It is the second Ibanez I have ordered from Thomann. Previous one was - RGD61ALA, arrived with broken pickup screws, scratched and electronics did not work. Obviously, that guitar was completely broken. How did it pass through the check - I don't know. But it was opened and then sealed by Thomann.
As well as this one.
It has severe scratches, in two places there are even thick (2cm) scratched lines for whole body's length. And tons of micro scratches.
There is damage on headstock under truss rod cover from some tool.
Upper strap pin can not be tightened, screw just rotates, as well as strap pin. So it is broken and has to be fixed.
String ferrules have some glue or damage around them, hard to say.
Second time I order Ibanez from Thomann - second time I get used and sometimes even broken guitar "as new". Maybe that's the last time I order instrument here.
Apart from that, guitar has an average to good build quality, EMGs may be a bit muddy for such low tunings, intonation is good, strings are tight, tuning is stable, there is a slight hole/damage on fretboard that is not very noticeable. Locking tuners are nice, but I have seen two reports that they break, maybe bad batch or something. Good guitar if you will be lucky enough to get actually NEW one, not used.
