why..... (old school ibanez content)

[unsane]

why oh why must a guitar like this pop up when money is set aside for other things...oh so bloody tempting.

deceptive pic, candy red finishes are darker in person and not pink..but hard to photograph.

this is a true oddity...owner claims it to be a RG560 but the reverse headstock with sharktooth inlay/binding dont match up.. and the body.. very few production ibanezes around that era had body binding. probably a oneoff or limited run.

15 hours to make a decision to get a sibling for my 565.... goddammit.

wouldnt they look pretty together?

 

[hay88]

whao dude where did u find tt man

 

[CrispyEgg]

dude that's an awesome ibanez. lol

 

[unsane]

i passed..the auction went absolutely insane in the last minute and it sold for A$585..way more than what i was willing to pay.

from what i gather, its a japanese only limited run of the RG560. the body binding is mother of pearl!

my 565 shall remain lonely for now...

 

[xspace]

The binding is nice...

 

[hellmurderer]

Can someone actually tell me what are bindings?

 

[flyclassic]

something like borders

 

[johnny_be_goode]

why no more maple fingerboard ibanez?

nice guitars...

anyone know
why no more maple fingerboard RG?
seems like these days there are more rosewood, and wider neck...

 

[unsane]

Re: why no more maple fingerboard ibanez?

nice guitars...

anyone know
why no more maple fingerboard RG?
seems like these days there are more rosewood, and wider neck...

i believe the only production RG with a maple fretboard left is the RG1550. basically a 550 moved up to prestige spec and price, hardly worth it in my opinion.

but true,ibanezes' stubborn policy of rosewood fretboard RGs is quite inexplicable. if they made an RG with an ebony fretboard/no inlays i'd be all over it in a heartbeat,as would many ibanez fans around the world. instead they seem to be content with releasing the same tired old RG variations year after year...im utterly sick of the whole rosewood fb/maple neck/basswood body/edge pro combination, prestige with fancy top or otherwise.

there's just something about the feel and playability of these late 80's/early 90's fujigen ibanezes that cant be duplicated..plus the much more interesting range of finishes they had, and edge/lopro edge trems instead of the edge pros which i find vastly inferior.

 

[ShredCow]

Grrrr.... reminds me.

Who knows, what is that Prestiege SA that has a maple fretboard?!?!?!

Its in this year's NAMM.. and its on ibanezrules.

WHAT MODEL IS THAT?!?!?! Even google ain't helping and Rich ain't saying!

 

[unsane]

ive never seen an SA with a maple fretboard dude...cant find it on the ibanezrules namm 06 page either?

 

[CrispyEgg]

marketing. u can choose to give your customers what they want, or play games and release a FEW models with special specs that'll be grabbed up in due time.

and i find any ibanez guitar with maple fretboard simply HAWT. somehow, if they had all their guitars with maple fretboards, i think the world would be a better place :lol:

 

[CrispyEgg]

edit: oops double post.

 

[ShredCow]

ive never seen an SA with a maple fretboard dude...cant find it on the ibanezrules namm 06 page either?

Its there... under... lemmme check... here http://www.ibanezrules.com/namm/2006/specials.htm


Rich calls it SA Something.


Drooling now?

 

[unsane]

ah i see now. well rich didnt take a pic of it (his korean snobbery coming through) but in these pics

http://www.ibanezrules.com/namm/images/2006/P100001.JPG
http://www.ibanezrules.com/namm/images/2006/P1010161.JPG

you can sort of make out the model number of it.. SA 1060Z-BBK

it appears to have resonance chambers to according to that little card next to it.

interesting..but SA's were never really my thing heh

 

[ShredCow]

AH!
I forgot all about the high res pics!

Excellent man! Shall do some research...

IMO, I think the SA with HSS, tremolo and 22 frets , basically has its all done for superb tone (esp the neck pup) and versatility.