Ibanez 2022 discussion.

[Mathemagician]

Quick and dirty chop, but I think it gets the point across:

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Make pickups gold?

 

[Viginez]

nah that would be overkill

 

[Xaios]

Make pickups gold?

nah that would be overkill

I can only show you the door...

 

[MetalDestroyer]

I can only show you the door...

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Passives and you have a deal my friend

 

[jl-austin]

Put some DiMarzio Pia's on that bad boi!!!!!

That guitar is HAWT!!!!!

 

[Kyle Jordan]

I can only show you the door...

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The Angel Vaivaldi Jem/RG. Looks killer.

 

[Wc707]

I can only show you the door...

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I own this guitar and goddamn I wish it had those inlays and the gold pups. Still love the original look but damn, that photoshop is killer.

 

[wdvu2hegdfuhj]

So they're gonna do a second "phase" around middle of the year? Or drip out new releases as they come? Not sure if I can wait for a 7 string

 

[jl-austin]

I'm in love!!!!!

Okay, okay, okay......

How hard would it be to replace the dot inlays with those gold disappearing pyramids?

I know a shop that would do it, I might have to give them a call.

 

[Xaios]

Put some DiMarzio Pia's on that bad boi!!!!!

This doesn't really do it for me, but here you go.

 

[Xaios]

How hard would it be to replace the dot inlays with those gold disappearing pyramids?

I know a shop that would do it, I might have to give them a call.

I'd say a fretboard replacement is basically a must. The dots on that base model are offset, so they wouldn't be automatically subsumed by the pyramids.

 

[27InchScale]

I honestly was holding out hope for a new color on the RG2027XL…. Guess im peeing in the wind. @MaxOfMetal is there a hard date on the complete Ibanez 2022 line announced?

 

[nickgray]

Perfection.

 

[Hollowway]

Yeah it's the worst parts of Schecter and Kiesel just shiiiiiitttttted all over an ibby.

Come on now, if we get that time machine fired up, 2015 us is going to be mind BLOWN by that burl!

 

[Mathemagician]

I can only show you the door...

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Ty bby and god bless.

 

[narad]

This doesn't really do it for me, but here you go.

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Now that you've designed the best new JEM guitar, how do we get it to Vai/Ibanez?

 

[Wolfhorsky]

I know Ibanez is a very numbers-driven brand and they know exactly what they're doing with regards to market share and that sort of thing, but I completely agree that they seem to be "half botching" things.

There are several guitars I'd have bought if they'd been 90% the same but with a critical 10% very different. A good example is that black RG 5170 B with the gold hardware. I can't get past the red pearl binding and it's not an easy fix, so I won't buy one.

The new RG 5120 MPRT? I would completely get one of those, apart from they forgot to paint the back and sides...

and so it goes on and on. But that said, if Ibanez had sales figures to say I was wrong, they'd have changed things by now, so I'm just an old man with a cloud to yell at...

Bro, You just nailed it. Unfortunately

 

[zw470]

They need to do an RG7620 Genesis. 3-pc necks and powder cosmo hardware (every non-Vai Ibanez needs PC hardware) available in Dark Adriatic Blue, Gray Nickel or Vampire Kiss

 

[jruivo26]

They need to do an RG7620 Genesis. 3-pc necks and powder cosmo hardware (every non-Vai Ibanez needs PC hardware) available in Dark Adriatic Blue, Gray Nickel or Vampire Kiss

Yes. Yes. Yes

 

[Viginez]

I can only show you the door...

i guess gold binding is next...