Signature Tones vs the Ibanez ICHI10

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@Richie_117 Ай бұрын

Love this guy, he’s funny, informative, and is developing a totally healthy obsession with this Ibanez 🤣 Keep on rocking brother! 🤘

@RUSTY-A-L Ай бұрын

Thats it I'm buying an Ibanez Ichi10 you should get a commission!

@realkylehooks Ай бұрын

I just like sharing my experiences with certain guitars. If I ever do get a deal or partnership or something, I promise to still give genuine opinions

@RUSTY-A-L Ай бұрын

@@realkylehooks Keep up the good work and you will!

@devanshroyal8372 Ай бұрын

I've been rocking one for over a year now, and it's a really impressive guitar. Still not over how light it is. Great video!

@justinorprecio3094 Ай бұрын

I hope the Ibanez folks are watching so you land any sort of deal/partnership with them Currently planning to buy this and the Q547 too (for the low chugs 😅) Cheers! Justin from the Philippines

@TemkaUwU Ай бұрын

after looking at the options. Im also saving for one lol. this guy has sold the q line so well

@chuckfinley3152 Ай бұрын

You could start Kyle’s all natural relicing service

@realkylehooks Ай бұрын

@@chuckfinley3152 customers even have their choice of what color suit they want to stain the guitar

@Shred_The_Weapon Ай бұрын

It’s so funny you would bring that up. During the other video he uploaded about the ICHI10’s feature set, I kept thinking about how it was naturally relict from Kyle‘s actual sweat. People pay an arm and a leg to get Gibson or Fender guitars advance aged that way, but our man here has a regular performing gig where it just takes place on its own.

@matthewjohnloren1995 Ай бұрын

This is a great explanation of the sounds you can get with this guitar! Thanks!

@benchinho Ай бұрын

I hope you keep us updated about the new pickups...

@realkylehooks Ай бұрын

@@benchinho the day I get the guitar back, I'll make a video on it.

@everythingbobbywolfe Ай бұрын

I can't believe I'm considering ones of these now 😂 Btw, I'd look into voice over work. You have the voice for it. You can't teach that kinda timbre.

@hibernative Ай бұрын

That Orville SG with the tremolo is fucking awesome.

@realkylehooks Ай бұрын

@@hibernative thank you. It's an '89 Orville by Gibson. It has Gibson pickups, "The Original". I got a sweet deal on it in 2020.

@juanignaciopozzi7412 Ай бұрын

i got in loved with the ichi10 thanks!

@dreamscuba Ай бұрын

Great video. Very humorous. I have the Q52 and it is very versatile and so easy to play and stays in tune for eons.

@notmyrealname2516 Ай бұрын

I’ve got an Ibanez Q54 that I bought specifically for interstate travel. Different use case, but I’m glad to hear that the ICHI can fill a live show role pretty well.

@lordgraga Ай бұрын

FYI, a Freeway switch could give a strat the same tonal options as the ichi.

@robertmitchell2178 Ай бұрын

Great review, thanks a lot.

@BudoReflex Ай бұрын

Make more videos dude. You are very entertaining.

@albertpsaros4988 Ай бұрын

Ive owned a lot of guitars and my ichi10 instantly became my number 1. The only negative is that most people say the guitar looks ugly. Honestly who cares when ot feels and plays like it does! So glad to see someone who loves his ichi like i do

@realkylehooks Ай бұрын

@@albertpsaros4988 I actually like the look, but another thing to consider is that people come up at shows all the time asking about the guitar. A Strat may as well be invisible. Everybody knows what a Strat is, and nobody cares. You show up with a weird headless guitar, and people will be curious

@JohnSmith-in1tt Ай бұрын

Have you tried a jazzmaster? Super comfortable body, pretty lightweight, rhythm circuit for jazz, neck PU sounds like a strat, middle position is great for funk, bridge PU is super twangy like a tele, it’s super bright and will always cut through a mix and it has a whammy bar too

@realkylehooks Ай бұрын

@@JohnSmith-in1tt I love a good jazzmaster. The length and weight are problems for me. The overall length of a Jazzmaster is 40" and weighs like 8.5lbs. The ICHI10 is 31" and 4.5lbs.

@JohnSmith-in1tt Ай бұрын

@@realkylehooks fair enough man. You’ve obviously done your research. Enjoy the Ibanez, I think they’ve been making some incredible and under appreciated guitars since the AZ series came out

@laurenceede6881 Ай бұрын

Have you tried a Strandberg? The new Boden Essential (no fanned frets etc.) might also work for you.

@Herfinnur Ай бұрын

He has

@alxndrthree-dh2yl Ай бұрын

I just cannot stop thinking about this guitar... ive been playing on my dads les pauls SG, which looks deceivingly like your gibson (it is modelled after it, after all.), and while im barely any time in, just you talked about the diving head and how the ichi10 doesnt dive had my head in the clouds thinking about not bumping my wrist on my knees when playing high frets... i hope i can afford one some day.

@gustavosophia Ай бұрын

Excellent video and seems like an excellent guitar. The tone difference IMHO were mostly too much bass and slightly weaker mid-range, in the ICHI10, compared to the reference guitars. I often find that Ibanez guitars with stock pickups have a more mid-scooped sound compared with Gibsons and Fenders at similar pickup positions. I saw another video of yours where you changed the pickups for vinteras and it clearly improved the too-much-bass-slightly-weak-mids situation. For another possibly simpler option than swapping pickups, a simple eq pedal (like a ge-7) at the beginning of the signal chain (i.e. before any overdrives) should probably do the trick of getting a sound closer to your references. At least if you're not using a fuzz face -- fuzz faces change character if there's a low-impedance pedal between them and the guitar, so in that case the eq pedal trick might not work. If you ever try something like it, I'd definitely enjoy seeing the video. Anyhow, great channel, keep up the great work!

@realkylehooks Ай бұрын

@@gustavosophia thank you for the compliments and advice! On my stage rig, I think I've got the EQ dialed in pretty decent on each sound. For the videos, I like to leave all EQs at 12 o'clock so we can hear the natural tendencies of the pickups and guitars.

@gustavosophia Ай бұрын

Makes total sense! Thanks for it and enjoy this beast of a guitar!

@RomanSotoCello Ай бұрын

I’m so glad I’m not the only one who has had this experience with the Q series! My Q54 has been my go-to for going on a few years! I’ve got a few killer custom guitars from Chafin, some killer Schecters, other Ibanez etc but I ALWAYS prefer playing the Q!!!! Unmatched comfort, tuning stability and reliability. Now if only they’d do a version with a trem…. Ha

@realkylehooks Ай бұрын

@@RomanSotoCello we had a show last night, and I brought out the SG. The thing straight up rocks...but then it kept going out of tune, and the neck dive was bothering me, and I was getting too close for comfort to the sax player...I ditched the SG after one set and went back to the ICHI

Ай бұрын

Take a look at the Squier strat contemporary. There's a trem and HT (which I have) models and it's got some interesting switching options: 1 is humbucker out of two singles, like the Ichi10. 2 is middle only, but it sits closer to the bridge than on a regular strat. 3 is middle and neck, strat style. 4 is all three on and 5 is neck alone. It's cheap, not heavy and makes a good workhorse.

@rkharper Ай бұрын

Duuude, you're selling me a guitar I don't even need! Very goid videos and you're a chill dude, way to go. And a new subscription too!

@realkylehooks Ай бұрын

@@rkharper we all need more guitars, even if our wives say they'll leave us if we get another

@thepokebw10 Ай бұрын

Now we'll just have to wait and see whether they release a tremolo version of that headless guitar for 2025. No guitar in your collection would be safe then! haha

@charlesbyrd2452 Ай бұрын

sir your mustache is incredible

@realkylehooks Ай бұрын

@@charlesbyrd2452 thank you. I grew it to distract from my incompetence as a guitar player

@SebBrosig Ай бұрын

Very interesting video. A tool is beautiful more for what it can do than for what it looks like.

@cyprn6600 Ай бұрын

Tbh id take a strat with that circuit just because of the looks lol

@petermoss208 Ай бұрын

thanks man, im gonna steal that trick about the Midtown next time I’m playing with a songwriter. I got all of them…..😅.

@failogy Ай бұрын

Now I have Q52. It can play wide range of music. However I still want a strat because some kind of sound Q52 cannot give me. Greeting from Thailand. 🙏

@Gliese710_ Ай бұрын

I prefer the way ichika’s talman looks, but I haven’t been able to play either because neither of the guitar centers near me have them for more than a day or so, and it’s always days I’m not able to go.

@georgeghleung Ай бұрын

I will be eyeing a QX, since the Wizard C is too thick for me (got used to Wizard neck)

@A7Tones Ай бұрын

Jesus chrsit man you just love this Ibanez

@TheUncleshoes Ай бұрын

How can you have a guitar "back there", "including this one" that is in your hands? I kid, great stuff!

@javierthewish Ай бұрын

Very nice video.

@HipsterNgariman Ай бұрын

A side question entirely, but what is your take for side dots? I see you've put tape, do you think it's the ideal method over drilling luminlays or fluorescent nail varnish ? I fear tape might just get in the way when playing, but since you play 4 hours a night, I assume you wouldn't use it if it did

@realkylehooks Ай бұрын

@@HipsterNgariman I use gorilla tape, and I'm amazed how well it stays on there. It took about half a gig to get used to it. I feel the tape, but it's not enough to get in the way. I almost prefer it in a way over dots because I get tactile feedback about where I am on the neck whenever I'm not looking. Long term, I plan to use a Dremel to make notches to put in some phosphorescent acrylic paint I got. No little dots. Big notches for best visibility

@kristallfagel.73 Ай бұрын

it never even crossed my mind that people would consider the ichi an ugly guitar, to me it’s always been beautiful

@goatcheeze851 Ай бұрын

im in love with your moustache

@realkylehooks Ай бұрын

@@goatcheeze851 I grew it just for you

@semyonboyk0 Ай бұрын

I only wish it wasn't recorded on a phone that compresses the hell out of audio. Otherwise, the video is super cool, I'm really considering ICHI10 now.

@realkylehooks Ай бұрын

@@semyonboyk0 sorry about that. I don't know anything about video editing. I can get a great recording of a guitar, but I don't know about recording video then syncing audio after

@Shred_The_Weapon Ай бұрын

Man, I thought the Ibanez had a floating bridge! No, the SG markers are trapezoidal, not rhombus. It’s interesting you’ve got three Gibson Midtown models. I thought of getting one in the finish of the one you actually wanted to fan out for us. Before I realized what I was really after for my “traditional Thinline” was a 1980 Yamaha SA-2000, I thought of getting a Midtown as a nifty alternative to a 335

@javierthewish Ай бұрын

Are you planing on doing a comparison between the two ichi guitars with strat pickupls and with series pickups?

@realkylehooks Ай бұрын

@@javierthewish definitely! The shop says I am supposed to get my guitar back today, so that video should be out within the next couple of days

@Shira2 Ай бұрын

Id like to hear you compare it to a telecaster

@petermoss208 Ай бұрын

Is the Epiphone an import/reissue or American/Japanese made?

@realkylehooks Ай бұрын

@@petermoss208 the Sheraton or the Crestwood?

@FaZeTartpack Ай бұрын

I owned a brand new ichi10 from sweetwater for about 5 months, before trading it for one of the new strandberg boden essential 6's. I do miss the versatility in tones with the 3 single coils + alter swtich but the quality of the strandberg boden essential 6 is just unmatched compared to the ichi10 I received.. I think in the future I'll buy another one but this time used lol, for the time being I'm just going to modify this strandberg with new pickups to be just as versatile as the ichi10

@brieselangintprod Ай бұрын

So the Boden's quality is worse than the ICHI10 or the other way around?

@FaZeTartpack Ай бұрын

@@brieselangintprod other way around haha, if my ichi10 was perfect condition I wouldve had no reason to get rid of it. Mine was “inspected” by sweetwater, yet they shipped it to me with pretty obvious QC issues. My neck near the 5th fret was crazy rough like they didnt even sand it. My nut on the treble side was really low like they sanded the bottom of the nut far too much. And my bass side nut slots were also way too deep. This made doing a setup virtually impossible without making the action really uncomfortable. My fret ends were also sharp enough to catch on a microfiber towel everytime id wipe it down, fret leveling was also very inconsistent i probably had close to every other fret being high, some of them being really high. Mine was a newer model with the stainless steel frets and the frets were minimally polished. Like 90% polished at best, you could still see pretty obvious scuffing on them which led to bends feeling 90% smooth. On some frets they were like 99% polished though and those felt fine. Regardless, I still think even a best scenario ichi10 new with stainless steel frets will be worse than a Boden best case scenario. Far too many people who have experience the same thing as me with the ichi10, and just in general Ibanez’s indo manufacturing. I still have hope though, like I said ill prob pickup another ichi10 eventually

@TheLegendaryHero-up4jk Ай бұрын

@@FaZeTartpackкупишь себе опять подержанный Ибанез и окажется, что это тот самый, твой старый Ибанез, который ты когда-то купил новый. Ты узнаешь его по порожку и по нешлифованному грифу в районе 5 лада и по острым краям ладов. 😅

@FaZeTartpack Ай бұрын

@@TheLegendaryHero-up4jk haha, yeah possible. But thats why id just make sure its not the same serial number as the one I originally had XD. Im thinking though of buying one of the new HSS models they just released in the “copper” pinkish color