This is my first 7 string and it's absolutely great. The fanned frets were easy to get used to, it felt like normal after just a few hours.
The quality is like all of my other Ibanez guitars very good with no issues. The frets are nicely polished and with no sharp fret ends. The fretboard feels similar to rosewood, the colour looks better in person than in the pictures. The pickups are versatile and sound great both clean and with heavy distortion. The guitar stays in tune well and the tuners do their job. The recessed input jack is a nice addition to the instrument and is something I love with Ibanez guitars.
I could only find two negatives about this guitar.
- The nut slots are a little too small, so the strings can get stuck when tuning, however, this is an easy fix with a nut file or even just rubbing a thicker gauge string to file it down.
- The volume knob feels like it's scratching against the body, this does not affect the sound at all.