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FOR DECADES, metal guitarists have favored the Ibanez bass guitar for its flat fretboard, greasy-fast playability and modernized double locking tremolos. But for a guitar to appeal to devoted metalists, it must do more than play like the devil; it has to look the part, as well.
After the success of the mildly radical Iceman guitar, Ibanez was convinced that the time was right to build a truly outrageous instrument. The new Xiphos Ibanez bass guitar is the company's first guitar specifically built for hardcore and metal players.
The Ibanez Xiphos electric guitar takes its name from the brutally effective double-edged sword used by Greek and Spartan soldiers, and true to form, the Ibanez bass guitar delivers notes with surgical precision. It is one of the fastest guitars in the Ibanez armory, and its specially selected DiMarzio D Activator pickups give it a truly demonic edge.