Should I buy this or ... ?

[Juha T]

Should I buy this, €1300

http://muusikoiden.net/tori/nayta.php?id=259433

or this, €890

http://muusikoiden.net/tori/nayta.php?id=260083

   Juha

[jeapson]

Go for the first one. Nothing against YAMAHA but guess what : strangely I have always found IBANEZ guitars far away superior to any other brands especially when it comes to semi-hollow;

[Ibaneezer_Scrooge]

I've owned an AS200 and a Yamaha SA2000...

Quality wise, they are both the same...

However, I would buy the Ibanez.

The Yamaha felt much bigger/bulkier and esthetically is not as pleasing to look at as the Ibanez.

The Yamaha was also much heavier.

Everything about the Yamaha including the neck was bigger/thicker.

If you can ever find one, they do come up on Ebay every so often...is a Yamaha the size of an AM200.   It is a small body version of the SA2200.   Made for the Japan market only.   

I would buy that if reasonably priced.

[Ibaneezer_Scrooge]

Another to put it if this makes any sense....

The Ibanez guitars have soul...and certain aliveness or feeling, that makes you want to play it endlessly.

The Yamaha guitars I have owned...AE18, SA2200, and the AE1200...all have a coldness to them.   They are very good guitars, high quality construction, but like Japanese sportscars, just do not have what a Porsche has.

When you play both side by side, the difference is obvious.

[jeapson]

+1 Olli

How can the same company manufacture both motocars and guitars ? Don't expect any of these to be with sould 

[Ibaneezer_Scrooge]

Yep...LOL.

Too many divisions making too many things.

[KD]

Juha, as you can see there is a big difference in price, however the Yamaha is very well built. It is heavy for sure. I have a SA1200S (in the misc. gallery) and I like it very much. It also has push-pull pots for coil splitting. Some of us like a little more neck. The SA2200 is still in production, maybe you can find one somewhere to play.

[BCy2k]

The Ibanez guitars have soul...and certain aliveness or feeling, that makes you want to play it endlessly.

+1 !! !! !!

I know what you mean.

[Ibaneezer_Scrooge]

<<< I have a SA1200S (in the misc. gallery) and I like it very much. >>>


That's because it has the solid spruce top....those "S" models are VERY  nice.