Ibanez KIKO10BP-TGB Kiko Loureiro
Product information "Ibanez KIKO10BP-TGB Kiko Loureiro"
Ibanez has given the Megadeath guitarist Kiko Loureiro a fancy signature model the KIKO10BP-TGB. The guitar can score in terms of playability through the flat neck and the deeper cutaways. Also the equipment can be seen: official DiMarzio pickups, Edge Zero tremolo and coil split circuit
- Body Material: Alder
- Body Shape: Modern Strat
- Bridge / Tremolo: Ibanez Edge Zero II
- Bridge Pickup: DiMarzio KIKO original H
- Color/ Finish: Transparent Grey Burst
- Colour: Grey and Silver
- Controls: 1x volume, 1x tone
- Country of Origin: Indonesia
- Fretboard: Rosewood
- Fretboard Inlays: Offset Dots, 12 Fret Special Inlay
- Fretboard radius: 15,75"
- Frets: 24
- Hardware: Black
- Includes: Gigbag
- Middle Pickup: DiMarzio KIKO original S
- Neck: 5-pc. Maple/Wenge Titanium reinforced
- Neck Pickup: DiMarzio KIKO original H
- Neck Profile: KIKO 10P
- Neck construction: Bolt on neck
- Pickup Configuration: H-S-H (1x Humbucker, 1x Single Coil, 1x Humbucker)
- Pickup Selector Switch: 5-way switch
- Pickup type: passive
- Scale: 25" (635 - 659 mm)
- Scale Length: 25,5" (648 mm)
- Signature Model: yes
- Strings: 6 string
- Strings thickness ex factory: .010 - .046
- Technology: Solid Body
- Top: Flamed Maple
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With years of playing I've grown very particular in my demands from a guitar. So buying a new one was no easy task. In all of my research of the market I only found two to satisfy all my needs. KIKO10 was my absolute favourite. It was impossible to see it live anywhere near me, so I bought it purely based on online data and youtube reviews. However, it did not disappoint and I couldn't be happier. Just like its author I play a variety of music styles and the the multitude of options with pickup combinations and pickup spliting is invaluable. Personally, I don't have the need for 24 frets, but I guess it doesn't hurt. A special care was taken in modelling the lower part of the body, so the access to all 24 frets is very easy. The only quirk I noticed is that when strumming a certain chords, the springs in the tremolo bridge start to resonate quite loudly. But I expect that should be easily mended.