Ibanez NAMM 2020

[ThePIGI King]

I'd neg rep you simply cause a pic is appropriate, not an emoji.

 

[narad]

I'd neg rep you simply cause a pic is appropriate, not an emoji.

lol, whole NGD thread on it though:

https://www.sevenstring.org/threads/ngd-foreclosure-of-a-dream-guitar-ibanez-lacs-content.326064/

It does make sense to bring up in the context of RGA contours though, as it definitely has something different going on that I always liked over the production models. Solar does a pretty similar cutaway.

 

[Vyn]

Fuck, there goes any chance of ever obtaining it now haha. You'll probably be buried with that thing

 

[narad]

Fuck, there goes any chance of ever obtaining it now haha. You'll probably be buried with that thing

Nice try: cremated.

 

[Leviathus]

Nice try: cremated.

Don't tell me you'll die a guitarsonist with that collection!

 

[MaxOfMetal]

I just imagine @narad's ghost wandering purgatory complaining about his headstone not matching the swatch his family sent the mason.

 

[narad]

I just imagine @narad's ghost wandering purgatory complaining about his headstone not matching the swatch his family sent the mason.

You know me too well. But don't get my started about the boutique headstone industry. You think a 5 year wait for a guitar is bad? For a custom headstone, you often wait a lifetime!

 

[MikeH]

I don't give a shit if they brand it as a 752 or a Genesis 7620, but I need to see Vampire Kiss on a 7 again. I'd also settle for Magenta Crush.

 

[PunkBillCarson]

You know me too well. But don't get my started about the boutique headstone industry. You think a 5 year wait for a guitar is bad? For a custom headstone, you often wait a lifetime!

I know it's off-topic, but that was pretty fucking good.

 

[OceanTemple]

when are we likely to get something concrete on whats in the pipeline for 2020?

 

[Leviathus]

when are we likely to get something concrete on whats in the pipeline for 2020?

New years, unless some dealer or artist leaks something.

 

[OceanTemple]

New years, unless some dealer or artist leaks something.

Thanks!

 

[Yul Brynner]

Nobody leaked anything yet?

 

[jephjacques]

You know me too well. But don't get my started about the boutique headstone industry. You think a 5 year wait for a guitar is bad? For a custom headstone, you often wait a lifetime!

I'm getting a headless headstone, WAY more ergonomic

 

[Seabeast2000]

I'm getting a headless headstone, WAY more ergonomic

No neckdive either.

 

[Yul Brynner]

I wonder if Rich has any clues...

 

[MaxOfMetal]

Nobody leaked anything yet?

Ibanez clamped down pretty hard in the last several years. Don't expect anything in the way of catalog pages until January, when enough dealers have them that it's impossible to know who leaked.

 

[narad]

Ibanez clamped down pretty hard in the last several years. Don't expect anything in the way of catalog pages until January, when enough dealers have them that it's impossible to know who leaked.

They should do a "The Departed"-esque strategy of flushing down some fake catalog pages, unique to each dealer, and seeing what leaks. And then they can also gauge the community reactions to the fakes to determine what to launch next year...

 

[MaxOfMetal]

They should do a "The Departed"-esque strategy of flushing down some fake catalog pages, unique to each dealer, and seeing what leaks. And then they can also gauge the community reactions to the fakes to determine what to launch next year...

That's what spot runs and artist guitars are for.

They want to know what people who buy guitars and play guitars want.

 

[Xaios]

I wonder if Rich has any clues...

Rich is the last person who will say anything until he gets the green light. IIRC, a few years ago, the last time a significant leak of new Ibanez models happened before NAMM, it was because someone had managed to locate a copy of the unreleased catalog that Rich, not at all intending to distribute it, had stored on his server. As such, nowadays he's just as careful with how he manages information provided to him by Ibanez as he is with how he does a setup: extremely.