Ibanez 2024 NAMM

[tian]

~ooo~ that quest is nice, good stuff

On the one hand I kind of respect that Ibanez is sticking to their guns with the slanted frets but at the same time, a real multiscale is so close...

 

[nightsprinter]

It's probably a veneer top or it's going to be stupid expensive.

Great point.

 

[Dayn]

It's probably a veneer top or it's going to be stupid expensive.

Why not both? The Australian prices I've seen have it as expensive as cheaper Prestiges. That dulls my enthusiasm somewhat.

 

[Musiscience]

This version of the headless looks pretty cool. I wonder if they will ever release a prestige variant of this model?

 

[SalsaWood]

*Moses wondering what the hell this is*

"Power tap"?

 

[tian]

*Moses wondering what the hell this is*
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"Power tap"?

The Power Tap position puts a high pass filter between tap and ground. The high pass filter is simply a resistor and a capacitor.

The high pass filter makes the pickup work as a single coil at frequencies of the filter. That is why you hear almost as much noise as single coil mode. Low frequencies that can't go through the high pass filter, go through the second coil like a humbucker. The Ibanez description of the highs of a single coil, with lows of a humbucker is correct.

 

[Nobody]

Of course Ibanez comes out with that headless the day after I buy a new guitar

 

[nightsprinter]

Of course Ibanez comes out with that headless the day after I buy a new guitar

I think we all know the best course of action here.

*swipes plastic*

 

[SalsaWood]

I like the shitty sound of actual split coils, but I also heavily lean into it being waaaaay easier to take freqs out of your tone with EQ than put them back in using any methods should you want em back. Pretty cool idea.

 

[odibrom]

Of course Ibanez comes out with that headless the day after I buy a new guitar

... the SSO's Karma...

 

[Chri]

Of course Ibanez comes out with that headless the day after I buy a new guitar

Don't worry, you won't be able to get your hands on one for a year anyway.

 

[crushingpetal]

I dig the pale moon ebony 7.

 

[Nobody]

Don't worry, you won't be able to get your hands on one for a year anyway.

I don’t think I’ll get my hands on the one I purchased either. 3 days and I haven’t heard a word from the seller on reverb.

 

[gh0styboi]

*Moses wondering what the hell this is*
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"Power tap"?

See, I like the Q series - was looking at the 7 string - but this shit puts me off hard. I know I'd pull the guts out and rewire it, cause I don't wanna deal with all this shit Gimme a basic five way, call it a day.

 

[SalsaWood]

I don't fully comprehend it myself, but I would have greatly prefered a push-pull knob over an entire extra switch. Maybe that's not feasible with POWER TAP(!!!!), I have no idea. I'd love to give it a shot in any case.

 

[gh0styboi]

Could be cool, but it seems to me that it'd be something that fell into the "a bunch of extra shit on my guitar I'll use twice when it's new and never touch again" category...

I'd be interested to hear from someone who's actually tested it out.

 

[NoodleFace]

I have no words

https://reverb.com/item/39766307?utm_source=android-app&utm_medium=android-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=39766307

 

[Crungy]

I have no words

https://reverb.com/item/39766307?utm_source=android-app&utm_medium=android-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=39766307

What are you talking about? He slashed the price by $52000!

 

[SalsaWood]

I like it. Not with these pickups, though.

 

[odibrom]

I like it. Not with these pickups, though.

What they don't tell you is that positions mixing both humbuckers (in whatever split or power tap option) are in parallel, even when in position 3 each humbucker is in series (their own coils are in series).

Personally, I think they're over-complicating things at Ibanez and could get similar sounds out of simpler wiring. The power tap thing sounds close to what parallel wiring sounds when compared to full series wiring per humbucker.. but this is only my personal experience.