Ibanez 2022 discussion.

[IwantTacos]

You say that as if a Lexus is a good/desirable car... :-/ Maybe in North America, but I've never even seen one in Europe. I don't know what the European equivalent of that metaphor would be.
J-Custom = Porsche 911? Mercedes SL? Nissan GT-R?

j-custom - Japanese clown car.
don't at me.

 

[MaxOfMetal]

j-custom - Japanese clown car.
don't at me.

For real.

Could they be more ostentatious and outdated?

They've made the nearly identical flamed top, HSH, TOL, etc. guitar since like 98'. If anything this throwback to the old pre-JC stuff is refreshing.

The coolest JCs were always the more understated models, or on the other end of the spectrum, the batshit themed ones.

 

[Seabeast2000]

The LFA is the equivalent of like a Lamborghini Aventador, Ferrari 488 or McLaren 720S class supercar.

Standard range Lexuses would be Mercedes C E and S Class competitors. They are the fancy, upmarket marque for Toyota.

We need to consider Merkur in this thread.

 

[Aewrik]

Yikes, @MaxOfMetal did not joke about the prices...

https://www.thomann.de/intl/ibanez_rgrtb621_bkf.htm

It is most likely just a RGRT421 with some hardware upgrades with a 700 euro markup. I was hoping for under 1000, considering the RGIB21

Edit: Wow, this one is eye-catching too...
https://www.thomann.de/intl/ibanez_yy20_ocs.htm

 

[Xaios]

At least they don't have the vine of life inlay. Worst thing to happen to many an otherwise very nice J custom.

 

[MaxOfMetal]

At least they don't have the vine of life inlay. Worst thing to happen to many an otherwise very nice J custom.

Tree. The Tree of Life ruined the J.Customs. The Vine ruined the JEMs.

 

[narad]

The coolest JCs were always the more understated models, or on the other end of the spectrum, the batshit themed ones.

(Also, $1800 on Reverb? How did I miss that one...)

 

[jl-austin]

Tree. The Tree of Life ruined the J.Customs. The Vine ruined the JEMs.

I personally always liked the pyramids better myself, I was kind of hoping for a maple Jem Jr with Pyramids, but that didn't happen obviously.

 

[CanserDYI]

Pyramids are the way to go, super sick. Vine/Tree is absolutely atrocious to me.

 

[MaxOfMetal]

(Also, $1800 on Reverb? How did I miss that one...)

I don't know, looks sort of cheap.



Love those. Kurasawa was great at spec'ing stuff out in the aughts. MRG12 right?

 

[narad]

I don't know, looks sort of cheap.



Love those. Kurasawa was great at spec'ing stuff out in the aughts. MRG12 right?

13, but good memory! They were here during my first stay in Japan, really waffled on whether to but one or not. I guess I didn't expect a decade of boring followup jcustoms

 

[Boojakki]

(Also, $1800 on Reverb? How did I miss that one...)

10/10 Would bang...

 

[Xaios]

Tree. The Tree of Life ruined the J.Customs. The Vine ruined the JEMs.

Fine. They were all ruined by various plants of life.

 

[MaxOfMetal]

13, but good memory! They were here during my first stay in Japan, really waffled on whether to but one or not. I guess I didn't expect a decade of boring followup jcustoms

Yeah, I forget when they went global it sort of killed most of the creativity.

 

[profwoot]

Yeah there's a bunch of J Customs to be had for around 2k right now, but can't say any of them do anything for me.

My new RG6UCS (prestige) is about to end up my #1, so it'd be cool to covet a J Custom for next time I want to splurge but none I found have the specs or aesthetics I'm after, even if the craftsmanship is better.

That said, I think it's very silly to bang on and on about a certain high-quality guitar looking "cheap". Learn to critically evaluate every assertion, even (especially) when your own brain is the source.

 

[Andromalia]

You say that as if a Lexus is a good/desirable car... :-/ Maybe in North America, but I've never even seen one in Europe. I don't know what the European equivalent of that metaphor would be.
J-Custom = Porsche 911? Mercedes SL? Nissan GT-R?

You should get outside more often lol, Lexus aren't exactly common but they aren't rare either. (There are over 1K used for sale on one of the main french sites) A standard Lexus model would be like an E class Mercedes, while the LFA would be an AMG GTR.

 

[nickgray]

The Vine ruined the JEMs.

 

[zw470]

I don't know, looks sort of cheap.



Love those. Kurasawa was great at spec'ing stuff out in the aughts. MRG12 right?

Needs a different color pickguard immediately. Powder Cosmo hardware would be a huge improvement, too.

 

[MaxOfMetal]

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Ruined.

It did look pretty snazzy when it first came out on the FPs.

 

[nickgray]

Ruined

Come on, that's just not fair, you took the worst possible example