This is a great guitar. I think it is the best one I have ever played. The price is great too.

I finally got the new Ibanez Mike Mushok MMM1 and was taken aback. I have never owned let alone, played a baritone guitar so this was a totally new experience for me. Also this was the first mail order guitar I've purchased so I didn't have the benefit of test driving it before buying it. The only problem I had was that a day before it had arrived I found that they were built in Korea so I was kind of disappointed that it would be a poor lower end guitar, but I will give the forensic details that made me eat some serious crow. First was opening the case, I was very impressed with what I saw. It's important to note that the guitar didn't come with the case but Music123 has the proper case on hand for about $100. Any guitar worth owning is worth protecting. Next I picked it up and was surprised that it was so heavy. Most Korean guitars are made with lighter mahogany and the tone suffers. I looked for cosmetic faults such as poor seams where the wood was glued and rasp marks from poor carving...I couldn't find any what so ever. It was near perfect. The hardware was of the utmost quality, nothing looked like plastic, and the all out chrome looks downright sexy. I expected real shoddy fret work yet there were no fret burrs to slice your hand with. The action, I assume, was done by Music123, either way the set up was on the mark. Next was the sound. After tuning it up after shipping the low B string was buzzing, this was due to the set screw on the bridge saddle but is easily fixed by tilting the bridge ever so slightly toward the neck. there was no buzz after that. At first strum I could feel the vibration throughout the guitar and into my guts. If you've never played a baritone the strings have an almost pianoesque tone, a real deep resonance. The real test came when I had my first jam session with it. I had it plugged into a Boss GT-6 that I purchased with the guitar and was now convinced that I will never trash Korean made guitars ever again. Since I'm the rhythm guitar player in the band I filled the niche between our lead player and Bassist. Our songs sounded fuller with more clear growl from my end. The distortion was beyond words but this is all be cause of the 28 inch scale length so the strings don feel floppy and they're always at the right pitch. For those who drop tune a regular guitar it almost sounds like the note go slightly out of tune when you play hard. Not so with this guitar. The clean channel sounded low yet crisp again like a piano string. To top all of this off, the guitar is built so that it feels more like a regular guitar so you don't have a neck hanging out. I thought that fretting would be more difficult but there was no noticeable difference to me. I think I'll keep her around for quite a while.

If you like to tune low, then this is the guitar for you. This guitar will give you the quality you would expect from a Gibson or PRS at a great price. This is one guitar that gives you more for what you paid.