This site may earn a commission from merchant links like Ebay, Amazon, and others.
It's not actually a year old, it's a placeholder for 2023. I'd wager it gets announced on that exact date, but in 2023.That article is almost a year old, according to the date at the top!
I did a google search for "Ibanez Axe Design Lab" and that article is the only one that comes up.
Interesting.It's not actually a year old, it's a placeholder for 2023. I'd wager it gets announced on that exact date, but in 2023.
Wasn’t there a smallish run of 30 fret RGs sometime in the 2010s? It was a little fugly because the horns were so scooped, but it seems like they like to tinker with this every once in a while.Interesting.
Anyway, I'd love a seven string or, even better, an eight with 27 frets, but no way I'd be in a situation to drop ~$3k on something like that. Still, major kudos to Ibanez for offering more frets.
Oh, sorry, you do realise I asked politely with the "please...", right? You calm down... please... here, I'll add a smile just becauseYou do realize the "/s" means sarcasm, right? Calm down
Yes and they also did a 27-fret Xiphos in the late '00s.Wasn’t there a smallish run of 30 fret RGs sometime in the 2010s? It was a little fugly because the horns were so scooped, but it seems like they like to tinker with this every once in a while.
Glad to hear that these are killer. With specs like that it’s hard not to want one, but I don’t really ever use 6s anymore, sadly. I’d love for a rework of Jake’s 7 string models. Maybe something more in line with the new sig as well. Regardless, I’m hopeful this new line will put out some ace guitars.I'm amused by the people talking shit on the new RGA. I got to play one at a dealer conference in Amsterdam last week, and it's absolutely mind blowing. It feels amazing, sounds amazing, and the price is very fair given RGAs cost more to produce than RGs. The Jake Bowen model is almost the same thing and is 25% more.
Speaking of which, the JBM100 is the best playing, best sounding Ibanez I have ever owned. The idea that some people are like "Mahogany EWWW!" shows complete lack of experience. Just because you played some shitty guitars with (likely knock-off) mahogany, doesnt mean Mahogany isn't a good thing. Many of the best sounding Ibanez of all time have had Mahogany bodies (J-Customs, K7, RGA, JBM, you name it).
And stainless steel frets are nice, but until 5 years ago no one gave a shit. The Japanese really dont obsess over ss frets, which is why ESP guitars almost never gave them.
It's 2022. €2199/$2499 is a very fair price for a high-end Japanese arch top with Lo Pro, gold hardware, etc. Look at almost every other company's prices now. Most have jumped up 15-25% in the past couple years. Ibanez has kept prices steady, with minuscule price jumps if any.
Anyways, I am very excited about many of the models that will be announced on January 1st. I am vocal Ibanez critic in spite of my good relationship with them, but they are killing it in 2023. So many people will be so happy with many of their offerings.
Glad to hear that these are killer. With specs like that it’s hard not to want one, but I don’t really ever use 6s anymore, sadly. I’d love for a rework of Jake’s 7 string models. Maybe something more in line with the new sig as well. Regardless, I’m hopeful this new line will put out some ace guitars.
Perfect, I can’t wait to see what’s coming!No JBM/RGA7s this year, but some very cool new 7s are coming that I think you will dig.
Ah man.Merry Christmas SSO pt 2
I concur. Kind of like how the lower end Prestiges used to look in the 2000s and early 2010s. We don’t all want to fancy Fishmans and weird finishes. I can be content with a plain dark finish, nice rosewood neck, V pickups (which I’ll switch out anyway), and AANJ. No bright colors and no tilt joint Genesis for me!They need to make that J Line a full on real thing. Those J Line RGs are exactly the style I'm looking for. Bare bones clean looks made in Japan. I would love a J Line RG7.