Cloaked in a dramatic burst finish, a jatoba fingerboard features jumbo frets. Fingerboard Material : Jatoba. Color : Blackberry Sunburst. Features : Fingerboard Inlay. Type : Electric. Scale Length : 25.5".
Excellent guitar for the money**Super lightweight & comfortable
This is an awesome guitar for the money. The Wizard III neck is very thin and smooth, while the flatter radius fretboard is very slick and fast. It holds tune very well, but even though the tuners
do seem ok for the price range I will most likely upgrade to a slower 18:1 ratio set of HipShot locking tuners. The guitar is definitely worthy of the upgrade.
The "S" model is very thin and super lightweight making it extremely comfortable to play sitting or using a strap. It does have a bit of neck-dive due to such a lightweight body, but not an issue at all.
I'm very happy with the sound and the 5-way switch covers a lot of sound options including what seems to me to split the pickups to a single coil yielding a very clean sounding option.
I own a few guitars including a Gibson Les Paul, PRS custom, and a Fender MIM Telecaster and feel that this Ibanez S521 is by far the best deal for the money being several hundred dollars cheaper. The PRS is my favorite of the bunch , but the Ibanez is a close second place. It is a great guitar for the price range and really a lot of fun to play.
Feather light which results in slightly less sustain compared to thicker guitars. Shape and cut make it VERY comfortable to play. Intonated and setup great and sounds/plays like a shredders dream! Very pleased with this guitar!