Hi,

I have been playing guitar for about 8 years now I think its time to change my instrument. I have been playing with an Ibanez GIO since the beginning, and I always loved the sound and the playability. Not to mention that its still in good condition considering the humongous amount of hours I played with it. For these reasons, I thought about staying with Ibanez as I get a new and much better guitar.

My post here is to ask you guys which guitar you would buy considering some requirements. First, the guitar has to be a 7 strings. I play a lot of progressive music that requires a 7 strings guitar, and I would really like to have this. Second, it has to have 24 frets. Third and final, it has to have a whammy bar. I do not have any requirements regarding the sound of the guitar for now as it can be discuss in here, nor for the brand (I stated I would like to stay with Ibanez, but I see no problem shopping else where). Overall, I am willing to pay around 2000$ dollars (dont be shy to post something that is a bit cheaper or more expensive, I just want this thread to be open for discussion).

I really want to get a new guitar, but there are so many that I dont know where to start from . I am just hoping I can get some positive feedback from the community so I can make a better choice.

Thx

I don't know anything aobut 7 strings

But Ibanez seems to be pretty popular for those kinda guitars.

I personally have found Washburn to be of very good quality and at a very good price, but I don't know if they make 7 strings.

Shecter and Ibanez are really the front runners and you can't go wrong with their Advanced 7 strings.

I don't frankly think you are gonna make a wrong choice - you've been playing a good Ibanez for a while so you immediately know what feels good and bad in your hands.

Vouch the Ibanez. I have yet to play a Shecter.

e/ Oh, and check out the Seymour Duncan SH-10's. My buddy has these humbucks for the bridge pickup and it sounds gnarly. Well worth the 70$ imo.

This post was edited by rko_evolution on Aug 17 2012 10:51am

Don't know much about Shecter, I will definitely look at some of their guitars in the next days.



Trying to find a sound sample to listen to the pick ups but my Youtube won't load any video lately Just read some review though and they seem real nice.

Thx for the reply everyone! Anyone else with any other tip?

Schecter JEFF LOOMIS Signature-7 String
http://www.langtoninfo.co.uk/showitem.aspx?isbn=0081544700052&loc=AUD

Yeah, and this is just one of the bunch of Schecter guitars you should be looking at. I don't know why Schecter is such an uncommon name, it's a huge brand in metal - specifically in techincal metal - and IMO they are superior instruments to most Ibanez/Jackson guitars in the Advanced versions of guitars. I can't list a bunch of people that use them, but have a look at their ranges on some guitar websites.

Bumping for moar opinions!

Have you gone and tried some out yet?