Ibanez 2015 - New Models & NAMM Thread

[weirdoku]

I practically split an Iron Label for it's parts cos I hated the Gibraltar I bridge so much. Could have replaced the bridge but the mount holes would show and that would bug the shit out of me. So, I have a RGIR27FE body for sale.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Holy .... that burl (literally) looks like shit. If they wanted to do a figured top, they should have went for quilt or something.

Aaand I saw that neg rep coming from a mile away.

 

[Alice AKW]

^If the PB's are any indication, the tops generally seem to look a lot better on the actual guitars.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Probably wouldn't change my mind. Spalted and burl tops are like my least favorite figured tops. And ruining a sexy burst like that with a burl top like that just makes it worse for me.

EDIT: Not that I planned on buying it, anyways.

 

[GoldDragon]

And here she is:

Body: Basswood
Top: Mappa burl
Scale: 27”
Neck: 5pc Maple Wenge “Ultra 8” neck
Fingerboard: Birdseye maple
Inlay: Black dot
Frets: Jumbo with prestige fret edge treatment
Neck pickup: DiMarzio PAF 8 (H)
Bridge pickup: DiMarzio PAF 8 (H)
Tuners: Gotoh MG-T locking tuners
Bridge: Gibraltar Standard II
Hardware: Cosmo black
Factory Tuning: (from 1st to 8th): 1D#, 2A#, 3F#, 4C#, 5G#, 6D#, 7A#, 8F

These guitars are destined to be great deals on ebay in a few years.

 

[Alice AKW]

Probably wouldn't change my mind. Spalted and burl tops are like my least favorite figured tops. And ruining a sexy burst like that with a burl top like that just makes it worse for me.

I will not lie that same finish in a gloss flame or quilt would make my money grow wings and fly out of my wallet.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

I didn't see the rest of the guitars, but is there any other guitars with that oceanburst? An AR or Saber with that burst would be absolutely divine.

 

[jmeezle]

If they unveil a Lo Pro Edge version of this (or something similar), it'll be the first time in over 10 years I've purchased a NEW Ibby.

Why cant this be an 8?!?!!

 

[Musiscience]

Has the pdf version of the 2015 lineup leaked yet?

I wonder why they don't use the "Tight End bridge" more!?

I always wonder the same thing, the tight end bridge is so great it's really strange that they would not use it on a lot of guitars

 

[Shimme]

I will not lie that same finish in a gloss flame or quilt would make my money grow wings and fly out of my wallet.

Man I feel your pain. Medium/low output dimarzios, a freaking wenge neck, locking tuners, a Gibraltar 2 (which I actually really like), a nice color... That top just looks ugly in that photo. Hopefully it's better in person.

 

[GoldDragon]

Man I feel your pain. Medium/low output dimarzios, a freaking wenge neck, locking tuners, a Gibraltar 2 (which I actually really like), a nice color... That top just looks ugly in that photo. Hopefully it's better in person.

There is/was a chocolate brown version of that top on one of the cheap RGs that looked great, BUT it is only an oil finish, it will start to look like crap.

 

[Curt]

The RG8PB looks really nice, besides those ....ing soapbar pickups. You essentially have to want duncans or EMG's if you want that guitar to not look stupid with giant gaps around the pickups.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Supposedly DiMarzio is announcing soapbar pickups at NAMM.

 

[VBCheeseGrater]

I always wonder the same thing, the tight end bridge is so great it's really strange that they would not use it on a lot of guitars

Me too - i think part of it is that it can only be used on flat top guitars (RG basically). I saw this somewhere in an ibanez description ("perfect for flat body guitars" or something like that)

Either way, its a great bridge

 

[Musiscience]

Man I feel your pain. Medium/low output dimarzios, a freaking wenge neck, locking tuners, a Gibraltar 2 (which I actually really like), a nice color... That top just looks ugly in that photo. Hopefully it's better in person.

If you are speaking about the blue prestige 8 string, it's not a wenge neck. It's a maple neck with 2 small wenge stripes, like they have done on prestige 7 and 8 strings for a couple of years. Like that :

They will release release a premium 7 model with a wenge / bubinga neck this year though, the rg927wzcz

 

[Marchpip]

there are definately not enough black guitars in this year's lineup.

 

[s2k9k]

Supposedly DiMarzio is announcing soapbar pickups at NAMM.

That would be hella cool.

 

[Jzbass25]

Now if only I could afford all these guitars, Ibanez get on it, I need hundreds of thousands of dollars STAT!

 

[benny]

I feel wrong for only wanting the fanned 5 string bass from their lineup (so far at least), but I rarely play my bass. I commend Ibanez for expanding their lineup in such ways, but my love for them is in older Prestige models.

 

[Deep Blue]

That's hot.