Ibanez budget beginner rock guitar shootout: AZES40 vs GRG121SP with Leigh Fuge at #42GSFour!

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Today, we’re back at 42 Gear Street Four with my good friend Leigh Fuge, and we’re pitting two affordable Ibanez rock machines against one another: this is the Ibanez AZES40 and the Ibanez GRG121SP compared!

AZES40 at Thomann:
At Sweetwater_

Get the GRG121SP at Thomann:
At Sweetwater:

If you watch my channel, you’ll have seen quite a few videos with the Ibanez AZES guitars over the past year – these guitars were some of my favorite discoveries at 42 Gear Street Three, and I rate them extremely highly as affordable, classic Strat-type options.

This year, Ibanez have released the catchily-named GRG121SP – an RG model in the same price bracket as the AZES guitars, but with a slightly more ‘built for rock’ vibe! So it was only natural to try out the humbucker-equipped AZES40 against the new pretender.

In the video, Leigh and I play the guitars in clean and overdriven settings, plus we discuss the specs and features and try and decide which guitar would be the best buy for a beginner who’s choosing between the two.

Here are some links to the various playing samples and info bits in the video:

00:00 Hello!
00:13 Introduction and what we’re doing today
02:14 AZES vs GRG121SP
03:34 AZES40 clean tones and discussion
05:04 GRG121SP clean tones and discussion
07:18 Differences between the two guitars
09:01 GRG121SP overdrive tones and discussion
09:33 The Volta The Blue overdrive pedal
09:55 Comparing the two guitars with overdrive
11:31 Lead sounds on both guitars
12:50 Which guitar should a beginner buy?
13:47 Final thoughts and conclusion


Here’s the Volta Pedals The Blue we used for the drive sounds:

And we used the Blackstar St. James 50 6L6 H amp:


Check out Leigh here:

Enjoy!


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Backing music from the YouTube Audio Library: Controlled Distress – Biz Baz Studio.

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