Ordered that guitar even before the Demo. Now I cant wait. Already got the AZ Premium with 2 HB. Awesome. Cant imagine this one will be even better... Thanks for convincing IBZ to make a HSS without a Pickguard (I hate Pickguards) !!!

This is the most musician's guitar i ever seen

Ordered this to play Wonderwall on it.

I got this guitar, it's soooo good, amazed by how versatile and great sounding is

I'm very impressed with Tom's playing. From the Live videos he shows the same articulation, speed and control as in the demo videos. Thanks for posting.

Tom... I am very suprise and excited for this.. A game changer...beautiful spec... 9 different tones... Yes Sir.. Definitely worth it... Thank for the demo.... Sounds amazing

I watched these reviews, in most, to see you playing. 😎

This man definitely deserves his own sig guitar

Thank you Tom for this review. Again, fantastic playing.

Finally some one made a configuration that simply does both. Love this.

Great work Tom! Epic guitar that should be a studio player hit! Awesome sound and the versatility. I’m along time Ibanez player and while the wizard neck are good, one of my all time fave guitars was an old Kramer Pacer that had a meaty maple neck. All the best

Amazing guitar and playing, congratulations!

Would be fun if martin reviewed tom's signature guitar and vice versa. This would be killer.

Nice review indeed, very in depth :)

Congratulations! Thus guitar will make a fantastic studio guitar with the wide range of sonic sounds available! Awesome! I like it!

That guitar is museum beautiful. Outstanding demo by a true master. And he didn’t mention legato even once.

What a Guitar and what a Guitarist. Brilliant Tom.

awesome Tom.. thank you

Very nice guitar. Seems that the latest technology and trend in guitar building is the caramelized neck process. Thank you Tom for explaining the process as well as the 2 different types. I like the design and arrangement of the pickup selections available. Very nice tone and interesting wood selection. Although, unlike Rob Oliver's remark about ostentatious cosmetics, I really dig those kinda crazy and wild designs, i.e., the JEM models. But, to each his own, right?!?

My very honest appreciation is: this is a MUST HAVE guitar, just beside Marco Sfogli’s signature model MSM1P and Paul Guilbert’s signature model PGM80P and Iron Label RGA6/7UC 🤘🏽😎🎸👌🏽 👋🏽🙂🇻🇪

Normally I'd think someone reviewing their own guitar was total fluff salesmanship, and BS... but I really think given the player Tom is, and the integrity he seems to embody makes this review less biased than even Tom thinks. Super interested in this guitar.

Great review of a great guitar Tom. Very nice to see (and as always, fantastic playing). The neck are 2.5mm thicker than a Wizard neck, not much for being so noticeable in playing feel. Just for the sake of it being right, the block is steel, not titanium.

Monkeypod is actually very nice wood for bodies. Got some electric customs made of it and they sound great with good sustain. It is also a common wood here in South America. Very cool guitar Tom

The middle and neck in series idea is killer. Got to try that on my Strat.

Holy crap, Tom... all these shredders have no idea how good you are, man. I've been playing more than 35 years and I've thought I'm pretty good until I started listening your stuff. Lol. Tom, you're beyond most players. I'm impressed 👏.

Great demo, tough call between this and the MM1??? Decisions, decisions.....

Nice one Tom!

I also think of George Benson, the latest model is amazing, except for the defect on the pickguard holder.

one of my Favorite guitars ever.

On my wish list!

This is a great guitar the AZ series . Well thought out .

This guy is pure talent!

I would definitely buy it

Really sweet guitar

It's got the best jack socket design too. 😮👍👍

Mine is ordered!

Never would have thought that I could say that about current production Ibanez, but it's a tasty guitar. What's the distance to the bridge from the neck pickup? Seems a bit too far away from "the" spot.

Magnifique comme d habitude chez ibanez c est les meilleurs

Could you answer me about the neck on yore guitar compare to a JP 15 smaller or wider thinner or fatter? I just wonder because i proberly buy one

Crazy playing guitar...Croatia!

Hey Tom, is the neck profile thicker than a Music Man JP?

love it

in mode three with alt you got that Bangles sound not sure which track it was from.

Very nice guitar methinks. One thing I would have liked would have been to hear the tone control. Shame to have one and not use it.

Definitely one of the top (best) 3 guitar players in the world

TQM1 = P90 Les Paul, Super Strat & Tele So sick and legit

Sounds pretty damn good to me...

Is the neck pickup a true single coil? What about the noise?

Nice 💪

Tom, doubt I'll get your response, but I would like you know why any player would actually prefer a neck other than a Wizard-style with jumbo frets? When could a fatter neck with smaller frets actually be an advantage?

That's a classy guitar.

Love the guitar and have it for about a year. The position of the output jack is horrible. I mostly play seated with the guitar sitting on my left leg. In that position, the RF plug pokes in my right leg. This is so uncomfortable!

Hello guys, does anyone know and use pick Tom?

13:15 that explain why your guitar sound like a jazzbox when you jam with martin miller on his youtube channel

Did he literally pull the string off the side of the fret for a split sec at 0:57 in order to get that D note

S-Tech just means Sendai Technologies (the name of company which roasts the wood they use)

Very, very nice indeed..but I still prefer satriani model

Cool! What amp is that?

Th block is CRS (steel) and the knife edges are unaltered. Great guitar though.

I was recently walking the mean streets of Bend, Oregon when a bearded young man in tight pants approached me and said “hey bro! Have you heard that the new Duncan Hyperions can get vintage tones! It’s fantastic.” I looked at him, smiled and said “Little man, I have no idea what any of that means but thank you for your passion.” And went about my day.

This model should've been called "Indeed". The Ibanez Indeed : Tom Quayle Signature Model. I think it would be a perfect name. But well, Ibanez loves their letters and numbers code.

I like to down tune a lot. Would down tuning be easy on this guitar? or because of the bridge it'd need a bit of readjustments? what's the exact weight of this guitar? can't find it anywhere

the az series is not quite so original for ibanez. the RT (from the 90s) series and AT (Andy Timmons) series seem to be the ancestor of this sort of thing from ibanez.

Is it chambered?

4600 Canadian, that's steep. Likely worth it, but I'll likely invest in the AZ2402-ICM instead

Does it djent?

I really like how this guitar looks and sounds, the only thing i do not like, is the color, which is of course personal thing. Hope there will be different color variations on this one.

seems quite versatile. Too bad that I'm a quite poor to have it

👍🏻🎸🎼🎶🤩🤘🏼

Jesus Tom..... How can you be so good....

Nice guitar!!but where can i buy your hands?😂😂

F string?

톰콰일 머리있던때

legato goddddd

I'm just stuck at that 16:46 lick...

toooooooooooom

When all three pickups are on, wouldn't your hand position make a difference?

well , i thought the guitar is belonged to reb beach because of its wood and body

did guthrie teach you? cuz your playing is sick

And at the end of the day the tone is still in the hands.his hands is amazing.dont buy it and blame them why it doesnt sound like him.😂😂

I can play those notes but not as fast and clean as Tom .. damm it

He's a great player, the guitar sounds fine, and no doubt it's beautifully made - but does it have to be so boring to look at? Brown, brown, brown, and no options. The Strat and Les Paul look good. This looks like a sideboard.

First time i have ever seen someone tune in straight 4ths... Interesting

God if you didn't just sell me on an AZ I don't know what will.

why is so expensive :(

Eargasm...

No neck reinforcement, no recessed back plate and "CE" stamped on the back of the head stock. No thanks.

That's it.............I'm fucking burning all my shit................fuck this............

Love the guitar but what a picker you are Tom!

So you have the guy who designed his own guitar with Ibanez reviewing his own guitar. LOL. Nothing wrong with that!

I don't want to piss anyone off or offend Mr. Quayle as he is obviously a very good guitarist, but something I notice in these kinds of demos with players at this level is: A very obvious command of dexterity and unusual pattern playing and fretboard access, but almost always no sense of time or groove or music. I admire these players ability to control the instrument and find unique ways to express themselves but it just seems odd to me to show playing as random improvisational lines and not have a sense of time or groove or a framework of a composition or container? I know he can play and I am certain he plays tunes, as do other good players, but there is this odd trend where dexterity and chops are focused on and for me the music disappears? There are many modern players who do play tunes or grooves to demo things like Julian lage or Antoine Boyer, etc...and there is obviously rhythmic structure to what Mr. Quayle is playing, but it has no propulsion or story or music for me? It just seems like interesting ideas strung together? I don't mean this as an insult in any way. But I find when I listen to guitar these days I gravitate to the guys who are always playing with a sense of swing or groove, like Bireli or Scott henderson. Holdsworth had extraordinary sense of time and structure. I don't have hands or chops like that, almost never play with that much gain and cannot really hear the colors or the sound of the guitar with that style of playing. Anyway just my 2 cents...The guitar sounds great and I just bought an AZ 2402 and think it is one of the best electric guitars I have owned so I am sure this is a very cool setup.