IMO Ibanez make the best guitars since they are versatile. Whether you want to play classical, rock, jazz or whatever, they have the best clarity going. Both Steve Vai and Joe Satriani swear by them, and there are a lot of metal guitarists that use s...
depends on what you play. i personally favor ibanez playing metal and all also have a line 6 amp and ibanez... not shabby at all.
Definitely the Ibanez...my brother had the same one and it's a really good bass. Ibanez makes really quality products in general...they're up there with Fender.