Ibanez AFS75T

It's blue for a reason! – I bought this guitar secondhand about 5 years ago, as I was getting back into playing. I've bought a few more since, but I still really like this one. It's not perfect, but it's perfectly playable. It's good for blues, rock, jazz, and probably a whole lot more. As many do, I felt the pickups were on the muddy side, unless you just play clean. A simple fix for that was to replace the standard ceramic magnets for alnico 2 magnets. This cleaned them up very nicely. Obviously you can put what magnet appeals to you in, I happen to like 2's. I went on Ebay for these, cheaper, and easier than installing new pickups. It also gives you an idea of which way you want to go. I also replaced the nut with a bone one, some go graphite, I can't comment on them as I've never used graphite, but the bone was an improvement, not that the standard plastic one was terrible. I don't use the tremolo a lot, which is probably a good thing as I run 9-42 strings. If you use the tremolo, then you may want to run at least 10-46's, just to help tuning stability. A little graphite on the nut grooves helps here to. I like my action low too. No problems there. The upper neck isn't as accessible as some others, but it's not a deal breaker. It's not a fat guitar, similar to an ES 335 in width, but it doesn't have a centre block like a 335. All in all this is a nice feeling guitar with plenty of scope for personalisation without breaking the bank. I paid $450 with a case. It's weight also won't break your back.