This guitar!!! Omg what to sayyy!! It absolutely slays it when practicing hard rock, heavy and thrash metal! Definitely recommended if ur budget is around 30,000-33,000. The bound purpleheart fretboard with jumbo 24 frets, filed to perfection, makes blazing fast solos easy and comfy. The slim-c shaped maple neck also delivers comfort while playing. The tremolo system holds the tuning well. Also an absolute killer for clean tones, thanks to the 2 awesome Ibanez infinity humbuckers which deliver a warm and fat tone, and if u want a classic Fender like tone, shift the pickup selector to fourth position and it will give u a split coil neck humbucker. Highly recommended for beginners or intermediates. Although I found one problem, not a big one but I'll mention it. A humbucker pickup is supposed to cancel some unwanted hum when switched to distortion, but in mine the guitar still hums. I don't know if the input jack is loose or it's just the amp. Well, definitely recommended.