The guitar is very well made, the 27" size may not suit everyone - especially for some of the faster solos, but for choppy accompaniments it's great. As for the sound of the pickups used, they definitely don't fit everyone's ear, I've been using a Seymour Duncan Omega or Noumenon for some time now, so I had to make a swap ( also because the body of the guitar is made of linden which gives the guitar quite a bit of unwanted mids for me, and these pickups help eliminate that ). Also, I don't like the spacing of the volume control, I feel like it's quite close to the strings, but that's just my subjective view. The dark blue body color is really beautiful and the contours of the body with the pale binding render the Ibanez shape beautifully. The case to it is quite big and heavy which may be a hindrance for some.