Ibanez S671ALB Axion Label Unsponsored Guitar Review and Demo
60This is a review of the Ibanez S671ALB Axion Label. How does it stack up against the Ibanez Prestige, Premium, and standard lines? Is it worth the price?
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While this is a decent guitar that sounds great, there are many aspects that leave much to be desired. The tuning stability is mediocre at best. The instrument itself is slightly neck heavy and while the design has good intentions, the bottom strap button makes playing seated classical style awful. I would recommend any made in Japan Ibanez over this if you’re willing to save a few hundred dollars more, the premium line, or if money is a concern, buy a more budget minded model.
00:00 Intro
00:40 Not sponsored
Quality
00:59 Finish and binding
01:28 Bad tuning stability
02:15 Thoughts on the neck profile
02:33 Tuning stability lamentations
02:53 Feels more like a budget guitar
03:05 Function of pickup select switch and volume potentiometer
03:43 Extent of usage
04:20 Bridge hardware
04:38 Quality of wiring
05:19 Held off on reviewing to ensure quality
05:40 Strap buttons are small and would benefit from strap locks
Playability and Feel
06:22 Not the biggest fan of the neck profile but it isn’t bad
07:55 Wenge neck feel
08:31 Setup and action
08:56 How it compares vs the Ibanez RG5121 Prestige
09:39 How the sub zero treated frets feel and play vs stainless steel and classic nickel silver frets
10:41 Playing standing up feel
11:00 Playing sitting down standard is ok but it slides out
11:27 Playing sitting classical style is bad as the strap button digs into your leg
12:27 No trem hardware weight makes it neck heavy
13:06 The truss rod works just fine
13:12 Anchor body with picking forearm to negate the slight neck dive
13:33 Volume potentiometer knob in perfect place
14:10 Blade switch in great position
14:22 Top output jack is in a great place
14:32 Bridge is solid and very comfortable to play chugs on
15:12 Arched back doesn’t interface well with your body or leave room in the control cavity for active electronics
16:22 Back of hand will collide with lower horn during thumb behind the neck playing
17:10 How the thin body compares to modern lightweight guitar designs
Sound
18:38 Fishman Fluence actives sound full but voice 2 doesn’t make a big difference
19:17 I’m personally a fan of the active sound
Distortion Tones
19:36 Bridge pickup distortion voice 1
19:46 Bridge pickup distortion voice 2
19:57 Bridge + middle distortion voice 1
20:09 Bridge + middle distortion voice 2
20:19 Middle pickups distortion voice 1
20:20 Middle pickups distortion voice 2
20:39 Middle + neck distortion voice 1
20:48 Middle + neck distortion voice 2
20:57 Neck pickup distortion voice 1
21:07 Neck pickup distortion voice 2
Clean Tones
21:16 Bridge pickup clean voice 1
21:26 Bridge pickup clean voice 2
21:36 Bridge + middle clean voice 1
21:46 Bridge + middle clean voice 2
21:58 Middle pickup clean voice 1
22:08 Middle pickup clean voice 2
22:18 Middle + neck clean voice 1
22:28 Middle + neck clean voice 2
22:39 Neck pickup clean voice 1
22:49 Neck pickup clean voice 2
Overall Thoughts
22:58 Is it worth the price?
24:00 Playability and stability are the most important for me
24:23 Audience won’t care about pickups as much as being in tune
24:35 Isn’t as good as Ibanez Prestige
24:49 Recommendations
25:43 How would I feel exclusively using this guitar?
26:44 Maybe consider the competitors
26:54 Outro
Full Mix Demo
27:12 Bridge pickup intro riff
27:18 Bridge pickup lead
27:24 Bridge pickup guitar solo
27:32 Neck pickup cleans
27:43 Bridge pickup rhythm and leads