Are Ibanez Gio’s any good ?? | Gear4music guitars 

I own an Ibanez Gio for 20 years!!!! Still holds a tune and is fun to play!!!

I've had the GIO GRX80 for almost 13 years dual humbucker. black metallic with a black pick guard and headstock, a dark rosewood fretboard, alder body, maple neck. Cost me $150 with a gig bag, chord, tuner and strings. Still plays and sounds good.

0:39 Ibanez GRG7221QA 1:35 Ibanez GRX 40 GIO 2:04 Ibanez GSA60 GIO 2:28 Ibanez GRG 140 GIO

Short answer: YES.

My dad got me a GRX140 back in 07~08 and later on we've got a DiMarzio Super Distortion on the bridge and Evolution on the neck, it sounded amazing. It's still with at my parents as I need to fly it to Canada someday.

I have a GSA60 that is now about 20 years old and still plays and feels great. I also have a GRX70 that’s a few years old that I upgraded with DiMarzio picks and just feels fantastic and now sounds even better.

I tried a GRG220PA1 two days ago at a guitar store and I was amazed at how nice it actually felt and sounded. I tried it with a lamp amp and the sound was awesome. Currently saving up for it. These instruments cost way less then they should.

I bought an Ibanez GRG170DX in Jet Black in 2009 online from Gear4music. Still use it regularly. It still plays and sounds great. They are superb instruments at a brilliant price and perform as well as much more expensive instruments.

I recently bought the GRX40 as my first guitar, i started 2 days ago and its good to hear that im using a decent guitar.

I have the GSA-60 with mahogany body and it's vfm. Great guitar for the price. Satin thin neck and very comfortable playing.

TY!! for a beginner (my first electric) that is more and blues and rock biased, do you have a model number recommendation? AGAIN, fantastic review

Love that vibrato. I thought you were going to start playing I Believe in a Thing Called Love😄👌

I still have my Gio that I purchased in 1998. I switched the bridge pickup to a SD Invader many years ago and that’s it. Obviously, it doesn’t feel as good as a nicer, more expensive guitar but I just recently put on a new set of strings and it is still fun to play as it was when I got it 🤘🏽 I’m never getting rid of it

I play a GSR206 bass and it's really nice. I like it

I own a gsa60 same finish and it's just great for the price. Sounds good feels great definitely worth every penny. Picked mine up with a 25w amp and a BOSS-ME25 pedal for 160$. A bargain!

I love my ibanez gio, It's my most treasured guitar because it's my first and it is also signed by the legendary John Giels. R.I.P

Great video bro! What’s the white HSS 24fret one called? Does it come in black?

Okayt but what s the catch you're describing it like it's the same as prestige model

This a great review! 💯🔥🔥🔥🔥playing as well!

I've been playing a GRG 140 since 2015 when I first started playing guitar, I payed it 220 euros. It's comfortable, sounds good with a great heavy sounds and has a super affordable price; no need to buy a more expensive guitar if you're just starting out learning guitar. Only thing I need to point out is that 8 years after I bought (so now) it started giving me problems; when I plug the cable the signal buzzez so I think the pick ups or something inside the guitar got broken so I think now it's time to buy a new guitar, but till now it never gave me any problems whatsoever.

I had a gio black with grey metallic burst it was great it even had lightning or shark inlays.

My GRGR 221PA just came in last night, i got the aqua burst color, man its a beautiful guitar

I've never had an Ibanez but im still loving my ltd ec1000 deluxe with emg's.

Always really like Ibanez guitars and so I spent my first official paycheck on an all white, 7-string Ibanez with matching amp. I love this guitar and really helps get anger out lol. I would highly suggest if metal is your genre

Bought a Gio in the "recycling shop" recently. Turned out to be a Spring 2009 special, called Howling To The Moon. The headstock has the tuners at the treble side, very strange, looks like a leftie played by a righthand player. Can anyone explain to me, why Ibanez did that? My plan was using the Ibanez pickups in a Les Paul clone. Changed my mind! That clone has Pacifica and Maya humbuckers, now. So, Gio has its own pickups. I can always replace them, when I'd like to. Oldfashioned humbuckers are sweet, for you can often add a coil split. Maybe it is time making my own pickups, all you need is magnets and huge coil(s). A Gio is a good test platform. And this Gio guitar plays very okay. The finish got scratched and dented quite a bit, I really do not understand the previous owner. Dirty as can be, dents, scratches. So I took coarse sandpaper and rounded some edges. I like Strat bodies. Did not reshape it all, you still see this is a GIO, though the front resembles an arched top, now. And I did a custom paintjob. Not original anymore, however, try restoring a "cracked soil" finish. Summary: yes, GIO is a very good guitar. Remember, cost me 75 euro! And some paint. And I can always buy a deer antler chunk and cut myself an excellent nut. When I'd buy P94's or Fender single coils, or whatever, that is a good idea.

I have the grg 140, just don't do crazy dive bomb with it and it'll hold tune just fine

How to know which Gio to buy ?😅

Just got the 7 string. Awaiting delivery. Im curious and excited.

I just grabbed a Gio used for $139, great guitar, and I can tell the previous owner probably did some smoothing of the fret ends, it feels and plays beautifully.

Should i go with gio series or jackson js11 someone plz sggest me something

I HAVE THE Ibanez: GAX70 SINCE 2005 AND I HAVE 5 OTHERS GUITAR INCLUDING A JACKSON PRO FROM THE 90S AND A PRS BELIEVE I LOVE TO PLAY MY GAX70 MORE I LOVE THE NECK I CHANGE THE PICK UP WITH EVO AND IT RIGHT THERE WITH MY EXPENSIVE GUITAR I WILL NEVER DEPART FROM IT

What would you recomend between GRX70QA, GSA60 or the GRG140 in terms of sound, versatility and overall quality?

I have a Gio and it sounds awesome and i love it very much ;)

I bought the grg170dx its only good for dirtier tones not for clean at all , also does not hold its tuning leading up to uncomfortable situations, the weight is quite heavy which still be acceptable if it better at performance but it just looks good does not well

I bought a Gio in a transparent blue with 6 string 👍

I’ve got the white/red gio without a whammy slot. Double humbucker. It’s a great guitar for beginners, and my friend can do crazy shreds on it. I know it’s not for all, but I would say after you improve to the point of decent improvisation, a handful of chords and riffs/songs, upgrade to either an epiphone or squire. It’s just my opinion, so don’t worry

My GRG121SP is the best Ibanez I've owned. The Roasted maple neck with Fender C profile. So much better than a Wizard neck. The Classic Elite pickups are amazing for metal.

Ibanez Gios are amazing I own a gio loaded with emg hz passive pick and a edge 2 pro bridge. Yes, they're all stock.

I just got a Gio Grg121DX = Very Impressed

I have the GRGR131EX-BKF. It's a fantastic guitar for the price point.

I play a grg with EMG h4 pickups it's badass

The model numbers really confuse me, there's so many i literally wouldn't be able to choose one

I got a gio with emg h4 in it it's szing for live and recording

Can some one explain to me what exactly a "beginner" guitar is And what's the difference

Im not a beginner but I'm kinda poor, can I get one anyways?

I have a GRG7221QA and I love that thing to death

How are you getting that guitar tone??? It's freaking great.

Most slept on guitar. Amazing for the price

Of the 100 or so electrics I've owned absolutely NONE of them stayed in tune as well as the GIO I owned. It was built like a tank; one of the most solid guitars at any price I've ever owned. If the neck had been as comfortable as my Yamaha I would still own it now. As it is I'm considering getting another one even though I'm cutting back.

I play bass but want this guitar over a Squire Strat or Epiphone Les Paul way more versatile.

ibanez used to make the EX serices and the gio series was 4 kikds.

The real test is are they still holding tune 2 yrs later All guitars work great when 1 day old

I have a problem with mine where the high e and the b string where they tune fine and they play high pitch notes fine but the first few frets completely mute themselves no matter what I do.

Good guitars, typical Ibanez :) I have a two - a ltd etd GRG called the 'heartsnatcher' from 2010 w/ Reverse Headstock and the black RG7 - though tbf the pickups on the 7 string ARE crap and sound dull.

I have this guitar and i know it was cheap and I think it sounds great. I had to look up videos to see what was wrong with me. Turns out I'm not crazy.

Hank Marvin sound?

i own a AX120. The bridge pickup is noisy.

Bought that Reddish Blackish GIO with Satin Black finish, a beautiful instrument and has aggressive metal tone LMAO

dont understand the hate its great guitar i bought mine for 100£

It is funny that almost every guitar demo on youtube is literally showcase the sound of the guitar with heavy distortion. With that level of distortion a toy guitar might also sound similar to a premium guitar. I wish they show case clean signals without any effect when they review guitars

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Having only bought Squire ..............my first Ibanez put paid to that. far far better product.

First?

$250 guitar played through $2,500 tube amp. 😊

Come on dude. If you just oversell a product, it doesn’t make you sound serious. The necks on these guitars cheap Ibanez guitars have bad fret edges. Also, you are playing through an expensive amp which makes half of the sound of a guitar. You simply sound like an untrustable sales man, sorry!

No need to spend. I enough on like 17 guitars guy. 5 of them are Ibanez Gios 3 RG models 1 an HSH i paid $250 for❤ im in love with My Ibanezs .. Jacksons Dinky JS 11,JS22 ,JS34QHSS,JS24Q and last is my JSX10 Dinky Minion Soloist flydRse locking tuners 5way blade Dimarzio picks in it. Ive upgraded this lil monster puts out Huge Sound for a travel size guitar. Yes i use it too......4 Les Pauls different models from LTD,Epiphone,LESPAUL LUSUIT 1971 model MONTAYAand my black beauty Peavy Scopion SC-1 Les Paul and Not dare say it but its Gibson Heavy made here in the USA sounds like a Gibson on point P90s are in there my boy... kick butt sounds as well as my Ibanez Gio RG20W sounds like a Les Paul frfr