{"id":220,"date":"2017-12-25T17:00:47","date_gmt":"2017-12-25T17:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rjfilms.com\/guitars\/?p=220"},"modified":"2020-04-08T21:25:36","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T21:25:36","slug":"christmas-2017-amazing-gift-a-guitar-ibanez-strat-type-new-it-all-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rjfilms.com\/guitars\/2017\/12\/25\/christmas-2017-amazing-gift-a-guitar-ibanez-strat-type-new-it-all-starts\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas 2017! Amazing gift &#8211; a guitar!! Ibanez strat type new. It all starts&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was stunned I got gifted a brand new guitar this Christmas. Completely bowled over.<br \/>\nI had been looking at buying an explorer type of cheap guitar since this past summer.<br \/>\nJust before Christmas during December 22 I almost drove out to Hudson NH to buy an Epiphone Goth explorer.<br \/>\nmore details below.<\/p>\n<p>This Ibanez is a basic (beginner) style model. Maple neck, 3 single coil pickups with 5 way selector, strat type of tremelo bar. Made in Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>I emailed that seller this Dec 22 2017:<br \/>\n&#8220;I looked into this a little more. Seems you\u2019ve done some nice upgrades.<br \/>\nI have a slightly embarrassing confession here: I\u2019m a total newb.<br \/>\nI\u2019ve always loved the \u201cexplorer\u201d look of guitars and want to finally learn.<br \/>\nAh, would this be okay to learn on? Overkill? How about the neck &#8211; is it fat and hard to get novice fingers around?&#8221;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/rjfilms.com\/guitars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Ibanez-Gio-strat-flamed-my-guitar-the-start-DSC_0155-1024x809.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"506\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rjfilms.com\/guitars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Ibanez-Gio-strat-flamed-my-guitar-the-start-DSC_0155-1024x809.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rjfilms.com\/guitars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Ibanez-Gio-strat-flamed-my-guitar-the-start-DSC_0155-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rjfilms.com\/guitars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Ibanez-Gio-strat-flamed-my-guitar-the-start-DSC_0155-768x607.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rjfilms.com\/guitars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Ibanez-Gio-strat-flamed-my-guitar-the-start-DSC_0155-1536x1213.jpg 1536w, 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Completely bowled over. I had been looking at buying an explorer type of cheap guitar since this past summer. Just before Christmas during December 22 I almost drove out to Hudson NH to buy an Epiphone Goth explorer. more details below. 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