Something nice looking like strandbergs tuners. I feel like a hardtail could be modded to accomplish this without spending $300 on prebuilt tuners. I know the locking pieces are just a set screw so that's easy, I'm just not sure about the fine tuners. This would be for a multi scale build.

I was gigging with a friend the other day, and he found a spare Ibanez guitar in the back closet while poking around (the kind that gets put back there and forgotten about till years later because it's worth the same as a Costco box set). Pulled it out to play just for a few minutes – just for kicks. When we were done he said it "played well, at least for an Ibanez."
He said a similar thing about mine (though more carefully worded), also an Ibanez, but not a junker.

Now, this buddy of mine is pretty damn good with guitars. Playing-wise, I view him almost as a mentor to me since he's very skilled. He taught professionally for a number of years so I don't doubt his knowledge either. But I always thought Ibanez guitars were fairly respectable? Not the highest quality on the market by any means, but still good for at least hobbyists. Am I wrong about this? Just curious as to what the overall guitar community thinks. Thanks!

https://youtu.be/UTO65NBpNcM?t=1m7s

i know the basics of achieving tone with amps, but this has a deep rumbly quality to it i cant figure out. are they downtuned? what chords are they playing? any information you can dig out of this is greatly appreciated, so thanks in advance.