Any Ibanez Prestige AZ Owners??

[la szum]

Haven't played it yet. Have dinner and some evening chores to do first. Eager to see how
it compares to my Charvel DK24, which has been my go-to Superstrat.

 

[Los-D]

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Congrats!

 

[TSJMajesty]

Love that form-fitting case!

 

[la szum]

Errrrrrrrrrrrrghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just picked it up. The setup is total shit on it.


Bone nut is not cut properly. Fuck me in the eyeballs!!! How can you NOT cut the nut right on a Prestige???

WTF?! $2k and they can't do even a basic setup on it.

 

[la szum]

Love that form-fitting case!

Might be the nicest thing, Tom.

This is the second expensive guitar I have bought this year with a nut that is total shit.

Yeah, I could do it myself, but I didn't pay to do it myself.

I need a smoke.

 

[Jarick]

Errrrrrrrrrrrrghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just picked it up. The setup is total s**t on it.


Bone nut is not cut properly. f**k me in the eyeballs!!! How can you NOT cut the nut right on a Prestige???

WTF?! $2k and they can't do even a basic setup on it.

What??? Man that sucks! Mine was absolutely perfect, I didn’t even touch the string or pickup heights for weeks.

 

[TSJMajesty]

Might be the nicest thing, Tom.

This is the second expensive guitar I have bought this year with a nut that is total s**t.

Yeah, I could do it myself, but I didn't pay to do it myself.

I need a smoke.

Oh man, that sucks!
Yeah, and if you touch it and don't get it right..., well you know. DAMN!!

 

[Justincase]

Guitar looks nice as fuck ...I'd send it back or have them refund some money for a local setup.

 

[la szum]

What??? Man that sucks! Mine was absolutely perfect, I didn’t even touch the string or pickup heights for weeks.

Yeah. It's obvious. Not sure how it get past QC with such a poorly treated nut.

Makes me wonder if some stuff is getting rushed out the door with all the global
issues we have been facing the past couple of years.

 

[-BOOGIEMAN-]

Yeah. It's obvious. Not sure how it get past QC with such a poorly treated nut.

Makes me wonder if some stuff is getting rushed out the door with all the global
issues we have been facing the past couple of years.

If I were in your situation, I’d send it back without question and have them send another. Too much money invested. I’d even go so far as to contact Ibanez directly and make them aware of this. Unacceptable at that price point.

 

[Justincase]

I’d even go so far as to contact Ibanez directly and make them aware of this. Unacceptable at that price point.

I was thinking the exact same thing.

 

[TSJMajesty]

See, I don't agree with comments re QC 'at a certain price point.' I feel the details should be watched just as closely no matter the price.

Reminds me of when I was framing a house. It was about 1400 square feet, on a slab, but it had attractive roof lines, so it was nice, but a little on the cheaper side of the usual houses I framed for this builder at the time. Builder came by and mentioned some complaint the customer had, and I said something like, "She isn't spending enough money to be complaining like that."

I'll never forget the builder taking me to school that day with his reply. "Doesn't matter how much someone is spending, they all have a right to quality."

You wanna be at a cheaper price-point? Then do it using less expensive parts, less coats of paint, cheaper labor, economy-of-scale, whatever. But don't save money by cutting corners. If you can't hire people with the right skills to properly QC your product at a given labor rate, pay them more and raise your price accordingly. I feel that letting a bad job go out the door hurts your reputation more than its worth in the long run.

 

[Fireproof]

It’s NOT the Quad Kotex.

 

[la szum]

Yeah. After playing it for a bit, it's a turd. Sorry guys.

I kissed a frog hoping for a Prince and it is just a frog.

Nut is cut way too high--and it is a legit Bone Nut. I bet the action
at the 12th fret is 3/16ths. Plays worse than a Squier... and at $2k.

I am a bit taken aback by this.

It is nice and light and pretty. And the case is awesome. So there is that.

 

[-BOOGIEMAN-]

See, I don't agree with comments re QC 'at a certain price point.' I feel the details should be watched just as closely no matter the price.

Reminds me of when I was framing a house. It was about 1400 square feet, on a slab, but it had attractive roof lines, so it was nice, but a little on the cheaper side of the usual houses I framed for this builder at the time. Builder came by and mentioned some complaint the customer had, and I said something like, "She isn't spending enough money to be complaining like that."

I'll never forget the builder taking me to school that day with his reply. "Doesn't matter how much someone is spending, they all have a right to quality."

You wanna be at a cheaper price-point? Then do it using less expensive parts, less coats of paint, cheaper labor, economy-of-scale, whatever. But don't save money by cutting corners. If you can't hire people with the right skills to properly QC your product at a given labor rate, pay them more and raise your price accordingly. I feel that letting a bad job go out the door hurts your reputation more than its worth in the long run.

I get that and I agree, but that isn’t reality in many cases.

 

[la szum]

Ok, probably more like 5/16ths at the 12th fret.

 

[la szum]

The saddles aren't set up to the same contour as the fretboard radius. Like I said,
the setup is total shit. Might not even have gotten one at the factory.

And this is a "Prestige."

 

[Alex Kenivel]

Lame. What dealer? Mine from Sweetwater seemed ready to go out the box

 

[Justincase]

Leave it to Dave to be the one that gets one of the few prestige that escaped QC. Seriously tho....I'd contact Ibanez directly.

 

[TSJMajesty]

He's having some bad luck, for sure.