GIO GRGR221PA Electric Guitar - Aqua Burst

Just a great guitar for the price, set up was satisfactory except the intonation was off a bit. A quick fix and definitely not a deal breaker for the quality, smooth playing, really beautiful, nice sounding guitar that it is. She's definitely a keeper.

really great guitar definitely for the price!! i bought this guitar to go along with my beginner guitar, shipping was amazing and really fast!! shipped less then a week. don’t let this fool you this is not a beginner guitar!! it sounds absolutely amazing the frets and action feels incredibly good, the design is absolutely stunning. a really good guitar for intermediate fading to professional guitar player’s!! this won’t disappoint you.

What really drew me in was the incredible look of this guitar. It has a high-quality aesthetic just by it’s looks. The blue burst color is just so unique and it stands out among my other guitars. I firmly believe in the idea of buying an instrument that makes you want to pick it up and play it. This one certainly does that for me! Enough about aesthetics, let’s talk build quality. So first and foremost you can’t expect top of the line with a budget/intro guitar like this. However, I will say that I was thoroughly impressed by it. Pros: It’s comfortable to play. The body style and shape are fairly versatile and comfortable for all players either standing or sitting. It’s a great beginner instrument just for this. The neck shape. I personally like the shape of this next. To me, it doesn’t feel super thin but it’s also not too thick and chunky. It has a good balance and feels relatively easily to play. Toggle switch. Pretty awesome to have a 5-way selector switch to really switch up your tone. All of my previous HH setup guitars just had a 3-way, but I like the versatility of the 5-way on this. The hip shot style bridge. Never had one like this before but I like the design. It’s alright for what it is and I certainly prefer it over the meticulousness of a cheap tremolo system on many budget guitars. Somewhat cons these aren’t necessarily bad but just not up to snuff: The tuners. They aren’t bad they’re just fine. Don’t expect the greatest stability ever but you might be surprised that they aren’t total trash. The fretwork. It’s a bit rough in spots. Of the guitars I own this is the only one that I can feel a bit of inconsistency and rough edges on the metal edges of the frets. As in, running my fingers along the edges of the neck I can feel some frets that feel tougher than others. Perhaps my biggest gripe when it comes to playability and quality. Pickups. Again, these are fine and they do the job. I think the neck has a pretty warm sound especially on a dialed in clean channel. Metal and rock on the bridge can get a bit muddy, and when comparing them to actives, they just don’t have as much bite and punch in a distorted tone. They still do the job and having a 5 way switch sort of makes up for them since you can get a bit more variation. Overall though, you can’t really beat this value. It’s a fantastic looking instrument that sounds good, and plays pretty well. Barring the few quality control issues, you’re getting a name brand guitar that’s going to hold up and be great for either a beginner who’s just starting, or an advanced musician that just needs a beat around guitar.

Beautiful and vibrant in colors electric guitar. This was a gift for my fiancé as he had been looking for a vibrant blue guitar. He was stunned by the attention to detail in the guitar and the craftsman's work. He plays in a post-hardcore band and absolutely enjoys this guitar. It functions as it should. The guild has a nice build quality and plays effortlessly. I think that this was a great purchase for the price.

This is a beautiful guitar. It doesn’t feel cheap and it plays pretty nice. Good quality nice and light. My only thing with it is that the pickups sound a tiny bit muddy with distortion. I can live with it though. It does sound amazing on clean channels. I will eventually switch out the pickups for something better. I am very happy with the guitar. I highly recommend it.

Nice gutair for the price. Good sound, easy playability and a quality product.

I love it actually, sounds good, plays nice. I am very happy the way it came, was pretty much tuned to drop c, and intonation was about spot on. So happy with everything

this is a good guitar

Tolle Gitarre für wenig Geld. Die Qualität stimmt,habe viel Freude damit. Tip:Top für Anfänger und Fortgeschrittene.

Guitare super, joli bleu,delais et reception parfaits

I just received the guitar and after unboxing I saw that it is damaged.

Summary: This guitar is an excellent choice for a first time guitar player who wants to get into the hobby on a budget. Let me begin by saying: Early models from Ibanez's GIO line have a horrible reputation for being not so great. It was their budget line of guitars and they felt and played like it. After looking into electric guitars - I've wanted to learn to play for a while, but just couldn't get past the hurdle of the price (and motivation, but that's another issue entirely) - I decided on this one after seeing the seemingly rave reviews from both Amazon buyers and YouTube personalities who decided this was a great budget guitar. Needless to say, I was not disappointed. Shipping being prompt aside, the care that Ibanez puts into the GIO line now seems to shine through this guitar. The neck is slim and therefore easy to fret, the entire thing has a nice heft to it and it rests easily in my lap - not to mention the beautiful design on the bridge, which looks great despite just being poplar art grain. The guitar sounds great, has a versatile palette of tones thanks to the 5-position pickup switch and is priced very reasonably. A great gift if a friend or family member wants to start playing an electric guitar but don't have a lot of money. Note: One of the pictures on this listing is inaccurate. The picture that shows the 1/4" input jack shows an old input connector. This input connector was prone to becoming just a little loose - something that was easily fixed with a screwdriver, but something that was annoying nonetheless. I ordered in March 2023 and the model I received has an entirely new input jack designed to solve this issue. According to some YouTube reviews, the pickups aren't great - they work just fine and get the job done, but in my opinion this is a good thing. If you're a beginner learning to play this instrument, you're going to have to learn to maintain it soon enough. Swapping out the pickups seems like a perfect first challenge of this kind to me and frames the guitar as a good modding platform for a custom setup later on.

Muy buen sonido muy cómoda para tocar está perfecta !!! Excelente guitarra Claro no es gama alta.. pero está increíble para el precio en el que está 👌🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻