mark?
Yeah, speak for yourself.
Rithwik Sathyan I have yet to tire of Rob's playing.
I know you mean well and I personally take it that way - but Chappers is the perfect yin to the Captain's yang. I'm a huge fan and happy to watch and listen to him anytime.
Absolutely love the editing of these videos. Subtle and fun in the best way.
Holy shit that riff at 3:06 damn Lee!! Rob was like “hell yeah mate whoaa!” It was be so awesome to meet these guys
The AZ series is actually a line developed in conjunction with the guys from Polyphia, those things are so versatile it's INSANE.
Nailed it on the head with this ancient comment
ROAST ALL THE MAPLE!!! It looks so good.
YES INDEED!!! ....and since it makes it climate stable and then adding SS frets. Could it be the PERFECT neck?! Hmmmmm....
agreed, i want a to get a warmoth guitar just for the roasted maple. looks and feels good.
The ganja too
Maple more like apple, am I right
Little known fact, the roasted necks on the AZ's are roasted in a vacuum chamber so that they can heat them much more without the wood burning in any way possible
I've been watching you guys over the last couple of years and I can really tell that Lee has become a much more versatile player! Keep it up Blues Captain Lee!
Rob and Lee had so much feeling in that opening jam ❤ lee has progressed so much.. keep it up boys 👌
“That pearl scratch plate on a sunburst finish has been done to death’ - Lee
Like on your Cap10 America you mean? 😅 (I like that look personally 😉)
I was thinking that when he said it.
That was a guitar that was ordered to be that way. Wasn't just a standard Run of the mill guitar.
Lee mate, crikey! Your solo at about 2:40, i was listening and thinking ooft, Rob's a hell of a player. NOPE! It was you! Good on you Captain. Lovely to listen to.
The Cap has become a serious player! Right on! Enjoying the demos guys. Thank you!
Top-freaking-notch playing there, Lee, hah. I absolutely enjoyed that, and especially the bit at 3:00 where Rob looks over in surprise, as if to make sure it's still you playing.
Brilliant.
Best Rob has sounded in a long time in parts of this video. I stopped watching videos of Rob a good while back because of his tone and lack of creativity when it comes to playing but I was curious about these new Ibanez guitars and I was pleasantly surprised to hear something different. Lee's use of the whammy bar as well was great
Not Real NO Victory Amp = Great Tone.
Not Real nice Silvia
Craig Janes victory actually make great amps. However, Rob just can't dial a tone full stop. Constantly too much gain and not enough mids
Lack of creativity?? You try playing thousands of videos and coming up with something different every time. These are gear demos, not an artistic endeavor.
Michael Garcia yeah and Rob doesn't convince me to spend my money at all on anything he demos generally. He can't make anything sound good 99% of the time
I just got the Tim Henson signature on Saturday. Honestly, it feels amazing. I love all the features that come stock on the AZs, gotoh bridge and licking tuners, stainless steel frets with rolled edges, roasted maple neck, pearl headstock logo, luminlay side dots, gold hardware. I love it so much, it’s actually inspired me, it’s one of the best guitars I’ve ever played, probably only second to a petrucci model
The Tim henson model if I am correct is missing the coil split stuff and the hard case right? I think it also has a slightly lower spec bridge, but it also sells for a bit cheaper. Looks dope tho with the covered pickups. Hard choice to make. I went with the AZ2204B. I hope you are still enjoying the guitar.
I usually hate buying signature models but the TH model is dope as it doesn’t have Tims signature or anything on it and just seems like a special edition guitar.
@@anupjsebastian it’s such a dope guitar. It doesn’t have an features that I’m lacking from what I currently own but I still want to get it just for the aesthetics
@Loren Jones Yeah, I still have it and still is fantastic. I also have the AZ2204N. And this also would be a good choice for what you are looking for.
Both of these are great, and sit in between strats and superstrats. The B is a bit more high output and sits closer to superstrats and would do a bit better for higher gain lead and stuff, and the N sits closer to strats with lower output but more defined pickups for strattier stuff, but otherwise they are pretty similar.
The Bs pickups breakup much sooner and I have to keep the knob at like 3 to stay clean and the volume boost is very dramatic, with a small increase.
The Ns are more like a strat and the you have more room to work with and stays cleaner longer. (obviously this depends on your amp settings too, but I am talking with the same setting on the amp).
Another difference is the B has a floating bridge with a cavity underneath, so you can do flutters and stuff, and the N comes with a trem locked to the body and has no cavity (like a strat). The springs are pretty tight stock too, so if you want it floating, it will need some adjustment.
There are other differences too, like the fretboard, but yeah both are solid choices, depending on how far away from a strat you want to go. N also has a compound radius, but in practice doesn't really make much of a difference, both are equally as good to play.
One thing I don't like are the tuners on both. They are locking but it is a hassle to change strings. I wish they went with standard locking tuners, but its an easy fix, as they swap straight out for standard Gotoh locking tuners.
@Loren Jones it’s nice to have but honestly I don’t really use it a whole lot. It does a mildly decent neck humbucker emulation tho, and it also has a Tele position with the neck and bridge-split active, which is nice.
@Loren Jones Now that is something that can be inconsistent regarding where you live, and how long the guitar was in storage, etc. Regardless of the price of guitar you get. If you can get it sent to you straight from the warehouse, there is a good chance it will be perfect, but shipping and weather changes can have its effect on the neck. With any guitar you should be prepared to make adjustments.
Having said that, the B was pretty good out of the box, however, I made some small adjustments to it to suit my playing and got it even lower. The N had a neck crack on the finish when I received it from the dealer and Ibanez replaced the guitar under warranty, as I contacted them as soon as I had received it and inspected it. The action was pretty good as well, however the replacement I received straight from Ibanez was absolutely perfect. Only guitars I have tried that had better action out of the box were a Suhr Mateus Asato signature, and a Music Man cutlass BFR, which a friend of mine owns. I believe these are Pleked at the factory. However that being said, these were straight from the box from the factory as well. On other occasions I have tried the same guitars in stores and they were nowhere near as well setup as straight from the factory.
In any case with a guitar of any price point, you should be prepared to make small adjustments from time to time, and if you switch string brands etc. The SS frets help massively in keeping a setup working well for a long time as they don't really wear out from my playing atleast. The roasted necks are also pretty stable. And so once you set it up to your liking it will stay that way for a very long time.
I am addicted to these vids btw! And it is inspiring me to pick up both my guitar and bass again, so thank you!! 🙌🏼🤘🏻
best sounding review i’ve ever heard them do. great job
No Anderton's video is complete without a squeaky guitar neck grab and Lee slapping away a beach ball
or that’s signature Lee Anderton blues lick. You know the one.
Weeaboo Trashski damn right we know "the one"😂
The AZ series sound & feel fantastic, and have amazing features - I think Ibanez have nailed it. Every single person whom I've talked to (who's had the opportunity to try them out) was blown away with how well crafted those were & how superb they sounded; a combination that's rather hard to find these days.
Oh, and I do agree - they must be the most under-stated instruments, ever. Cheers!
How does the premium AZ242BC compare to a PRS SE Custom 24 on versatility?
Chappers face spoke a thousand words when captain went off with the whammy around the 3-5 minutes, best part of the video, so amazing to watch!
Gotta love the joy on Chappers face when Lee does that whammy bar frip, Chappers appreciating Lee's playing. This is the Chappers we love, chappers first and foremost is a guitarist who loves music. Chappers you made my day :)
Never clicked in a video so fast!!!! I´ve been waiting for the AZ series forever!!!!!
Much love from Barcelona!
Me too. Never been so excited about any guitar release.
Me three. Pre ordered the tri fade!
Me four...been waiting for the AZ series for a while now!
Rob's playing reminded me some of the mellow stuff from Buckethead
At first I thought it was a mellow knockoff of Soothsayer.
fazeel ashraf exactly, im glad someone noticed
Loving Lee Anderton's playing now. His skills have definitely grown, and he's most certainly a more confident player. Great to hear/see.
Absolutely loved your playing in this video Lee keep it up!
Early 80s Ibanez guitars kick ass on a budget. I dig that logo. Cool guitars. They basically brought back the Roadstar II it looks like with a few improvements.
Mister Knight Owl i was going to say the samething had a roadstar 2 years ago would love the blue one but that price tag is bullshit
Oh yeah that Steve Lukathier model blue one with the maple finger board and one H in the bridge, man that's a sweet axe. You are right though, Im not paying that tag for an 80s Ibanez even though it looks sweet. You can get the other models from that era though from anything between 150-450 depending on which one and they are sweet high quality axes. Id just assume get one of those.
Mister Knight Owl you never know they might drop in price as i don't think a lot of people will bite at these prices :)
I hope so. See you at the bidding war! lol
I just got one of these and is it an awesome guitar!!
I don’t understand the people that say they’re bored of Chappers’s playing. His style fits really well with Lee in that one shreds and one has the feels. It balances out quite well and shows a wider variety of what the guitars are capable of. Keep the great videos coming.
Thank you guys for the video i was hoping you’d do it!!!
2:50 Lee's solo is so awesome
Steamboat Willie ikr i had to take a double take
The Ibanez AZ Prestige guitars sound extremely AMAZING! Rich, well balanced, long sustain and a vocal like tone structure -- for me one of the best guitar sounds I've heard in this channel.
I am getting my AZ guitar tomorrow and I cannot wait
Lee and especially Rob's tones in this vid are to die for!
Lee is damn good now. In another few years he’ll be outplaying his captain meets guests. .
Two different types of videos I’d love to see -
1) Let viewers describe their home rigs (amp, guitar, cab, pedals etc.), choose two of them from the comments and shoot them out by comparing which one sounds best for home use (below 85db or something) and for also for gigging. I think that could be really helpful.
2) Less useful, but probably entertaining (more like a challenge) - Find two people who know nothing about guitar and get them to build a rig for each of you. Try to get the best sound from what you have to work with.
Rob’s tone and playing on the first guitar is killer, best I’ve heard from him in ages
best I`ve seen you compliment one another, Lee`s best playing yet! thankyou!
I have the burst prestige 2402 and its great. Amazing playability and sound. You can play any style on the guitar!
Still happy about it? I am hesitating pulling the trigger for the burst one too!
@@KRSinDUB Yes absoluley its great! You can get it in different colours. Ibanez have som new AZ guitars with the same necs and specs. You can two humbuckers and a singelolycka. Iam looking at the 2407 F but its more expensive. I have tried some of them in the lokal musicstore and The are all great and I love mycket AZ!!!!
Those AZ Prestige seem to be amazing instruments, and Captain's playing is so tasteful, it would appear he's been into Jeff Beck and Andy Timmons recently ;)
Awesome demo video! I enjoyed those jams very much!!!!
You guys killed it! Amazing playing
I believe you need to ad the RG550s to the title. Cheers
Rob comin in hot with dem feelz
Loved loved loved this video. Great work guys!
FINALLY SOME CLOSE-UP SHOTS OF THE GUITAR BEING PLAYED!!!
I'm so gonna buy one! When they make the Gio version
Gotoh trem and Seymour Duncan Hyperion pickups I'm there ! Yep my budget towards the Indonesian version
the az premium series cost less
"Suhrly You Can't Be Serious" LOL seriously.
great sounds and playing in this video guys!
Really tasty playing from Rob and Lee in this one. I could tell that they "connected" to the prestige models and played with inspiration.
Need to see that RG in the hands of Joss!
Rob, you shouldn't say "Yamaha Pacifica", but "Chapman ML-1" instead
morbidalex666 DAMN
#Savage
I enjoy watching you guys even when im not interested in the type of guitar youre playing!
11.25 "Holy mother of Moses..." yes indeed! Fabulous tones. Ibanez guitars in my not inconsiderable playing experience have always provided a quality result in terms of playability, durability and value for money. I don't mind the Suhr comparisons at all. Great review/overview guys!
Hey guys any chance of a demo in any of the Ibanez art core series it would be cool to hear the thoughts on Ibanez hollow bodies compared to epiphone gretch and Gibson
Would be an awesome vid for lee and danish Pete
They don't demo stuff they don't stock, that would be dumb..
Finally a prestige with SS frets, now if they’d only put them on RGs! Not even the Jcustom RG is listed with SS frets.
Joe Heisler yep even schecter now put stainless on there banshee and sls elite range..
30th anniversary RG6PCM is a premium with stainless frets... since 2017 Namm ;)
I just subscribed to your channel, I truly love the way you both play. Keep up the great work..... now I wish I could afford a new Ibanez lol
Been waitin on this one! Love me some Ibanez
2019 Ibanez AZ please!!
I used to have a "roadstar 2" back in mid 80s !!!
Still have mine. Love it!
David Ozab ...did ya have them hotrails ???
No. It 's a 1984 model with three ceramic single coils. Basically a Japanese Stratocaster with a different headstock.
Still have mine as well. Currently doing duty as a dedicated slide guitar.
Yup - I had one...sold it...but I know where it is....sold it to a friend!
Hands down best tones and playing in a long time. Fantastic
Great video, keep up the great work 🤘🏻💀🤘🏻 awesome intro btw
lol, Ibanez's attempt... they were doing it in the early 90s. The torrified/baked maple is new but where do you think Suhr and others got their inspiration? Just look at the Ibanez RX and AT series.
Suhr has been doing this since like 1980, at the Rudy Pensa shop. Same with Anderson and those are the inspiration behind the RT and AT (And Pacificas) series in the 90s,
@18:46 "...marginally not as nice to play.." - hmm, now isn't that a shout out for a blindfold challenge, if I ever heard one.. :-)
Best video you guys have put out in a while guys
I’m falling in love with these guitars
Maybe we should get Fluff over here. I'm sure he would love the blackstar tones Lee!;)
Are andertons going to Namm this year?
Darren C It says on the website they are and taking a big team too so should be plenty of videos :)
Do fish swim?;)
Richard Littlewood not seen that. It seems there's been a lot of stuff on other sites wasn't sure if it had started. I couldn't believe they weren't going. But Gibson aren't so how knows!!!
Rob, you really sounded awesome in this vid! Nice guitars 😎
lees playing has improved so much since i started watching these guys a few years ago. not that he was bad before, but hes definitely got some chops on him nowadays.
Been waiting for this video for ages, but GOOD GOD guys, can you PLEASE mix your voice-overs and playing at a similar level? I shouldn't have to crank the volume to hear you talk about the guitar and then piss off my neighbours as soon as one of you starts playing.
I know, all the guitar channels are are into the 'psycho-acoustics' hype, and that we'll think the guitar playing is better if it's louder than the dialogue - it's not true! It's just annoying!
Seriously, I have a lot of love for Rob and Lee and their channels, and if there's a pair of CZcamsrs I'd give away one of my kidneys to meet in the flesh, it's them, but I gotta call them out on this. It makes these videos hard to watch.
Travis Lausch find something meaningful to care about
I have to agree. I have few actual complaints about Andertons TV. But maybe you guys could use lavaliers or headsets to talk instead of the room mic. I want to hear what you have to say but the guitars are so much louder
Erin Kenny, they have lavaliers in this video, and most videos in the last couple years, and even go out of their way to tell you when they don't or they're not working. I think they either need to just take down the volume of the guitars or raise the volume of the mics at whatever DAW they're using to fix it. Honestly, it shouldn't be *that* hard.
Boo5552, do you mean something meaningful like responding to comments I don't like on CZcams? :P
"You mean the Yamaha Pacifica" :) :) :) :) That was my first thought. Although not a bad thing, but still looks that way.
Chris Franklyn Word. Pacifica is extremely underrated.
I'm holding one in my profile pic :) (Albeit it an ancient T shape one)
There are actually high end Pacificas too, Simon Smith has one on his channel.
The T-type Pacificas are just about my favorite tele-esque shape.
Yup, suhr took that pacifica look and gave it 24 frets and a gotoh bridge, now ibanez took it too.
Cool guitars, great tones and playing guys
More videos about amps guys please¡ watching your videos is very relaxing and informative 🤗
Oh yes, classic RG550 is so pretty and nice! Oh, and cheap!
3:05 is what I’m here for.
They sound unreal! Used to play a lot of Ibanez about 10 years ago but kind of jumped ship more towards charvel..which I still love especially their 2018 dinky's. Now I am torn between a charvel dinky (shell pink) and one of these!
I'm picking one of these up this year. Amazing new Ibanez. Also, nice Explorer on Captain Lee's wrist. I have the Explorer II, myself.
Indonesia is the new China.
korea became japan
Japan became the USA
Usa became gibson (come at me bro)
Feel free to complete the riddle
I dont understand how thats a riddle lol although i completely agree with what your saying. So Whats China become?
gibson became shit
Dhruv Kotecha China became Gibson.
Gibson become the new chibson
Indonesia is the new Korea
China is the new Indonesia
Germany is the new USA
I kinda liked that sunburst one rob was playing.
I have been playing the same Ibanez RG since '99. For everything that they aren't, it still does most stuff pretty well. Really digging the AZ series, as Rob was playing all I could think of was old school strat tone, like SRV Little Wing. Was hard for my brain to believe my ears were hearing Ibanez
Robs face when Lee get's that little whammy bar line out at the 3 minute mark is priceless haha! Yes then Lee!!
1:55 I was thinking of The pretender not sesame street haha.
ElysiumAFL “WHAT IF I SAY IM NOT LIKE THE OTHERS”
ElysiumAFL "WHAT IF I SAY I'M NOT LIKE THE OTHERS, WHAT IF I SAY I'M NOT JUST ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR PLAYS, YOU'RE THE PRETENDER. WHAT IF I SAY THAT I'LL NEVER SURRENDER."
Haha =D
At nearly 2k, you'd be mad not to get the guthrie charvel instead.
ohyeahtotally08 except Guthrie's sig retails for around £3.5k
Yeaaa its fucking insane how expensive this is it looks really cheap honestly
deathbastardable Really that much? My bad.
I don't know, Guthrie goes for around 3200 €, this is around 2000 €....still a quite reasonable price gap to consider these. I love the looks of the new AZ range, kind super strat-ish (well, what Suhr have been doing for ages now) but not too modern. I need to try them and if they come somewhat close to Charvel, it's a no-brainer for me :) But I understand your opinion.
The specs on them suck compared to this..
Thanks for doing a demo and playing through an amp. Most of the other demos are done with axe effects!
I am a big fan of Ibanez and have a Ibanez S Prestige S6570SK in Sunset Burst and Ibanez JEM7V Steve Vai Signature Guitar in White...just love them.....Good video!
I am serious, and don't call me Suhrly.
Everybody is sick. We need to get them to a hospital.... what is it doctor??.... Its a big place where sick people get better but thats not important right now.
HAHAHA yes!! \m/
you beat me to it! Airplane still is funny as heck
This is the specs every Fender guitar should have had years ago. And that 24 fret guitar sounds better than any Suhr Modern I've ever heard. I don't like the colors though.
not really, tho. I'll grab any Modern before these. Those SD pickups dont really sing
RicardoDiazHimself I love Suhr guitars...but I honestly thought the clean sounds of these guitars sounded better than any Suhr Modern I've ever heard. In my opinion, 24 fret guitars have a very specific and generic clean sound that I personally hate. But these guitars for some reason seem to have a clean sound that almost sounds like a 22 fret guitar. (Guthrie Govan playing a Suhr Modern is the exception though. But he can make any guitar sound amazing...)
My modern neck pickup sounds as warm, round, and pleasing as my custom 22 fret Std from Suhr too. Actually sounds warmer than my 22 frets Ibanez.
But i recognize its those SD pickups fault, as all the specs for the AZ series should provide a Suhr-like openness and warmth. These pickups do sound generic to cover a wide ground.
RicardoDiazHimself I won't argue with you, as you seem to have much more first hand experience than me. I've tried a couple, but I've never owned a Suhr guitar, although I've dreamed of owning one for over a decade. I'm a huge admirer of their guitars. I've never liked the sound of Ibanez guitars (except when Andy Timmons and Steve Vai play them), but I think the AZ series sound great. At least from what I've heard on CZcams.
Yes, indeed they look and probably are amazing. I would just change the pickups, lol. They do sound kinda lifeless, even when played by Tom Quayle
Mhhhh the AZ series looking really good. Now i want one
The jams in this video are just otherworldly. God it really made me feel good hahaha