took this guitar to a jazz jam session. let the house player who used a heritage 535(like a gibson 335) play it. Noticable difference in tone. Everyone heard that as well. A good notch up from the Heritage. I changed the tailpiece to suit me, and got thomsik-infeld 14's. what a darn nice jazzbox. do youself a favor if you are a jazz standards guy. get this. Outstanding service, as there was a problem during shipping, and they came through asap, with max support.

I've played guitar for 30 years now, but I've never owned a jazz box. In fact, this is my first guitar ordered on-line, and I really like it. First off - the simplicity of it: one pickup, one tone knob, one volume. That's all I need. No extra switches. For me, the less hardware and more wood, the better,The neck on this guitar feels like my Les Paul neck. Not a baseball bat neck, which I also like, and not a smaller C neck, like a Fender. The inlay is beautiful and I prefer the adjustment ability of the strings, as opposed to the traditional wood bridge, the gold connecting hardware that attaches at the bow is not my favorite thing, but my long term goal will include replacing that with a polished wood piece, like Pat has on his 2000 model.Most importantly, ... MoreI've played guitar for 30 years now, but I've never owned a jazz box. In fact, this is my first guitar ordered on-line, and I really like it. First off - the simplicity of it: one pickup, one tone knob, one volume. That's all I need. No extra switches. For me, the less hardware and more wood, the better,The neck on this guitar feels like my Les Paul neck. Not a baseball bat neck, which I also like, and not a smaller C neck, like a Fender. The inlay is beautiful and I prefer the adjustment ability of the strings, as opposed to the traditional wood bridge, the gold connecting hardware that attaches at the bow is not my favorite thing, but my long term goal will include replacing that with a polished wood piece, like Pat has on his 2000 model.Most importantly, above all this, is the sound. SUPER Sustain...more than any guitar I've ever owned. This one sings. Like Nigel from Spinal Tap says: "go have a bite and ahhhhhhhhhhh" it's still singing!When I changed the strings for the first time, just the brush of air across the fretboard rang out like a harp! As goofy as it sounds..I knew then I had a winner.I also appreciate the "grip" knobs that Ibanez uses in lots of their guitars, Feels sturdy to my right palm and doesn't slip. I don't see a manufacturer type with the gold tuners, but they respond like Gotoh tuners I've had in the past...solid and capable of doing their job.Additionally....I must say : the case is nice too. Not an afterthought. It fits guitar well and was included with my order. A rare thing these days, in my experience.My guitar will need. setup, as its a bit high out of the box, but that's to be expected. It was shipped with flat wound strings (10's maybe?). I put 11's on immediately, and it looks like a neck or bridge adjustment would probably help. Also - I LOVE the color. Complaints about it being "neon" or whatever, is not true with me, It looks like the yellow in Satana's PRS, to me...so I got no problem with that.This is an oustnding guitar...for right under the biscuit mark. If you've got the love of jazz, not the cash for L-5.....I think this is a fine choice. I am very happy with it.

Couldn't be happier. I have a D'Angelico XL-1 that covers my spruce L-5 territory with round wounds and long scale, deep/large body. This one covers the ES-175 territory with maple top and flat wounds. The differences become magnified once plugged in and using the pickups.