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Ibanez Alpha Series
Ibanez issues its answer to Ernie Ball and Abasi Concepts with the Alpha Series – its most progressive guitar design to date

By Matt Owen Published

The shred and metal expert leans into the contemporary design trends currently dominating the prog guitar scene for a landmark launch

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Electric Guitars
Tim Henson of the band Polyphia performs live on stage at the annual Rock Am Ring festival at Nuerburgring on June 09, 2024 in Nuerburg, Germany.
Polyphia’s Tim Henson on making his game-changing Ibanez that started a nylon-string revolution

By Andrew Daly Published

Presenting electric guitar playability on a nylon-string platform, Henson’s TOD10N changed the world after he used it on Playing God

Guitarists
Trey Xavier's Jaws guitar
This insane Jaws guitar was made using thousands of tiny pieces of paper from Guitar World magazines – now it’s going up for auction

By Matt Owen Published

The intricately decorated Ibanez was featured in Guitar World back in 2013 after Trey Xavier spent hours putting it together

Electric Guitars
An Ibanez RG550 leaning against a wall
How Ibanez’s era-defining RG550 transformed high-performance guitar

By Chris Gill Published

It had the tones, it had the super-stable floating vibrato for divebombs, and it had the fastest neck around. The RG550 pushed shred guitar further and faster – just ask Paul Gilbert

Electric Guitars
Epiphone Gem Archer, Manson Supermassive Black Fuzz, Gibson Kirk Hammett Raven, Ibanez GF1, Gibson Noel Gallagher Les Paul
All the guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including the Hummingbird’s evil twin

By Matt Owen Published

A host of highly anticipated signatures, some surprising company-firsts, and the evil twin of the classic Hummingbird all landed this week

Guitar Gear
Ibanez GF1 Gaofunk signature model: exclusive to select territories in Asia, this new S-style for Chinese producer/guitarist Gaofunk has got some strong SRV vibes with its Tri Fade Burst and gold hardware
Putting the HSS into SRV? Ibanez’s new AZ signature model is like the voodoo child of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s #1 Strat

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Ibanez teams up Chinese guitar virtuoso Gaofunk for a classy MIJ Prestige series S-style that's giving us GAS big-time

Electric Guitars
Ibanez HZK1
Ibanez drops a stunning seven-string signature for metal shredder Hazuki – but it’s a Japan exclusive

By Phil Weller Published

The well-equipped axe is one of the best-looking Ibanez signatures in years, but its limited availability is tragic news

Electric Guitars
(from left) George Benson, Daron Malakian, Steve Vai, Marcin, and Yvette Young wield Ibanez guitars onstage
We chart 25 game-changing Ibanez guitarists

By Amit Sharma Published

While it’s easy to think of Ibanez as a company that’s solely at the cutting edge of metal machines for the modern age, they’ve also innovated much further afield, producing timeless acoustics, semi-hollows, and hollowbodies

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Guitarists
Ibanez BER10
Bernth on why thinner necks don’t always result in speedier soloing – and how switching helped improve his playing

By Matt Owen Published

The prolific prog virtuoso recently unveiled his first signature Ibanez, which features a few choice specs

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Electric Guitars
Ibanez Q54W: the headless electric guitar is finished in Copper Metallic Matte and photographed against a thick light-tan colored carpet.
“Ibanez has broken the rules of conventional guitar design. Pick it up and break the rules of guitar playing”: Ibanez Q54W review

By Jonathan Horsley Published

It's like all the cool kids are saying, if you want to get ahead, get a headless guitar

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