Ibanez 2013

[Ocara-Jacob]

Does the S7 also have binding? Or is this just an example of the finish?

Looks like it. If you look closely around the upper horns near the area where the neck meets the body, there are faint bold brown lines.

 

[kamello]

^I always thought it was weird how Ibanez consistently manages to make their finishes look so terrible in their catalog pictures.

fixed

 

[MetalBuddah]

Looks like it. If you look closely around the upper horns near the area where the neck meets the body, there are faint bold brown lines.

Damn....you have a good eye

 

[donray1527]

I wish the rg8 came with iron label bridges

 

[simonXsludge]

and yet strangely no binding on the 8 string

Yeah, I don't get it. It would have looked so much better altogether. Now it seems a little half-assed.

 

[GXPO]

I wrote about seven strings, as this topic is in seven string guitars part of the forum.

Yeah of course, I'm not criticising you. But this thread is obviously not just about 7 strings is it?

 

[theV]

Damn....you have a good eye

Higher res pic for you:

 

[BigPhi84]

Holy Crap! I just read this entire thread in the span of a few hours. Ibanez-obsessed, I am. Sorry for all the "Liked" posts, fellas... you're all just so funny!



P.S. The Prestige S7's Binding is probably like the 6-string version, i.e. it's faux/fake (edge taped off prior to painting to give the illusion of binding ala PRS).

 

[vampiregenocide]

Yeah, I don't get it. It would have looked so much better altogether. Now it seems a little half-assed.

It odes have binding?

 

[Xaios]

Holy Crap! I just read this entire thread in the span of a few hours. Ibanez-obsessed, I am. Sorry for all the "Liked" posts, fellas... you're all just so funny!



P.S. The Prestige S7's Binding is probably like the 6-string version, i.e. it's faux/fake (edge taped off prior to painting to give the illusion of binding ala PRS).

Holy smokes, where have you BEEN!?

 

[Nightside]

It odes have binding?

Only on the body.

 

[vampiregenocide]

Oh you were referring to the headstock?

 

[simonXsludge]

Oh you were referring to the headstock?

And neck, yes. Like all the other Iron Labels have.

 

[ifklirarn]

Am I the only one being weirded out by the fact that Ibanez puts out the Iron Labels with DiMarzio and EMG pickups but at the same time put out Prestiges with their own pickups in them? I would really like an explanation to this!

 

[Jason_Clement]

Am I the only one being weirded out by the fact that Ibanez puts out the Iron Labels with DiMarzio and EMG pickups but at the same time put out Prestiges with their own pickups in them? I would really like an explanation to this!

I never understood Ibanez putting their own pups in everything with random models having dimarzios. It never even makes sense and it is never consistent lmfao.

 

[Don Vito]

Am I the only one being weirded out by the fact that Ibanez puts out the Iron Labels with DiMarzio and EMG pickups but at the same time put out Prestiges with their own pickups in them? I would really like an explanation to this!

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[MFB]

And neck, yes. Like all the other Iron Labels have.

Personally, I think the RGA8 looks classier with just the body binding and leave the neck blank. Headstock would be a nice touch but eh. For some reason seeing the white binding on the neck just makes it look cheap, like the neck of a 7321 but the body and headstock looks leagues ahead of it.

 

[nickgray]

I never understood Ibanez putting their own pups in everything with random models having dimarzios. It never even makes sense and it is never consistent lmfao.

There's even an RG Prestige model with Seymour Duncans. It also has regular sized inlay dots for some reason.

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[ifklirarn]

I never understood Ibanez putting their own pups in everything with random models having dimarzios. It never even makes sense and it is never consistent lmfao.

It's really weird. Although I was talking to a friend he said that it's possibly because a lot of people get their guitars and then swap out the pickups for DiMarzio's. So that possibly there's some type of business-thing going on there but it still wouldn't make sense for them to use DiMarzio in their mid-range guitars

 

[zimbloth]

Am I the only one being weirded out by the fact that Ibanez puts out the Iron Labels with DiMarzio and EMG pickups but at the same time put out Prestiges with their own pickups in them? I would really like an explanation to this!

The vast majority of Prestige models this year have real DiMarzios or EMGs too. Any other year I'd agree with you, but not this time. Keep in mind there are still many models that have not leaked yet (to the best of my knowledge).