Guitar Review: Ibanez SV5470F NBL

When I saw this instrument on the rack at Andertons Music, in Guildford, I decided to give it a go, because I'd never played an instrument worth more than about £600. This guitar had a sticker on it that said "Reduced: £1400 - £1099"... At first I was sceptical, but I was assured by staff that the only problems were cosmetic. There were one or two very minor scratches that you can only see from very close up. It was also the demo model that was out on the shop floor... All in all though, practically zero fret wear and minimal signs of use. I plugged in, and had nothing but fun for about 20 minutes.

For me, it has the perfect feature list. Skinny neck, massive frets, carbon nut, locking tuners, no pointy bits to bang on things, pickup versatility and a non-locking fully floating trem (which you can lock to the body if you want to). Read on for more...

Competition entry: Mayones / Seymour Duncan

Just made a video for an entry into a competition to win a hand built Mayones Custom regius 7 string guitar with Seymour Duncan pickups. The concept is best solo wins the guitar and the top 5 get a set of Seymour Duncan pickups of their choice. The backing track was some pretty heavy metal stuff and provided by Keith Merrow.

I'm no shredder, but I'm feeling pretty good about the melodic content

Here's my video:


Thanks for watching

2011: A Year in Gear

I spent more money on guitar related gear last year than I ever have in the past (and more than I'm likely to ever again!).